CIES "deserve" salary list: Mbappe tops the list, Salah ranks second
6686 Sports News on November 12 Recently, CIES Football Observatory developed a performance-based salary ranking based on the "performance" performance of players, which takes into account various variables. In the end, Real Madrid forward Mbappe ranked first, and Salah, who renewed his contract with Liverpool at a high salary last season, ranked second.
According to CIES statistics, Mbappe is the football player with the highest income in the world purely relying on sports. However, according to CIES statistics, compared to his contribution on the field, Mbappe's income of 22.8 million euros is still about 40% less than his "deserved" salary, especially considering that Real Madrid did not spend a transfer fee to introduce him in 2024. According to different estimates, the annual salary Mbappe "deserves" through sports income is 31 million euros.
According to the CIES Football Observatory survey, the ranking of the top ten "deserving" salary players:
1. Kylian Mbappe (Real Madrid, 22.8 million euros)
2. Salah (Liverpool, 17.9 million euros)
3. Bellingham (Real Madrid, 17.5 million euros)
4. Neves (Paris Saint-Germain, 17.3 million euros)
5. Szoboszlai (Liverpool, 17.1 million euros)
6. Dembele (Paris Saint-Germain, 16.9 million euros)
7. Alvarez (Atletico Madrid, 16.9 million euros)
8. Lautaro (Inter Milan, 16.7 million euros)
9. Yamal (Barcelona, 16.7 million euros)
10. Vinicius (Real Madrid, 16.2 million euros)
