MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER · TOP 100
Highest paid Major League Soccer players Robert Lewandowski leads on $583,200 per week. These 100 players take $6,862,050 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 $6.9m
SHARE OF LEAGUE BILL 59%
MEDIAN AGE 28
MOST IN THE LIST 8 Inter Miami CF
Where the top 100 play Combined weekly wages of each club's players in this list
What each age band takes Combined weekly wages of the top 100 by age
Under 23 2 $73k
23-26 29 $1.4m
27-30 41 $2m
Over 30 28 $3.4m
The shape of the top 100 Weekly wage by rank #1 $583k #10 $147k #100 $23k
Robert Lewandowski earns 4 × what the tenth best paid player in the list does, and 25 × the 100th. Half of the $6.9m a week on this page goes to the first 18 players on it.
The top 100 Tap a column heading to re-rank # PLAYER WEEKLY YEARLY TEAM NATION AGE POSITION 01 Robert Lewandowski $583,200
$30,326,400 Chicago Fire FC Poland 36 ST 02 Casemiro $405,000
$21,060,000 Inter Miami CF Brazil 33 DM 03 Antoine Griezmann $313,200
$16,286,400 Orlando City SC France 34 AM RLC, F C 04 Lionel Messi $299,700
$15,584,400 Inter Miami CF Argentina 38 AM RC, F C 05 Rodrigo De Paul $229,500
$11,934,000 Inter Miami CF Argentina 31 AM RC 06 Heung-Min Son $214,650
$11,161,800 Los Angeles Football Club South Korea 33 AM L, ST 07 Sergio Busquets $168,750
$8,775,000 Inter Miami CF Spain 36 DM 08 Miguel Almirón $151,200
$7,862,400 Atlanta United FC Paraguay 31 AM RLC 09 Tadeo Allende $149,850
$7,792,200 Inter Miami CF Argentina 26 AM RL, ST 10 Hirving Lozano $147,150
$7,651,800 LA Galaxy Mexico 29 AM RL, ST
11 Emil Forsberg $118,800
$6,177,600 New York Red Bulls Sweden 33 AM RLC 12 Jordi Alba $114,750
$5,967,000 Inter Miami CF Spain 36 D/WB L 13 Riqui Puig $108,000
$5,616,000 LA Galaxy Spain 25 AM C 14 Jonathan Bamba $106,650
$5,545,800 Chicago Fire FC Côte d’Ivoire 29 AM RL 15 Hany Mukhtar $103,950
$5,405,400 Nashville SC Sudan 30 AM LC, F C 16 Alexey Miranchuk $98,550
$5,124,600 Atlanta United FC Russia 29 AM RC, F C 17 Christian Benteke $97,200
$5,054,400 D.C. United Belgium 34 ST 18 Timo Werner $95,850
$4,984,200 San Jose Earthquakes Germany 29 AM L, ST 19 Jack Harrison $94,500
$4,914,000 New England Revolution England 28 AM RLC 20 Evander $93,150
$4,843,800 FC Cincinnati Brazil 27 DM, AM C 21 Carles Gil $93,150
$4,843,800 New England Revolution Spain 32 AM RLC, F C 22 Joseph Paintsil $81,000
$4,212,000 LA Galaxy Ghana 27 AM RL 23 Denis Bouanga $74,250
$3,861,000 Los Angeles Football Club Gabon 30 AM RL, ST 24 Brandon Vázquez $72,900
$3,790,800 Austin FC United States 26 AM R, ST 25 Kévin Denkey $72,900
$3,790,800 FC Cincinnati Togo 24 ST 26 Wilfried Zaha $71,550
$3,720,600 Charlotte Football Club Côte d’Ivoire 32 AM RL, ST 27 Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting $70,200
$3,650,400 New York Red Bulls Cameroon 36 AM RLC, F C 28 Germán Berterame $68,850
$3,580,200 Inter Miami CF Mexico 26 ST 29 Nicolás Fernández Mercau $68,850
$3,580,200 New York City FC Argentina 25 D/WB L, AM LC 30 David Pereira Da Costa $68,850
$3,580,200 Portland Timbers Portugal 24 AM LC 31 Ryan Gauld $67,500
$3,510,000 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Scotland 29 AM LC 32 Dejan Joveljic $66,150
$3,439,800 Sporting Kansas City Serbia 25 ST 33 Brais Méndez $59,400
$3,088,800 Columbus Crew Spain 28 AM RC 34 Sam Surridge $58,050
$3,018,600 Nashville SC England 26 ST 35 Kristoffer Velde $58,050
$3,018,600 Portland Timbers Norway 25 AM L 36 Vincent Janssen $54,000
$2,808,000 Portland Timbers Netherlands 31 ST 37 Albert Rusnák $54,000
$2,808,000 Seattle Sounders FC Slovakia 31 AM LC 38 Dániel Gazdag $52,650
$2,737,800 Columbus Crew Hungary 29 AM/F C 39 Anders Dreyer $51,300
$2,667,600 San Diego Football Club Denmark 27 AM R 40 Petar Musa $49,950
$2,597,400 FC Dallas Croatia 27 ST
41 Liel Abada $48,600
$2,527,200 Charlotte Football Club Israel 23 AM RL, ST 42 Sergi Roberto $47,250
$2,457,000 LA Galaxy Spain 33 D/WB R, DM 43 Kyogo Furuhashi $47,250
$2,457,000 LA Galaxy Japan 30 ST 44 Thomas Müller $45,900
$2,386,800 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Germany 35 AM RC, F C 45 Jordan Morris $43,200
$2,246,400 Seattle Sounders FC United States 30 AM RL, ST 46 Manu García $43,200
$2,246,400 Sporting Kansas City Spain 27 AM C 47 Myrto Uzuni $41,850
