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30 highest paid footballers in the world: Top 3 earn combined £3.5m wage per week

Admin August 24, 2022
Highest paid footballers

Mbape and Messi and Neymar Photo: Google

Highest paid footballers
Mbape and Messi and Neymar
Photo: Google

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:

  1. Serge Gnabry (Bayern Munich) | £306,837-a-week
  2. Niklas Sule (Borussia Dortmund) | £306,837-a-week
  3. Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich) | £317,081-a-week
  4. Luka Modric (Real Madrid) | £320,171-a-week
  5. Raheem Sterling (Chelsea) | £325,000-a-week
  6. Leroy Sane (Bayern Munich) | £325,211-a-week
  7. Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich) | £333,342-a-week
  8. Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid) | £338,708-a-week
  9. Jordi Alba (Barcelona) | £338,708-a-week
  10. Jan Oblak (Atletico Madrid) | £338,708-a-week
  11. Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid) | £338,708-a-week
  12. Raphael Varane (Manchester United) | £340,000-a-week
  13. Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich) | £341,472-a-week
  14. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) | £350,000-a-week
  15. Jadon Sancho (Manchester United) | £350,000-a-week
  16. Toni Kroos (Real Madrid) | £356,757-a-week
  17. Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) | £357,733-a-week
  18. Sadio Mane (Bayern Munich) | £357,733-a-week
  19. David Alaba (Real Madrid) | £365,863-a-week
  20. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) | £375,000-a-week
  21. David De Gea (Manchester United) | £375,000-a-week
  22. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) | £390,254-a-week
  23. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) | £400,000-a-week
  24. Sergio Ramos (Paris Saint-Germain) | £443,426-a-week
  25. Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona) | £474,321-a-week
  26. Eden Hazard (Real Madrid) | £508,143-a-week
  27. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) | £515,385-a-week
  28. Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain) | £916,446-a-week
  29. Lionel Messi (Paris Saint-Germain) | £1,034,823-a-week
  30. Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain) | £1,478,249-a-week

 

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