Hull City Salaries 2025/26

Championship

Top Earner: R. Giles (€2.2M)

Lowest Earner: C. McCarthy (€94K)

R. Giles

Top Earner

C. McCarthy

Lowest Earner

Player Salaries

Estimated yearly salaries.

Salary Insights

Key takeaways from the wage structure.

One Defender Matches Goalkeeping Budget

The salary of a single defender, Akin Famewo (€780K), is exactly equal to the combined salaries of the club's entire goalkeeping unit, Ivor Pandur and Dillon Phillips (€780K total).

Two Centre-Backs Equal One Left-Back

The combined salaries of the two highest-paid centre-backs, Paddy McNair and Semi Ajayi (€1.1M each), add up to €2.2M, the exact same amount earned by the club's top earner, left-back Ryan Giles.

One Defender Earns Half The Midfield's Wages

Left-back Ryan Giles, the club's top earner at €2.2M, has a salary that is more than half of the entire five-player midfield's combined wage bill of €4.2M.

Two Centre-Backs Out-earn Top Midfielders

Centre-backs Paddy McNair and Semi Ajayi, both earning €1.1M, are each paid more than any individual midfielder in the squad, including the joint top-earning midfielders Matt Crooks and Kieran Dowell (€1.0M).

Top Earner Makes 23x The Lowest

There is a vast wage gap at the club. Top earner Ryan Giles (€2.2M) earns over 23 times the salary of the lowest-paid player, 19-year-old defender Cathal McCarthy (€94K).

A Defender Is The Club's Top Earner

The highest-paid player at the club is a defender, Ryan Giles (€2.2M). He earns significantly more than the top-earning forward, Oliver McBurnie (€1.6M), and more than double any midfielder.

Midfield Duo Share Top Spot

The club's two attacking midfielders, Matt Crooks and Kieran Dowell, are on the exact same salary of €1.0M, making them the joint highest-paid players in the midfield.

Hull City's Salary Tiers

The squad's salaries are structured in clear tiers. An elite tier earning over €1.5M includes Ryan Giles and Oliver McBurnie. A large second tier of high earners, between €850K and €1.1M, includes players like Paddy McNair, Semi Ajayi, and Matt Crooks. The lowest tier consists of several players earning under €500K.