REVEALED: The highest and lowest paid positions in the Premiership
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The highest-paid positions in the Premiership has been revealed following the publication of the first Salary Cap Report.
The report covers the 2020/21 season and represents a detailed analysis of the Salary Cap expenditure of our 13 clubs also looks at several key areas:
· History of the Premiership Rugby Salary Cap
· Salary Cap background
· Operation and Management of the Salary Cap
· Players used and squad sizes
· Player salary insights
· Excluded players
The report includes the average income of a senior player by position. The averages relate to a players primary position and is determined by where he has played the most number of minutes in Premiership matches.
On average a senior squad player's income was £143,699 for the 2020/21 season. 28% of players earned between £50 000 and £100 000 a season.
According to the report, hookers are the lowest-paid players in the league. The men in the middle of the front row earned £113 115 a season.
On the other end of the scale, flyhalves earned the most in the 2020/21 season averaging £175 679.
Average income by position:
£175 679 - Flyhalf
£167 779 - Centre
£158 617 - Lock
£154 021 - Fullback
£144 437 - Back Row
£140 897 - Prop
£122 663 - Wing
£177 912 - Scrumhalf
£113 115 - Hooker
FURTHER BREAKDOWN
As mentioned above, 28% of senior players earned between £50 000 and £100 000.
Meanwhile, 21% of flyhalves earned between £30 000 and £50 000, 18% earned the League average between £50K and £100K and 24% earned between 100K and 150K.
However, 11% of flyhalves earned between £200-250K while 18% were among the marquee players who earned £400K plus.
There were no hookers who were signed as marquee players during the 2020/21 season with the highest earners (2%) falling into the £250-300K brackets.
2% of props did fall into the marquee bracket with a further 2% earning between £350-400K. A further 6% fell into the £300-350K bracket and 11% into the £200-250K.
