30 highest paid footballers in the world: Top 3 earn combined £3.5m wage per week
With the Europeans leagues all fully started for 2022-2023 season, the top 30 highest paid footballers have been revealed with PSG trio of Kylian Mbappe, Lionel Messi and Neymar making up the top three on a combined weekly wage of £3, 429,446.
Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) at £515,385-a-week (4th highest), Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) at £400,000-a-week (8th highest) and David De Gea (Manchester United) at £375,000-a-week (10th highest), a position he shares with new EPL sensation Erling Haaland (Manchester City).
But their wages peter to peanuts when compared with those of PSG Mbappe (£1,478,249 per week), Messi (£1,034,823-a-week) and Neymar (£916,446-a-week).
Below is the list in ascending order:
- Serge Gnabry (Bayern Munich) | £306,837-a-week
- Niklas Sule (Borussia Dortmund) | £306,837-a-week
- Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich) | £317,081-a-week
- Luka Modric (Real Madrid) | £320,171-a-week
- Raheem Sterling (Chelsea) | £325,000-a-week
- Leroy Sane (Bayern Munich) | £325,211-a-week
- Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich) | £333,342-a-week
- Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid) | £338,708-a-week
- Jordi Alba (Barcelona) | £338,708-a-week
- Jan Oblak (Atletico Madrid) | £338,708-a-week
- Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid) | £338,708-a-week
- Raphael Varane (Manchester United) | £340,000-a-week
- Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich) | £341,472-a-week
- Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) | £350,000-a-week
- Jadon Sancho (Manchester United) | £350,000-a-week
- Toni Kroos (Real Madrid) | £356,757-a-week
- Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) | £357,733-a-week
- Sadio Mane (Bayern Munich) | £357,733-a-week
- David Alaba (Real Madrid) | £365,863-a-week
- Erling Haaland (Manchester City) | £375,000-a-week
- David De Gea (Manchester United) | £375,000-a-week
- Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) | £390,254-a-week
- Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) | £400,000-a-week
- Sergio Ramos (Paris Saint-Germain) | £443,426-a-week
- Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona) | £474,321-a-week
- Eden Hazard (Real Madrid) | £508,143-a-week
- Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) | £515,385-a-week
- Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain) | £916,446-a-week
- Lionel Messi (Paris Saint-Germain) | £1,034,823-a-week
- Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain) | £1,478,249-a-week