MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER · TOP 100

Highest paid Major League Soccer players

Q: Who is the highest paid player in Major League Soccer?

Robert Lewandowski of Chicago Fire FC, on AU$816,480 per week — AU$42,456,960 a year.

Q: How much do the top 100 Major League Soccer players earn between them?

AU$9,606,870 per week and AU$499,557,240 per year, which is 59% of the entire Major League Soccer wage bill.

Q: Which Major League Soccer club has the most players in the top 100?

Inter Miami CF, with 8 of them, paying AU$2,050,650 a week across those players.

Q: What does it take to make the top 100?

AU$32,130 per week — that is what Erik Thommy earns in 100th place.

Robert Lewandowski leads on AU$816,480 per week. These 100 players take AU$9,606,870 a week between them - 59% of the league's entire wage bill. We hold a wage for 765 of the 769 players in Major League Soccer.

TOP 100 WEEKLY AU$9.6m

SHARE OF LEAGUE BILL59%

MEDIAN AGE28

MOST IN THE LIST8 Inter Miami CF

Major League Soccer league stats Top earner at every club All leagues

Where the top 100 play

Combined weekly wages of each club's players in this list

Inter Miami CF 8 AU$2.1m Chicago Fire FC 4 AU$1m LA Galaxy 8 AU$707k Orlando City SC 3 AU$522k Los Angeles Football Club 4 AU$482k Atlanta United FC 5 AU$469k FC Cincinnati 5 AU$346k Nashville SC 4 AU$327k New England Revolution 3 AU$301k New York Red Bulls 3 AU$299k Seattle Sounders FC 5 AU$270k Portland Timbers 3 AU$253k

What each age band takes

Combined weekly wages of the top 100 by age

Under 23 2 AU$102k

23-26 29 AU$1.9m

27-30 41 AU$2.8m

Over 30 28 AU$4.8m

The shape of the top 100

Weekly wage by rank

#1 AU$816k #10 AU$206k #100 AU$32k

Robert Lewandowski earns 4× what the tenth best paid player in the list does, and 25× the 100th. Half of the AU$9.6m a week on this page goes to the first 18 players on it.

The top 100

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#	PLAYER	WEEKLY	YEARLY	TEAM	NATION	AGE	POSITION
01	Robert Lewandowski	AU$816,480	AU$42,456,960	Chicago Fire FC	Poland	36	ST
02	Casemiro	AU$567,000	AU$29,484,000	Inter Miami CF	Brazil	33	DM
03	Antoine Griezmann	AU$438,480	AU$22,800,960	Orlando City SC	France	34	AM RLC, F C
04	Lionel Messi	AU$419,580	AU$21,818,160	Inter Miami CF	Argentina	38	AM RC, F C
05	Rodrigo De Paul	AU$321,300	AU$16,707,600	Inter Miami CF	Argentina	31	AM RC
06	Heung-Min Son	AU$300,510	AU$15,626,520	Los Angeles Football Club	South Korea	33	AM L, ST
07	Sergio Busquets	AU$236,250	AU$12,285,000	Inter Miami CF	Spain	36	DM
08	Miguel Almirón	AU$211,680	AU$11,007,360	Atlanta United FC	Paraguay	31	AM RLC
09	Tadeo Allende	AU$209,790	AU$10,909,080	Inter Miami CF	Argentina	26	AM RL, ST
10	Hirving Lozano	AU$206,010	AU$10,712,520	LA Galaxy	Mexico	29	AM RL, ST

