Preston North End Salaries 2025/26

A massive wage disparity exists in the midfield. 21-year-old Kitt Nelson earns just €32K per year, while the next lowest-paid midfielder, Jordan Thompson, earns twenty times more at €640K.

At just 21 years old, left-back Thierry Small is one of the club's highest-paid players, earning €935K. His salary surpasses that of every attacker and all but one other defender on the team.

In an unusual wage structure, the highest-paid defender, centre-back Liam Lindsay (€950K), earns more than the highest-paid attacker, centre-forward Michael Smith (€936K).

The club's top goalkeeper, Daniel Iversen, earns €935K, a salary nearly identical to that of the highest-paid forward, Michael Smith, who earns €936K.

Goalkeeper Daniel Iversen and left-back Thierry Small are on the exact same annual salary of €935K, making them two of the highest earners at the club.

The squad's wages are structured in three distinct tiers. The elite tier, earning over €900K, includes players like Ali McCann and Liam Lindsay. A large middle group earns between €600K and €850K, featuring players such as Robbie Brady and Jordan Storey. The lower tier consists of players earning below €500K, like Milutin Osmajic and David Cornell.

The combined annual salaries of the three lowest-paid players, Kitt Nelson (€32K), Milutin Osmajic (€310K), and David Cornell (€312K), total just €654K. This is less than the individual salary of seven other players on the team, including Callum Lang (€750K).

Central midfielder Ali McCann is Preston North End's highest-paid player, with an annual salary of €1.0M.

Centre-back Liam Lindsay is the highest earner among the club's defenders, taking home an annual salary of €950K.

With an annual salary of €936K, centre-forward Michael Smith is the highest-paid attacker at the club.