The 50 Highest Earning Footballers In The World

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City stars gazump United counterparts in top 50 earners


Author:  Ben Moss


Posted on:17 February 2010 - 14:14

 

Manchester City's huge cash injection over the last two years has been reflected in the latest list of football's top salaries. The cash-rich Premier League side featured prominently in the top fifty, with the likes of Carlos Tevez, Emmanuel Adebayor and Kolo Toure all featuring inside the top twenty players. Manchester United have four of the world's best paid players compared to Manchester City's six, and the list, compiled by 30 of the world's top football publications and published by respected Brazilian website Futebolfinance.com, throws up one or two intriguing results. Chelsea FC have more representatives than any other Premier League team with seven players, while Liverpool FC have just two, and Arsenal's sole player in the top 50 is Andrey Arshavin.

Manchester City's six players are the aforementioned Carlos Tevez (8), Emmanuel Adebayor (6), Kolo Toure (19), and also Robinho (21), Gareth Barry (35) and Wayne Bridge (44). Adebayor, Tevez and Toure all earn more than Manchester United's Wayne Rooney (20), who is Sir Alex Ferguson's second top earner behind the new England captain Rio Ferdinand (18). Chelsea FC pair John Terry (9) and Frank Lampard (10) both pull in more a month than Liverpool FC talisman Steven Gerrard (14). Arsenal's Arshavin (47) is Arsene Wenger's top earner and is just above Ryan Giggs.

Manchester City's Wayne Bridge earns more than eleven times Premier League winner Ryan Giggs (49), while both Adebayor and Tevez are easily ahead of Manchester United stalwart Rio Ferdinand. The other Manchester United player on the list is Dimitar Berbatov (46) who earns more than Arsenal forward Andrey Arshavin. Liverpool FC striker Fernando Torres (34) earns more than Manchester City's Gareth Barry and less than Chelsea's Ashley Cole but again is some way behind his Premier League counterparts Tevez and Adebayor.

Former Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo is the world's top earner ahead of Barcelona duo Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Lionel Messi. Manchester City star Emmanuel Adebayor, formerly of Arsenal is the Premier League's highest earner according to the list.


How the Premier League was represented inside the top four: -

Chelsea: John Terry, Frank Lampard, Michael Ballack, Deco, Didier Drogba, Ashley Cole, Nicolas Anelka.

Manchester City:  Emmanuel Adebayor, Carlos Tevez, Kolo Toure, Robinho, Gareth Barry, Wayne Bridge

Manchester United: Rio Ferdinand, Wayne Rooney, Dimitar Berbatov, Ryan Giggs

Liverpool FC: Steven Gerrard, Fernando Torres

Arsenal FC: Andrey Arshavin



Salaries of footballers 2009/2010 in full: -

# Player Club Monthly Annual
1 Ronaldo Real Madrid CF € 1,083,000 € 13,000,000
2 Zlatan Ibrahimovic FC Barcelona € 1,000,000 € 12,000,000
3 Messi FC Barcelona € 875,000 € 10,500,000
4 Samuel Eto'o Internazionale € 875,000 € 10,500,000
5 Ricardo Kaka Real Madrid CF € 833,000 € 10,000,000
6 Emmanuel Adebayor Manchester City € 708,000 € 8,500,000
7 Karim Benzema Real Madrid CF € 708,000 € 8,500,000
8 Carlos Tevez Manchester City € 666,000 € 8,000,000
9 John Terry Chelsea € 625,000 € 7,500,000
10 Frank Lampard Chelsea € 625,000 € 7,500,000
11 Thierry Henry FC Barcelona € 625,000 € 7,500,000
12 Xavi FC Barcelona € 625,000 € 7,500,000
13 Ronaldinho Milan € 625,000 € 7,500,000
14 Steven Gerrard Liverpool FC € 625,000 € 7,500,000
15 Alves FC Barcelona € 583,000 € 7,000,000
16 Michael Ballack Chelsea € 541,000 € 6,500,000
17 Raul Gonzalez Real Madrid CF € 541,000 € 6,500,000
18 Rio Ferdinand Manchester € 541,000 € 6,500,000
19 Kolo Toure Manchester City € 541,000 € 6,500,000
20 Wayne Rooney Manchester € 500,000 € 6,000,000
21 Robinho Manchester City € 500,000 € 6,000,000
22 Iker Casillas Real Madrid CF € 500,000 € 6,000,000
23 Victor Valdez FC Barcelona € 500,000 € 6,000,000
24 Frederic Kanoute Sevilla FC € 500,000 € 6,000,000
25 Deco Chelsea € 500,000 € 6,000,000
26 Didier Chelsea € 458,000 € 5,500,000
27 Gianluigi Buffon Juventus € 458,000 € 5,500,000
28 Francesco Totti Roma € 458,000 € 5,500,000
29 Toni AS Roma (loan) € 458,000 € 5,500,000
30 David Villa Valencia € 458,000 € 5,500,000
31 Arjen Robben Bayern Munich € 458,000 € 5,500,000
32 Bastian Schweinsteiger Bayern Munich € 458,000 € 5,500,000
33 Ashley Cole Chelsea € 458,000 € 5,500,000
34 Fernando Torres Liverpool FC € 458,000 € 5,500,000
35 Gareth Barry Manchester City € 458,000 € 5,500,000
36 Patrick Vieira Internazionale € 458,000 € 5,500,000
37 Charles Puyol FC Barcelona € 416,000 € 5,000,000
38 Andres Iniesta FC Barcelona € 416,000 € 5,000,000
39 Sergio Aguero Atletico Madrid € 416,000 € 5,000,000
40 Andrea Pirlo Milan € 416,000 € 5,000,000
41 Willy Sagnol Bayern Munich € 416,000 € 5,000,000
42 Ribery Bayern Munich € 416,000 € 5,000,000
43 David Bechkam Milan € 416,000 € 5,000,000
44 Wayne Bridge Manchester City € 416,000 € 5,000,000
45 Diarra Real Madrid CF € 416,000 € 5,000,000
46 Berbatov Manchester € 400,000 € 4,800,000
47 Andrei Arshavin Arsenal € 400,000 € 4,800,000
48 Nicolas Anelka Chelsea € 400,000 € 4,800,000
49 Ryan Giggs Manchester € 400,000 € 4,800,000
50 Alessandro Del Piero Juventus € 400,000 € 4,800,000

[finnster01]

If I was Tevez I'd be pissed. Adebayor making more than him?

[os5889]

If I were Fabregas I'd be pissed

[finnster01]

I don't think Torres is too happy either making the same as Gareth Barry

[mattiesafer]

Remember when people on here were suggesting we bring Wayne Bridge back?  I don't think that's going to happen...  ;D

[timmyg]

I'd like to see where the Russian and Ukrainian (maybe even Turkey?) leagues stack with this.