Top 10 Richest Footballers In Premier League (2022)

The English Premier League is arguably the biggest football league in the entire world. The league is home to superstar players like Cristiano Ronaldo, Mohammed Salah Kelvin De Bruyne, and many more. These players have generated millions of fortune, thanks to their impressive skills as footballers and also the success and acceptance of the League all over the world. For the sake of documentation, we have compiled a list of the richest footballers in the Premier League.

Richest Footballers In Premier League (Table)

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1. Cristiano Ronaldo

Manchester United Player Cristiano Ronaldo is no doubt the richest player in the premier league with an estimated net worth of $500 Million. He is also the highest-paid player in the league, making over £500,000 per week. Considered by many the greatest footballer of all time, with numerous honors and accolades to his name.

Ronaldo began his senior career with Sporting CP, before signing with Manchester United in 2003, aged 18. After a successful run with Manchester United, he signed for Real Madrid in 2009, and Juventus in 2018, before returning to Manchester United in 2021.

Ronaldo has won five Ballon d’Or awards and four European Golden Shoes, the most by a European player. He has won 32 trophies in his career, including seven league titles, five UEFA Champions Leagues, and the UEFA European Championship. He also holds the records for most appearances goals and assists in the Champions League.

2. Mohamed Salah

Egyptian Liverpool star, Mohamed Salah is one of the richest footballers in the Premier League, with an estimated net worth of $90 Million. The 29-year-old Striker is presently one of the highest-paid footballers in the world earning as high as £400,000 per week.

Salah began his professional career in 2010 playing for Al Mokawloon, departing in 2012 to join Basel, where he won two Swiss Super League titles. He joined Chelsea in 2014 for a reported fee of £11 million, but limited game time led to successive loans to Fiorentina and Roma, who later signed him permanently for €15 million.

In 2017, Salah was signed by Liverpool for £36.9 million, becoming the most expensive Egyptian player of all time. He has since then won the Premier League, the UEFA Champions League, the League Cup, and the Premier League Golden Boot three times. He is considered by many ones of the greatest African players of all time.

3. Kelvin De Bruyne

Manchester City Midfielder, Kelvin De Bruyne is one of the richest footballers in the Premier League, with an estimated net worth of $60 Million. The Belgian footballer is widely regarded as one of the best players in the world and of his generation.

De Bruyne began his career at Genk,  in 2008, before joining  Chelsea in 2012, where he was loaned to  Werder Bremen. He signed with Wolfsburg for £18 million in 2014, established himself as one of the best players in the Bundesliga, and was integral in the club’s 2014–15 DFB-Pokal win.

In the summer of 2015, De Bruyne joined Manchester City for a club record £54 million. He has since won four Premier League titles, five League Cups, and an FA Cup with the club. In 2019–20, De Bruyne had the record for most assists in a Premier League season and was awarded Player of the Season (which he won again in 2021–22).

4. David De Gea

Manchester United Goal Keeper, David De Gea, with an estimated net worth of $57 Million, joins the list of the richest footballers in the premier league. The 31-year-old player is the richest goalkeeper in the world and one of the highest-paid players in the league, earning £375,000 per week.

De Gea began his playing career with Atlético Madrid, he helped the team win the UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Super Cup in 2010. His performances subsequently attracted the attention of Manchester United, and De Gea joined the club in June 2011 for £18.9 million.

Since joining Manchester United, De Gea has made over 450 appearances and won a Premier League title, an FA Cup, a League Cup, three Community Shields, and the UEFA Europa League. For three consecutive seasons from 2013–14 to 2015–16, he was elected as United’s Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year.

5. Pierre Emrick Aubameyang

Gabonese star player, Pierre Emrick Aubameyang takes fifth place among the richest footballers in the Premier League, with an estimated net worth of $50 Million. The 32-year-old player was once the highest-paid player in the League earning £350,000 per week.

Abumeyang began his career playing for Italian club AC Milan, but never appeared for the club as he went on a series of loan spells in France. He moved to Saint-Étienne in 2011. There, he won a Coupe de la Ligue title and joined Borussia Dortmund in 2013. In 2018, he was transferred to Arsenal in a deal worth £56 million.

With Arsenal, he won an FA Cup and finished as the league’s joint-top goalscorer in the 2018–19 season. In 2022, Aubameyang joined Barcelona after his contract was canceled by mutual consent. He however returned to the Premier League after he signed for Chelsea at the end of the summer transfer window.

6. Harry Kane

Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane joins the list of the richest players in the Premier League, with an estimated net worth of $49 Million. He is regarded as one of the best strikers in the world.  He ranks as Tottenham’s second-highest all-time top goalscorer and the third-highest Premier League all-time top goalscorer.

