The list of the highest paid players in Major League Soccer

Lionel Messi tops the list of the highest paid players in Major League Soccer, according to a recently released report.

The arrival of Lionel Messi has revolutionized Major League Soccer (MLS) not only in the soccer realm but also in the economic sphere.

From a marketing point of view, the strategy has worked, but a whole movement has been generated from Miami by the huge number of players who shone in Spain.

This handful of players, considered the highest paid in Major League Soccer, have star status.

Since his arrival last July, the Argentine star has made a significant impact.

Recently, the MLS Player Association (MLSPA) unveiled an updated guide to the league’s player salaries, highlighting that the Qatar 2022 World Cup winner tops the list of the highest paid in Major League Soccer.

Messi leads that group, both annually and with additional bonuses.

Messi, according to MLSPA, earns an annual base salary of $12 million, which rises to $20,446,667 when additional compensation is taken into account.

This figure, which corresponds to the agreements until April 25, excludes benefits from his agreements with Apple and Adidas.

The list of the highest paid players in Major League Soccer: April 2024

The Rosarino star, winner of eight Ballon d’Or awards, is just over five million dollars ahead of the second highest-paid player on the list.

The second highest-paid player in Major League Soccer is Italy’s Lorenzo Insigne, star of Toronto FC (15,400,000).

The podium is completed by his friend and teammate, Spanish central midfielder Sergio Busquets, with earnings of 8,774,996, thus displacing Swiss Xherdan Shaqiri of Chicago Fire (8,153,000) from last year’s list.

The particularity within the case of the former Barcelona is that most of his salary is thanks to his base salary.

In fifth place on the list of the highest paid in Major League Soccer is another Argentinean.

He is River Plate striker Sebastián Driussi, with a total income of 6,722,500 dollars at Austin FC, of which 4.5 million correspond to his annual salary.

The highest paid in Major League Soccer

The ranking of the highest paid in Major League Soccer include:

• Federico Bernardeschi (nearly 6.3 million at Toronto FC).
• Emil Forsberg (6,035,625 at New York Red Bull).
• Hector Herrera (5,246,875 at Houston Dynamo).
• Hany Mukhtar (5,211,667 at Nashville SC)
• Carles Gil (4,452,083 at New England Revolution).

But there are other Argentines among the best paid in Major League Soccer, such as Luciano Acosta, an exclusive figure of FC Cincinatti, who has a salary of 2,960,000 dollars, which with his bonuses adds up to 4,216,413 (the thirteenth best paid in the competition).

Then there is Emanuel Reynoso, who is currently in conflict with Minnesota United (in 33rd place, with a total of 2,251,200).

Thiago Almada (36th with 2,232,000 at Atlanta United), Emialiano Rigoni (42nd with 2,047,996 at Austin FC) and Cristian Espinoza (44th with 2,002,000 at San Jose Earthquakes).

As far as Miami FC is concerned, the majority of the wage bill goes to Lionel Messi and Sergio Busquets.

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The third place within the team led by Gerardo Martino goes to the other members of the “Fantastic Four”.

Both Luis Suarez and Jordi Alban receive a total of 1.5 million dollars.

They are followed by Julian Gressel (1,092,069) and Argentine Nicolás Freire (1 million).

The other Albicelestes on the Fort Lauderdale squad are Facundo Farías (675,000), Tomás Avilés (412,496), Marcelo Weigandt (384,708), Franco Negri (342,500) and Federico Redondo (255,000).