Football fans around the World usually ask how much does Cristiano Ronaldo earn from his salary. We collected and researched some data on this matter and provided you with all the informations and stats below.
Current Cristiano Ronaldo monthly salary in 2011-2012:
1 Million Euros. (1.000.000 € (EUR) ~ 1.430.000 $ (USD) ~ 882.000 £ (GBP))
1 Million Euros. (1.000.000 € (EUR) ~ 1.430.000 $ (USD) ~ 882.000 £ (GBP))
Current Cristiano Ronaldo annual salary in 2011-2012:
12 Million Euros. (12.000.000 € (EUR) ~ 17.600.000 $ (USD) ~ 10.584.000 £ (GBP))
12 Million Euros. (12.000.000 € (EUR) ~ 17.600.000 $ (USD) ~ 10.584.000 £ (GBP))
After having signed with Real Madrid in 2009, Cristiano Ronaldo became one of the highest paid soccer players in the World, with a transfer buyout clause of 1 billion euros (release clause). We researched on several publications regarding football players wages and overall earnings (including sponsorships deals). The data is unequivocal as Cristiano Ronaldo is clearly one of the richest football players in the World.
According to a Portuguese source named "Futebol Finance", who publishes a list of the highest paid football players every year, Cristiano Ronaldo is ranked #1 with amonthly salary of 1 million euros (1.000.000 euros ~ 1.430.000 US dollars ~ 882.000 British pounds). In terms of monthly salaries, the Portuguese player is followed by Barcelona's Lionel Messi ("La Pulga") who earns a monthly salary of 875.000 euros (~ 1.251.000 US dollars ~ 772.000 British pounds) and Chelsea's Fernando Torres("El Niño") who gets a monthly salary of 833.000 euros (~ 1.191.000 US dollars ~ 735.000 British pounds). Another Real Madrid player who makes it to the top 10 list is Kaká, FIFA Player of The Year in 2007, who is currently ranked 6th, with a monthlysalary close to 750.000 euros (~ 1.073.000 US dollars ~ 662.000 British pounds).
* Exchange rates used for conversion: EUR/USD = 1.430 ; EUR/GBP = 0.882
* Exchange rates used for conversion: EUR/USD = 1.430 ; EUR/GBP = 0.882
As you may see below, Barcelona is the only club in the World which puts 5 players in the top 20 highest paid football players list. If we sum those 5 players wages (Lionel Messi, Xavi, Andres Iniesta, David Villa and Daniel Alves), we notice that Barcelona is spending around 3.250.000 euros monthly (3 million and 250 million euros ~ 4.647.500 US Dollars ~ 2.867.000 British pounds), in wages for those 5 key players. That's an interesting curiosity as there seems to be a myth that the big spenders are always Real Madrid, Chelsea or Manchester City, but it turns out to be that Barcelona is actually leading in the aggregated analysis, when considering exclusively the top 20 list. Check the highest football players salaries in 2011, on the full table below:
Top 100 highest paid soccer players in 2011 (Just salaries wages)
Data collected in April 2011
#
|
Player Name
|
Club
|
Monthly Salary
|
Annual Salary
|
1
| Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid | 1.000.000 € | 12.000.000 € |
2
| Lionel Messi | FC Barcelona | 875.000 € | 10.500.000 € |
3
| Fernando Torres | Chelsea | 833.000 € | 10.000.000 € |
4
| Yaya Touré | Manchester City | 833.000 € | 10.000.000 € |
5
| Wayne Rooney | Manchester United | 791.000 € | 9.500.000 € |
6
| Ricardo Kaká | Real Madrid | 750.000 € | 9.000.000 € |
7
| Zlatan Ibrahimovic | AC Milan | 750.000 € | 9.000.000 € |
8
| Emmanuel Adebayor | Real Madrid | 708.000 € | 8.500.000 € |
9
