Football wages by nationality

24,824 players across 81 nations, earning a combined £200,908,398 a week. Each page ranks the highest paid players from that country and picks the best-paid XI their wages can field — 78 of the 81 can field a full 4-3-3.

These are club salaries, not national-team squads. A nation appears here once we hold a weekly wage for at least 40% of the players who give it, and for at least 20 of them: below that the figures describe the leagues we happen to hold wages for rather than the country, so the page would mislead more than it told you.