Kylian Mbappé highest paid footballer in the world, replacing Messi & Ronaldo

Haaland and Iniesta in top 10

According to one, Kylian Mbappé isforbes– Report of the highest earning professional soccer player this season. The Paris Saint-Germain striker is expected to earn an estimated 128 million dollars (around 131 million euros) before taxes and consultant fees for the 2022/2023 season. Employer PSG paid Mbappé $110 million, part of which resulted from a one-off bonus for the contract extension in May of this year (so-called “signing fee”). The 23-year-old had extended his contract with the ten-time French champions by three years after he had previously been accused of moving to Real Madrid. Mbappé also receives $18 million from advertising revenue and his own projects.

Mbappé ousts Messi & Ronaldo: The 10 highest paid footballers of 2022/23

10 Kevin De Bruyne | Man City | $29 million

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Salary & Bonuses: $25M
Additional Revenue : $4M
Numbers according to “Forbes”

9 Andres Iniesta | Vissel Kobe | 30 million dollars

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Salary & Bonuses: $25M
Additional revenue : $5 million

8 Eden Hazard | Madrid | $31 million

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Salary & Bonuses: $27M
Additional Revenue : $4M

7 Robert Lewandowski | FC Barcelona | $35 million

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Salary & Bonuses: $27M
Additional Revenue : $8M

6 Erling Haaland | Man City | $39 million

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Salary & Bonuses: $35M
Additional Revenue : $4M

5 Mohamed Salah | Liverpool FC | $53 million

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Salary & Bonuses: $35M
Additional Revenue : $18M

4 Neymar | PSG | $87 million

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Salary & Bonuses: $55M
Additional Revenue : $32M

3 Cristiano Ronaldo | United | 100 million dollars

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Salary & Bonuses: $40M
Additional revenue : $60 million

2 Lionel Messi | PSG | $110 million

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Salary & Bonuses: $65M
Additional revenue : $55 million

1 Kylian Mbappe | PSG | $128 million

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Salary & Bonuses: $110M
Additional Revenue : $18M

Since 2014, Lionel Messi (35) and Cristiano Ronaldo (37) have always been in the top two places in Forbes’ list of the highest-paid footballers. Messi’s financial record years were said to be in 2021 and 2022, when Mbappé’s team-mate reportedly raked in $130m each. For Ronaldo, who can hardly convince athletically at Manchester United, the year 2021 with a reported 125 million dollars was particularly worthwhile.

This season, Messi is ranked second ($110 million) by Forbes, with Ronaldo third ($100 million). Messi (estimated at $55 million) and Ronaldo (around $60 million) are still well ahead of Mbappé ($18 million) in terms of the revenue that the players record for their activities off the pitch.

Messi to Mbappé: The 100 most valuable footballers in the world

Bellingham scratches podium, Musiala top-10…

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After the market value updates in the major leagues in Europe, the ranking of the 100 most valuable footballs in the world has been realigned.
(as of September 27, 2022)

102 Lionel Messi – PSG – market value: €50m

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101 Casemiro – Man United – market value: €50m

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100 Alisson – Liverpool FC – market value: €50m

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99 Marco Verratti – PSG – market value: €50m

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98 Kalvin Phillips – Man City – market value: €50m

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97 Patrik Schick – Leverkusen – market value: €50m

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96 Lucas Hernández – FC Bayern – market value: €50m

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95 Mikel Merino – Real Sociedad – market value: €50m

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94 James Maddison – Leicester City – market value: €50m

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93 Raphinha – FC Barcelona – market value: €50m

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92 Wilfred Ndidi – Leicester City – market value: €50m

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91 Pau Torres – Villarreal FC – market value: €50m

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90 Arnaut Danjuma – Villarreal FC – market value: €50m

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89 Richarlison – Tottenham – market value: €50m

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88 Ousmane Dembélé – FC Barcelona – market value: €50m

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87 Tammy Abraham – AS Roma – market value: €50m

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86 Bruno Guimarães – Newcastle – market value: €50m

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85 Fikayo Tomori – AC Milan – market value: €50m

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84 Lisandro Martínez – Man United – market value: €50m

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83 Martin Ødegaard – Arsenal FC – market value: €50m

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82 Alexander Isak – Newcastle United – market value: €50m

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81 Gianluigi Donnarumma – PSG – market value: €50m

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80 Dejan Kulusevski – Tottenham – market value: €50m

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79 Sandro Tonali – AC Milan – market value: €50m

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78 Nuno Mendes – PSG – market value: €50m

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77 Virgil van Dijk – Liverpool FC – market value: €55m

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76 David Alaba – Real Madrid – market value: €55m

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75 Theo Hernández – AC Milan – market value: €55m