| Carlos Tevez | Manchester City | 666.000 € | 8.000.000 € |
10
| Samuel Eto'o | Internazionale | 666.000 € | 8.000.000 € |
11
| Frank Ribery | Bayern Munique | 666.000 € | 8.000.000 € |
12
| John Terry | Chelsea | 625.000 € | 7.500.000 € |
13
| Frank Lampard | Chelsea | 625.000 € | 7.500.000 € |
14
| Steven Gerrard | Liverpool | 625.000 € | 7.500.000 € |
15
| Xavi | FC Barcelona | 625.000 € | 7.500.000 € |
16
| Andres Iniesta | FC Barcelona | 583.000 € | 7.000.000 € |
17
| David Villa | FC Barcelona | 583.000 € | 7.000.000 € |
18
| Daniel Alves | FC Barcelona | 583.000 € | 7.000.000 € |
19
| Edin Dzeko | Manchester City | 541.000 € | 6.500.000 € |
20
| Rio Ferdinand | Manchester United | 541.000 € | 6.500.000 € |
21
| Balotelli |
Manchester City
|
541.000 €
|
6.500.000 €
|
22
| Kolo Touré | Manchester City |
541.000 €
|
6.500.000 €
|
23
| Ashley Cole | Chelsea |
541.000 €
|
6.500.000 €
|
24
| Glenn Johnson | Liverpool |
541.000 €
|
6.500.000 €
|
25
| Didier Drogba | Chelsea |
516.000 €
|
6.200.000 €
|
26
| Iker Casillas | Real Madrid |
500.000 €
|
6.000.000 €
|
27
| Karim Benzema | Real Madrid |
500.000 €
|
6.000.000 €
|
28
| Gonzalo Higuain | Real Madrid |
500.000 €
|
6.000.000 €
|
29
| Cesc Fabregas | Arsenal |
500.000 €
|
6.000.000 €
|
30
| Peter Cech | Chelsea |
500.000 €
|
6.000.000 €
|
31
| Gianluigi Buffon | Juventus |
500.000 €
|
6.000.000 €
|
32
| Victor Valdéz | FC Barcelona |
500.000 €
|
6.000.000 €
|
33
| Andrea Pirlo | AC Milan |
500.000 €
|
6.000.000 €
|
34
| Frederic Kanouté | Sevilha |
500.000 €
|
6.000.000 €
|
35
| Francesco Totti | AS Roma |
458.000 €
|
5.500.000 €
|
36
| Patrcik Vieira | Internazionale |
458.000 €
|
5.500.000 €
|
37
| Kevin Kuranyi | Dinamo Moscovo |
458.000 €
|
5.500.000 €
|
38
| B. Schweinsteiger | Bayern Munique |
458.000 €
|
5.500.000 €
|
39
| Gareth Barry | Manchester City |
458.000 €
|
5.500.000 €
|
40
| Arjen Robben | Bayern Munique |
458.000 €
|
5.500.000 €
|
41
| Aleksandar Kolarov | Manchester City |
458.000 €
|
5.500.000 €
|
42
| Joe Cole | Liverpool |
450.000 €
|
5.400.000 €
|
43
| Mesut Ozil | Real Madrid |
416.000 €
|
5.000.000 €
|
44
| Sami Khedira | Real Madrid |
416.000 €
|
5.000.000 €
|
45
| Michael Ballack | B.Leverkusen |
416.000 €
|
5.000.000 €
|
46
| Ronaldinho Gaúcho | Flamengo |
416.000 €
|
5.000.000 €
|
47
| Sergio Aguero | Atletico Madrid |
416.000 €
|
5.000.000 €
|
48
| Carles Puyol | FC Barcelona |
416.000 €
|
5.000.000 €
|
49
| Luca Toni | Juventus |
416.000 €
|
5.000.000 €
|
50
| Lassana Diarra | Real Madrid |
416.000 €
|
5.000.000 €
|
51
| Wayne Bridge | Manchester City |
416.000 €
|
5.000.000 €
|
52
| Joleon Lescott | Manchester City |
416.000 €
|
5.000.000 €
|
53
| Edwin Vandersar | Manchester United |
416.000 €
|
5.000.000 €
|
54
| Patrice Evra | Manchester United |
416.000 €
|
5.000.000 €
|
55
| Andy Carroll | Liverpool |
416.000 €
|
5.000.000 €
|
56
| Dimitar Berbatov | Manchester United |
400.000 €
|
4.800.000 €
|
57
| Andrei Arshavin | Arsenal |
400.000 €
|
4.800.000 €
|
58
| Nicolas Anelka | Chelsea |
400.000 €
|
4.800.000 €
|
59
| Yoann Goucuff | Olympique Lyon |
400.000 €
|
4.800.000 €
|
60
| Ryan Giggs | Manchester United |
400.000 €
|
4.800.000 €
|
61
| Daniele De Rossi | AS Roma |
383.000 €
|
4.600.000 €
|
62
| Ricardo Carvalho | Real Madrid |
375.000 €
|
4.500.000 €
|
63
| Alessandro Nesta | AC Milan |
375.000 €
|
4.500.000 €
|
64
| Diego Milito | Internazionale |
375.000 €
|
4.500.000 €
|
65
| Júlio César | Internazionale |
