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Salaries - MLS
Players with the highest salaries in the MLS (USA)
| # | Player | Annual Salary | Position | Age | Apps | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Lionel Messi | €11,160,000 | FW | 37 | 22 |
| 2 | | Sergio Busquets | €7,904,996 | MF | 36 | 32 |
| 3 |  | Xherdan Shaqiri | €7,800,000 | MF | 33 | 12 |
| 4 |  | Lorenzo Insigne | €6,975,000 | FW | 33 | 23 |
| 5 |  | Emil Forsberg | €5,026,650 | FW | 33 | 24 |
| 6 |  | Héctor Herrera | €4,417,500 | MF | 34 | 24 |
| 7 |  | Steven Birnbaum | €4,296,233 | DF | 34 | 6 |
| 8 |  | Sebastián Driussi | €4,185,000 | FW | 29 | 27 |
| 9 |  | Omar Antonio Campos Chagoya | €4,000,000 | MF | 22 | 27 |
| 10 | | Christian Benteke | €3,952,500 | FW | 34 | 30 |
| 11 |  | Carles Gil | €3,720,000 | MF | 32 | 26 |
| 12 |  | Riqui Puig | €3,720,000 | MF | 25 | 33 |
| 13 |  | Hany Mukhtar | €3,534,000 | MF | 30 | 32 |
| 14 |  | Alan Pulido | €3,348,000 | FW | 34 | 31 |
| 15 | | Hugo Cuypers | €3,011,340 | FW | 28 | 31 |
| 16 | | Walker Zimmerman | €2,976,000 | DF | 31 | 25 |
| 17 |  | Teemu Pukki | €2,976,000 | FW | 34 | 22 |
| 18 |  | Jesus Ferreira | €2,917,041 | FW | 24 | 22 |
| 19 | | Joseph Paintsil | €2,916,480 | MF | 27 | 34 |
| 20 | | Federico Bernardeschi | €2,906,250 | FW | 31 | 29 |
| 21 | | Denis Bouanga | €2,774,000 | MF | 30 | 36 |
| 22 |  | Luciano Acosta | €2,752,800 | MF | 30 | 35 |
| 23 |  | Ryan Gauld | €2,678,400 | MF | 29 | 34 |
| 24 | | Olivier Giroud | €2,660,000 | FW | 38 | 14 |
| 25 |  | Luis Muriel | €2,634,520 | FW | 33 | 38 |
| 26 |  | Diego Rossi | €2,487,750 | FW | 27 | 35 |
| 27 | | Cucho Hernández | €2,418,000 | FW | 25 | 29 |
| 28 | | Stuart Armstrong | €2,403,613 | MF | 32 | 10 |
| 29 | | Ezequiel Ponce | €2,380,800 | FW | 27 | 12 |
| 30 | | Sam Surridge | €2,325,000 | FW | 26 | 28 |
| 31 |  | Aleksey Miranchuk | €2,232,000 | MF | 29 | 14 |
| 32 |  | Liel Abada | €2,139,000 | FW | 23 | 27 |
| 33 | | Giorgos Giakoumakis | €2,135,600 | FW | 30 | 11 |
| 34 | | Thiago Almada | €2,118,500 | FW | 23 | 17 |
| 35 | | Karol Świderski | €2,046,000 | FW | 28 | 13 |
| 36 |  | Albert Rusnák | €1,999,500 | MF | 30 | 35 |
| 37 | | Nicholas Gioacchini | €1,860,004 | FW | 24 | 9 |
| 38 | | Raúl Ruidíaz | €1,860,000 | FW | 34 | 28 |
| 39 | | Pep Biel | €1,822,800 | MF | 28 | 11 |
| 40 |  | Kevin Cabral | €1,813,500 | FW | 25 | 25 |
| 41 | | Reggie Cannon | €1,805,997 | DF | 26 | 8 |
| 42 |  | Thiago Martins | €1,800,000 | DF | 30 | 35 |
| 43 |  | Evander | €1,794,900 | MF | 26 | 29 |
| 44 | | Sebastián Ferreira | €1,785,600 | FW | 27 | 19 |
| 45 | | Mateusz Klich | €1,767,000 | MF | 34 | 31 |
| 46 | | Petar Musa | €1,710,000 | FW | 27 | 30 |
| 47 |  | Cristian Espinoza | €1,692,600 | MF | 29 | 34 |
| 48 |  | Cristian Daniel Arango Duque | €1,680,000 | FW | 30 | 32 |
| 49 |  | Mikael Uhre | €1,674,000 | FW | 30 | 30 |
| 50 |  | Marcel Hartel | €1,671,768 | MF | 29 | 9 |
Who is the highest paid player in the MLS?
