The Top 20 Forbes richest footballers in the world
1.Cristiano Ronaldo
Last year the player from Madeira earned a total of 83 million dollars.
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2. Lionel Messi
The Argentine striker earned a total of 77 million dollars.
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3. Zlatan Ibrahimovic
The third best earning player in football with 37 million dollars
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4. Neymar
A annual income of 36 million dollars.
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5. Gareth Bale
2015 saw the Wales international earn 34 million dollars.
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6. Wayne Rooney
The Liverpool born player pocketed 26 million dollars in 2015
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7. Kun Agüero
$24M was earnt by the Argentine in 2015
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8. Luis Suárez
The Uruguayan earned 23 million dollars in the year 2015
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9. Eden Hazard
The Chelsea player brought in 22 million dollars last year.
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10. Cesc Fábregas
At number 10, Cesc on 21 million for '15.
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11. James
21 million dollars for the out of favour Colombian.
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14. Thiago Silva
Silva earned 2 million of his 18 million dollar income from publicity deals.
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15. Mesut Ozil
The Arsenal player earned 18 million dollars.
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16. Schweinsteiger
Retired from international duty but the United player pocketed 18 million dollars.
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17. Ángel Di Maria
18 million $ for "El fideo"
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18. Robin Van Persie
17 million dollars for the Dutch striker.
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19. David Silva
The Canary Islander earned 17 million $.
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20. Samir Nasri
Nasri closes the list with his 15 million dollars in 2015.
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12. Yaya Touré
20 million for the Ivorian.
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13. Radamel Falcao
Back with Monaco again, the Colombian pocketed 19 million dollars in 2015.
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