11	Emil Forsberg	AU$166,320	AU$8,648,640	New York Red Bulls	Sweden	33	AM RLC
12	Jordi Alba	AU$160,650	AU$8,353,800	Inter Miami CF	Spain	36	D/WB L
13	Riqui Puig	AU$151,200	AU$7,862,400	LA Galaxy	Spain	25	AM C
14	Jonathan Bamba	AU$149,310	AU$7,764,120	Chicago Fire FC	Côte d’Ivoire	29	AM RL
15	Hany Mukhtar	AU$145,530	AU$7,567,560	Nashville SC	Sudan	30	AM LC, F C
16	Alexey Miranchuk	AU$137,970	AU$7,174,440	Atlanta United FC	Russia	29	AM RC, F C
17	Christian Benteke	AU$136,080	AU$7,076,160	D.C. United	Belgium	34	ST
18	Timo Werner	AU$134,190	AU$6,977,880	San Jose Earthquakes	Germany	29	AM L, ST
19	Jack Harrison	AU$132,300	AU$6,879,600	New England Revolution	England	28	AM RLC
20	Evander	AU$130,410	AU$6,781,320	FC Cincinnati	Brazil	27	DM, AM C
21	Carles Gil	AU$130,410	AU$6,781,320	New England Revolution	Spain	32	AM RLC, F C
22	Joseph Paintsil	AU$113,400	AU$5,896,800	LA Galaxy	Ghana	27	AM RL
23	Denis Bouanga	AU$103,950	AU$5,405,400	Los Angeles Football Club	Gabon	30	AM RL, ST
24	Brandon Vázquez	AU$102,060	AU$5,307,120	Austin FC	United States	26	AM R, ST
25	Kévin Denkey	AU$102,060	AU$5,307,120	FC Cincinnati	Togo	24	ST
26	Wilfried Zaha	AU$100,170	AU$5,208,840	Charlotte Football Club	Côte d’Ivoire	32	AM RL, ST
27	Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting	AU$98,280	AU$5,110,560	New York Red Bulls	Cameroon	36	AM RLC, F C
28	Germán Berterame	AU$96,390	AU$5,012,280	Inter Miami CF	Mexico	26	ST
29	Nicolás Fernández Mercau	AU$96,390	AU$5,012,280	New York City FC	Argentina	25	D/WB L, AM LC
30	David Pereira Da Costa	AU$96,390	AU$5,012,280	Portland Timbers	Portugal	24	AM LC
31	Ryan Gauld	AU$94,500	AU$4,914,000	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Scotland	29	AM LC
32	Dejan Joveljic	AU$92,610	AU$4,815,720	Sporting Kansas City	Serbia	25	ST
33	Brais Méndez	AU$83,160	AU$4,324,320	Columbus Crew	Spain	28	AM RC
34	Sam Surridge	AU$81,270	AU$4,226,040	Nashville SC	England	26	ST
35	Kristoffer Velde	AU$81,270	AU$4,226,040	Portland Timbers	Norway	25	AM L
36	Vincent Janssen	AU$75,600	AU$3,931,200	Portland Timbers	Netherlands	31	ST
37	Albert Rusnák	AU$75,600	AU$3,931,200	Seattle Sounders FC	Slovakia	31	AM LC
38	Dániel Gazdag	AU$73,710	AU$3,832,920	Columbus Crew	Hungary	29	AM/F C
39	Anders Dreyer	AU$71,820	AU$3,734,640	San Diego Football Club	Denmark	27	AM R
40	Petar Musa	AU$69,930	AU$3,636,360	FC Dallas	Croatia	27	ST

41	Liel Abada	AU$68,040	AU$3,538,080	Charlotte Football Club	Israel	23	AM RL, ST
42	Sergi Roberto	AU$66,150	AU$3,439,800	LA Galaxy	Spain	33	D/WB R, DM
43	Kyogo Furuhashi	AU$66,150	AU$3,439,800	LA Galaxy	Japan	30	ST
44	Thomas Müller	AU$64,260	AU$3,341,520	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Germany	35	AM RC, F C
45	Jordan Morris	AU$60,480	AU$3,144,960	Seattle Sounders FC	United States	30	AM RL, ST
46	Manu García	AU$60,480	AU$3,144,960	Sporting Kansas City	Spain	27	AM C
47	Myrto Uzuni	AU$58,590	AU$3,046,680	Austin FC	Albania	30	AM RLC, F C
48	Paxten Aaronson	AU$58,590	AU$3,046,680	Colorado Rapids	United States	21	AM RLC
49	Cristian Espinoza	AU$58,590	AU$3,046,680	Nashville SC	Argentina	30	AM RL
50	Thiago Martins	AU$52,920	AU$2,751,840	New York City FC	Brazil	30	D C
51	Angus Gunn	AU$52,920	AU$2,751,840	San Jose Earthquakes	Scotland	29	GK
52	Wessam Abou Ali	AU$51,030	AU$2,653,560	Columbus Crew	Palestine	26	ST
53	Djordje Mihailović	AU$51,030	AU$2,653,560	Toronto FC	United States	26	AM LC
54	Cristian Roldán	AU$49,140	AU$2,555,280	Seattle Sounders FC	United States	30	DM, M RC
55	Jesus Ferreira	AU$49,140	AU$2,555,280	Seattle Sounders FC	United States	24	AM RLC, F C
56	Facundo Torres	AU$45,360	AU$2,358,720	Austin FC	Uruguay	25	AM RLC
57	Marcus Ingvartsen	AU$45,360	AU$2,358,720	San Diego Football Club	Denmark	29	AM RC, F C
58	Armindo Sieb	AU$43,470	AU$2,260,440	Los Angeles Football Club	Germany	22	AM RLC, F C
59	Enea Mihaj	AU$41,580	AU$2,162,160	Atlanta United FC	Albania	27	D C
60	Junior Alonso	AU$41,580	AU$2,162,160	Atlanta United FC	Paraguay	32	D LC
61	Luca De La Torre	AU$41,580	AU$2,162,160	Charlotte Football Club	United States	27	AM RLC
62	Robin Lod	AU$41,580	AU$2,162,160	Chicago Fire FC	Finland	32	AM RLC, F C
63	Philip Zinckernagel	AU$41,580	AU$2,162,160	Chicago Fire FC	Denmark	30	AM RLC
64	Miles Robinson	AU$41,580	AU$2,162,160	FC Cincinnati	United States	28	D C
65	Elias Saad	AU$41,580	AU$2,162,160	Nashville SC	Tunisia	25	AM RLC
66	Hannes Wolf	AU$41,580	AU$2,162,160	New York City FC	Austria	26	AM RLC
67	Daryl Dike	AU$41,580	AU$2,162,160	Orlando City SC	United States	25	ST
68	Marco Pašalić	AU$41,580	AU$2,162,160	Orlando City SC	Croatia	24	AM RL
69	Eduard Löwen	AU$41,580	AU$2,162,160	St. Louis CITY SC	Germany	28	DM
70	Roman Bürki	AU$41,580	AU$2,162,160	St. Louis CITY SC	Switzerland	34	GK