Currently, the highest paid footballer in MLS is Lionel Messi who plays for Inter Miami with an annual salary of €11,160,000 per season. The second highest is Sergio Busquets with €7,904,996 per season, and the third highest paid footballer is Xherdan Shaqiri with €7,800,000 per season.
Annual Salaries by Teams in the MLS (Club Wage Bills)
* This table includes data for known salaries only
Which team has the highest payroll in the MLS?
Currently, the football team with the highest payroll in MLS is Inter Miami with an annual total payroll of €27,079,885. This represents an average of €967,139 of annual salary per player. This is 9% higher than Chicago Fire who is the team with the 2nd highest payroll in MLS and 26% higher than Los Angeles FC who is the team with the third highest payroll in MLS.
Players with the Lowest Salaries in the MLS
* This table includes data for known salaries only. Lower range salaries can be inaccurate. We may update this table later.
| # | Player | Annual Salary | Position | Age | Apps | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | Omar Gonzalez | €14 | DF | 36 | 15 |
| 2 | | Kevin Jesús Kelsy Genez | €500 | FW | 20 | 25 |
| 3 | | Jeremy Garay | €62,225 | MF | 21 | 2 |
| 4 | | Aiden McFadden | €62,225 | FW | 26 | 0 |
| 5 | | Malachi Jones | €64,169 | FW | 21 | 14 |
| 6 | | David Vazquez | €64,169 | MF | 19 | 0 |
| 7 | | Chris Rindov | €64,169 | DF | 23 | 0 |
| 8 | | Alenis Vargas | €64,169 | FW | 21 | 20 |
| 9 | | Aidan Charles O'Connor | €64,169 | DF | 23 | 2 |
| 10 | | Hugo Antonio Bacharach Capdevila | €64,169 | DF | 23 | 1 |
| 11 | | Isaiah Jones | €64,169 | MF | 18 | 2 |
| 12 | | Carlos Miguel Harvey Cesneros | €64,169 | DF | 25 | 21 |
| 13 | | Andrew Baiera | €64,169 | DF | 18 | 0 |
| 14 | | Peyton Miller | €64,169 | MF | 17 | 10 |
| 15 | | Matthew Bell | €64,169 | FW | 22 | 1 |
| 16 | | Joseph Skinner | €64,169 | DF | 21 | 2 |
| 17 |  | Alessandro Simone Biello | €64,169 | MF | 18 | 2 |
| 18 | | Amet Korça | €65,392 | DF | 24 | 0 |
| 19 | | Nico Benalcazar | €65,492 | DF | 23 | 0 |
| 20 | | Gabriel Segal | €66,403 | FW | 23 | 13 |
| 21 | | Giuseppe Bovalina | €66,403 | DF | 20 | 11 |
| 22 | | Jayden Reid | €66,403 | DF | 23 | 12 |
| 23 | | Stephen Afrifa | €66,403 | FW | 24 | 24 |
| 24 | | Sota Kitahara | €66,403 | MF | 22 | 2 |
| 25 | | Morris Duggan | €66,403 | DF | 24 | 2 |
| 26 | | Tucker Lepley | €66,403 | MF | 23 | 3 |
| 27 | | Andrew Privett | €66,403 | MF | 24 | 33 |
| 28 | | Isaiah Parente | €66,403 | MF | 25 | 6 |
| 29 | | Favian Loyola | €66,403 | FW | 19 | 0 |
| 30 | | Patrick Agyemang | €66,403 | FW | 24 | 34 |
| 31 | | Malik Pinto | €66,403 | MF | 22 | 11 |
| 32 | | Daniel Munie | €66,403 | DF | 25 | 17 |
| 33 | | JahLane Forbes | €66,403 | DF | 23 | 0 |
| 34 | | Jordan Adebayo-Smith | €66,403 | FW | N/A | 11 |
| 35 | | Garrison Tubbs | €66,403 | MF | 23 | 15 |
| 36 | | Javier Otero | €66,403 | GK | 22 | 1 |
| 37 | | London Aghedo | €66,403 | DF | 24 | 2 |
| 38 | | Luka Gavran | €66,403 | GK | 24 | 9 |
| 39 | | Nickseon Gomis | €66,403 | DF | N/A | 24 |
| 40 | | Roald Mitchell | €66,403 | MF | 22 | 2 |
| 41 | | Ajani Fortune | €66,403 | MF | 22 | 32 |
| 42 | | Lawson Sunderland | €66,403 | MF | 23 | 5 |
| 43 | | Gerardo Valenzuela | €66,403 | FW | 20 | 31 |