375.000 €
|
4.500.000 €
|
66
| Matthieu Flamini | AC Milan |
375.000 €
|
4.500.000 €
|
67
| David Bechkam | LA Galaxy |
375.000 €
|
4.500.000 €
|
68
| Gabriel Heinze | Olympique Marseille |
375.000 €
|
4.500.000 €
|
69
| Diego Forlan | Atletico Madrid |
375.000 €
|
4.500.000 €
|
70
| Paul Scholes | Manchester United |
375.000 €
|
4.500.000 €
|
71
| Xabi Alonso | Real Madrid |
375.000 €
|
4.500.000 €
|
72
| Jamie Carragher | Liverpool |
375.000 €
|
4.500.000 €
|
73
| Robbie Van Persie | Arsenal |
375.000 €
|
4.500.000 €
|
74
| David Silva | Manchester City |
358.000 €
|
4.300.000 €
|
75
| Lucho Gonzalez | Olympique Marseille |
358.000 €
|
4.300.000 €
|
76
| Floren Malouda | Chelsea |
358.000 €
|
4.300.000 €
|
77
| Craig Bellamy | Cardiff City |
358.000 €
|
4.300.000 €
|
78
| Amauri | Juventus |
350.000 €
|
4.200.000 €
|
79
| Miroslav Klose | Bayern Munique |
350.000 €
|
4.200.000 €
|
80
| Cris | Olympique Lyon |
350.000 €
|
4.200.000 €
|
81
| Lisandro Lopez | Olympique Lyon |
341.000 €
|
4.100.000 €
|
82
| Raúl Gonzalez | Schalke 04 |
333.000 €
|
4.000.000 €
|
83
| Mário Gomez | Bayern Munique |
333.000 €
|
4.000.000 €
|
84
| Robinho | AC Milan |
333.000 €
|
4.000.000 €
|
85
| Alessandro Del Piero | Juventus |
333.000 €
|
4.000.000 €
|
86
| Wesley Sneijder | Internazionale |
333.000 €
|
4.000.000 €
|
87
| Esteban Cambiasso | Internazionale |
333.000 €
|
4.000.000 €
|
88
| Pepe | Real Madrid |
333.000 €
|
4.000.000 €
|
89
| Clarence Seedorf | AC Milan |
333.000 €
|
4.000.000 €
|
90
| Ruud Van Nistelrooy | Hamburger |
333.000 €
|
4.000.000 €
|
91
| Deco | Fluminense |
333.000 €
|
4.000.000 €
|
92
| Javier Marcherano | FC Barcelona |
333.000 €
|
4.000.000 €
|
93
| Thorsten Frings | Werder Bremen |
333.000 €
|
4.000.000 €
|
94
| Nemanja Vidic | Manchester United |
333.000 €
|
4.000.000 €
|
95
| Diego | Wolfsburg |
333.000 €
|
4.000.000 €
|
96
| André Pierre Gignac | Olympique Marseille |
316.000 €
|
3.800.000 €
|
97
| Thierry Henry | New York Red Bulls |
316.000 €
|
3.800.000 €
|
98
| Maicon | Internazionale |
316.000 €
|
3.800.000 €
|
99
| James Milner | Manchester City |
316.000 €
|
3.800.000 €
|
100
| Ji-Sung Park | Manchester United |
316.000 €
|
3.800.000 €
|
* Values according to gross salary (before taxes)
* Source: futebolfinance.com - Reshaped and redesigned by ronaldo7.net
* Source: futebolfinance.com - Reshaped and redesigned by ronaldo7.net
However, even though the above report is still recent (April 2011), there's some data which is already innacurate, as for example Samuel Eto'o, who recently signed for the Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala and will reportedly receive a monthly salary of 1.708.333 euros (~ 2.442.916 US dollars ~ 1.506.750 British pounds), which makes it around an anual salary of 20,5 million euros (20.500.000 euros ~ 29.315.000 US dollars ~ 18.080.000 British pounds), according to latest reports from Forbes. As a benchmark note, that would almost double Cristiano Ronaldo's current salary in Real Madrid as you may confirm on the table above. To complete this note, this summer transfers and new signings are still missing from the list on this table, since the new Manchester City player, as Sergio Aguero should already appear in the top 10. Nonetheless, it seems to be a fact that Samuel Eto'o will become the highest paid football player in fooball history, in the 2011-12 season, earning more than 20 million euros anually, just accounting salary wages.
