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LIGA MX · ATTACKERS · 2026/27

Highest paid Liga MX attackers

Julián Carranza is the best-paid attacker in Liga MX, on £62,000 a week at CD Necaxa, or £3,224,000 a year. Diego Rossi is next on £51,000 at CF Monterrey. We hold wages for 234 Liga MX attackers in 2026/27.

BEST PAID £62k
AVERAGE WAGE £9,234
SHARE OF WAGE BILL46%
TOP 10 A WEEK £351k
WAGES HELD234

The 50 best-paid Liga MX attackers

Weekly wage, 2026/27. A player who plays in two areas of the pitch is on both lists, at the full wage.

The best-paid attackers in Liga MX in 2026/27, ranked by weekly wage, with the yearly wage, club, age, position and nationality.
# PLAYER WEEKLY YEARLY CLUB AGE POSITION NATION
1 Julián Carranza £62,000£62k £3,224,000£3.2m CD Necaxa 25 Striker Argentina
2 Diego Rossi £51,000£51k £2,652,000£2.7m CF Monterrey 27 Attacking midfielder, striker Uruguay
3 Hugo Cuypers £51,000£51k £2,652,000£2.7m CF Monterrey 28 Striker Belgium
4 Alan Pulido £34,000£34k £1,768,000£1.8m CD Guadalajara 34 Attacking midfielder, striker Mexico
5 Jordy Caicedo £28,000£28k £1,456,000£1.5m CD Atlas 27 Right winger, striker Ecuador
6 Lucas Ocampos £28,000£28k £1,456,000£1.5m CF Monterrey 31 Winger, striker Argentina
7 Alexis Vega £25,000£25k £1,300,000£1.3m Deportivo Toluca 27 Attacking midfielder, striker Mexico
8 Kenedy £25,000£25k £1,300,000£1.3m Pachuca CF 29 Left wing-back, winger Brazil
9 Orbelín Pineda £24,000£24k £1,248,000£1.2m CF Monterrey 29 Attacking midfielder Mexico
10 Felipe Mora £23,000£23k £1,196,000£1.2m Club Atlético San Luis 31 Striker Chile
11 Juan Brunetta £23,000£23k £1,196,000£1.2m Tigres de la UANL 28 Attacking midfielder, striker Argentina
12 Alejandro Zendejas £22,000£22k £1,144,000£1.1m Club América 27 Attacking midfielder United States
13 Agustín Palavecino £21,000£21k £1,092,000£1.1m CD Cruz Azul 28 Attacking midfielder Argentina
14 Roberto Alvarado £20,000£20k £1,040,000£1.0m CD Guadalajara 26 Winger Mexico
15 Paulinho £20,000£20k £1,040,000£1.0m Deportivo Toluca 32 Striker Portugal
16 Henry Martín £19,000£19k £988,000£988k Club América 32 Striker Mexico
17 Carlos Rotondi £18,000£18k £936,000£936k CD Cruz Azul 28 Left wing-back, left winger Argentina
18 César Huerta £18,000£18k £936,000£936k Pumas de la UNAM 24 Winger Mexico
19 Diego Lainez £17,000£17k £884,000£884k Tigres de la UANL 25 Winger Mexico
20 José Paradela £16,000£16k £832,000£832k CD Cruz Azul 26 Attacking midfielder Argentina
21 Carlos Rodríguez £16,000£16k £832,000£832k CD Cruz Azul 28 Attacking midfielder Mexico
22 Diber Cambindo £16,000£16k £832,000£832k Club León 29 Striker Colombia
23 Brian Rodríguez £16,000£16k £832,000£832k Club América 25 Attacking midfielder Uruguay
24 Jesús Corona £16,000£16k £832,000£832k CF Monterrey 32 Right wing-back, winger Mexico
25 Marcel Ruiz £16,000£16k £832,000£832k Deportivo Toluca 24 Attacking midfielder Mexico
26 Oussama Idrissi £16,000£16k £832,000£832k Pachuca CF 29 Winger Morocco
27 Óliver £15,000£15k £780,000£780k CF Monterrey 30 Attacking midfielder Spain
28 Helinho £15,000£15k £780,000£780k Deportivo Toluca 25 Attacking midfielder Brazil
29 Jesús Ricardo Angulo £15,000£15k £780,000£780k Deportivo Toluca 28 Left wing-back, attacking midfielder Mexico
30 Bryan González £14,000£14k £728,000£728k CD Guadalajara 22 Left winger Mexico
31 Chicharito £14,000£14k £728,000£728k CD Guadalajara 37 Striker Mexico
32 Jesús Gallardo £14,000£14k £728,000£728k Deportivo Toluca 30 Left-back, left winger Mexico
33 Federico Viñas £14,000£14k £728,000£728k Deportivo Toluca 27 Striker Uruguay
34 Nicolás Ibáñez £13,000£13k £676,000£676k CD Cruz Azul 30 Striker Argentina
35 Brian Gutiérrez £13,000£13k £676,000£676k CD Guadalajara 22 Attacking midfielder Mexico
36 Ismael Díaz £13,000£13k £676,000£676k Club León 28 Left winger, striker Panama
37 Aldo López £13,000£13k £676,000£676k CD Santos Laguna 25 Right-back, defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Mexico
38 Diego Valoyes £13,000£13k £676,000£676k Fútbol Club Juárez 28 Winger Colombia
39 Uriel Antuna £13,000£13k £676,000£676k Pumas de la UNAM 27 Winger, striker Mexico
40 Ángel Sepúlveda £12,000£12k £624,000£624k CD Guadalajara 34 Winger, striker Mexico
41 Lorenzo Faravelli £12,000£12k £624,000£624k CD Necaxa 32 Attacking midfielder Argentina
42 Ignacio Rivero £12,000£12k £624,000£624k Xoloitzcuintles de Tijuana 33 Winger Uruguay
43 Iván Rodríguez £11,000£11k £572,000£572k Club León 29 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Mexico
44 Javairo Dilrosun £11,000£11k £572,000£572k Club América 27 Winger Netherlands
45 Víctor Guzmán £11,000£11k £572,000£572k Deportivo Toluca 30 Attacking midfielder Mexico
46 Salomón Rondón £11,000£11k £572,000£572k Pachuca CF 35 Striker Venezuela
47 Juninho £11,000£11k £572,000£572k Pumas de la UNAM 28 Right winger, striker Brazil
48 Jordi Cortizo £10,000£10k £520,000£520k Club León 29 Winger Mexico
49 Víctor Dávila £10,000£10k £520,000£520k Club América 27 Attacking midfielder Chile
50 Robert Morales £10,000£10k £520,000£520k Deportivo Toluca 26 Striker Paraguay

