Lionel Messi's €40.5m Salary Lower Than Neymar's According To List Of Ligue 1's Top Earners

Lionel Messi's salary at Paris Saint-Germain is not the biggest in Ligue 1, with Neymar earning more according to L'Equipe.

Paris Saint-Germain look set to win the Ligue 1 title this season but that should come as no surprise when you see how much money they are spending on player salaries.

French newspaper L'Equipe recently published a report revealing the 30 highest paid players in Ligue 1.

Remarkably, the top 14 highest earners in French soccer all play for PSG.

But Lionel Messi, regarded by many as the greatest player of all time, is not top of the list.

Lionel Messi Salary

According to L'Equipe's information, Messi earns an estimated €3,375,000 per month at PSG, which works out €40.5m per year and nearly €779k a week.

But that is almost €8.5m less than Neymar is said to be on annually, with the Brazil captain apparently earning €4,083,000 per month.

Neymar and Lionel Messi are said to be the two highest-earning players in France's Ligue 1 :: IMAGO/AFLOSPORT

Kylian Mbappe is third on the list with a monthly wage of €2,220,000, while the highest-earning non-PSG player is Wissam Ben Yedder of AS Monaco on €650,000 monthly.

Although Mbappe earns over three times more than Ben Yedder, the Monaco striker is actually the leading scorer in Ligue 1 this season.

Ben Yedder moved two goals clear of Mbappe in the race for the Golden Boot by bagging a brace in Monaco's 3-0 win over PSG at the weekend.

After Ben Yedder, Monaco teammate Cesc Fabregas is the next non-PSG player on the list, in 18th place on €600,000 a month.

Highest Salaries In Ligue 1

Player	Team	Monthly salary
1. Neymar	PSG	€4,083,000
2. