France Football‘ magazine has released a ranking of the highest-paid footballers in the world for the 2018-19 season, considering their pay after tax, publicity and other add-on premiums.
Unsurprisingly, Barcelona‘s talisman Lionel Messi tops the player’s list of the best-paid, with Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone being the highest paid coach.
1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona): 130 million euros
2. Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus): 113 million euros
3. Neymar (PSG): 91.5 million euros
4. Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid): 44.5 million euros
5. Gareth Bale (Real Madrid): 40.2 million euros
6. Iniesta (635,000 euros)
7. Alexis Sanchez
8. Coutinho (578,000 euros)
9. Lavezzi (544,000 euros)
10. Luis Suarez (538,000 euros)
11. Pique (519,000 euros)
12. Kroos (506,000 euros)
13. Ozil (496,000 euros)
14. Mbappe (481,000 euros)
15. Oscar (467,000 euros)
16. Aguero (467,000 euros)
17. De Bruyne (452,000 euros)
18. Hulk (450,000 euros)
19. Pogba (448,000 euros)
20. Sergio Ramos (442,000 euros)
HIGHEST-PAID FEMALE FOOTBALLERS
1. ADA HEBERBERG (Lyon): 400,000 euros
2. AMANDINE HENRY (Lyon). 360,000 euros
3. WENDIE RENARD (Lyon): 348,000 euros
4. CARLI LLOYD (Sky Blue FC): 345,000 euros
5. MARTA (Orlando Pride): 340,000 euros
HIGHEST-PAID MANAGERS
1. Diego Simeone (Atletico Madrid): 41.2 million euros
2. Jose Mourinho (Ex Manchester United): 31 million euros
3. Thierry Henry (Ex AS Monaco): 25.5 million euros
4. Pep Guardiola (Manchester City): 24.1 million euros
5. Ernesto Valverde (Barcelona): 23 million euros
