Best Earning Footballers: Cristiano Ronaldo slips to rank 2, see who is the top earner?
Best Earning Footballers: The latest top ten
Below are the ten best earnings of footballers, based on the list compiled by Sportico.
Antoine Griezmann: Earning $22 m in wages plus another $5.5 from endorsements. Presently Antoine is playing for Atletico Madrid.
Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium): Earning $ 25.5m in wages and $3.5 from endorsements; Manchester City in this season.
Raheem Sterling (England):$ 21.5 from salary + $ 8m endorsement money; with Manchester City
Andres Iniesta( Spain): $23m (salary) plus $7m endorsements: Iniesta is the only player in the top ten-earners list playing for a non-European club, Vissel Kobe-Japan.
Eden Hazard (Belgium): $ 28.5 m In salary Plus$ 2.8 m (endorsements); Plays for Real Madrid.
Mohamed Salah(Egypt): $ 25m (salary) plus $ 15 m from endorsements. Salah is with Liverpool now.
Neymar (Brazil):$56 m in salary plus $ 26m from endorsements; pLays for Paris Saint-Germain.
The Top three Earners
Lionel Messi is in the third spot, behind Ronaldo. The Argentina star is on a higher salary than Ronaldo, but the Portuguese international is much ahead in endorsement earnings. Messi makes an estimated $93 m ($345m salary+ $48m in endorsements) with PSG in the current season.
Ronaldo’s earnings are about $96 m, of which $ 60 m comes from endorsements. And now, for the topper:
The 23-year-old French star Kylian Mbappe (with PSG) is the new name at the top of the list, with an estimated total earning of $ 105.M.
FAQ
- What is the basis of the list of top earners in football?
Sportivo is a digital platform for the latest information on the global sports industry. Among other information, they (Sportivo) provide updates on top earning footballers besides listing the leading earners in other selected sports disciplines. - Kylian Mbappe currently plays for which club?
Paris Saint- Germain is Mbappe’s current club.
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