Paris Saint-Germain's French forward Kylian Mbappe topped the Forbes magazine earnings list for world football players at $128 million. Photo: FRANCK FIFE / AFP/FileSource: AFPFrench superstar striker Kylian Mbappe will earn a record $128 million in annual earnings to top the list of the world's highest-paid football players, according to a Friday Forbes magazine report. They had shared the top two spots since 2014 and still set the endorsements pace, Ronaldo at $60 million and Messi at $55 million. In all, the top top-10 players will collect $652 million this season, an 11% jump from last year's $585 million figure. Mbappe, Messi and Portugal's Ronaldo together account from more than half of that money total.

Source: Forbes October 07, 2022 20:41 UTC