Karim Benzema 43rd in the Footballer’s Highest Paid List
Saturday, April 5th, 2008Karim Benzema came in joint 43rd on a recent footballer’s highest paid list, which seen Ricardo Kaka of AC Milan top the list earning €9m a year. Benzema is on the same wage as Bayern Munich stars Oliver Kahn, Willy Sagnol, Lucio, Frank Ribery and Juventus great Alessandro Del Piero and Marseille’s Djibril Cisse.
1 Ricardo Kaka €9.000.000
2 Ronaldinho Gaucho €8.520.000
3 John Terry €8.040.000
4 Frank Lampard €8.040.000
5 Thierry Henry €7.800.000
6 Cristiano Ronaldo €7.680.000
7 Michael Ballack €7.440.000
8 Andry Shevchenko €7.440.000
9 Steven Gerrard €6.780.000
10 Wayne Rooney €6.780.000
11 Raul Gonzalez €6.420.000
12 Ruud Van Nistelrooy €6.420.000
13 Fernando Torres €6.180.000
14 Didier Drogba €6.180.000
15 Frederic Kanoute €6.120.000
16 Iker Casillas €6.000.000
17 Michael Owen €6.000.000
18 Rio Ferdinand €5.880.000
19 Fabio Cannavaro €5.880.000
20 Sol Campbell €5.880.000
21 Nicolas Anelka €5.580.000
22 Louis Saha €5.520.000
23 Luca Toni €5.520.000
24 Francesco Totti €5.460.000
25 Arjen Robben €5.340.000
26 Ryan Giggs €5.220.000
27 Michael Essien €5.040.000
28 Robinho €4.980.000
29 Patrick Vieira €4.980.000
30 Adriano Lima €4.980.000
31 Zlatan Ibrahimovic €4.980.000
32 Gianluigi Buffon €4.980.000
33 Samuel Eto o €4.980.000
34 Charles Puyol €4.980.000
35 Andres Iniesta €4.980.000
36 Sergio Aguero €4.980.000
37 Kieron Dyer €4.980.000
38 Peter Crouch €4.980.000
39 Jamie Carragher €4.980.000
40 Gary Neville €4.920.000
41 Edwin Van Der Sar €4.860.000
42 Fernando Morientes €4.860.000
43 Alessandro Del Piero €4.800.000
44 Oliver Kahn €4.800.000
45 Willy Sagnol €4.800.000
46 Lucio €4.800.000
47 Frank Ribery €4.800.000
48 Djibril Cisse €4.800.000
49 Karim Benzema €4.800.000
50 Darren Bent €4.680.000
51 Joe Cole €4.680.000
52 Harry Kewell €4.680.000
53 Pedro Pauleta €4.560.000
54 Juninho €4.560.000
55 Deco €4.500.000
56 Gianluca Zambrotta €4.500.000
57 David Beckham €4.500.000
58 David Trezeguet €4.500.000
59 Sidney Gouvou €4.500.000
60 Lilian Thuram €4.500.000
61 William Gallas €4.380.000
62 Claude Makelele €4.380.000
63 Petr Cech €4.320.000
64 Antonio Cassano €4.200.000
65 Carlos Tevez €4.200.000
66 Ronaldo Lima €4.020.000
67 Andrea Pirlo €4.020.000
68 Alessandro Nesta €4.020.000
69 Clarence Seedorf €4.020.000
70 Filippo Inzaghi €4.020.000
71 Gennaro Gattuso €4.020.000
72 Nelson Dida €4.020.000
73 Kakha Kaladze €4.020.000
74 Javier Mascherano €4.020.000
75 Fernando Gago €4.020.000