Top 20 Richest Footballers In The World + Salary

Professional footballers are soccer players that play top flight
football in different football clubs around the world.
Some of these players earn up to £600,000 pounds every week as salary and millions on a yearly basis.

These pro players earn mind blowing salaries while playing for clubs in top world football leagues such as the English premier league,French League 1,Spain's La Liga,Italian Seria A,German Bundesliga and the new cash cow league which is the Chinese super league.

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They also sign multi-million pounds endorsement deals with top multinational companies.

This year,Neymar is the world's highest paid footballer,however Christiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are richer with a higher net worth.


CR7 has an estimated net worth of $420 million dollar while Messi's net worth is pegged at about $400, Neymar on the other hand has an estimated net worth of $185 million dollars.

In this post we shall take a look at some of the top 20 richest professional footballers in the world,and check out how much they earn on a weekly and yearly basis.

Top 20 Richest Footballers In The World + Net Worth

1. Cristiano Ronaldo CR7

Cristiano Ronaldo is the richest player in the world.

• Country > Portugal
• Club > Juventus

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• Amount Earned Weekly After Tax > £ 365,000 Pounds
• Amount Earned Yearly >  £ 17.5 Million Pounds

2. Lionel Messi

Lionel Messi is the 2nd richest player in the world this year.

• Country > Argentina
• Club > Barcelona
• Amount Earned Weekly After Tax > £ 350,000 Pounds
• Amount Earned Yearly > £ 16.8 Million Pounds

3. Neymar Jr.

Neymar Jr is the player that earns the most in the world,he earns up to £775,477 pounds weekly.

Neymar made a £198m world record transfer from Barcelona to top French club PSG. He is the third richest football player in the world.

• Country > Brazil
• Club > Paris Saint Germain

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• Amount Earned Weekly After Tax > £775,477
• Amount Earned Yearly > £ 28.8 Million Pounds

4. Oscar

• Country > Brazil
• Club > Shanghai SIPG
• Amount Earned Weekly After Tax >  £ 375,000 Pounds
• Amount Earned Yearly > £ 18 Million Pounds

Read Also: Top 10 Richest Football Clubs In The World 2018 (Forbes) 


5. Kevin De Bruyne

• Country > Belgium
• Club > Manchester City
• Amount Earned Weekly After Tax > £ 350,000 Pounds
• Amount Earned Yearly > £ 16.8 Million Pounds

6. Alexis Sanchez

• Country > Chile
• Club > Manchester United

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• Amount Earned Weekly After Tax > £ 350,000 Pounds
• Amount Earned Yearly >  £ 16.8  Million Pounds

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7. Gareth Bale

• Country > Wales
• Club > Real Madrid
• Amount Earned Weekly After Tax > £ 320,000 Pounds
• Amount Earned Yearly >  £ 15.3  Million Pounds

8. Hulk

• Country > Brazil
• Club > Shanghai SIPG
• Amount Earned Weekly After Tax >£ 320,000 Pounds
• Amount Earned Yearly > £15.3  Million Pounds

9. Mesut Ozil

• Country > Germany
• Club > Arsenal
• Amount Earned Weekly After Tax > £ 300,000 Pounds
• Amount Earned Yearly >  £ 14.4 Million Pounds

10. Luis Suarez

• Country > Barcelona

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• Club > Uruguay
• Amount Earned Weekly After Tax > £ 290,000 Pounds
• Amount Earned Yearly > £13.9  Million Pounds

11. Ezequiel Lavezzi

• Country > Argentina
• Club > Hebei China Fortune
• Amount Earned Weekly After Tax > £ 290,000 Pounds
• Amount Earned Yearly > Million Pounds

12. Paul Pogba

• Country > France
• Club > Manchester United
• Amount Earned Weekly After Tax > £ 290,000 Pounds
• Amount Earned Yearly > £ 13.9 Million Pounds

13. Antonie Griezmann

• Country > France
• Club > Atletico Madrid

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• Amount Earned Weekly After Tax > £ 290,000 Pounds
• Amount Earned Yearly > £ 13.9 Million Pounds

14. Pelle

• Country > Italy
• Club > Shandong Luneng Taishan
• Amount Earned Weekly After Tax > £ 260,000 Pounds
• Amount Earned Yearly >  £ 12.5 Million Pounds

15. Sergio Aguero

• Country > Manchester City
• Club > Argentina
• Amount Earned Weekly After Tax > £ 260,000 Pounds
• Amount Earned Yearly >  £ 12.5 Million Pounds

16. David Silva 

• Country > Spain
• Club > Machester City

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• Amount Earned Weekly After Tax > £ 250,000 Pounds
• Amount Earned Yearly > £ 12 Million Pounds

17. Eden Hazard 

• Country > Belgium
• Club > Chelsea
• Amount Earned Weekly After Tax > £ 220,000 Pounds
• Amount Earned Yearly >  £ 10.5 Million Pounds

18. Zlatan Ibrahimovic

• Country > Sweden
• Club > LA Galaxy
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19. Yaya Toure

• Country > Ivory Coast
• Club > Olympiakos
• Amount Earned Weekly After Tax >
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20. Cesc Fabregas

• Country > Spain
• Club > Chelsea
• Amount Earned Weekly After Tax >  £ 220,000 Pounds


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• Amount Earned Yearly >  £ 10.5 Million Pounds

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21. Ramirez

• Country >
• Club > Jiangsu Suning
• Amount Earned Weekly After Tax > £ 220,000 Pounds
• Amount Earned Yearly > £ 10.5 Million Pounds

22. Alexis Teixeira

• Country >
• Club >  Jiangu Suning
• Amount Earned Weekly After Tax >  £ 210,000 Pounds
• Amount Earned Yearly >  £ 10 Million Pounds

23. Jackson Martinez

• Country >
• Club > Guangzhou

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• Amount Earned Weekly After Tax > £ 210,000 Pounds
• Amount Earned Yearly > £ 10 Million Pounds

24. Romelu Lukaku

• Country >
• Club > Manchester United
• Amount Earned Weekly After Tax > £ 200,000 Pounds
• Amount Earned Yearly > £ 9.6 Million Pounds

25. David De Gea

• Country >
• Club > Manchester City
• Amount Earned Weekly After Tax > £ 200,000 Pounds
• Amount Earned Yearly > £ 9.6 Million Pounds