Derby County Salaries 2026/27

Midfielder Oscar Fraulo's annual salary of €1.1M is greater than the combined salaries of the club's four lowest-paid players: Corey Blackett-Taylor (€245K), Richard O'Donnell (€215K), Bobby Clark (€312K), and Craig Forsyth (€312K), which total just over €1.0M.

The club's three left-backs (Charlie Taylor, Derry Murkin, Craig Forsyth) have a combined salary of €3.0M, more than double the €1.2M combined salary of the two right-backs, Max Johnston and Ryan Nyambe.

The combined salary of the club's top two left-backs, Charlie Taylor (€1.4M) and Derry Murkin (€1.3M), is €2.7M. This figure is more than half of the total wage bill for the entire eight-player forward group (€5.3M).

Right-back Max Johnston's salary of €750K is more than the combined wages of the entire goalkeeping department (€735K), which includes both Jacob Widell Zetterström and Richard O'Donnell.

There is a significant wage gap in the defense. The top three earners (Charlie Taylor, Derry Murkin, Matthew Clarke) have a combined salary of €4.0M, which is more than the combined €2.8M paid to the other five defenders on the squad.

Three players from three different position groups share the exact same annual salary of €1.3M: left-back Derry Murkin, centre-back Matthew Clarke, and defensive midfielder Lewis Travis.

Despite a 16-year age gap, 37-year-old defender Craig Forsyth and 21-year-old midfielder Bobby Clark earn the exact same salary of €312K per year.

The squad's salaries are structured into distinct tiers. An elite tier earning €1.6M contains Carlton Morris and Sammie Szmodics. A high-earner bracket sits between €1.1M and €1.4M, featuring players like Charlie Taylor, Lewis Travis, and Rhian Brewster. A mid-tier ranges from €585K to €750K, including players like Max Johnston and David Ozoh, while the rest of the squad forms a lower tier earning €520K or less.

Centre-forward Carlton Morris and attacking midfielder Sammie Szmodics are the club's joint highest-paid players, each commanding a salary of €1.6M per year.

Left-back Charlie Taylor is the club's highest-paid defender with an annual salary of €1.4M.