Vinicius Junior has made his way up to sixth place in the ranking of the highest-paid footballers in the world following a new contract with Real Madrid. The Brazilian winger will be earning £514,300 per week.
Also featuring prominently is Mohamed Salah, whose transfer to Trabzonspor has made him the top earner in the Turkish Super League with a salary of £351,400 per week.
Lionel Messi finds himself in 13th place, earning £360,876 weekly at Inter Miami. Meanwhile, Manchester City's Erling Haaland remains the highest-paid player in the Premier League, raking in £525,000 per week, while Harry Kane of Bayern Munich joins the top ten as the only Bundesliga player on the list at £410,000 per week.
Leading the worldwide rankings is Cristiano Ronaldo of Al Nassr, pocketing a staggering £3.4 million each week.
Top 15 highest-paid players in the world (data from Capology):
- Cristiano Ronaldo (Al Nassr) — £3,421,039 per week
- Karim Benzema (Al Ittihad) — £2,010,107 per week
- Sadio Mane (Al Nassr) — £656,629 per week
- Khalidou Koulibaly (Al Hilal) — £569,626 per week
- Erling Haaland (Manchester City) — £525,000 per week
- Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid) — £514,300 per week
- Kylian Mbappe (Real Madrid) — £512,992 per week
- Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Al Hilal) — £418,765 per week
- Ivan Toney (Al Ahli) — £418,765 per week
- Harry Kane (Bayern Munich) — £410,393 per week
- Jamal Musiala (Bayern Munich) — £374,771 per week
- Darwin Nunez (Al Hilal) — £368,533 per week
- Lionel Messi (Inter Miami) — £360,876 per week
- Mohamed Salah (Trabzonspor) — £351,400 per week
- Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) — £350,000 per week
