Cristiano Ronaldo salary

26/11/2013 15:34

Cristiano Ronaldo salary

Football fans around the World usually ask how much does Cristiano Ronaldo earn from his salary. We collected and researched some data on this matter and provided you with all the informations and stats below.

Last update: September 15, 2013.

Current Cristiano Ronaldo monthly salary in 2013-2014:
1.41 Million Euros = €1.416.666 (EUR) ~ $1.880.000 (USD) ~ £1.190.000 (GBP)

Current Cristiano Ronaldo annual salary in 2013-2014:
17 Million Euros = 17.000.000€ (EUR) ~ $22.620.000 (USD) ~ £14.250.000 (GBP)

Exchange rates (spot rate on Sep 15, 2013): EUR/USD = 1.33, EUR/GBB = 0.84

Source: financenews24.com

How much does Cristiano Ronaldo win per year, month, week, day, hour, minute and second?

Time period

Salary earnings

Year

€17.000.000

Month

€1.416.666

Week

€326.923

Day

€46.575

Hour

€1.941

Minute

€32

Second

€0.54

 

 

On September 15 of 2013, Cristiano Ronaldo signed a new contract with Real Madrid, which will link him with the club until 2018. The deal extended his previous 2009 contract for 3 more years, since it was set to expire on 2015. Under this new contract, Cristiano Ronaldo new salary was set at 17 million euros (net) per season/year and instantly made of Ronaldo the highest paid footballer in Spain (Lionel Messi most recent contract allows him to earn 16 million euros and he's currently number 2 on that list).

After having signed with Real Madrid in 2009, Cristiano Ronaldo became one of the highest paid soccer players in the World, with a transfer buyout clause of 1 billion euros (release clause). We researched on several publications regarding football players wages and overall earnings (including sponsorships deals). The data is unequivocal as Cristiano Ronaldo is clearly one of the richest football players in the World.

According to a Portuguese source named "Futebol Finance", who publishes a list of the highest paid football players every year, Cristiano Ronaldo was ranked #1 in 2011, with a monthly salary of 1 million euros (1.000.000 euros ~ 1.430.000 US dollars ~ 882.000 British pounds). In terms of monthly salaries, the Portugueseplayer is followed by Barcelona's Lionel Messi ("La Pulga") who earns a monthly salary of 875.000 euros (~ 1.251.000 US dollars ~ 772.000 British pounds) and Chelsea's Fernando Torres ("El Niño") who gets a monthly salary of 833.000 euros (~ 1.191.000 US dollars ~ 735.000 British pounds). Another Real Madrid player who makes it to the top 10 list is Kaká, FIFA Player of The Year in 2007, who is currently ranked 6th, with a monthly salary close to 750.000 euros (~ 1.073.000 US dollars ~ 662.000 British pounds).
* Exchange rates used for conversion: EUR/USD = 1.430 ; EUR/GBP = 0.882

 

As you may see below, Barcelona is the only club in the World which puts 5 players in the top 20 highest paid football players list. If we sum those 5 players wages (Lionel MessiXaviAndres IniestaDavid Villa and Daniel Alves), we notice that Barcelona is spending around 3.250.000 euros monthly (3 million and 250 million euros ~ 4.647.500 US Dollars ~ 2.867.000 British pounds), in wages for those 5 key players. That's an interesting curiosity as there seems to be a myth that the big spenders are always Real Madrid, Chelsea or Manchester City, but it turns out to be that Barcelona is actually leading in the aggregated analysis, when considering exclusively the top 20 list. Check the highest football players salaries in 2011, on the full table below:

Top 100 highest paid soccer players in 2011 (Just salaries wages)

