Top 10 highest earning football players 2015
A survey released by French Football magazine, revealed the names of 10 highest earning footballers in the world right now.
Barcelona forward Lionel Messi leading the list for the fifth time with a total earning of £48 million.
The Argentine has annual salary of £26 million as the Barca’s highest earning player in addition to his endorsement contracts with Turkish Airlines, Electronic Arts and Adidas.
He is followed by rival Real Madrid talisman Cristiano Ronaldo and on the third spot is the Brazilian forward Neymar with an earning of £26.8 million last year.
| Rank |
Player
|
Club | Net Earning in Euros(€) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lionel Messi | Barcelona | 65 million |
| 2 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid | 54 million |
| 3 | Neymar JR | Barcelona | 36.5 million |
| 4 | Thiago Silva | Paris Saint-Germain | 27.5 million |
| 5 | Robin Van Persie | Manchester United | 25.6 million |
| 6 | Gareth Bale | Real Madrid | 23.8 million |
| 7 | Wayne Rooney | Manchester United | 22.5 million |
| 8 | Zlatan Ibrahimovic | Paris Saint-Germain | 21.5 million |
| 9 | Sergio Agüero | Manchester City | 21.2 million |
| 10 | Robert Lewandowski | Bayern Munich | 20.2 million |