Kane began his career at Tottenham Hotspur, youth academy, and began playing for the senior team in 2009, at age 16. He went on several loan spells to clubs across the English football pyramid, including Leyton Orient, Millwall, Leicester City, and Norwich City. He returned fully to Tottenham in 2014.

In his first full season at the club, Kane scored 31 goals across all competitions, was the Premier League’s second-highest goalscorer, and was named PFA Young Player of the Year. In the 2016–17 seasons,  he helped Tottenham finish as the Premier league runners-up and was named PFA Fans’ Player of the Year.

Kane registered his best campaign statistically to date in the 2017–18 season, with 41 goals scored in 48 games across all competitions, and in the following season, he finished as a runner-up in the UEFA Champions League.

7. Virgil Van Dijk

Virgil van Dijk is a Dutch professional footballer and one of the richest footballers in the premier league, with an estimated net worth of $49 Million. Van Dijk who plays as a center-back for Liverpool is considered one of the best defenders in the world.  He is the only defender to win UEFA Men’s Player of the Year and has finished runner-up for the Ballon d’Or and Best FIFA Men’s Player.

He began his career with Groningen, before moving to Celtic in 2013, where he won the Scottish Premiership and was named in the PFA Scotland Team of the Year in both of his seasons with the club. In 2015, he joined Southampton before signing for Liverpool in January 2018 for £75 million.

With Liverpool, Van Dijk reached back-to-back UEFA Champions League finals in 2018 and 2019, winning the latter. He was also named PFA Players’ Player of the Year and the Premier League Player of the Season in his first full season. Van Dijk later won the FIFA Club World Cup and UEFA Super Cup and helped end the club’s 30-year league title drought by winning the 2019–20 Premier League.

8. Raheem Sterling

With an estimated net worth of $45 Million, Raheem Sterling takes eighth place among the richest footballers in the Premier League. He is also one of the highest-paid footballers in the league earning as much as £325,000  per week, with Chelsea Football Club.

Sterling began his career at Queens Park Rangers before signing for Liverpool in 2010. He won the Golden Boy award in 2014. In July 2015, he was signed by Manchester City in a transfer potentially worth £49 million, the highest transfer fee ever paid for an English player at the time.

He went on to help Manchester City win back-to-back Premier League titles in the 2017–18 and 2018–19 seasons. In the 2018–19 season, he was named to the PFA Premier League Team of the Year and won the PFA Young Player of the Year and FWA Footballer of the Year.

9. Luke Shaw

Luke  Shaw is one of the richest footballers in the Premier League, with an estimated net worth of  $44 Million. The English footballer plays as a left-back for  Manchester United. He is one of the most notable defenders in the league and was included in the PFA Premier League Team of the Year for the 2013–14, and 2020–21 Seasons.

Shaw made his first-team debut for the club in January 2012. He signed his first professional contract in May of that year before becoming a regular in the Southampton team over the next two seasons. In June 2014, Shaw was signed by Manchester United for £30 million, then a world record transfer fee for a teenager.

He helped the club win  UEFA Europa League in the 2016–17  season and became runner-up for the same trophy in 2020–21.  They also won the FA Community Shield in 2016. Other notable honors include Manchester United Players’ Player of the Year for the 2018–19, and 2020–21 seasons

10. Roberto Firmino

Concluding the list of the richest Footballers in the Premier League is Liverpool Winger, Roberto Firmino, with an estimated net worth of $30 Million. He is one of the notable players in Liverpool and is applauded as the “engine” that propels the club’s counter-attacking system.

He began his career with Figueirense in 2009, he spent four-and-a-half seasons at Hoffenheim. His 16 goals in 33 games for the 2013–14 Bundesliga season earned him the award for the league’s Breakthrough Player. In July 2015, he signed for Liverpool.

In the 2018–19 season, he won the UEFA Champions League, and the following season won the UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup. He was one of the players who contributed to ending the club’s 30-year league title drought by winning the 2019–20 Premier League.

Summary

Here is a summary of the top 10 richest footballers in the Premier League and their estimated net worth.

1. Cristiano Ronaldo – $500 Million
2. Mohamed Salah – $90 Million
3. Kelvin De Bruyne  – $60 Million
4. David De Gea – $57 Million
5. Pierre Emrick Aubameyang – $50 Million
6. Harry Kane – $49 Million
7. Virgil Van Dijk – $49 Million
8. Raheem Sterling – $45 Million
9. Luke Shaw – $44 Million
10. Roberto Firmino – $30 Million