What each position earns in Liga MX

Average weekly wage of the players aged 22 or over we hold a wage for

Goalkeepers £7,296 Defenders £6,926 Midfielders £6,811 Attackers £9,234

Attackers take 46% of what Liga MX pays its players of that age. The four shares add up to the whole bill, because a player who plays in two areas gives half the wage to each.

The clubs that pay their attackers the most

Every attacker wage we hold at each Liga MX club, added together, a week

CF Monterrey £206k Deportivo Toluca £172k CD Guadalajara £139k CD Cruz Azul £111k Club América £96k Pumas de la UNAM £95k CD Necaxa £92k Tigres de la UANL £91k Club León £87k Pachuca CF £73k

CF Monterrey pay 13 attackers £205,930 a week between them, and Diego Rossi takes 25% of it.

The best-paid attacker at every Liga MX club

18 clubs, 2026/27, with where each ranks among the league's attackers

Each Liga MX club's best-paid attacker in 2026/27, the weekly wage, and that player's rank among every attacker in the league.
CLUB PLAYER WEEKLY RANK
CD Necaxa Julián Carranza £62,000£62k 1
CF Monterrey Diego Rossi £51,000£51k 2
CD Guadalajara Alan Pulido £34,000£34k 4
CD Atlas Jordy Caicedo £28,000£28k 5
Deportivo Toluca Alexis Vega £25,000£25k 7
Pachuca CF Kenedy £25,000£25k 8
Tigres de la UANL Juan Brunetta £23,000£23k 11
Club Atlético San Luis Felipe Mora £23,000£23k 10
Club América Alejandro Zendejas £22,000£22k 12
CD Cruz Azul Agustín Palavecino £21,000£21k 13
Pumas de la UNAM César Huerta £18,000£18k 18
Club León Diber Cambindo £16,000£16k 22
CD Santos Laguna Aldo López £13,000£13k 37
Fútbol Club Juárez Diego Valoyes £13,000£13k 38
Xoloitzcuintles de Tijuana Ignacio Rivero £12,000£12k 42
CF Puebla de la Franja Lucas Cavallini £9,000£9k 57
Atlante Yoel Bárcenas £5,300£5k 104
Querétaro FC Iker Benito £4,100£4k 112

The best-paid attacker in every men's league

43 leagues, ordered by their best-paid attacker. Liga MX ranks 19th.

