England Cricketers Salaries and Central Contracts List | 2025-26

England is quite central to the progress of cricket. After all, it’s the founder of the sport. And this is where the sport took shape, which we now love a lot.

But have you ever wondered how much salary England’s cricketers earn? If you did, then here’s the answer.

This article will look at the England cricketers with central contracts and their salaries.

England Cricketers with Central Contracts

On November 4, 2025, the ECB revealed the centrally contracted players for the 2025-26 season. A total of 26 players feature on the roster that runs from October 2025 to September 2026.

The board has retained 21 of those players and handed fresh contracts to five players. Sonny Baker, Liam Dawson, Saqib Mahmood, Jamie Overton, and Luke Wood have earned their first-ever deals.

Meanwhile, seven players from the last contract cycle have been let go. Jonny Bairstow heads the list, which includes the likes of Jack Leach, Liam Livingstone, Olly Stone, Reece Topley, John Turner, and recently retired Chris Woakes.

Those with contracts for this season have been signed under two-year and one-year deals. And the ECB has signed four more players on development contracts.

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Here are the England cricketers with two-year contracts:

Jofra Archer (Retained)

Gus Atkinson (Retained)

Jacob Bethell (Retained)

Harry Brook (Retained)

Jos Buttler (Retained)

Brydon Carse (Retained)

Sam Curran (Retained)

Ben Duckett (Retained)

Will Jacks (Retained)

Adil Rashid (Retained)

Joe Root (Retained)

Jamie Smith (Retained)

Ben Stokes (Retained)

Josh Tongue (Retained)

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Here are the England cricketers with one-year contracts:

Rehan Ahmed (Retained)

Sonny Baker (New)

Shoaib Bashir (Retained)

Zak Crawley (Retained)

Liam Dawson (New)

Saqib Mahmood (New)

Jamie Overton (New)

Ollie Pope (Retained)

Matthew Potts (Retained)

Phil Salt (Retained)

Mark Wood (Retained)

Luke Wood (New)

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Here are the England cricketers with development contracts:

Josh Hull (Retained)

Eddie Jack (New)

Tom Lawes (New)

Mitchell Stanley (New)

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England Cricketers Salaries

As per several reports, England cricketers earn an annual salary between 130,000 and 800,000 pounds. 

Those who feature in one of the two limited-overs formats likely get the lower band of salary, which is 130,000 pounds. A three-format player will bag the highest salary of 800,000 pounds.

England Cricketers Match Fees

Along with the hefty pay cheques, England players also take home handsome match fees. 

A Test match appearance will fetch them 12,500 pounds in match fees. For an ODI match, ECB pays them 5,000 pounds. And the match fees for a T20I are 3,500 pounds.

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