Top 22 wage earners in Premiership as of August 2004

[pc4th]

according to this website which collect stuff like this. Click on Statistics to see attendance/prize money etc..

I converted to $ using $1.72 = 1 pounds. Also, I don't know how accurate this info is from footballeconomy.

http://www.footballeconomy.com/stat...turnover_06.htm

Top Wage Earners in English Premier League - as of August 2004

Player ---- Club ---Weekly Wage (£)

1) Roy Keane Man U 100,000 -------------$8,944,000
2) Steven Gerrard Liverpool 90,000 --------$8,049,600
3) Michael Owen Liverpool 80,000 ----------$7,155,200
4) Ruud Van Nistelroy Man U 80,000 -------$7,155,200
5) Frank Lampard Chelsea 80,000 ---------$7,155,200
6) Ryan Giggs Man U 75,000 ---------------$6,708,000
7) Paul Scholes Man U 75,000 -------------$6,708,000
8) Patrick Vieira Arsenal 72,000 ----------$6,439,680
9) Thierry Henry Arsenal 72,000-----------$6,439,680
10) Damien Duff Chelsea 70,000------------$6,260,800
11) Mark Viduka Middlesbro' 68,000-----------$6,081920
12) Robert Pires Arsenal 67,000-------------
13) Patrick Kluivert Newcastle 67,000---------
14) Didier Drogba Chelsea 65,000----------
15 Alan Smith Man U 65,000---------------
16 Louis Saha Man U 65,000--------------
17Harry Kewell Liverpool 62,000-----------
18 Robbie Fowler Man City 62,000----------
19Kevin Campbell Everton 62,000----------
20Nicolas Anelka Man City 60,000-----------
21) Robbie Keane Tottenham 60,000----------
22) Duncan Ferguson Everton 60,000--------$5,366,400

Rio Ferdinand is not on that list. If the list is updated, he is number one at 110,000 pounds a week.

For comparision, here are some numbers from across the Atlantic.

US Big 4 Sports League: Annual Salary

NBA

1. Shaquille O'Neal (Mia) ..... $27,696,430
2. Allan Houston (NY) ......... $17,531,250
2. Chris Webber (Sac) ......... $17,531,250
4. Kevin Garnett (Min) ........ $16,000,000
5. Dikembe Mutombo (NJ) ....... $14,989,285 [released]
6. Jason Kidd (NJ) ............ $14,796,000
6. Jermaine O'Neal (Ind) ...... $14,796,000
8. Shareef Abdur-Rahim (Por) .. $14,625,000
8. Ray Allen (Sea) ............ $14,625,000
8. Anfernee Hardaway (NY) ..... $14,625,000
8. Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cle) ... $14,625,000
8. Allen Iverson (Phi) ........ $14,625,000
8. Stephon Marbury (NY) ....... $14,625,000
8. Latrell Sprewell (Min) ..... $14,625,000
8. Antoine Walker (Atl) ....... $14,625,000
16. Michael Finley (Dal) ....... $14,609,375
17. Grant Hill (Orl) ........... $14,487,000
17. Tracy McGrady (Hou) ........ $14,487,000
17. Jalen Rose (Tor) ........... $14,487,000
17. Keith Van Horn (Mil) ....... $14,487,000
21. Tim Duncan (SA) ............ $14,260,641
22. Kobe Bryant (LAL) .......... $14,175,000
23. Eddie Jones (Mia) .......... $13,455,000
24. Brian Grant (LAL) .......... $13,233,434
25. Antonio Davis (Chi) ........ $12,925,000
26. Tim Thomas (NY) ............ $12,900,000
27. Vince Carter (NJ) .......... $12,584,688
27. Antawn Jamison (Was) ....... $12,584,688
27. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) ........ $12,584,688
27. Paul Pierce (Bos) .......... $12,584,688
31. Damon Stoudamire (Por) ..... $12,500,000
32. Baron Davis (NO) ........... $12,330,000
32. Steve Francis (Orl) ........ $12,330,000
32. Shawn Marion (Pho) ......... $12,330,000
35. Glenn Robinson (Phi) ....... $12,071,250
36. Elton Brand (LAC) .......... $12,056,000
37. Nick Van Exel (Por) ........ $11,933,252
38. Carlos Boozer (Uta) ........ $10,967,500
39. Theo Ratliff (Por) ......... $10,937,500
40. Lamar Odom (LAL) ........... $10,548,596
41. Mike Bibby (Sac) ........... $10,500,000
42. Dale Davis (GS) ............ $10,068,750
43. Rasheed Wallace (Det) ...... $9,720,000
44. Raef LaFrentz (Bos) ........ $9,714,538
45. Kerry Kittles (LAC) ........ $9,566,667
46. Kenyon Martin (Den) ........ $9,454,546
47. Gilbert Arenas (Was) ....... $9,389,600
48. Jamal Mashburn (NO) ........ $9,300,000
49. Wally Szczerbiak (Min) ..... $9,000,000
50. Steve Nash (Pho) ........... $8,750,000
51. Jamaal Magloire (NO) ....... $8,533,333
52. Marcus Camby (Den) ......... $8,500,000
53. Maurice Taylor (Hou) ....... $8,450,000
54. Derek Anderson (Por) ....... $8,443,500
55. Alan Henderson (Dal) ....... $8,273,125
56. Austin Croshere (Ind) ...... $8,260,000
57. P.J. Brown (NO) ............ $8,000,000
58. Kelvin Cato (Orl) .......... $7,992,000
59. Brad Miller (Sac) .......... $7,875,000
60. Richard Hamilton (Det) ..... $7,812,500
61. Rashard Lewis (Sea) ........ $7,792,208
62. Erick Dampier (Dal) ........ $7,700,000
62. Bonzi Wells (Mem) .......... $7,700,000
64. Doug Christie (Sac) ........ $7,550,000
65. Mehmet Okur (Uta) .......... $7,500,000
65. Jason Terry (Dal) .......... $7,500,000
67. Andre Miller (Den) ......... $7,366,667
68. Shandon Anderson (NY) ...... $7,300,000 [released 11/10]
69. Lorenzen Wright (Mem) ...... $7,150,000
70. Corey Maggette (LAC) ....... $7,000,000
70. Ben Wallace (Det) .......... $7,000,000

MLB

Rank Player Salary Team
1 Rodriguez, Alex $ 26,000,000 New York Yankees
2 Bonds, Barry $ 22,000,000 San Francisco Giants
3 Ramirez, Manny $ 22,000,000 Boston Red Sox
4 Jeter, Derek $ 19,600,000 New York Yankees
5 Mussina, Mike $ 19,000,000 New York Yankees
6 Bagwell, Jeff $ 18,000,000 Houston Astros
7 Clemens, Roger $ 18,000,000 Houston Astros
8 Sosa, Sammy $ 17,000,000 Baltimore Orioles
9 Piazza, Mike $ 16,071,429 New York Mets
10 Jones, Chipper $ 16,061,802 Atlanta Braves
11 Johnson, Randy $ 16,000,000 New York Yankees
12 Brown, Kevin $ 15,714,286 New York Yankees
13 Hampton, Mike $ 15,125,000 Atlanta Braves
14 Park, Chan Ho $ 15,000,000 Texas Rangers
15 Schilling, Curt $ 14,500,000 Boston Red Sox
16 Giambi, Jason $ 13,428,571 New York Yankees
17 Dreifort, Darren $ 13,400,000 Los Angeles Dodgers
18 Thome, Jim $ 13,166,667 Philadelphia Phillies
19 Abreu, Bobby $ 13,100,000 Philadelphia Phillies
20 Jones, Andruw $ 13,000,000 Atlanta Braves
21 Sheffield, Gary $ 13,000,000 New York Yankees
22 Walker, Larry $ 12,666,667 St. Louis Cardinals
23 Helton, Todd $ 12,600,000 Colorado Rockies
24 Griffey Jr, Ken $ 12,500,000 Cincinnati Reds
25 Guerrero, Vladimir $ 12,500,000

