Top Football Earners Top 50 best paid footballers POS NAME CLUB per Week Annual 1 Ricardo Kaka AC Milan £143,438 £7,458,750 2 Ronaldinho Gaucho FC Barcelona £135,788 £7,060,950 3 Frank Lampard Chelsea FC £130,050 £6,762,600 4 John Terry Chelsea FC £130,050 £6,762,600 5 Fernando Torres Liverpool FC £126,225 £6,563,700 6 Andriy Shevchenko Chelsea FC £124,313 £6,464,250 7 Michael Ballack Chelsea FC £124,313 £6,464,250 8 Cristiano Ronaldo Manchester Utd £122,400 £6,364,800 9 Thierry Henry FC Barcelona £122,400 £6,364,800 10 Steven Gerrard Liverpool FC £122,400 £6,364,800 11 Didier Drogba Chelsea FC £117,619 £6,116,175 12 Wayne Rooney Manchester Utd £116,663 £6,066,450 13 Iker Casillas CF Real Madrid £114,750 £5,967,000 14 Michael Owen Newcastle Utd £107,100 £5,569,200 15 Sol Campbell Portsmouth £105,188 £5,469,750 16 Raul Gonzalez CF Real Madrid £102,319 £5,320,575 17 Ruud Van Nistelrooy CF Real Madrid £102,319 £5,320,575 18 Rio Ferdinand Manchester Utd £96,581 £5,022,225 19 Darren Bent Tottenham Hotspur £94,669 £4,922,775 20 Carlos Tevez Manchester Utd £93,713 £4,873,050 21 Fabio Cannavaro CF Real Madrid £93,713 £4,873,050 22 Luca Toni Bayern Munique £87,975 £4,574,700 23 Robinho CF Real Madrid £87,975 £4,574,700 24 Francesco Totti AS Roma £87,019 £4,524,975 25 Arjen Robben CF Real Madrid £85,106 £4,425,525 26 Ryan Giggs Manchester Utd £83,194 £4,326,075 27 Michael Essien Chelsea FC £80,325 £4,176,900 28 Adriano Lima Internazionale £79,751 £4,147,065 29 Zlatan Ibrahimovic Internazionale £79,751 £4,147,065 30 Patrick Vieira Internazionale £79,751 £4,147,065 31 Gianluigi Buffon Juventus FC £79,751 £4,147,065 32 Samuel Eto´o FC Barcelona £79,751 £4,147,065 33 Charles Puyol FC Barcelona £79,751 £4,147,065 34 Sergio Aguero Atletico Madrid £79,751 £4,147,065 35 Oliver Kahn Bayern Munique £78,795 £4,097,340 36 Edwin Vandersar Manchester Utd £77,456 £4,027,725 37 Fernando Morientes Valência £77,456 £4,027,725 38 Alessandro Del Piero Juventus FC £76,500 £3,978,000 39 Harry Kewell Liverpool FC £76,500 £3,978,000 40 Djibril Cisse O,Marselha £76,500 £3,978,000 41 Joe Cole Chelsea FC £74,588 £3,878,550 42 Pedro Pauleta Paris SG £73,440 £3,818,880 43 Juninho Pernanbucano O,Lyon £72,675 £3,779,100 44 David Beckham LA Galaxy £71,719 £3,729,375 45 David Trezeguet Juventus FC £71,719 £3,729,375 46 Sidney Govou O,Lyon £71,719 £3,729,375 47 Deco FC Barcelona £71,719 £3,729,375 48 Gianluca Zambrotta FC Barcelona £71,719 £3,729,375 49 Petr Cech Chelsea FC £68,850 £3,580,200 50 Antonio Cassano Sampdoria £66,938 £3,480,750 A few surprises in there!
Re: Top Football Earners go on Sol. was surprised at the place of terry and lampard like - especially since this is a global list. and owen ffs, he doesent really belong at newcastle does he
darren bent must be laughing imagine the buzz u must get knowing your acc will be credited with 95k every friday morn
I thought Beckham was on an absolute fortune and one of the highest paid sportsmen and meant to be the highest paid Footballer? Wasn't he meant to be on about £25 million a year? Cassillas highest paid keeper, worth every penny from some of the displays i've saw him give when watching Real on sky this year. Some of his shot stopping is unreal.
Beckham makes his money on licensing rights more than anything else. Darren Bent earning more than Samuel Eto'o and Carlos Puyol What's even more amazing is that Arsenal don't even have a single player in the top 50.
I personally think that this list is bollocks. Torres took a pay cut to come to Liverpool and is on 90k a week
Those numbers are not true as Ballack is the highest paid Chelsea paper for starters. Beckhams wage is another one that seems wrong, his LA Galaxy wage is a lot lower. Juninho Pernanbucano wage at Lyon Do people really think Darren Bent is on that. There are holes all over the listm, were these figures made up or plucked from FM 2008?