Data collected in April 2011

#

Player Name

Club

Monthly Salary

Annual Salary

1

Cristiano Ronaldo

Real Madrid

1.000.000 €

12.000.000 €

2

Lionel Messi

FC Barcelona

875.000 €

10.500.000 €

3

Fernando Torres

Chelsea

833.000 €

10.000.000 €

4

Yaya Touré

Manchester City

833.000 €

10.000.000 €

5

Wayne Rooney

Manchester United

791.000 €

9.500.000 €

6

Ricardo Kaká

Real Madrid

750.000 €

9.000.000 €

7

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

AC Milan

750.000 €

9.000.000 €

8

Emmanuel Adebayor

Real Madrid

708.000 €

8.500.000 €

9

Carlos Tevez

Manchester City

666.000 €

8.000.000 €

10

Samuel Eto'o

Internazionale

666.000 €

8.000.000 €

11

Frank Ribery

Bayern Munique

666.000 €

8.000.000 €

12

John Terry

Chelsea

625.000 €

7.500.000 €

13

Frank Lampard

Chelsea

625.000 €

7.500.000 €

14

Steven Gerrard

Liverpool

625.000 €

7.500.000 €

15

Xavi

FC Barcelona

625.000 €

7.500.000 €

16

Andres Iniesta

FC Barcelona

583.000 €

7.000.000 €

17

David Villa

FC Barcelona

583.000 €

7.000.000 €

18

Daniel Alves

FC Barcelona

583.000 €

7.000.000 €

19

Edin Dzeko

Manchester City

541.000 €

6.500.000 €

20

Rio Ferdinand

Manchester United

541.000 €

6.500.000 €

21

Balotelli

Manchester City

541.000 €

6.500.000 €

22

Kolo Touré

Manchester City

541.000 €

6.500.000 €

23

Ashley Cole

Chelsea

541.000 €

6.500.000 €

24

Glenn Johnson

Liverpool

541.000 €

6.500.000 €

25

Didier Drogba

Chelsea

516.000 €

6.200.000 €

26

Iker Casillas

Real Madrid

500.000 €

6.000.000 €

27

Karim Benzema

Real Madrid

500.000 €

6.000.000 €

28

Gonzalo Higuain

Real Madrid

500.000 €

6.000.000 €

29

Cesc Fabregas

Arsenal

500.000 €

6.000.000 €

30

Peter Cech

Chelsea

500.000 €

6.000.000 €

31

Gianluigi Buffon

Juventus

500.000 €

6.000.000 €

32

Victor Valdéz

FC Barcelona

500.000 €

6.000.000 €

33

Andrea Pirlo

AC Milan

500.000 €

6.000.000 €

34

Frederic Kanouté

Sevilha

500.000 €

6.000.000 €

35

Francesco Totti

AS Roma

458.000 €

5.500.000 €

36

Patrcik Vieira

Internazionale

458.000 €

5.500.000 €

37

Kevin Kuranyi

Dinamo Moscovo

458.000 €

5.500.000 €

38

B. Schweinsteiger

Bayern Munique

458.000 €

5.500.000 €

39

Gareth Barry

Manchester City

458.000 €

5.500.000 €

40

Arjen Robben

Bayern Munique

458.000 €

5.500.000 €

41

Aleksandar Kolarov

Manchester City

458.000 €

5.500.000 €

42

Joe Cole

Liverpool

450.000 €

5.400.000 €

43

Mesut Ozil

Real Madrid

416.000 €

5.000.000 €

44

Sami Khedira

Real Madrid

416.000 €

5.000.000 €

45

Michael Ballack

B.Leverkusen

416.000 €

5.000.000 €

46

Ronaldinho Gaúcho

Flamengo

416.000 €

5.000.000 €

47

Sergio Aguero

Atletico Madrid

416.000 €

5.000.000 €

48

Carles Puyol

FC Barcelona

416.000 €

5.000.000 €

49

Luca Toni

Juventus

416.000 €

5.000.000 €

50

Lassana Diarra

Real Madrid

416.000 €

5.000.000 €

51

Wayne Bridge

Manchester City

