Top Football Earners

[Drusetta]

Source: Forbes Magazine, April 2012

1 $46m David Beckham
2 $42m Cristiano Ronaldo
3 $39m Lionel Messi
4 $24m Wayne Rooney
5 $21m Kaka
6 $18m John Terry
7 $18m Yaya Toure
8 $17m Fernando Torres
9 $16m Frank Lampard
10 $16m Steven Gerrard
11 $15.7m Samuel Eto'o
12 $15.4m Emmanuel Adebayor
13 $15.3m Franck Ribery
14 $15.3m Sergio Kun Aguero
15 $15m Dani Alves
16 $14.9m Carlos Tevez
17 $14.6m Thierry Henry
18 $14.5m Zlatan Ibrahimovic
19 $14.3m Kareem Benzema
20 $14.2m Didier Drogba

Includes Salary plus sponsorship, endorsements, etc.

[BTAC]

John Terry and Torres.

[Stitch This]

John Terry and Torres.

You obviously stopped reading after that.

[Ubietz]

Surely most of Beckham's earnings are sponsorship related.

[Litmanen]

John Terry and Torres.

You obviously stopped reading after that.

haha exactly. Unlike Gerrard they actually play!

It also includes sponsorship too ( secondary to Gerrard's wage tbh)

[Victoria's Secret]

Being on the bench doesn't count for much though.....

[Old Master]

How many of them won championships this season?

[morgeen]

Hey guys,

world cup is so close and I am so excited it will be held in London.

[ruud]

Hey guys,

world cup is so close and I am so excited it will be held in London.

...um?

[Adolf Hítler]

Hey guys,
world cup is so close and I am so excited it will be held in London.

With facts like that you'll fit in well around here.