NFL

Rank Player Salary Team
1 Manning, Peyton $ 35,037,700 Indianapolis Colts
2 Pennington, Chad $ 19,004,000 New York Jets
3 Kearse, Jevon $ 16,536,500 Philadelphia Eagles
4 Tomlinson, LaDainian $ 16,000,000 San Diego Chargers
5 Wistrom, Grant $ 15,503,200 Seattle Seahawks
6 Portis, Clinton $ 13,380,000 Washington Redskins
7 Tait, John $ 13,085,000 Chicago Bears
8 Vick, Michael $ 12,502,400 Atlanta Falcons
9 Winfield, Antoine $ 12,500,000 Minnesota Vikings
10 Arrington, LaVar $ 11,835,000 Washington Redskins
11 Walker, Gary $ 11,804,000 Houston Texans
12 Clifton, Chad $ 11,536,500 Green Bay Packers
13 Woody, Damien $ 11,504,000 Detroit Lions
14 McNabb, Donovan $ 11,002,300 Philadelphia Eagles
15 Springs, Shawn $ 10,910,000 Washington Redskins
16 Ogden, Jonathan $ 10,660,299 Baltimore Ravens
17 Harrison, Marvin $ 10,560,165 Indianapolis Colts
18 Wade, Todd $ 10,539,800 Houston Texans
19 McAlister, Chris $ 10,534,906 Baltimore Ravens
20 Robertson, Dewayne $ 10,516,250 New York Jets
21 Ogunleye, Adewale $ 10,455,000 Chicago Bears
22 Rogers, Shaun $ 9,480,000 Detroit Lions
23 Bulger, Marc $ 9,459,200 St. Louis Rams
24 Brunell, Mark $ 9,364,300 Washington Redskins
25 Gallery, Robert $ 9,300,016 Oakland Raiders



NHL (the season before the lockout)

1 Forsberg, Peter $ 11,000,000 Colorado Avalanche
2 Jagr, Jaromir $ 11,000,000 Washington Capitals
3 Bure, Pavel $ 10,000,000 New York Rangers
4 Fedorov, Sergei $ 10,000,000 Anaheim Mighty Ducks
5 Lidstrom, Nicklas $ 10,000,000 Detroit Red Wings
6 Tkachuk, Keith $ 10,000,000 St. Louis Blues
7 Sakic, Joe $ 9,880,939 Colorado Avalanche
8 Pronger, Chris $ 9,500,000 St. Louis Blues
9 Blake, Rob $ 9,326,519 Colorado Avalanche
10 LeClair, John $ 9,000,000 Philadelphia Flyers
11 Modano, Mike $ 9,000,000 Dallas Stars
12 Sundin, Mats $ 9,000,000 Toronto Maple Leafs
13 Guerin, Bill $ 8,866,445 Dallas Stars
14 Holik, Bobby $ 8,850,000 New York Rangers
15 Weight, Doug $ 8,500,000 St. Louis Blues
16 Yashin, Alexei $ 8,400,000 New York Islanders
17 Allison, Jason $ 8,000,000 Los Angeles Kings
18 Joseph, Curtis $ 8,000,000 Detroit Red Wings
19 Iginla, Jarome $ 7,500,000 Calgary Flames
20 Roenick, Jeremy $ 7,500,000 Philadelphia Flyers
21 Turgeon, Pierre $ 7,500,000 Dallas Stars
22 Belfour, Ed $ 7,000,000 Toronto Maple Leafs
23 Palffy, Ziggy $ 7,000,000 Los Angeles Kings
24 Stevens, Scott $ 6,916,747 New Jersey Devils
25 Brodeur, Martin $ 6,891,103 New Jersey Devils


p.s. It's kinda shocking to see the #22 highest paid EPL player is getting less than the #22 highest paid National Hockey League (before the lockout).


