4. Gareth Bale ($34 million)
Gareth Bale is earning a total of $34 million per year from his salary, bonus, and endorsement deals. But that number will only get higher to follow his success with Wales national team in the previous Euro tournament.
In club level, he has been playing as Read Madrid’s winger since 2013. He set a staggering transfer fee of €100.8 million. That is still a world record today. El Real is currently paying him $24 million per year.
The other $10 million come from tons of endorsements he has, including those from Sony Xperia and Adidas. His series of Adidas boot is one of the most popular shoes worn by world-class athletes.
Not many people know that he began his professional career at Southampton as a left defender. As time went by, he acclaimed his spot in offense as a free kick specialist. That is exactly how he scored his first goal in the Euro 2016.
