The latest reported figures for the highest-paid football players in 2022 across Europe’s biggest leagues have been announced.
Neymar has emerged as the highest-paid football player across Europe’s top 5 leagues.
That’s according to L’Equipe. The report claims that Neymar, alongside PSG teammates Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe, makes more money a month than any other footballer in Europe. Combined, the trio make more than €9.6 million a month before taxes and any other deductions are accounted for.
Below are the lists of the highest-paid football players across each European league per month gross.
🏴 Premier League – Ronaldo leads the way
Cristiano Ronaldo is unsurprisingly the highest-paid player in the Premier League. The 37-year-old bags a sweet €2.63 million a month before taxes at Old Trafford.
Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne is the only non-Manchester United player to make it into the top five.
| # | PLAYER | CLUB | SALARY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Cristiano Ronaldo | Man Utd | €2.63m |
| 2. | Kevin De Bruyne | Man City | €2.06m |
| 3. | David De Gea | Man Utd | €1.93m |
| 4. | Jadon Sancho | Man Utd | €1.85m |
| 5. | Raphael Varane | Man Utd | €1.62m |
🇪🇸 La Liga – Cash-strapped Barca still top
Despite the cash problems at Camp Nou, Gerard Pique has succeeded Lionel Messi as the highest-paid player in La Liga. The Barcelona defender just edges Real Madrid outcasts Gareth Bale and Eden Hazard for the honor.
| # | PLAYER | CLUB | SALARY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Gerard Pique | Barcelona | €2.33m |
| 2. | Gareth Bale | Real Madrid | €2.27m |
| 2= | Eden Hazard | Real Madrid | €2.27m |
| 4. | Sergio Busquets | Barcelona | €1.91m |
| 5. | David Alaba | Real Madrid | €1.88m |
| 5= | Antoine Griezmann | Atletico Madrid | €1.88m |
🇩🇪 Bundesliga – A Bayern Munich whitewash
Unsurprisingly, Bayern Munich dominate the best-paid player charts as well as the Bundesliga standings.
Star striker Robert Lewandowski leads the way on an incredible €2 million per month at the Bavarian capital. Manuel Neuer, meanwhile, takes home the crown of the best-paid goalkeeper across Europe’s top five leagues.
| # | PLAYER | CLUB | SALARY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Robert Lewandowski | Bayern Munich | €2m |
| 2. | Manuel Neuer | Bayern Munich | €1.75m |
| 3. | Thomas Muller | Bayern Munich | €1.66m |
| 3= | Joshua Kimmich | Bayern Munich | €1.66m |
| 4. | Leroy Sane | Bayern Munich | €1.41m |
| 4= | Kingsley Coman | Bayern Munich | €1.41m |
| 4= | Lucas Hernandez | Bayern Munich | €1.41m |
🇮🇹 Serie A – Dybala succeeds Ronaldo
With Cristiano Ronaldo gone, Paulo Dybala has succeeded his former Juventus teammate as the highest-paid player in Serie A.
The Argentine just edges new Juventus signing Dusan Vlahovic for the honor on €1.13 million per month.
| # | PLAYER | CLUB | SALARY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Paulo Dybala | Juventus | €1.13m |
| 2. | Dusan Vlahovic | Juventus | €1.07m |
| 3. | Wojciech Szczesny | Juventus | €1m |
| 3= | Leonardo Bonucci | Juventus | €1m |
| 4. | Kalidou Koulibaly | Napoli | €930,000 |
| 4= | Alex Sandro | Juventus | €930,000 |
🇫🇷 Ligue 1 – Neymar edges Messi
Perhaps the biggest surprise on this list from L’Equipe is Neymar earning more money than Lionel Messi at Paris Saint-Germain.
The Brazilian, who joined the club for a world-record transfer fee of €222 million in 2017, earns over €4 million a month gross.
| # | PLAYER | CLUB | SALARY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Neymar | PSG | €4.08m |
| 2. | Lionel Messi | PSG | €3.4m |
| 3. | Kylian Mbappe | PSG | €2.20m |
| 4. | Marquinhos | PSG | €1.20m |
| 4= | Marco Verratti | PSG | €1.20m |
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