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74 Cristian Romero – Tottenham – market value: €55m

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73 Marc Cucurella – Chelsea FC – market value: €55m

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72 Eduardo Camavinga – Real Madrid – market value: €55m

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71 Sadio Mané – FC Bayern – market value: €60m

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70 Thibaut Courtois – Real Madrid – market value: €60m

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69 Fabinho – Liverpool FC – market value: €60m

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68 Sergej Milinković-Savić – Lazio Rome – market value: €60m

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67 Leroy Sané – FC Bayern – market value: €60m

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66 Kingsley Coman – FC Bayern – market value: €60m

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65 Diogo Jota – Liverpool FC – market value: €60m

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64 Mikel Oyarzabal – Real Sociedad – market value: €60M

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63 Frenkie de Jong – FC Barcelona – market value: €60M

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62 Marcus Rashford – Man United – market value: €60m

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61 Éder Militão – Real Madrid – market value: €60M

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60 Jules Koundé – FC Barcelona – market value: €60M

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59 Ronald Araújo – FC Barcelona – market value: €60M

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58 Alessandro Bastoni – Inter – market value: €60M

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57 Moussa Diaby – Leverkusen – market value: €60m

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56 Reece James – Chelsea FC – market value: €60m

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55 Josko Gvardiol – RB Leipzig – market value: €60m

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54 Ansu Fati – FC Barcelona – market value: €60m

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53 Andrew Robertson – Liverpool FC – market value: €65m

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52 João Cancelo – Man City – market value: €65m

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51 Leon Goretzka – FC Bayern – market value: €65m

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50 Milan Skriniar – Inter Milan – market value: €65m

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49 Serge Gnabry – FC Bayern – market value: €65m

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48 Gabriel Jesus – Arsenal FC – market value: €65m

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47 Federico Chiesa – Juventus – market value: €65m

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46 Achraf Hakimi – PSG – Market value: €65m

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45 Victor Osimhen – SSC Napoli – market value: €65m

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44 Wesley Fofana – Chelsea FC – market value: €65m

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43 Romelu Lukaku – Inter Milan – market value: €70m

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42 Marquinhos – PSG – Market value: €70m

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41 Raheem Sterling – Chelsea FC – market value: €70m

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40 Jack Grealish – Man City – market value: €70m

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39 Nicolò Barella – Inter Milan – market value: €70m

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38 Rafael Leão – AC Milan – market value: €70m

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37 Kai Havertz – Chelsea FC – market value: €70m

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36 Darwin Núñez – Liverpool FC – market value: €70m

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35 Matthijs de Ligt – FC Bayern – market value: €70m

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34 João Félix – Atlético Madrid – market value: €70m

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33 Alphonso Davies – FC Bayern – market value: €70m

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32 Rodrygo – Real Madrid – market value: €70m

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31 Bukayo Saka – Arsenal FC – market value: €70m

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30 Florian Wirtz – Leverkusen – market value: €70m

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29 Gavi – FC Barcelona – market value: €70m

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28 Neymar – PSG – Market value: €75m

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27 Heung-Min Son – Tottenham – market value: €75m

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26 Luis Díaz – Liverpool FC – market value: €75m

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25 Rúben Dias – Man City – market value: €75m

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24 Lautaro Martínez – Inter Milan – market value: €75m

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23 Mason Mount – Chelsea FC – market value: €75m

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22 Antony – Man United – market value: €75m

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21 Jadon Sancho – Man United – market value: €75m

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20 Bernardo Silva – Man City – market value: €80m

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19 Joshua Kimmich – FC Bayern – market value: €80m

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18 Rodri – Man City – market value: €80m

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17 Christopher Nkunku – RB Leipzig – market value: €80m

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16 Federico Valverde – Real Madrid – market value: €80m

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15 Trent Alexander-Arnold – Liverpool – market value: €80M

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14 Declan Rice – West Ham – market value: €80m

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13 Aurélien Tchouameni – Real Madrid – market value: €80m

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12 Jamal Musiala – FC Bayern – market value: €80m

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11 Kevin De Bruyne – Man City – Market value: €85m

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10 Bruno Fernandes – Man United – market value: €85m

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9 Dušan Vlahović – Juventus – market value: €85m

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8 Mohamed Salah – Liverpool – market value: €90M

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7 Harry Kane – Tottenham – market value: €90m

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6 Phil Foden – Man City – market value: €90m

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5 Pedri – FC Barcelona – market value: €90m

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4 Jude Bellingham – BVB – market value: €90m

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3 Vinicius Junior – Real Madrid – market value: €120M

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2 Erling Haaland – Man City – market value: €150m

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1 Kylian Mbappé – PSG – market value: €160m

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