71	Josh Sargent	AU$41,580	AU$2,162,160	Toronto FC	United States	25	ST
72	Pep Biel	AU$39,690	AU$2,063,880	Charlotte Football Club	Spain	28	AM RC, F C
73	Matt Miazga	AU$39,690	AU$2,063,880	FC Cincinnati	United States	29	D C
74	Luis Suárez	AU$39,690	AU$2,063,880	Inter Miami CF	Uruguay	38	ST
75	Kelvin Yeboah	AU$39,690	AU$2,063,880	Minnesota United FC	Italy	25	AM L, ST
76	Lewis Morgan	AU$39,690	AU$2,063,880	San Diego Football Club	Scotland	28	AM RLC, F C
77	Cedric Teuchert	AU$39,690	AU$2,063,880	St. Louis CITY SC	Germany	28	AM/F C
78	Dániel Sallói	AU$39,690	AU$2,063,880	Toronto FC	Hungary	28	AM RL, ST
79	João Klauss (João Klauss de Mello)	AU$37,800	AU$1,965,600	LA Galaxy	Brazil	28	ST
80	Leonardo Campana	AU$37,800	AU$1,965,600	New England Revolution	Ecuador	24	ST
81	Kai Wagner	AU$37,800	AU$1,965,600	Philadelphia Union	Germany	28	D/WB/M L
82	Andre Blake	AU$37,800	AU$1,965,600	Philadelphia Union	Jamaica	34	GK
83	Steven Alzate	AU$35,910	AU$1,867,320	Atlanta United FC	Colombia	26	DM
84	Rafael Navarro	AU$35,910	AU$1,867,320	Colorado Rapids	Brazil	25	ST
85	Louis Munteanu	AU$35,910	AU$1,867,320	D.C. United	Romania	23	ST
86	Bongokuhle Hlongwane	AU$35,910	AU$1,867,320	Minnesota United FC	South Africa	25	AM RL, ST
87	James Sands	AU$35,910	AU$1,867,320	New York City FC	United States	25	D C, DM
88	Justen Glad	AU$35,910	AU$1,867,320	Real Salt Lake	United States	28	D C
89	Pedro De La Vega	AU$35,910	AU$1,867,320	Seattle Sounders FC	Argentina	24	AM RLC
90	Niklas Dorsch	AU$35,910	AU$1,867,320	Toronto FC	Germany	27	DM
91	Andrés Cubas	AU$35,910	AU$1,867,320	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Paraguay	29	DM
92	André Gomes	AU$34,020	AU$1,769,040	Columbus Crew	Portugal	31	M C
93	Mateusz Bogusz	AU$34,020	AU$1,769,040	Houston Dynamo FC	Poland	23	AM RC, F C
94	Jakob Glesnes	AU$34,020	AU$1,769,040	LA Galaxy	Norway	31	D C
95	Aaron Long	AU$34,020	AU$1,769,040	Los Angeles Football Club	United States	32	D C
96	Alexander Hack	AU$34,020	AU$1,769,040	New York Red Bulls	Germany	31	D C
97	Morgan Guilavogui	AU$34,020	AU$1,769,040	Real Salt Lake	Guinea	27	AM RL, ST
98	Walker Zimmerman	AU$34,020	AU$1,769,040	Toronto FC	United States	32	D C
99	Obinna Nwobodo	AU$32,130	AU$1,670,760	FC Cincinnati	Nigeria	28	DM
100	Erik Thommy	AU$32,130	AU$1,670,760	LA Galaxy	Germany	30	AM RLC

Frequently asked questions

Who is the highest paid player in Major League Soccer?

Robert Lewandowski of Chicago Fire FC, on AU$816,480 per week — AU$42,456,960 a year.

How much do the top 100 Major League Soccer players earn between them?

AU$9,606,870 per week and AU$499,557,240 per year, which is 59% of the entire Major League Soccer wage bill.

Which Major League Soccer club has the most players in the top 100?

Inter Miami CF, with 8 of them, paying AU$2,050,650 a week across those players.

What does it take to make the top 100?

AU$32,130 per week — that is what Erik Thommy earns in 100th place.