The 20 Highest Paid Players in Football (Including Sponsorship)

Clement Andreau provides a list of the highest paid men in football.

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April 10, 2008

World Football, EPL, Chelsea, FC Barcelona, David Beckham

After publishing a list of the 50 highest paid players (per salary given by clubs), here is a list of the 20 highest players in football, but this time included sponsorship contracts; which changes a lot of things.

Without a surprise David Beckham comes first with an impressive 31 million Euros per year including 25 million for sponsorship contracts and 1.8 million of bonuses by the LA Galaxy (for merchandising).

In the top five, three players play in Barcelona, but the most represented club out of the 20 players is Chelsea which has five players, which confirms their financial power.

Six players are from England and nine of them play in England. Kaka who was top of the list for salaries given by club “only” ranks 9th on this list.

The salaries are in millions of Euros per year…

1. David Beckham, LA Galaxy, 31M

2. Ronaldinho, FC Barcelona, 24.1M

3. Leo Messi, FC Barcelona, 23M

4. Cristiano Ronaldo, Manchester United, 19.5M

5. Thierry Henry, FC Barcelona, 16.8M

6. John Terry, Chelsea, 13.9M

7. Michael Ballack, Chelsea, 13.8M

8. Ronaldo, AC Milan, 13.4M

9. Kaka, AC Milan, 12.9M

10. Steven Gerrard, Liverpool FC, 11.8M

11. Andriy Shevchenko, Chelsea FC, 11.5M

12. Wayne Rooney, Manchester United, 11.5M

13. Michael Owen, Newcastle United, 11.1M

14. Alessandro Del Piero, Juventus, 11M

15. Fabio Cannavaro, Real Madrid, 10.8M

16. Didier Drogba, Chelsea, 10.8M

17. Frank Lampard, Chelsea, 10.7M

18. Francesco Totti, AS Roma, 9.8M

19. Iker Casillas, Real Madrid, 8.8M

20. Luca Toni, Bayern Munich, 8.4M

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reply to comment by Andrew
4 months ago

Surprised to see Luca Toni on there to be honest.
reply to comment by Osahon
4 months ago

I m not doubting the numbers but stating your sources may be better.....
reply to comment by Salomon
4 months ago

Yeah, Where did you get the numbers from??
reply to comment by Clement
4 months ago

France Football magazine, they provided details such as salary, bonuses, sponsorhip brands....
Luca Toni has the highest salary of the Bundesliga: 5.5 the rest is sponsorship
reply to comment by Ball man
2 months ago

I wonder why Kaka is behind players Like Messi and Christiano Ronaldo