Football Earnings: Mbappe Becomes World’s Highest Paid Player

With the FIFA World Cup 2022 fast approaching, each national team is scouting highly skilled players at the top of their game. But top talent comes at a cost, the wages of the world’s top soccer players are at an all-time high.

France has the highest paid soccer player in the world with Kylian Mbappe earning over $88 million a year. Argentina is second, with Lionel Messi ($59m) and Brazil third with Neymar ($50m).

Earning nearly $21m annually, Sadio Mané ranked as the highest paid soccer player in Africa!

The 37-year-old Christiano Ronaldo is the highest paid soccer player in Portugal while Eden Hazard is the highest earner in Belgium. Together with Mbappé, they are the top 3 highest paid footballers in Europe.

South Korean superstar Heung-Min Son is the highest paid in the country and in Asia. Paris Saint-Germain hosts the most affluent stars in six nations, followed by Napoli, Liverpool and Barcelona with four.

The English Premier League is home to the country’s best paid stars (24).