7. Luis Suarez ($23 million)
Next up with $23 million of annual earning is the Uruguayan striker, Luis Suarez. In 2014, he moved to Barcelona, with a transfer fee estimated at €81 million. That made him the third most expensive player in soccer history.
Barca is currently paying him $18 million of salary and estimated bonus. With additional $5 million from endorsement deals, he sits on the 7th rank of highest paid soccer players in the world.
Some of his major sponsors are Adidas and Pepsi. Those brands are happy to tag along with his amazing records in both scoring and assisting goals. Suarez is not just one of the highest paid, he is also one of the three best according to FIFA last year.
Thus he is often referred to as one of the best strikers in the world, or biters. Suarez also won the PFA Player of the Year award. He became the first non-European to win.
