MLS Career Earnings

Listing the top salaries, career earnings for all MLS players.

SEASON THRU
STATUS
 
Rank Player Pos Draft YOE Teams Earnings
1 Lionel Messi F 0-R0 0
MIA: $61.34M
$61,340,001
2 Lorenzo Insigne F 0-R0 0
TOR: $52.30M
$52,300,000
3 Michael Bradley M 0-R0 0
TOR: $44.04M / MLS: $0.73M
$44,767,857
4 Jozy Altidore F 0-R0 0
TOR: $32.99M / MLS: $5.18M / NE: $4.26M
$42,434,250
5 Carlos Vela F 0-R0 0
LAFC: $32.91M
$32,905,000
6 Ricardo Kaká M 0-R0 0
ORL: $28.67M
$28,670,000
7 Sebastian Giovinco M 0-R0 0
TOR: $28.46M
$28,462,224
8 Clint Dempsey F 0-R0 1
SEA: $26.49M
$26,488,574
9 Javier 'Chicharito' Hernandez F 0-R0 0
LA: $25.44M
$25,443,750
10 Federico Bernardeschi F 0-R0 0
TOR: $25.14M
$25,142,465
11 Xherdan Shaqiri M 0-R0 0
CHI: $24.46M
$24,459,000
12 Josef Martinez F 0-R0 0
ATL: $16.83M / MIA: $4.39M / SJ: $1.45M / MTL: $1.31M
$23,979,386
13 Carles Gil F 0-R0 0
NE: $23.97M
$23,972,666
14 Robbie Keane F 0-R0 3
LA: $23.67M
$23,667,818
15 David Villa F 0-R0 0
NYC: $22.50M
$22,500,000
16 Nicolas Lodeiro M 0-R0 0
SEA: $20.16M / ORL: $0.80M / HOU: $0.20M
$21,164,359
17 Giovani Dos Santos M 0-R0 0
LA: $19.85M
$19,850,008
18 Sergio Busquets M 0-R0 0
MIA: $19.32M
$19,324,992
19 Landon Donovan M 0-R0 13
LA: $18.87M / SJ: $0.00M
$18,867,110
20 Hany Mukhtar M 0-R0 0
NSH: $18.25M
$18,252,084
21 Christian Benteke F 0-R0 0
DC: $18.24M
$18,240,556
22 Alejandro Pozuelo M 0-R0 0
TOR: $13.19M / MIA: $4.69M
$17,879,000
23 Sebastian Driussi F 0-R0 0
ATX: $17.75M
$17,750,420
24 Luciano Acosta M 0-R0 0
CIN: $10.83M / DAL: $4.30M / DC: $2.39M
$17,510,790
25 Bastian Schweinsteiger M 0-R0 0
CHI: $17.10M
$17,100,000
26 Raul Ruidiaz F 0-R0 0
SEA: $17.07M
$17,071,364
27 Albert Rusnak M 0-R0 0
SEA: $8.54M / RSL: $8.20M
$16,735,636
28 Maximiliano Moralez M 0-R0 0
NYC: $15.78M
$15,782,250
29 Hector Herrera M 0-R0 0
HOU: $15.74M
$15,740,625
30 Andrea Pirlo M 0-R0 0
NYC: $14.15M
$14,147,074
31 Riqui Puig M 0-R0 0
LA: $13.85M
$13,849,376
32 Gonzalo Higuaín F 0-R0 0
MIA: $13.74M
$13,738,398
33 Diego Rossi F 0-R0 0
CLB: $9.48M / LAFC: $4.21M
$13,688,654
34 Walker Zimmerman D 2013-R1 1
NSH: $11.94M / DAL: $0.87M / LAFC: $0.84M
$13,651,387
35 Darlington Nagbe M 2011-R1 3
CLB: $9.91M / POR: $2.28M / ATL: $1.29M
$13,472,333
36 Ryan Gauld M 0-R0 0
VAN: $13.46M
$13,455,000
37 Rodolfo Pizarro M 0-R0 0
MIA: $13.40M
$13,400,000
38 Victor Wanyama M 0-R0 0
MTL: $12.89M
$12,891,108
39 Alan Pulido F 0-R0 0
SKC: $12.67M
$12,666,667
40 Steven Gerrard M 0-R0 0
LA: $12.47M
$12,465,004
41 Miguel Almiron M 0-R0 0
ATL: $12.47M
$12,465,000
42 Luiz Araujo F 0-R0 0
ATL: $12.37M
$12,366,667
43 Emil Forsberg M 0-R0 0
RBNY: $12.07M
$12,071,250
44 Frank Lampard M 0-R0 0
NYC: $12.00M
$12,000,000
45 Sebastian Blanco M 0-R0 0
POR: $11.91M
$11,907,690
46 Gyasi Zardes F 0-R0 10
CLB: $5.69M / ATX: $1.80M / LA: $1.64M / COL: $1.55M / MLS: $1.20M
$11,885,667
47 Gustavo Bou F 0-R0 0
NE: $11.69M
$11,690,000
48 Denis Bouanga F 0-R0 0
LAFC: $11.49M
$11,485,666
49 Lucas Zelarayan M 0-R0 0
CLB: $11.43M
$11,425,000
50 Heung-min Son F 0-R0 0
LAFC: $11.15M
$11,152,852
51 Diego Valeri M 0-R0 1
