Lionel Messi stays the highest-paid participant in Main League Soccer with an annual base wage of $25m (£18.5m) – greater than double that of the North American league’s next-highest earner.
by the MLS Gamers Affiliation mirror the contract extension that Messi, who turns 39 subsequent month, in October.
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The Argentina ahead’s base wage has doubled, whereas general the deal is price $28.3m (£20.9m) in assured compensation.
is the second-highest earner on a base of $10.4m (£7.7m), with $11.2m (£8.3m) assured.
The previous Tottenham ahead, 33, earns barely greater than Inter Miami’s Rodrigo de Paul and San Diego FC’s Hirving Lozano.
The salaries don’t embody revenue from endorsement offers, or Messi’s choice to amass a stake in Inter Miami – co-owned by David Beckham.
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Messi joined the Florida franchise in 2023 and has scored 59 targets in 64 regular-season MLS video games, serving to Miami win the MLS Cup in 2025.
He led the league with 29 targets final season and has been Most Priceless Participant in every of the 2 full MLS seasons he has performed to date – 2004 and 2005.