Taking a step forward, by looking at this salary data as well as bonuses,endorsements and sponsorships deals made by this sports athletes, we come up with a slightly different list, headed by L.A. Galaxy's David Beckham, who jumps from the 67th position to become the leader of this table (by accounting only for club's wages, Beckham's annual salary was around 4.500.000 euros ~ 6.292.000 US dollars ~ 3.880.800 British Pounds), being followed closely by Real Madrid'sCristiano Ronaldo.
Top 10 World's highest paid football players in 2011
(Salaries+bonuses+endorsements+sponsorships deals)
(Salaries+bonuses+endorsements+sponsorships deals)
Data collected in June 2011
#
|
Player Name
|
Club
|
Annual Earnings
|
Net Worth
|
1
| David Beckham | L.A. Galaxy | 40.000.000 USD | 219 Million USD |
2
| Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid | 38.000.000 USD | 160 Million USD |
3
| Lionel Messi | FC Barcelona | 32.000.000 USD | 110 Million USD |
4
| Ricardo Kaká | Real Madrid | 25.000.000 USD | 100 Million USD |
5
| Ronaldinho | Flamengo | 24.000.000 USD | 90 Million USD |
6
| Thierry Henry | New York Red Bulls | 21.000.000 USD | 61 Million USD |
7
| Wayne Rooney | Manchester United | 20.000.000 USD | 59 Million USD |
8
| Frank Lampard | Chelsea FC | 17.000.000 USD | 43 Million USD |
9
| Zlatan Ibrahimovic | AC Milan | 17.000.000 USD | 60 Million USD |
10
| Samuel Eto´o | FC Anzhi | 15.000.000 USD | 40 Million USD |
* Net Worth Values are estimations and therefore, might be innacurate.
* Samuel Eto'o, as well as all other players annual earnings, refer to May 2010 -> May 2011.
* Source: forbes.com - Reshaped and redesigned by ronaldo7.net
* Samuel Eto'o, as well as all other players annual earnings, refer to May 2010 -> May 2011.
* Source: forbes.com - Reshaped and redesigned by ronaldo7.net
As a curiosity and by making a benchmark analysis to other sports athletes salarieswages, it's still surprising to notice how football players fall behind other sports top performers. If we consider exclusively salary wages (first table shown on this page), the Spanish Fernando Alonso from F1 and Ferrari, earns around 40 Million US dollars per year, more than doubling Cristiano Ronaldo annual salary (17.600.000 Million US Dollars). The only football player who could actually compete withFernando Alonso, would be Samuel Eto'o and his expected new salary wage of 29.315.000 US dollars (annual values) in FC Anzhi, but still a bit far from the Spanish racer.
Looking at the aggregated values (salaries, bonuses, endorsements, sponsorships), the American golfer Tiger Woods remains untouched, with a total earnings revenues of 75 Million US dollars, according to the latest data gathered from Forbes. This happens despite all the troubles that Tiger Woods got into from his affair scandals related to adultery, which led him to a loss of around 50 Million US Dollars in annual income, over the last 2 years, and which resulted on him losing several valuable sponsorhips. Still far from Tiger Woods are David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo, with 40 and 38 Million US Dollars made annually, respectivelly. The second sports athlete on Forbes Highest Paid Athletes in the World, is Kobe Bryant, from theL.A. Lakers. The American basketball player has a total annual revenue income of 53 Million Dollars.
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