Ronaldo Best Paid Soccer Player Worldwide

Cristiano Ronaldo

The Belgian magazine Sport Foot Magazine published a ranking of the highest paid players in the world, Cristiano Ronaldo tops the list with 12 million euros a year.

According to this publication, Lionel Messi, recently voted the best in the world by FIFA, is located in the third place with 11 million euros, surpassed by Wayne Rooney, who is in second place with 11.5 million.

The 50 best paid, according to Sport Foot Magazine, are:

1 Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid): 12 million euros a year.

2 Wayne Rooney (Manchester United): 11.5

3 Lionel Messi (Barcelona): 11

4 Yaya Touré (Manchester City): 10.8

5 Samuel Eto'o (Inter): 10.5

6 Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich): 9.7

Zlatan Ibrahimovic 7 (Milan): 9

8 Kaka (Real Madrid): 9

9 John Terry (Chelsea): 9

10 Emmanuel Adebayor (Manchester City): 8.4

11 Franck Ribéry (Bayern Munich): 8

12 Fernando Torres (Liverpool): 7.8

13 Steven Gerrard (Liverpool): 7.6

14 Carlos Tevez (Manchester City): 7.6

15 Frank Lampard (Chelsea): 7.57

16 Xavi (Barcelona): 7.5

17 Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona): 7

18 Didier Drogba (Chelsea): 6.5

19 Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United): 6.5

20 Andrea Pirlo (Milan): 6

21 David Villa (Barcelona): 6

22 Iker Casillas (Real Madrid) 6

23 Frederic Kanoute (Sevilla): 6

24 Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) 6

25 Gigi Buffon (Juventus): 6

26 Patrick Vieira (Manchester City): 5.72

27 Wesley Sneijder (Inter): 5.5

28 Garreth Barry (Manchester City): 5.5

29 Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich): 5.5

30 Asley Cole (Chelsea): 5.41

31 Joe Cole (Liverpool): 5.2

32 Diego Milito (Inter Milan): 5

33 David Silva (Manchester City): 5

34 Carles Puyol (Barcelona): 5

35 Kolo Toure (Manchester City): 5

36 Sergio Aguero (Atletico Madrid) 5

37 Francesco Totti (Roma): 4.9

38 Dimitar Berbatov (Manchester United): 4.87

39 Andrei Arshavin (Arsenal): 4.87

40 Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea): 4.8

41 Yoann Gourcuff (Lyon): 4.8

42 Paul Scholes (Manchester United): 4.8

43 Daniele De Rossi (Roma): 4.6

44 Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid): 4.6

45 Jamie Carragher (Liverpool): 4.6

46 Ryan Giggs (Manchester United): 4.6

47 Julio Cesar (Inter Milan): 4.5

48 Diego Forlan (Atletico Madrid): 4.5

49 Alessandro Nesta (Milan): 4.5

50 Gabriel Heinze (Marseille): 4.5