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This also skews the list towards sports with salary caps where salaries are therefore public knowledge and easy to cite. The contract figures referenced below are presented at face value and do not reflect potential pre or post-tax treatments. For example, contracts with European sports teams are typically quoted on a post-tax basis.
The following is a list of most expensive association football transfers, which details the highest transfer fees ever paid for players, as well as transfers which set new world transfer records. The first confirmed record transfer was of Willie Groves from West Bromwich Albion to Aston Villa for £100 in 1893 [ 1 ] (equivalent to £14,000 in ...
Name Sport Country Total Salary/winnings Endorsements 1: Roger Federer: Tennis: Switzerland: $106.3 million: $6.3 million: $100 million 2: Cristiano Ronaldo: Association football: Portugal: $105 million: $60 million: $45 million 3: Lionel Messi: Association football: Argentina: $104 million: $72 million: $32 million 4: Neymar: Association ...
The following is a list of most expensive American soccer transfers, which details the highest transfer fees ever paid for players, as well as transfers which set new American transfer records. The current transfer record was set by the transfer of Christian Pulisic from Borussia Dortmund to Chelsea for $65 million in August 2019.
The purpose of the salary cap is to prevent the team's owners from unsustainable spending on player salaries and to prevent a competitive imbalance among teams. [54] The salary cap survived a legal challenge by the players in the Fraser v. Major League Soccer lawsuit. The 2017 salary cap increased to $3.845 million per team.
The following tables include various statistics for players on the United States men's national soccer team (featuring all caps, goals, assists and goalkeeper wins and shutouts) from the team's first match in 1916 through the January 22, 2025 game against Costa Rica.
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This is a list of highest salaried Iranian football players, whether they were transferred, signed as free agent or extended their contracts. It does not include undisclosed contracts. This list also does not necessarily reflect actual money collected by the players, since some contracts are eventually terminated due to different reasons.