Cristiano Ronaldo £3,000,000/wk Al-Nassr Football Club Karim Benzema £829,000/wk Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club Sadio Mané £625,000/wk Al-Nassr Football Club João Félix £580,000/wk Al-Nassr Football Club Kylian Mbappé £497,000/wk Real Madrid Kalidou Koulibaly £497,000/wk Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club Otávio £472,000/wk Al-Qadsiah Football Club Erling Haaland £450,000/wk Manchester City Victor Osimhen £436,000/wk Galatasaray A.Ş. Robert Lewandowski £432,000/wk Chicago Fire FC Jamal Musiala £414,000/wk FC Bayern München Rúben Neves £414,000/wk Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club Kingsley Coman £414,000/wk Al-Nassr Football Club Mohamed Salah £400,000/wk Trabzonspor A.Ş. Harry Kane £381,000/wk FC Bayern München Dušan Vlahovic £369,000/wk Beşiktaş A.Ş.
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Mohamed Salah vs Virgil van Dijk - salary comparison

Mohamed Salah earns £50,000 a week more than Virgil van Dijk£400,000 against £350,000, a difference of £2,600,000 over a year. Both inside the twenty best paid footballers in our data.

MOHAMED SALAH £400,000
VIRGIL VAN DIJK £350,000
GAP PER WEEK £50,000
GAP PER YEAR £2.6m

Side by side

Current weekly wage, and where each of them earns it

Mohamed Salah Trabzonspor A.Ş. · AM RL, ST · age 33
£400,000 per week

Mohamed Salah vs Virgil van Dijk, line by line

The better figure in each row is picked out in gold. A dash is a figure we do not hold.

Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk compared on wage, career earnings, age, position, club, league, nationality and contract expiry.
MEASURE MOHAMED SALAH VIRGIL VAN DIJK DIFFERENCE
Weekly wage £400,000 £350,000 £50,000
Yearly salary £20,800,000 £18,200,000 £2,600,000
Net worth £151m £127m £24m
Seasons we hold a wage for 11 11 -
Age 33 34 1 yr
Position AM RL, ST D C -
Club Trabzonspor A.Ş. Liverpool -
League Süper Lig Premier League -
Nationality Egypt Netherlands -
Contract expiry JUN 2027 JUN 2027 same day
Net worth is the sum of every season we hold a wage for, not a stated figure.

What the gap buys

The difference between these two, put next to figures the rest of the site holds

Mohamed Salah is paid £50,000 a week more than Virgil van Dijk£2,600,000 over a year.

CLUBS THE GAP OUTSPENDS 396

of the 904 clubs we hold squad wages for pay their whole first team less each week than the gap between these two. The biggest of them is Aalborg Boldspilklub, whose 59 players cost £50k a week between them.

WIDEST IT HAS BEEN £110k

a week, in 2023 — the widest the two have been apart in any of the 11 seasons below that they both appear in.

Season by season

Weekly wage in each season both men appear in our data, newest at the bottom. Where they were is beside the figure.

Mohamed Salah Virgil van Dijk
2017 £45k
2018
£120k Liverpool
£180k Liverpool
£60k
2019
£200k Liverpool
£180k Liverpool
£20k
2020
£200k Liverpool
£180k Liverpool
£20k
2021
£200k Liverpool
£180k Liverpool
£20k
2022
£225k Liverpool
£240k Liverpool
£15k
2023
£350k Liverpool
£240k Liverpool
£110k
2024
£350k Liverpool
£240k Liverpool
£110k
2025
£350k Liverpool
£240k Liverpool
£110k
2026
£400k Liverpool
£350k Liverpool
£50k
2027 £50k

Full histories: Mohamed Salah · Virgil van Dijk

Frequently asked questions

Mohamed Salah vs Virgil van Dijk

Who earns more, Mohamed Salah or Virgil van Dijk?

Mohamed Salah earns more. Mohamed Salah is on £400,000 per week against Virgil van Dijk's £350,000, a gap of £50,000 a week.

What is the difference between Mohamed Salah's and Virgil van Dijk's salary?

£50,000 per week, which comes to £2,600,000 over a year. Mohamed Salah is paid 1.1 times what Virgil van Dijk is paid.

How much does Mohamed Salah earn per week?

Mohamed Salah earns £400,000 per week at Trabzonspor A.Ş., or £20,800,000 per year.

How much does Virgil van Dijk earn per week?

Virgil van Dijk earns £350,000 per week at Liverpool, or £18,200,000 per year.

Who is older, Mohamed Salah or Virgil van Dijk?

Virgil van Dijk is older, at 34 to 33.

Whose contract runs longer, Mohamed Salah's or Virgil van Dijk's?

Both deals are recorded as expiring on 30 June 2027.

Who has earned more over their career, Mohamed Salah or Virgil van Dijk?

Mohamed Salah, on the seasons we hold a wage for. Mohamed Salah has earned £150,904,000 across 11 seasons, Virgil van Dijk £126,984,000 across 11 seasons.

How big is the gap between Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk?

£50,000 a week. That is more than the entire first-team wage bill at 396 of the 904 clubs whose squads we hold wages for, the biggest of them Aalborg Boldspilklub on £49,794 a week.

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