Championship clubs’ wages and net spend revealed – and how it matches league position

The grand finale day of the season is rapidly approaching

Ipswich Town, Millwall and Middlesbrough are all vying for the elusive second placed position to achieve automatic promotion. Wrexham, Hull City and Derby County are battling it out for the final play-off position of 6th. The bottom three though is already signed and sealed, with Oxford United, Leicester City and Sheffield Wednesday awaiting the third-tier.

Though the table doesn't lie come the end of the season, where does your side's league position rank compared to the annual wage bill and the net spend? We ranked the clubs from top to bottom, putting the club's with the highest net spend at the top of the list.

Wrexham

• Net Spend: -€39.09million (1st)
• Wage Bill:  £17,864,600 (12nd)
• League position: 6th

Birmingham City

• Net Spend: –€24.92million (2nd)
• Wage Bill: £22,932,000 (6th)
• League position: 10th

Swansea City

• Net Spend: -€14.75million (3rd)
• Wage Bill: £14,638,000 (19th)
• League position: 11th
  

Charlton Athletic

• Net Spend: -€13.92million (4th)
• Wage Bill: £11,731,200 (24th)
• League position: 19th
  

Derby County

• Net Spend: -€11.63million (5th)
• Wage Bill: £15,912,000 (14th)
• League position: 8th

QPR

• Net Spend: -€11.55million (6th)
• Wage Bill: £13,146,800 (21st)
• League position: 14th

Blackburn Rovers

• Net Spend: -€5.99million (7th)
• Wage Bill: £15,056,000 (17th)
• League position: 20th

Portsmouth

• Net Spend: -€4.45million (8th)
• Wage Bill: £12,506,000 (22nd)
• League position: 18th

Stoke City

• Net Spend: -€3.45million (9th)
• Wage Bill: £19,162,000 (10th)
• League position: 17th

Champions Coventry City

• Net Spend:  -€3.35million (10th)
• Wage Bill: £17,056,000 (13th)
• League position: Top

Oxford United

• Net Spend: -€1.15million (11th)
• Wage Bill: £14,008,800 (20th)
• League position: 22nd

Sheffield United

• Net Spend: €910k (12th)
• Wage Bill: £31,551,000 (2nd)
• League position: 15th

Preston North End

• Net Spend: –€800k (13th)
• Wage Bill: £15,340,000 (16th)
• League position: 12th

Middlesbrough

• Net Spend: –€470k (14th)
• Wage Bill: £21,100,000 (8th)
• League position: 4th

Bristol City

• Net Spend: -€110k (15th)
• Wage Bill: £14,834,800 (18th)
• League position: 13th

Sheffield Wednesday

• Net Spend:  +€4.56million (16th)
• Wage Bill: £11,754,600 (23rd)
• League position: 24th

Millwall

• Net Spend: +€5.85million (17th)
• Wage Bill: £15,769,000 (15th)
• League position: 3rd

Watford

• Net Spend: +€6.07million (18th)
• Wage Bill: £19,022,000 (11th)
• League position: 16th

Hull City

• Net Spend: +€6.63million (19th)
• Wage Bill: £21,213,400 (7th)
• League position: 7th

West Brom

• Net Spend: +€8.7million (20th)
• Wage Bill: £19,500,000 (9th)
• League position: 21st

Norwich City

• Net Spend:  +€22.37million (21st)
• Wage Bill: £24,898,000 (4th)
• League position: 9th

Ipswich Town

• Net Spend: +€29.95million (22nd)
• Wage Bill: £29,614,000 (4th)
• League position: 2nd

Leicester City

• Net Spend:  +€57.3million (23rd)
• Wage Bill: £42,666,000 (1st)
• League position: 23rd

Southampton

• Net Spend: +€87.6million (24th)
• Wage Bill: £31,538,000 (3rd)
• League Position: 5th