According to Forbes, Kylian Mbappé is currently the highest-paid player in football. He earns around 131 million euros gross this season.
Football legends Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have been the largest of their kind for a long time, and it has also been seen in the tea barriers.
Both have been soccer’s highest-paid players since 2014, but now financial magazine Forbes’ annual the list there is a new name at the top: the superstar of French PSG Kylian Mbappe. Messi and Ronaldo are ranked 2–3.
Forbes estimates Mbappé’s gross earnings this season at 128 million dollars, or around 131 million euros. Of the amount, 110 million dollars is salary and signing bonus, 18 million comes from advertising revenue.
Forbes lists Messi’s amount as 120 million dollars and Ronaldo’s earnings as 100 million (of which 60 million from outside the field).
PSG:n brass player Neymar is in 87 million and Liverpool Mohamed Salah 53 million.
Manchester City’s Norwegian sensation debuted in the top ten in sixth place Erling Haaland ($39 million). Haaland’s off-field income will explode in the future – that’s how hot a young player is.
According to Forbes, the combined earnings of the top ten is a record 652 million dollars (about 670 million euros).