Every year a list comes out with an audit of how much an athlete has earned with a ranking of highest paid atheletes in order. In the latest list by FORBES  8 soccer players have gladly grabbed slots in the top 100 slots and of these 8 players 3 players have made it to the top 10. Interesting right! Let's now get to the figures from below to top:


The first five on the list that starts from number below who have made it to the top 100 are LUIS SUAREZ, WAYNE ROONEY, OSCAR, PAUL POGBA, GARETH BALE. Below is a list of their pay, winnings, endorsements, country, club. The list goes from rank 8 to rank .

#RANK 8

*LUIS SUAREZ- URUGUA 

*SALARY: 26.9 million dollars

*WINNINGS: 19.9 million dollars

*ENDORSEMENTS: 7 million dollars

*CLUB: FC



#RANK 7

WAYNE ROONEY-ENGLAND


*SALARY: 27 million dollars

*WINNINGS: 22 million dollars

*ENDORSEMENTS: 5 million dollars

*CLUB: Everton

*POSITION: forward

#RANK 6

OSCAR- BRAZIL


*SALARY: 27.4 million dollars

*WINNINGS: 25.9 million dollars

*ENDORSEMENTS: 1.5 million dollars

*CLUB: Shanghai SIPG

*POSITION: midfielder

#RANK 5

PAUL POGBA- FRANCE


*SALARY: 29.5 million dollars

*WINNINGS: 25 million dollars

*ENDORSEMENTS: 4.5 million dollars

*CLUB: Manchester United

*POSITION: midfielder

#RANK 4

GARETH BALE-WALES


*SALARY: 34.6 million dollars

*WINNINGS: 28.6 million dollars

*ENDORSEMENTS: 6 million dollars

*CLUB: Real Madrid

*POSITION: forward

Moving on to top 10 the players who bagged 3 slots in the list are NEYMAR, CRISTIANO RONALDO, LIONEL MESSI. Let's have a look at the figures and rankings.


#RANK 3

NEYMAR- BRAZIL

NEYMAR-BRAZIL

*SALARY: 90 million dollars

*WINNING: 73 million dollars

*ENDORSEMENTS: 17 million dollars

*CLUB: Paris Saint - Germain

*POSITION: forward

#RANK 2

CRISTIANO RONALDO-PORTUGAL

*SALARY: 108 million dollars

*WINNINGS: 61 million dollars

*ENDORSEMENT: 47 million dollara

*CLUB: Real Madrid

*POSITION: forward


#RANK 1

LIONEL MESSI- ARGENTINA


*SALARY: 111 million dollars

*WINNINGS: 84 million dollars

*ENDORSEMENTS: 27 million dollars

*CLUB: FC Barcelona

*POSITION: forward.