The World’s Highest-Paid Soccer Players

Rooney Is Worth a Cool $120 Million

Since the beginning of his soccer career, Rooney’s salary has been ever-increasing. In 2014, he signed a 5.5-year contract in which is $45,000/week paycheck was bumped up to $300,000 a week. Yes, you read that right again.

Over the next few years, Rooney continued to bring home the bacon and today is said to have a net worth of around $120 million. This makes him the four richest soccer player in the world. Judging by he and his wife’s lavish lifestyle, it’s a good thing his paychecks are so high. The two are regularly photographed out at expensive dinners, buying mansions and tricked out cars, and of course, vacationing.