POR: $11.15M
$11,152,250
52 Ignacio Piatti M 0-R0 0
MTL: $10.82M
$10,819,166
53 Jordan Morris F 0-R0 0
SEA: $10.56M
$10,556,150
54 Ezequiel Barco M 0-R0 0
ATL: $10.10M
$10,100,000
55 Tim Howard GK 0-R0 0
COL: $10.00M
$10,000,000
56 Alejandro Bedoya M 0-R0 0
PHI: $9.89M
$9,887,166
57 Johnny Russell M 0-R0 0
SKC: $9.55M / RSL: $0.33M
$9,875,000
58 Gaston Gimenez M 0-R0 0
CHI: $9.86M
$9,856,667
59 Kellyn Acosta D 0-R0 0
CHI: $3.19M / COL: $3.05M / LAFC: $2.58M / DAL: $0.75M
$9,565,846
60 Fanendo Adi F 0-R0 0
CIN: $3.90M / POR: $3.71M / CLB: $1.78M / MIN: $0.08M
$9,460,778
61 Cristian Espinoza F 0-R0 0
SJ: $9.43M
$9,432,000
62 Evander da Silva Ferreira M 0-R0 0
CIN: $4.74M / POR: $4.59M
$9,321,411
63 Paul Arriola M 0-R0 0
DAL: $4.59M / DC: $3.50M / SEA: $1.14M
$9,234,300
64 Franco Jara F 0-R0 0
DAL: $9.09M
$9,091,000
65 Sam Surridge F 0-R0 0
NSH: $9.00M
$8,997,917
66 Kevin Cabral F 0-R0 0
COL: $5.85M / LA: $3.09M
$8,940,000
67 Damir Kreilach M 0-R0 0
RSL: $7.93M / VAN: $0.94M
$8,862,537
68 Alexander Ring M 0-R0 0
ATX: $6.04M / NYC: $2.78M
$8,818,334
69 Jordi Alba D 0-R0 0
MIA: $8.75M
$8,750,000
70 Zlatan Ibrahimovic F 0-R0 0
LA: $8.70M
$8,700,000
71 Thiago Martins D 0-R0 0
NYC: $8.70M
$8,698,000
72 Cucho Hernandez F 0-R0 0
CLB: $8.66M
$8,658,000
73 Alexey Miranchuk M 0-R0 0
ATL: $8.57M
$8,570,882
74 Omar Gonzalez D 2009-R1 5
LA: $3.74M / TOR: $3.25M / NE: $1.35M / CHI: $0.12M / DAL: $0.11M
$8,568,857
75 Jesus Ferreira F 0-R0 0
DAL: $6.73M / SEA: $1.83M
$8,561,710
76 Cristian Roldan M 2015-R1 0
SEA: $8.44M
$8,436,168
77 Joseph Paintsil F 0-R0 0
LA: $8.36M
$8,364,000
78 Luis Muriel F 0-R0 0
ORL: $8.34M
$8,339,483
79 Robin Lod M 0-R0 0
MIN: $8.18M
$8,178,109
80 Joao Paulo Mior M 0-R0 0
SEA: $8.16M
$8,158,332
81 Jonathan dos Santos M 0-R0 0
LA: $8.00M
$8,000,000
82 Yuya Kubo F 0-R0 0
CIN: $7.87M
$7,865,834
83 Jonathan Osorio M 0-R0 10
TOR: $7.85M
$7,851,035
84 Mikael Uhre F 0-R0 0
PHI: $7.80M
$7,802,500
85 Giacomo Vrioni F 0-R0 0
NE: $5.54M / MTL: $2.25M
$7,790,000
86 Cristian Arango F 0-R0 0
RSL: $4.18M / SJ: $2.22M / LAFC: $1.34M
$7,736,159
87 Jermaine Jones M 0-R0 0
NE: $6.31M / LA: $0.72M / COL: $0.65M
$7,677,500
88 Ilie Sanchez M 0-R0 0
LAFC: $3.63M / SKC: $3.44M / ATX: $0.60M
$7,660,383
89 Hirving Lozano F 0-R0 0
SD: $7.63M
$7,633,333
90 Douglas Costa de Souza F 0-R0 0
LA: $7.51M
$7,508,333
91 Jonathan Mensah D 0-R0 0
CLB: $5.78M / SJ: $1.17M / NE: $0.51M
$7,460,505
92 Nani F 0-R0 0
ORL: $7.46M
$7,458,750
93 Federico Higuain F 0-R0 2
CLB: $7.27M / MIA: $0.16M
$7,434,750
94 Graham Zusi M 2009-R2 14
SKC: $7.42M
$7,423,623
95 Olivier Giroud F 0-R0 0
LAFC: $7.35M
$7,350,000
96 Miles Robinson D 2017-R1 0
ATL: $4.10M / CIN: $3.23M
$7,330,001
97 Bradley Wright-Phillips F 0-R0 1
RBNY: $6.49M / CLB: $0.48M / LAFC: $0.34M
$7,303,250
98 Emanuel Reynoso M 0-R0 0
MIN: $7.30M
$7,303,130
99 Maximiliano Urruti F 0-R0 1
MTL: $2.67M / ATX: $1.40M / DAL: $1.33M / HOU: $1.27M / POR: $0.40M / MLS: $0.10M
$7,174,646
100 Fredy Montero F 0-R0 4
VAN: $4.02M / SEA: $3.10M
$7,115,375
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