22. Kobe Bryant (LAL) .......... $14,175,000----NBA
22 Walker, Larry $ 12,666,667 St. Louis Cardinals ---MLB
22 Rogers, Shaun $ 9,480,000 Detroit Lions -----NFL
22 Belfour, Ed $ 7,000,000 Toronto Maple Leafs ---NHL

22) Duncan Ferguson Everton 60,000--------$5,366,400 ---EPL (as of August 2004).

[Pazarius]

No way were Kevin Campbell and Duncan Ferguson ever on £60,000 a week.

There are lot of suspiciously high numbers there. Viduka and Keane's figures look way too high, and I'm pretty sure Anelka was on £35,000 a week.

[musicl]

Football players earn less because clubs pay millions and millions for players.

[sarabella]

No way were Kevin Campbell and Duncan Ferguson ever on £60,000 a week. Kevin Campbell and Dunc were both on £55,000 per week, not including performance bonuses. We sold Campbell in the summer and Dunc took a pay cut to stay on another year.

[Big_Bad_Mcnabb]

Kevin Campbell and Dunc were both on £55,000 per week, not including performance bonuses. We sold Campbell in the summer and Dunc took a pay cut to stay on another year.

whoah whoah big dunc and kev campbell were on 35k per week. How the hell could we afford those 2 on major contracts?

[sarabella]

whoah whoah big dunc and kev campbell were on 35k per week. How the hell could we afford those 2 on major contracts?
I don't think so, but maybe you're right. I can't remember now where I saw that number.

[Toon³]

p.s. It's kinda shocking to see the #22 highest paid EPL player is getting less than the #22 highest paid National Hockey League (before the lockout).


22. Kobe Bryant (LAL) .......... $14,175,000----NBA
22 Walker, Larry $ 12,666,667 St. Louis Cardinals ---MLB
22 Rogers, Shaun $ 9,480,000 Detroit Lions -----NFL
22 Belfour, Ed $ 7,000,000 Toronto Maple Leafs ---NHL

22) Duncan Ferguson Everton 60,000--------$5,366,400 ---EPL (as of August 2004).

But you haven't added the transfer fee which was about $4million so that offsets the ammount that clubs can offer players.

[pc4th]

But you haven't added the transfer fee which was about $4million so that offsets the ammount that clubs can offer players.

True. But transfer fee isn't a form of compensation for the player, so it isn't a part of the player salary.

[Alan_V]

True. But transfer fee isn't a form of compensation for the player, so it isn't a part of the player salary.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought that the player got a percentage of the transfer fee (10%?). Or is that something that gets negotiated?

[RichardL]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought that the player got a percentage of the transfer fee (10%?). Or is that something that gets negotiated?
players get a signing on fee, but that's unusually completely unrelated to the transfer fee. Occasionally a player might have a clause in his contract saying he'd get a % of any fee, but it's the selling club who pay him that.

[Big_Bad_Mcnabb]

players get a signing on fee, but that's unusually completely unrelated to the transfer fee. Occasionally a player might have a clause in his contract saying he'd get a % of any fee, but it's the selling club who pay him that.
They player usually gets a percentage if he says he dosent want to leave, bit like a golden goodbye.

[Spur_Forever]

60k for Keane is too much. The 40s sounds more like it.

[Alan_V]

They player usually gets a percentage if he says he dosent want to leave, bit like a golden goodbye.

I guess that answers the question about why they're always saying that their happy at the club.

[AfroSmiley]

Look at this.

