Checkout the highest paid footballers as of 2020, thier salaries, endorsements and overall earnings

When talking about football presently, two names would always top the list, and they are no one else but Lionel Messi and Christiano Ronaldo who has turned the international football stage to a sort of duopoly, as both top the list of almost everything about football.

There are also the ones topping the list of highest paid footballers in the word, with greater value on the side of the Barcelona star, Lionel Messi.

1. Lionel Messi

Barcelona

Salary $92 Million

Endorsements $34 Million

Total Earnings $126 Millon

Previously before the arrival of Messi, Barcelona had had to get 64 trophies in 105 years but since the arrival of Messi, he had led them to 34 trophies in the space of 16 years. After having some disagreements with the club management the past year, with the disagreement barely resolved, he had stand to earn the whooping sum of $92 Million as salary.

2. Christiano Ronaldo

Juventus

Salary $70 Million

Endorsements $47 Million

Total Earnings $ 117 Million

The Portuguese is the most popular and the most fit athlete in the world. Unlike his strong rival Lionel Messi, who had remained at Barcelona throughout his football career, he had moved from one club to another, and has been successful in leading his home country during the world cups competition.

3. Neymar

Paris Saint German

Salary $78 Million

Endorsements $18 Million

Total Earnings $96 Million

The Brazilian is one of the popular football star and perhaps the most popular Brazilian after the likes of Pele, Ronaldinho etc. He his verily know for his dribbling skills and exquisite football antics.

4. Kylian Mbappe

Paris Saint German

Salary $28 Million

Endorsements $14 Million

Total Earnings $42 Million

The French man has once taken the title of the most expensive teenage player and the first teenager to score a world cup goal after Pele and is also a Ligue 1 Golden Boot winner for two years in a row.

5. Mohammed Salah

Liverpool

Salary $24 Million

Endorsements $13 Million

Total Earnings $37 Million

He has the highest win rate of any league player to have appeared in more than 100 matches and has successfully led his club to it first Premier league title in 30 years.

6. Paul Pogba

Manchester United

Salary $28 Million

Endorsements $6 Million

Total Earnings $34 Million

One of the rising star in the world, and one of the most expensive players of his team. He is one of the rising stars of Manchester.

7. Antoine Griezmann

Barcelona

Salary $28 Million

Endorsements $5 Million

Total Earnings $33 Million

The Frenchman previously from Athetico Madrid, had come to Barcelona and claimed the No 17 which was later switched to No 7.

8. Gareth Bale

Tottenham Hotspur

Salary $23 Million

Endorsements $6 Million

Total Earnings $29 Million

The former Real-Maldrid now Tottenham Hotspur player has made his mark in Real Madrid before he had some disagreements with the club and had to leave for Tottenham. The Welshman is also an avid Golfer.

9. Robert Lewandoski

Bayern Munich

Salary $24 Million

Endorsements $4 Million

Total Earnings $28 Million

The all time Bayern Munich player is one of the most talked about player. The Polish striker has directly contributed to 65 goals for his team in the last two season—55 goals and ten assists in 47 matches. In the 2020 Champions League, he scored in every match up until the final against PSG, which his team won on a lone goal by teammate Kingsley Coman.

10. Davis De Gea