The 50 highest salaries of football players 2008/2009

	Player	Club	Monthly (€)	Annual (€)	Week (£)
1	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Barcelona	750000	9000000	£ 166,000
2	Ricardo Kaka	Real Madrid	750000	9000000	£ 166,000
3	Lionel Messi	FC Barcelona	700000	8400000	£ 156,000
4	John Terry	Chelsea FC	632000	7575000	£ 140,000
5	Frank Lampard	Chelsea FC	632000	7575000	£ 140,000
6	Thierry Henry	FC Barcelona	625000	7500000	£ 138,000
7	Samuel Eto'o	Inter Milan	625000	7500000	£ 138,000
8	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	564000	6763000	£ 125,000
9	Ronadinho Gaucho	AC Milan	542000	6500000	£ 120,000
10	Andrei Shevchenko	Dynamo Kiev	542000	6500000	£ 120,000
11	Michael Ballack	Chelsea FC	542000	6500000	£ 120,000
12	Steven Gerrard	Liverpool FC	542000	6500000	£ 120,000
13	Rio Ferdinand	Manchester United	542000	6500000	£ 120,000
14	Raul Gonzalez	Real Madrid	533000	6400000	£ 118,000
15	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Real Madrid	533000	6400000	£ 118,000
16	Iker Casillas	Real Madrid	500000	6000000	£ 110,000
17	Frederic Kanouté	Sevilla FC	500000	6000000	£ 110,000
18	Wayne Rooney	Manchester United	500000	6000000	£ 110,000
19	Michael Owen	Manchester  United	500000	6000000	£ 110,000
20	Fabio Cannavaro	Juventus	483000	5800000	£ 107,000
21	Robinho	Manchester City	473000	5680000	£ 105,000
22	Francesco Totti	AS Roma	458000	5500000	£ 101,000
23	Luca Toni	Bayern Munich	458000	5500000	£ 101,000
24	Arjen Robben	Bayern Munich	455000	5460000	£ 100,000
25	Ashley Cole	Chelsea FC	450000	5410000	£ 100,000
26	Deco	Chelsea FC	450000	5410000	£ 100,000
27	Fernando Torres	Liverpool FC	450000	5410000	£ 100,000
28	Carlos Tevez	Manchester City	428000	5140000	£ 95,000
29	Adriano	Flamengo	416000	5000000	£ 92,000
30	Patrick Vieira	Manchester City	416000	5000000	£ 92,000
31	Charles Puyol	FC Barcelona	416000	5000000	£ 92,000
32	Andres Iniesta	FC Barcelona	416000	5000000	£ 92,000
33	Xavi	FC Barcelona	416000	5000000	£ 92,000
34	Sergio Aguero	Atletico Madrid	416000	5000000	£ 92,000
35	Gianluigi Buffon	Juventus	416000	5000000	£ 92,000
36	Willy Sagnol	Bayern Munich	416000	5000000	£ 92,000
37	Dimitar Berbatov	Manchester United	405000	4869000	£ 90,000
38	Andrei Arshavin	Arsenal FC	405000	4869000	£ 90,000
39	Didier Drogba	Chelsea FC	405000	4869000	£ 90,000
40	Nicolas Anelka	Chelsea FC	405000	4869000	£ 90,000
41	Paul Scholes	Manchester United	405000	4869000	£ 90,000
42	Alessandro Del Piero	Juventus	400000	4800000	£ 88,000
43	Karim Benzema	Real Madrid	400000	4800000	£ 88,000
44	Pike	Bayern Munich	400000	4800000	£ 88,000
45	Frank Ribery	Bayern Munich	400000	4800000	£ 88,000
46	Joe Cole	Chelsea FC	383000	4600000	£ 85,000
47	Ryan Giggs	Manchester United	383000	4600000	£ 85,000
48	Xabi Alonso	Real Madrid	383000	4600000	£ 85,000
49	Jamie Carragher	Liverpool FC	383000	4600000	£ 85,000
50	David Beckham	AC Milan	375000	4500000	£ 83,000
51	Juninho Pernanbucano	Olympique Lyon	375000	4500000	£ 83,000
52	Sidney Govou	Olympique Lyon	375000	4500000	£ 83,000
53	David Trezeguet	Juventus	375000	4500000	£ 83,000