Top 10 footballers with the highest net worth

Honourable mentions

Mathieu Flamini kept the secret of his business venture a secret, but a biochemical company he founded along with his partner Granata, GF Biochemicals seem to have found an alternative fuel source to Petrol. Flamini’s company is the only company which produces industrial-level standards of the wood fuel and his value could soon rise up to an unbelievable $20 billion making him one of the richest people in the world.

Let us now take a look at footballers ranked from 11th to 15th in terms of net worth

#11 Philipp Lahm – $100 million

#12 Raul Gonzalez – $100 million

#13 Samuel Eto’o – $95 million

#14 Andres Iniesta – $90 million

#15 Didier Drogba – $90 million

Comparing these footballers to the world’s richest people, we see that only Flamini has a realistic chance of competing with them in the future.

These are the 5 richest people in the world:

#1 Bill Gates – $76 billion

#2 Carlos Slim – $72 billion

#3 Amancio Ortega – $67 billion

#4 Warren Buffet – $60 billion

#5 Jeff Bezos – $47 billion

The world’s highest worth footballer David Beckham is nowhere near them, but there is no denying the fact that footballer are some of the best-paid people in the world.

About the author

A Bengaluru lad through and through, Ashwin Hanagudu is a huge fan of Liverpool and unsurprisingly pledges his sworn allegiance to RCB in the IPL. With over 8+ years of experience in this field, Ashwin manages multiple verticals at Sportskeeda and as of July 2024 is the most-read author in the football section.

Apart from his duties at Sportskeeda, Ashwin Hanagudu is also an active table tennis player and has played multiple state ranking and national tournaments representing Karnataka.

A huge sports fan, some of the athletes and sportspersons he admires in no particular order are Virat Kohli, Steven Gerrard, Mohamed Salah, Cristiano Ronaldo, Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Neeraj Chopra and PV Sindhu

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