416.000 €

5.000.000 €

52

Joleon Lescott

Manchester City

416.000 €

5.000.000 €

53

Edwin Vandersar

Manchester United

416.000 €

5.000.000 €

54

Patrice Evra

Manchester United

416.000 €

5.000.000 €

55

Andy Carroll

Liverpool

416.000 €

5.000.000 €

56

Dimitar Berbatov

Manchester United

400.000 €

4.800.000 €

57

Andrei Arshavin

Arsenal

400.000 €

4.800.000 €

58

Nicolas Anelka

Chelsea

400.000 €

4.800.000 €

59

Yoann Goucuff

Olympique Lyon

400.000 €

4.800.000 €

60

Ryan Giggs

Manchester United

400.000 €

4.800.000 €

61

Daniele De Rossi

AS Roma

383.000 €

4.600.000 €

62

Ricardo Carvalho

Real Madrid

375.000 €

4.500.000 €

63

Alessandro Nesta

AC Milan

375.000 €

4.500.000 €

64

Diego Milito

Internazionale

375.000 €

4.500.000 €

65

Júlio César

Internazionale

375.000 €

4.500.000 €

66

Matthieu Flamini

AC Milan

375.000 €

4.500.000 €

67

David Bechkam

LA Galaxy

375.000 €

4.500.000 €

68

Gabriel Heinze

Olympique Marseille

375.000 €

4.500.000 €

69

Diego Forlan

Atletico Madrid

375.000 €

4.500.000 €

70

Paul Scholes

Manchester United

375.000 €

4.500.000 €

71

Xabi Alonso

Real Madrid

375.000 €

4.500.000 €

72

Jamie Carragher

Liverpool

375.000 €

4.500.000 €

73

Robbie Van Persie

Arsenal

375.000 €

4.500.000 €

74

David Silva

Manchester City

358.000 €

4.300.000 €

75

Lucho Gonzalez

Olympique Marseille

358.000 €

4.300.000 €

76

Floren Malouda

Chelsea

358.000 €

4.300.000 €

77

Craig Bellamy

Cardiff City

358.000 €

4.300.000 €

78

Amauri

Juventus

350.000 €

4.200.000 €

79

Miroslav Klose

Bayern Munique

350.000 €

4.200.000 €

80

Cris

Olympique Lyon

350.000 €

4.200.000 €

81

Lisandro Lopez

Olympique Lyon

341.000 €

4.100.000 €

82

Raúl Gonzalez

Schalke 04

333.000 €

4.000.000 €

83

Mário Gomez

Bayern Munique

333.000 €

4.000.000 €

84

Robinho

AC Milan

333.000 €

4.000.000 €

85

Alessandro Del Piero

Juventus

333.000 €

4.000.000 €

86

Wesley Sneijder

Internazionale

333.000 €

4.000.000 €

87

Esteban Cambiasso

Internazionale

333.000 €

4.000.000 €

88

Pepe

Real Madrid

333.000 €

4.000.000 €

89

Clarence Seedorf

AC Milan

333.000 €

4.000.000 €

90

Ruud Van Nistelrooy

Hamburger

333.000 €

4.000.000 €

91

Deco

Fluminense

333.000 €

4.000.000 €

92

Javier Marcherano

FC Barcelona

333.000 €

4.000.000 €

93

Thorsten Frings

Werder Bremen

333.000 €

4.000.000 €

94

Nemanja Vidic

Manchester United

333.000 €

4.000.000 €

95

Diego

Wolfsburg

333.000 €

4.000.000 €

96

André Pierre Gignac

Olympique Marseille

316.000 €

3.800.000 €

97

Thierry Henry

New York Red Bulls

316.000 €

3.800.000 €

98

Maicon

Internazionale

316.000 €

3.800.000 €

99

James Milner

Manchester City

316.000 €

3.800.000 €

100

Ji-Sung Park

Manchester United

316.000 €

3.800.000 €

* Values according to gross salary (before taxes)
* Source: futebolfinance.com - Reshaped and redesigned by ronaldo7.net

