Forbes has released the list of the highest earning football players. The list tracks the on-field earnings estimates for the 2024-25 football season. This includes base salaries, bonuses and in some cases, club based image rights agreements. Off field earnings like product endorsements were added.
Cristiano Ronaldo tops the list with an estimated earnings of $285 million. Lionel Messi comes in second with an estimated earnings of $135 million. A new entrant on the list is Brazilian; Vinicius Junior at number 7 with his Real Madrid teammate Kylian Mbappé at number 5 with an estimated $90 million earnings.
Former teammates at Liverpool fc and the only Africans on this list at numbers 8 and 9 respectively are Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mané. Read the full list below.
#1 CRISTIANO RONALDO
ESTIMATED EARNINGS- $285 million
AGE- 39
CLUB- Al Nassr
NATIONALITY- Portugal
CLUB EARNINGS- $220 million
OTHER EARNINGS- $65 million
#2 LIONEL MESSI
ESTIMATED EARNINGS- $135 million
AGE- 37
CLUB- Inter Miami
NATIONALITY- Argentina
CLUB EARNINGS- $65 million
OTHER EARNINGS- $75 million
#3 NEYMAR
ESTIMATED EARNINGS- $110 million
AGE- 32
CLUB- Al Hilal
NATIONALITY- Brazil
CLUB EARNINGS- $80 million
OTHER EARNINGS- $30 million
ESTIMATED EARNINGS- $104 million
AGE- 36
CLUB- Al Ittihad
NATIONALITY- France
CLUB EARNINGS- $100 million
OTHER EARNINGS- $4 million
#5 KYLIAN MBAPPÉ
ESTIMATED EARNINGS- $90 million
AGE- 25
CLUB- Real Madrid
NATIONALITY- France
CLUB EARNINGS- $70 million
OTHER EARNINGS- $20 million
#6 ERLING HAALAND
ESTIMATED EARNINGS- $60 million
AGE- 24
CLUB- Manchester City
NATIONALITY- Norway
CLUB EARNINGS- $46 million
OTHER EARNINGS- $14 million
#7 VINICIUS JR.
ESTIMATED EARNINGS- $55 million
AGE- 24
CLUB- Real Madrid
NATIONALITY- Brazil
CLUB EARNINGS- $40 million
OTHER EARNINGS- $15 million
#8 MOHAMED SALAH
ESTIMATED EARNINGS- $53 million
AGE- 32
CLUB- Liverpool
NATIONALITY- Egypt
CLUB EARNINGS- $35 million
OTHER EARNINGS- $18 million
#9 SADIO MANÉ
ESTIMATED EARNINGS- $52 million
AGE- 32
CLUB- Al Nassr
NATIONALITY- Senegal
CLUB EARNINGS- $48 million
OTHER EARNINGS- $4 million
#10 KEVIN DE BRUYNE
ESTIMATED EARNINGS- $39 million
AGE- 33
CLUB- Manchester City
NATIONALITY- Belgium
CLUB EARNINGS- $35 million
OTHER EARNINGS- $4 million
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