| 44 | | Christian Olivares | €66,403 | GK | 23 | 0 |
| 45 | | Israel Boatwright | €66,403 | DF | 19 | 0 |
| 46 | | Tyrese Spicer | €66,403 | FW | N/A | 19 |
| 47 | | Luke Brennan | €66,403 | FW | 20 | 7 |
| 48 | | Chituru Odunze | €66,403 | GK | 22 | 0 |
| 49 | | Cole Jensen | €66,403 | GK | 24 | 0 |
| 50 | | Matthew Edwards | €66,403 | DF | 22 | 1 |
Which players gets paid the least in the MLS?
These are players with the lowest salaries in the MLS currently : Omar Gonzalez is the lowest paid with an annual wage of €14, Kevin Jesús Kelsy Genez is the 2nd lowest paid with €500, and Jeremy Garay is the 3rd worst with an annual salary of just €62,225.
Salary by Nationality of the Players
* This list includes data for nationalities where there are at least 3 players of the same nationality in this league.
| Nationality | Average Salary | Highest Paid Player | Players | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland | €2,491,958 | Xherdan Shaqiri | 4 |
| 2 | Belgium | €2,147,835 | Christian Benteke | 4 |
| 3 | Italy | €1,929,952 | Lorenzo Insigne | 7 |
| 4 | Scotland | €1,793,628 | Ryan Gauld | 4 |
| 5 | Spain | €1,495,970 | Sergio Busquets | 15 |
| 6 | Mexico | €1,327,373 | Héctor Herrera | 10 |
| 7 | Sweden | €1,290,763 | Emil Forsberg | 6 |
| 8 | Argentina | €1,123,505 | Lionel Messi | 37 |
| 9 | Finland | €1,050,999 | Teemu Pukki | 8 |
| 10 | Greece | €981,815 | Giorgos Giakoumakis | 3 |
| 11 | Uruguay | €978,387 | Diego Rossi | 16 |
| 12 | Slovakia | €933,446 | Albert Rusnák | 3 |
| 13 | Poland | €893,947 | Karol Świderski | 7 |
| 14 | Peru | €848,583 | Raúl Ruidíaz | 5 |
| 15 | Austria | €843,000 | Hannes Wolf | 3 |
| 16 | Croatia | €822,813 | Petar Musa | 4 |
| 17 | Denmark | €772,674 | Mikael Uhre | 6 |
| 18 | France | €738,679 | Olivier Giroud | 15 |
| 19 | Chile | €728,574 | Felipe Mora | 4 |
| 20 | England | €715,314 | Sam Surridge | 12 |
| 21 | Paraguay | €697,500 | Sebastián Ferreira | 5 |
| 22 | Germany | €693,970 | Hany Mukhtar | 22 |
| 23 | Colombia | €656,747 | Luis Muriel | 27 |
| 24 | Portugal | €652,742 | Diogo Gonçalves | 6 |
| 25 | Brazil | €619,150 | Thiago Martins | 26 |
| 26 | Norway | €616,217 | Stian Gregersen | 8 |
| 27 | Ecuador | €600,411 | Carlos Gruezo | 7 |
| 28 | Nigeria | €594,536 | Obinna Nwobodo | 7 |
| 29 | Serbia | €546,977 | Nemanja Radoja | 7 |
| 30 | Ghana | €501,857 | Joseph Paintsil | 17 |
| 31 | Japan | €437,043 | Maya Yoshida | 6 |
| 32 | Haiti | €419,684 | Derrick Etienne Jr. | 3 |
| 33 | Costa Rica | €402,210 | Randall Leal | 6 |
| 34 | Panama | €393,390 | Aníbal Godoy | 3 |
| 35 | Venezuela | €371,052 | Josef Martinez | 7 |
| 36 | Cameroon | €367,133 | Nouhou Tolo | 3 |
| 37 | Slovenia | €366,813 | David Brekalo | 4 |
| 38 | Republic of Ireland | €347,588 | Connor Ronan | 4 |
| 39 | New Zealand | €333,638 | Michael Boxall | 4 |
| 40 | Jamaica | €328,511 | Andre Blake | 6 |
| 41 | USA | €302,790 | Steven Birnbaum | 339 |
| 42 | South Africa | €282,106 | Bongokuhle Hlongwane | 5 |
| 43 | Australia | €261,191 | Brad Smith | 4 |
| 44 | Canada | €248,828 | Richie Laryea | 41 |
| 45 | Senegal | €204,299 | Jamal Thiaré | 5 |
| 46 | Honduras | €170,354 | Deybi Aldair Flores | 3 |
| 47 | Trinidad and Tobago | €72,061 | Greg Ranjitsingh | 4 |
What nationality is paid the most in MLS?
