Mouth-fluttering! Messi became the highest-paid player in the Major League for 2 consecutive years...How much does Messi get paid for revealing his salary?

Jun 26, 2025

Mouth-fluttering! Messi became the highest-paid player in the Major League for 2 consecutive years...How much does Messi get paid for revealing his salary?



Lionel Messi, who plays for the U.S. Major League Soccer (MLS), has become the league's highest-paid player for two consecutive years.

ESPN reported on the 26th (Korea time) "Inter Miami striker Lionel Messi became the highest-paid player for two consecutive years in Major League Soccer."According to data released by the MLS Players Association, Messi's annual salary is $20.45 million (about 27.7 billion won).

The annual salary is as of last month, excluding Messi's additional profits. It does not include additional profits such as sponsorship contracts between Messi and Adidas and revenue sharing contracts with Apple, which transmits MLS broadcasts through online video services (OTT).




Mouth-fluttering! Messi became the highest-paid player in the Major League for 2 consecutive years...How much does Messi get paid for revealing his salary?
Mouth-fluttering! Messi became the highest-paid player in the Major League for 2 consecutive years...How much does Messi get paid for revealing his salary?
A U.S. economic media outlet predicted that Messi could earn up to 150 million dollars (about 200 billion won) through contracts signed with Inter Miami and MLS in the summer of 2023.

Toronto FC's Lorenzo Insigne ranked second in the MLS annual salary list with $15.44 million (about 20 billion won), followed by Messi's teammate Sergio Busquets ($8.5 million).

Atlanta United's Miguel Almiron ($7.87 million) came in fourth and San Diego FC's Irving Rosano ($7.63 million) came in fifth.




Messi signed with Inter Miami in the summer of 2023 and entered MLS. Until just two years ago, just before Messi joined MLS, Insigne was the league's highest salary.

Inter Miami also ranked first in the league in total team salaries.

Inter Miami's total salary is $46.84 million, $5 million more than the league record they set a year ago. This amount is more than twice the total annual salary of all but two of the league's 30 teams.




Mouth-fluttering! Messi became the highest-paid player in the Major League for 2 consecutive years...How much does Messi get paid for revealing his salary?
Mouth-fluttering! Messi became the highest-paid player in the Major League for 2 consecutive years...How much does Messi get paid for revealing his salary?
Below them are Toronto FC (US$34.15 million), Atlanta United (US$27.63 million), FC Cincinnati (US$23.18 million), and LA Galaxy (US$22.87 million).

The team that paid the least was CF Montreal, with only $11.99 million.

Meanwhile, the average annual salary of all MLS players was $649,199, up 9.22% from last spring. A total of 131 players were paid more than $1 million, up from 115 a year ago.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.