However, even though the above report is still recent (April 2011), there's some data which is already innacurate, as for example Samuel Eto'o, who recently signed for the Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala and will reportedly receive a monthly salary of 1.708.333 euros (~ 2.442.916 US dollars ~ 1.506.750 British pounds), which makes it around an anual salary of 20,5 million euros (20.500.000 euros ~ 29.315.000 US dollars ~ 18.080.000 British pounds), according to latest reports from Forbes. As a benchmark note, that would almost double Cristiano Ronaldo's current salary in Real Madrid as you may confirm on the table above. To complete this note, this summer transfers and new signings are still missing from the list on this table, since the new Manchester City player, as Sergio Aguero should already appear in the top 10. Nonetheless, it seems to be a fact that Samuel Eto'o will become the highest paid football player in fooball history, in the 2011-12 season, earning more than 20 million euros anually, just accounting salary wages.

Samuel Etoo in FC Anzhi paycheck

 

Taking a step forward, by looking at this salary data as well as bonuses,endorsements and sponsorships deals made by this sports athletes, we come up with a slightly different list, headed by L.A. Galaxy's David Beckham, who jumps from the 67th position to become the leader of this table (by accounting only for club's wages, Beckham's annual salary was around 4.500.000 euros ~ 6.292.000 US dollars ~ 3.880.800 British Pounds), being followed closely by Real Madrid'sCristiano Ronaldo.

Top 10 World's highest paid football players in 2011
(Salaries+bonuses+endorsements+sponsorships deals)

Data collected in June 2011

#

Player Name

Club

Annual Earnings

Net Worth

1

David Beckham

L.A. Galaxy

40.000.000 USD

219 Million USD

2

Cristiano Ronaldo

Real Madrid

38.000.000 USD

160 Million USD

3

Lionel Messi

FC Barcelona

32.000.000 USD

110 Million USD

4

Ricardo Kaká

Real Madrid

25.000.000 USD

100 Million USD

5

Ronaldinho

Flamengo

24.000.000 USD

90 Million USD

6

Thierry Henry

New York Red Bulls

21.000.000 USD

61 Million USD

7

Wayne Rooney

Manchester United

20.000.000 USD

59 Million USD

8

Frank Lampard

Chelsea FC

17.000.000 USD

43 Million USD

9

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

AC Milan

17.000.000 USD

60 Million USD

10

Samuel Eto´o

FC Anzhi

15.000.000 USD

40 Million USD

* Net Worth Values are estimations and therefore, might be innacurate.
* Samuel Eto'o, as well as all other players annual earnings, refer to May 2010 -> May 2011.
* Source: forbes.com - Reshaped and redesigned by ronaldo7.net

As a curiosity and by making a benchmark analysis to other sports athletes salarieswages, it's still surprising to notice how football players fall behind other sports top performers. If we consider exclusively salary wages (first table shown on this page), the Spanish Fernando Alonso from F1 and Ferrari, earns around 40 Million US dollars per year, more than doubling Cristiano Ronaldo annual salary (17.600.000 Million US Dollars). The only football player who could actually compete withFernando Alonso, would be Samuel Eto'o and his expected new salary wage of 29.315.000 US dollars (annual values) in FC Anzhi, but still a bit far from the Spanish racer.

 

Looking at the aggregated values (salaries, bonuses, endorsements, sponsorships), the American golfer Tiger Woods remains untouched, with a total earnings revenues of 75 Million US dollars, according to the latest data gathered from Forbes. This happens despite all the troubles that Tiger Woods got into from his affair scandals related to adultery, which led him to a loss of around 50 Million US Dollars in annual income, over the last 2 years, and which resulted on him losing several valuable sponsorhips. Still far from Tiger Woods are David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo, with 40 and 38 Million US Dollars made annually, respectivelly. The second sports athlete on Forbes Highest Paid Athletes in the World, is Kobe Bryant, from theL.A. Lakers. The American basketball player has a total annual revenue income of 53 Million Dollars.