Currently, the players from Switzerland tend to make the most money playing football in the MLS. Their average annual income is €2,491,958.This is 16% higher than the second nationality (Belgium) which is €2,147,835 per year.
Furthermore, players from Switzerland gets paid 29% higher than the 3rd nationality (Italy) which is €1,929,952 per year.
We can explain these differences by the number of players and the range of salary. For example, the average salary data for players from USA is based on 339 players where the highest paid player is Steven Birnbaum with an annual pay of €7,800,000. That means that even though there are highly paid players from USA, the sheer number of players can offset the average to a lower amount than expected.
Salary by Age
| Age | Average Salary | Highest Paid Player | Players |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | €192,289 | Cavan Sullivan | 1 |
| 17 | €78,664 | Julian Hall | 6 |
| 18 | €70,981 | Matai Akinmboni | 11 |
| 19 | €158,802 | Jovan Mijatović | 25 |
| 20 | €137,122 | Caleb Wiley | 28 |
| 21 | €215,257 | Omari Nkosi Matthew Glasgow | 40 |
| 22 | €289,523 | Omar Antonio Campos Chagoya | 54 |
| 23 | €286,249 | Liel Abada | 65 |
| 24 | €377,409 | Jesus Ferreira | 68 |
| 25 | €414,938 | Riqui Puig | 58 |
| 26 | €514,804 | Sam Surridge | 59 |
| 27 | €542,182 | Joseph Paintsil | 54 |
| 28 | €726,054 | Hugo Cuypers | 52 |
| 29 | €771,728 | Sebastián Driussi | 47 |
| 30 | €781,799 | Hany Mukhtar | 50 |
| 31 | €738,591 | Walker Zimmerman | 37 |
| 32 | €716,166 | Carles Gil | 30 |
| 33 | €1,485,368 | Xherdan Shaqiri | 23 |
| 34 | €1,235,727 | Héctor Herrera | 30 |
| 35 | €395,191 | Marco Reus | 12 |
| 36 | €983,587 | Sergio Busquets | 14 |
| 37 | €2,538,899 | Lionel Messi | 5 |
| 38 | €749,074 | Olivier Giroud | 9 |
| 39 | €83,436 | Evan Bush | 1 |
| 40 | €327,615 | Bradley Guzan | 2 |
What is the average salary for younger players in the MLS?
Currently, the average salary for players aged 18 to 23 in the MLS is €230,677, with the highest paid young player being Omar Antonio Campos Chagoya with a yearly salary of €4,000,000.
What is the average salary for players in their 20s in the MLS?
Currently, the average salary for players aged 20 to 29 in the MLS is €438,281, with the highest paid player in their 20s being Sebastián Driussi with a yearly salary of €4,185,000.
What is the average salary for players in their prime in the MLS?
Currently, the average salary for players aged 25 to 32 in the MLS is €751,306, with the highest paid prime aged player being Carles Gil with a yearly wage of €3,720,000.
What is the average salary for players aged above 30 in the MLS?
Currently, the average salary for players aged 30+ in the MLS is €928,758, with the highest paid older player being Lionel Messi with an annual salary of €11,160,000.
Salaries - USA
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