Top 10 best paid footballers compared to the 10 best men show a difference in massive remuneration
The top paid ten paid women earn much less than their male counterparts, because the figures show a huge contrast in income.
The UEFA female Euro is currently taking place in Switzerland with the best female footballers, including the winner of the 2024 Golden Ball, Aitana Bonmati, in a show.
Tuesday, July 22, England will face Italy in a highly anticipated semi-final confrontation in Lancy before Germany faces Spain in Zurich on Wednesday July 23.
And despite the exposed talent and the increase in income now associated with the female game, players always gain a fraction of the amount that male footballers make.
Of course, this is not a new problem. For several years, the former Captain of the USWNT Megan Rapinoe, who had 203 caps for his country, was a leading voice on the subject, while Switzerland and the star of Juventus, Alisha Lehmann, gave him the subject in 2024.
She said La Repubblica: “I’m not a star, I’m a normal person. I come home, I cook, I do the same as everyone.
“After training, I often tell Douglas (Luiz) that it is unfair. We do the same job, but he earns a hundred thousand times more than me.
“The Women’s World Cup was probably the fifth most watched sporting event in the world. Crazy, it was followed more than the Super Bowl. So, if you think about it, it is obvious that we must have the same salary, at least nationwide.”
And despite certain progress made with American football, engaging the equal salary for male and female teams all competitions in 2022, the remuneration gap is always obvious in other areas of the game.
Top ten best paid footballers
In 2024, Givemesport Classified by the ten best paid women who are most paid best according to their annual salary as indicated below.
1. Aitana Bonmati – £ 835,000
2. Alexia Potellas – £ 584,000
3. Sam Kerr – £ 449,000
4. Rachel Kuchi – £ 385,000
5. Keira Walsh – £ 382,000
6. ADA Hegerberg – £ 332,000
7. MARTA – £ 322,000
8. Wendie Renard – £ 298,000
9. Christine Sinclair – £ 288,000
10. Trinity Rodman – £ 214,000
Yes, compared to the average salary in the respective countries of each player, they earn huge sums of money. But compare their wages to male football and the figures are overshadowed.
Top ten best paid male footballers
Please note that the list below is based on field income and off-scope and is from April 2025. Several players have since signed new contracts or have gone from their then clubs.
As indicated by Enclosure Earlier this year, Cristiano Ronaldo was by far the best winning male footballer on the planet, and he has since written a new lucrative agreement in Al Nassr to increase his earnings.
1. Cristiano Ronaldo – 173 M £
2. Lionel Messi – £ 110 m
3. Neymar – 95 million pounds sterling
4. Kylian Mbappe – 90 million pounds sterling
5. Karim Benzema – 85 million pounds sterling
6. Mohamed Tort – 70 million pounds sterling
7. Kevin de Bruyne – £ 50 million
8. Erling Haaland – 50 million pounds sterling
9. Robert Lewandowski – 45 million pounds sterling
10. Sadio Mane – £ 40 million
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