Cardiff top list of Football League clubs' spending on agent fees

Cardiff have come top of a list of Football League clubs for fees paid to agents during the period October 1 2014 to September 30 2015.

The Bluebirds paid out just over £2.8m to agents during the period in question, with Fulham not far behind on £2.74m.

Reading were next on the list after they paid out almost £2.4m, while QPR spent £2.36m, with Championship clubs spending more than £26m.

Wigan (£1.4m) comfortably topped the list of League One clubs, with Millwall paying out just under £300,000 and Sheffield United a little over £250,000.

One club in the division - Bury - spent nothing on agents' fees, as did two teams in League Two.

Accrington and Hartlepool paid out nothing at all, with Dagenham and Redbridge spending a frugal £700 on fees.

Portsmouth were the biggest spenders in the division as they chose to invest almost £270,000 in this area, with Leyton Orient (£137,000) also topping six figures.

The amounts shown include payments made by clubs on behalf of players with figures collected and provided by the FA.

CHAMPIONSHIP
CLUB                                      TOTAL PAYMENTS TO AGENTS 
BIRMINGHAM CITY                 £443,570
BLACKBURN ROVERS            £1,254,610
BOLTON WANDERERS           £964,869
BRENTFORD                           £600,636
BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION  £912,421
BRISTOL CITY                        £231,316
BURNLEY                               £1,363,831
CARDIFF CITY                       £2,828,133
CHARLTON ATHLETIC          £656,759
DERBY COUNTY                    £1,102,071
FULHAM                                 £2,735,336
HUDDERSFIELD TOWN        £429,343
HULL CITY                             £1,813,919
IPSWICH TOWN                    £261,347
LEEDS UNITED                     £786,897
MIDDLESBROUGH                £850,285
MILTON KEYNES DONS       £672,371
NOTTINGHAM FOREST       £1,440,730
PRESTON NORTH END       £194,961
QUEENS PARK RANGERS   £2,361,742
READING                              £2,391,666
ROTHERHAM UNITED         £185,430
SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY   £792,203
WOLVES                              £849,600
TOTAL                                 £26,124,044

LEAGUE ONE (TOP SIX IN FEES PAID TO AGENTS)
WIGAN ATHLETIC              £1,461,088
MILLWALL                          £297,850
SHEFFIELD UNITED          £254,713
BARNSLEY                         £156,315
BRADFORD CITY               £121,789
SCUNTHORPE UNITED     £112,650
TOTAL                               £3,167,964

LEAGUE TWO (TOP SIX IN FEES PAID TO AGENTS)
PORTSMOUTH                  £268,175
LEYTON ORIENT               £136,642
CAMBRIDGE UNITED        £84,091
NOTTS COUNTY               £71,086
YEOVIL TOWN                  £55,807
LUTON TOWN                   £43,374
TOTAL                               £1,007,920