The best-paid men's footballers in 2020
![Earnings: $126 million. Salary: $92 million.](https://img.asmedia.epimg.net/resizer/v2/YF4YCOF3EBMSHDWOXFXEQK243E.jpg?auth=23629e587c567728ac38adabdf1b2cc370f4577d73dd4ff0e4dafe03fd988b61&width=360)
![Earnings: $117 million. Salary: $70 million.](https://img.asmedia.epimg.net/resizer/v2/EN7UONVAQRKAFO5HGRVCUMWGLM.jpg?auth=6a52ec1b838853e588c0dae2524308c8fec83dbe20a331a5062f2bb4fea0235b&width=360)
![Earnings: $96 million. Salary: $78 million.](https://img.asmedia.epimg.net/resizer/v2/ZFYGRRG7KBM7FE73HB4U2NSK2I.jpg?auth=82e832a53520c19d7a209f1127f0ad4f11717ae9567a7f4379610441b50f591b&width=360)
![Earnings: $42 million. Salary: $28 million.](https://img.asmedia.epimg.net/resizer/v2/KG2LA57L5RMUPAEWA4KPMKWZIM.jpg?auth=c5fcf69a98da2835e998a19587fc041c223e98734fc47b58471dd1ab5798fd28&width=360)
![Earnings: $37 million. Salary: $24 million.](https://img.asmedia.epimg.net/resizer/v2/CEG5ZPXJXVOAVI7PQMYV4EXWEE.jpg?auth=b077a086d38756fb0b5fc6593840f55a9ebcfc24ca97be360f4d358db28f585f&width=360)
![Earnings: $34 million. Salary: $28 million.](https://img.asmedia.epimg.net/resizer/v2/746TDBFD4FN3HPRJ7XJSHHLD6M.jpg?auth=4fda25169dce892c24fa2fd116be8a2a88ec0cc29c35c9548677da71d4b879cf&width=360)
![Earnings: $33 million. Salary: $28 million.](https://img.asmedia.epimg.net/resizer/v2/2QYX3SYOMNONFL2PSVYD5TBVW4.jpg?auth=43b1555fa4505dc6ac985868f3a841e551e15367da8b7ecfd86c38474f3dbd9a&width=360)
![Earnings: $29 million. Salary: $23 million.](https://img.asmedia.epimg.net/resizer/v2/OM75OQHMYJP6HN5PH3IN6VQ5KY.jpg?auth=2c16a148638d9f62972f990e346e8c582022befd59595e3ffdbf48437d60a5b6&width=360)
![Earnings: $28 million. Salary: $24 million.](https://img.asmedia.epimg.net/resizer/v2/ZMOIWPV6RVICFKYZWFC2K247MU.jpg?auth=af2d766838d9f9d456615f19b12e76f015797dd610accf0894cc4721a7bc6cab&width=360)
![Earnings: $27 million. Salary: $24 million.](https://img.asmedia.epimg.net/resizer/v2/LPPL3GYZOBO7JFMGO6NUZIFVOI.jpg?auth=350828f44f8fa002feda38cdfdfa99ff612e3e717c75a4142a7777cc666ca02b&width=360)
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1. Lionel Messi, F.C. Barcelona
Earnings: $126 million. Salary: $92 million.
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2. Cristiano Ronaldo, Juventus
Earnings: $117 million. Salary: $70 million.
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3. Neymar Jr., Paris Saint-Germain
Earnings: $96 million. Salary: $78 million.
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4. Kylian Mbappé, Paris Saint-Germain
Earnings: $42 million. Salary: $28 million.
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5. Mohamed Salah, Liverpool
Earnings: $37 million. Salary: $24 million.
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6. Paul Pogba, Manchester United
Earnings: $34 million. Salary: $28 million.
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7. Antoine Griezmann, F.C. Barcelona
Earnings: $33 million. Salary: $28 million.
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8. Gareth Bale, Tottenham (on loan from Real Madrid)
Earnings: $29 million. Salary: $23 million.
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9. Robert Lewandowski, Bayern Munich
Earnings: $28 million. Salary: $24 million.
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10. David De Gea, Manchester United
Earnings: $27 million. Salary: $24 million.
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