Highest Paid Football Players 2021

Football is an exciting sports game celebrated across the world. It is the most famous sport in the world with 3.5 billion estimated fans across the continents of the world.

A football game is played with 22 players on the pitch at the same time. Every player has his own position and style to play football. However, some of the players seem to put in more effort than the others making them be celebrated over other teammates.

Despite the effort of every player to be of his own best, there are some players whose pay is always high because of their exceptional efforts. Below are some of the highest-paid football players in 2021.

Lionel Messi ($172m)

Lionel Messi plays for Barcelona and enjoys $610 thousand a week which is $7,320,000 in a month. According to Forbes, Lionel Messi received $172 million in 2020 making him the highest-paid footballer in 2020.

Cristiano Ronaldo ($160m)

Cristiano Ronaldo currently plays for Juventus and earns $702,836.44 in a week which is about $8 million in a month. Cristiano Ronaldo received $160 million in 2020 making him the second-highest-paid footballer in 2020.

Neymar ($131m)

Neymar currently plays for Paris Saint-Germain and earns a weekly salary of $851,522 which is $10 million-plus in a month. However, in 2020, Neymar was paid $131 million making him the third-highest-paid footballer in 2020.

Kylian Mbappe ($57m)

Kylian Mbappe is currently playing for PSG with a weekly salary of $389,145.60 which is $1,556,582 in a month. In 2020, Kylian was paid $57.6 million making him the fourth-highest-paid player in 2020.

Mohamed Salah ($51m)

Mohamed Salah currently plays for Liverpool and enjoys a weekly salary of $243,216 and $972,864 in a month. Mohamed Salah is the fifth-highest-paid player in 2020 with total earnings of $51 million.

Paul Pogba ($46.6m)

Paul Pogba is currently playing for Manchester United and earns $352,663.20 as a weekly salary and $1,410,652 as a monthly salary. He is the sixth-highest-paid football player with a total earning of $46.6 million in 2020.

Antoine Griezman ($45m)

Antoine Griezman is currently playing for Barcelona and earns a weekly salary of $464,318.25 which is $1,857,273 in a month. Griezman is currently the seventh-highest-paid football player in 2020 with a total earning of $45 million.

Gareth Bale ($39.7m)

Gareth bale is currently on a loan at Tottenham who is enjoying $664,168.06 as a weekly salary which is $2,656,672 per month. He is currently the eighth-highest-paid football player in the world with a total earning of $39.7 million in 2020.

Robert Lewandowski ($38.4m)

Robert Lewandowski is the highest-paid player at Bayern Munich with a weekly salary of $445,708.05 which is $1,782,832 in a month. He is currently the ninth-highest-paid football player in the world in 2020. His total earnings in 2020, is $38.4 million.

David De Gea ($37m)

David De Gea is a Manchester United goalkeeper who earns a weekly salary of  $504,678.75 which is $2, 018,715 in a month. He is currently the tenth-highest-paid footballer in the world as of 2020. He has received a total earning of $37 million in 2020.