The best-paid attacker in each men's league we rank attackers in, the weekly wage, and the league's average attacker wage over players aged 22 or over.
LEAGUE BEST PAID WEEKLY AVERAGE
Saudi Pro League Cristiano Ronaldo £3,000,000£3.0m £99,591£100k
La Liga Kylian Mbappé £497,000£497k £44,024£44k
Premier League Erling Haaland £450,000£450k £92,799£93k
Süper Lig Victor Osimhen £436,000£436k £28,205£28k
Major League Soccer Robert Lewandowski £432,000£432k £22,732£23k
Bundesliga Jamal Musiala £414,000£414k £50,516£51k
Ligue 1 Ousmane Dembélé £332,000£332k £29,142£29k
Primeira Liga Jhon Durán £300,000£300k £8,858£9k
Serie A Lautaro Martínez £277,000£277k £42,915£43k
La Liga 2 Álvaro Morata £138,000£138k £6,395£6k
Championship James Ward-Prowse £125,000£125k £18,757£19k
Eredivisie Julian Brandt £124,000£124k £9,719£10k
Super Liga Thiago Almada £123,000£123k £5,256£5k
Serie B Lorenzo Insigne £92,000£92k £8,599£9k
Brasileirão Série A Fred £85,000£85k £12,689£13k
Russian Premier League Wendel £71,000£71k £16,420£16k
Belgian Pro League Hans Vanaken £70,000£70k £8,070£8k
Superleague Greece Ayoub El Kaabi £64,000£64k £13,954£14k
Liga MX Julián Carranza £62,000£62k £9,234£9k
Ekstraklasa Mateusz Klich £61,000£61k £3,685£4k
2. Bundesliga Christian Eriksen £60,000£60k £9,170£9k
Austrian Bundesliga Saša Kalajdžic £53,000£53k £5,308£5k
Croatian First League Iker Almena £52,000£52k £2,068£2k
League One Bobby De Cordova-Reid £48,000£48k £5,492£5k
Chinese Super League Cryzan £43,000£43k £7,644£8k
Scottish Premiership Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain £43,000£43k £5,076£5k
Ligue 2 Téji Savanier £39,000£39k £4,021£4k
Danish Superliga Mohamed Elyounoussi £37,000£37k £6,453£6k
J1 League Erik £36,000£36k £5,315£5k
Czech First League Muhammed-Cham Saracevic £26,000£26k £2,047£2k
Categoría Primera A Luis Muriel £21,000£21k £4,564£5k
Belgian Challenger Pro League Alexis Flips £20,000£20k £1,862£2k
Thai League Bissoli £17,000£17k £2,563£3k
A-League Chris Ikonomidis £17,000£17k £1,642£2k
League Two Andreas Weimann £16,000£16k £2,954£3k
Indian Super League Dimitri Petratos £13,000£13k £985£985
Eliteserien Jón Dagur Þorsteinsson £10,000£10k £1,789£2k
Veikkausliiga Otto Ruoppi £9,000£9k £670£670
Scottish Championship Adam Montgomery £5,500£6k £928£928
I-League Blair Spittal £4,500£5k £459£459
National League James Berry £4,100£4k £1,397£1k
Meistriliiga Rauno Sappinen £1,700£2k £242£242
Canadian Premier League Ballou Tabla £839£839 £491£491

Frequently asked questions

Who is the highest paid attacker in Liga MX?

Julián Carranza of CD Necaxa, on £62,000 a week in 2026/27, or £3,224,000 a year. Diego Rossi of CF Monterrey is second on £51,000 a week.

How much do Liga MX attackers earn?

The average Liga MX attacker aged 22 or over earns £9,234 a week, and the median one £7,150. Attackers take 46% of what Liga MX pays its players of that age.

Which Liga MX club pays its attackers the most?

CF Monterrey, £205,930 a week across the 13 attackers we hold a wage for, led by Diego Rossi on £51,000.

Who is the highest paid attacker in football?

Of the 43 men's leagues we rank attackers in, the best-paid is Cristiano Ronaldo of Al-Nassr Football Club in the Saudi Pro League, on £3,000,000 a week. The best-paid in Liga MX ranks 19th of the 43 leagues on that measure.

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