Top 10 MLS Salaries

Player Team Base Salary Overall
Landon Donovan Los Angeles 900,000 900,000
Eddie Johnson FC Dallas 875,000 875,000
Freddy Adu D.C. 300,000 550,000
Ramon Ramirez Chivas USA 425,000 500,000
Josh Wolff Kansas City 350,000 420,357
Clint Mathis Salt Lake City 270,000 410,000
Eddie Pope Salt Lake City 314,782 378,948
Tony Sanneh Chicago 285,000 365,000
Chris Armas Chicago 250,000 325,000
Jovan Kirovski Los Angeles 175,000 290,000

[Captain Splarg]

No way were Kevin Campbell and Duncan Ferguson ever on £60,000 a week.


no way does Owen play for Liverpool either!

:rolleyes: :cool: :p

[dna77054]

concerning the wages of top soccer players vs top American sports players, I believe it has everything to do with number of clubs per fan. With the NFL, you have only approximately 24 teams to satify the appetite of the entire country/plant. IF Europe/the World were to focus all of their soccer money into just 24 professional teams instead of the hundreds out there, the salaries would be through the roof.

[Devilish Red]

concerning the wages of top soccer players vs top American sports players, I believe it has everything to do with number of clubs per fan. With the NFL, you have only approximately 24 teams to satify the appetite of the entire country/plant. IF Europe/the World were to focus all of their soccer money into just 24 professional teams instead of the hundreds out there, the salaries would be through the roof.


I think it's more to do with football being more of a team game. If you look at the differences between players wages on the same team you see that each member is valued whereas in the squad sports of the USA there are one or two very highly paid superstars and the rest are journeymen.

[pc4th]

Look at this.

Top 10 MLS Salaries

Player Team Base Salary Overall
Landon Donovan Los Angeles 900,000 900,000
Eddie Johnson FC Dallas 875,000 875,000
Freddy Adu D.C. 300,000 550,000
Ramon Ramirez Chivas USA 425,000 500,000
Josh Wolff Kansas City 350,000 420,357
Clint Mathis Salt Lake City 270,000 410,000
Eddie Pope Salt Lake City 314,782 378,948
Tony Sanneh Chicago 285,000 365,000
Chris Armas Chicago 250,000 325,000
Jovan Kirovski Los Angeles 175,000 290,000

what do you expect from a league that has a $1.8 million salary cap and has lost $250 million over the 10 years in operations?

Oh, Garcia and Palencia should be in that list with around $1 million contract for Chivas USA.

[pc4th]

concerning the wages of top soccer players vs top American sports players, I believe it has everything to do with number of clubs per fan. With the NFL, you have only approximately 24 teams to satify the appetite of the entire country/plant. IF Europe/the World were to focus all of their soccer money into just 24 professional teams instead of the hundreds out there, the salaries would be through the roof.

It all because of the team ability to pay. A fortune 500 company would pay a lot more for an executive than a company that can't crack the Fortune 1000.

Man U and Chelsea has more revenues than Yankees/RedSox but they also has a $40 million tranfer fees expense bill each year that the Yankees/redSox do not have.

Can the Yankees/RedSox afford the $26 million per year for Arod, $22 mil for Ramirez IF their profit suddenly take a hit of $40 million a year due to their tranfer fee expense growing from $0 to $40 million?

[pc4th]

Madrid overtook the Red Devils for the first time at the top of the "Football Money League," an independent report released by accountancy firm Deloitte on Thursday

Real Madrid increased its revenue by 17 percent to €275.7 million (US$328 million) for the 2004-05 season despite going a second straight year without a major trophy. United earned €246.4 million (US$293 million) in the same period.

AC Milan was third with €234 million (US$279 million), followed by Italian champion Juventus with €229.4 million (US$273 million) and English champion Chelsea with €220.8 million (US$263 million).

Real: 328 mil
Man U: 293 mil
AC Milan: 279 mil
Juventus: 273 mil (will increase by around 30-40 million thanks to a $120 mil a year TV deal starting in 2007)
Chelsea: 263 mil