$2,176,200 Austin FC Albania 30 AM RLC, F C 48 Paxten Aaronson $41,850
$2,176,200 Colorado Rapids United States 21 AM RLC 49 Cristian Espinoza $41,850
$2,176,200 Nashville SC Argentina 30 AM RL 50 Thiago Martins $37,800
$1,965,600 New York City FC Brazil 30 D C 51 Angus Gunn $37,800
$1,965,600 San Jose Earthquakes Scotland 29 GK 52 Wessam Abou Ali $36,450
$1,895,400 Columbus Crew Palestine 26 ST 53 Djordje Mihailović $36,450
$1,895,400 Toronto FC United States 26 AM LC 54 Cristian Roldán $35,100
$1,825,200 Seattle Sounders FC United States 30 DM, M RC 55 Jesus Ferreira $35,100
$1,825,200 Seattle Sounders FC United States 24 AM RLC, F C 56 Facundo Torres $32,400
$1,684,800 Austin FC Uruguay 25 AM RLC 57 Marcus Ingvartsen $32,400
$1,684,800 San Diego Football Club Denmark 29 AM RC, F C 58 Armindo Sieb $31,050
$1,614,600 Los Angeles Football Club Germany 22 AM RLC, F C 59 Enea Mihaj $29,700
$1,544,400 Atlanta United FC Albania 27 D C 60 Junior Alonso $29,700
$1,544,400 Atlanta United FC Paraguay 32 D LC 61 Luca De La Torre $29,700
$1,544,400 Charlotte Football Club United States 27 AM RLC 62 Philip Zinckernagel $29,700
$1,544,400 Chicago Fire FC Denmark 30 AM RLC 63 Robin Lod $29,700
$1,544,400 Chicago Fire FC Finland 32 AM RLC, F C 64 Miles Robinson $29,700
$1,544,400 FC Cincinnati United States 28 D C 65 Elias Saad $29,700
$1,544,400 Nashville SC Tunisia 25 AM RLC 66 Hannes Wolf $29,700
$1,544,400 New York City FC Austria 26 AM RLC 67 Marco Pašalić $29,700
$1,544,400 Orlando City SC Croatia 24 AM RL 68 Daryl Dike $29,700
$1,544,400 Orlando City SC United States 25 ST 69 Roman Bürki $29,700
$1,544,400 St. Louis CITY SC Switzerland 34 GK 70 Eduard Löwen $29,700
$1,544,400 St. Louis CITY SC Germany 28 DM
71 Josh Sargent $29,700
$1,544,400 Toronto FC United States 25 ST 72 Pep Biel $28,350
$1,474,200 Charlotte Football Club Spain 28 AM RC, F C 73 Matt Miazga $28,350
$1,474,200 FC Cincinnati United States 29 D C 74 Luis Suárez $28,350
$1,474,200 Inter Miami CF Uruguay 38 ST 75 Kelvin Yeboah $28,350
$1,474,200 Minnesota United FC Italy 25 AM L, ST 76 Lewis Morgan $28,350
$1,474,200 San Diego Football Club Scotland 28 AM RLC, F C 77 Cedric Teuchert $28,350
$1,474,200 St. Louis CITY SC Germany 28 AM/F C 78 Dániel Sallói $28,350
$1,474,200 Toronto FC Hungary 28 AM RL, ST 79 João Klauss (João Klauss de Mello) $27,000
$1,404,000 LA Galaxy Brazil 28 ST 80 Leonardo Campana $27,000
$1,404,000 New England Revolution Ecuador 24 ST 81 Kai Wagner $27,000
$1,404,000 Philadelphia Union Germany 28 D/WB/M L 82 Andre Blake $27,000
$1,404,000 Philadelphia Union Jamaica 34 GK 83 Steven Alzate $25,650
$1,333,800 Atlanta United FC Colombia 26 DM 84 Rafael Navarro $25,650
$1,333,800 Colorado Rapids Brazil 25 ST 85 Louis Munteanu $25,650
$1,333,800 D.C. United Romania 23 ST 86 Bongokuhle Hlongwane $25,650
$1,333,800 Minnesota United FC South Africa 25 AM RL, ST 87 James Sands $25,650
$1,333,800 New York City FC United States 25 D C, DM 88 Justen Glad $25,650
$1,333,800 Real Salt Lake United States 28 D C 89 Pedro De La Vega $25,650
$1,333,800 Seattle Sounders FC Argentina 24 AM RLC 90 Niklas Dorsch $25,650
$1,333,800 Toronto FC Germany 27 DM 91 Andrés Cubas $25,650
$1,333,800 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Paraguay 29 DM 92 André Gomes $24,300
$1,263,600 Columbus Crew Portugal 31 M C 93 Mateusz Bogusz $24,300
$1,263,600 Houston Dynamo FC Poland 23 AM RC, F C 94 Jakob Glesnes $24,300
$1,263,600 LA Galaxy Norway 31 D C 95 Aaron Long $24,300
$1,263,600 Los Angeles Football Club United States 32 D C 96 Alexander Hack $24,300
$1,263,600 New York Red Bulls Germany 31 D C 97 Morgan Guilavogui $24,300
$1,263,600 Real Salt Lake Guinea 27 AM RL, ST 98 Walker Zimmerman $24,300
$1,263,600 Toronto FC United States 32 D C 99 Obinna Nwobodo $22,950
$1,193,400 FC Cincinnati Nigeria 28 DM 100 Erik Thommy $22,950
$1,193,400 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 $583,200 per week — $30,326,400 a year.
How much do the top 100 Major League Soccer players earn between them? $6,862,050 per week and $356,826,600 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 $1,464,750 a week across those players.
What does it take to make the top 100? $22,950 per week — that is what Erik Thommy earns in 100th place.
