Kylian Mbappe beats Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo to pinnacle Forbes wealthy list

Kylian Mbappe has topped the Forbes listing for highest-earning footballers – the first time anyone different than Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo has been wide variety one for 9 years.

Forbes estimate

Paris St-Germain ahead Mbappe, 23, will earn $128m (£115.2m) this season.

Mbappe’s PSG team-mate Messi is 2nd on $120m (£108m) and Manchester United ahead Ronaldo 0.33 on $100m (£90m).

Neymar and Mohamed Salah entire the pinnacle five.

PSG and Brazil striker Neymar will earn an estimated $87m (£78.4m) in 2022-23 and Liverpool ahead Salah $53m (£47.7m).

The closing participant to pinnacle the list different than Ronaldo or Messi was once former England captain David Beckham in 2013.

Mbappe signed a beneficial new three-year contract with PSG in May, which ended hypothesis about a summer season go to Real Madrid.

The France World Cup winner has lifted eleven trophies at the club, such as 4 Ligue 1 titles, considering becoming a member of from Monaco originally on mortgage in 2017.

Erling Haaland, who has scored 19 dreams in 12 video games for Manchester City in view that his summer time cross from Borussia Dortmund, makes his debut in the pinnacle 10 at variety six.

The Norway striker is one of 4 Premier League gamers in the pinnacle 10 alongside with Ronaldo, Salah and Manchester City team-mate Kevin de Bruyne.

Haaland and Mbappe are the only players on the list aged under 30.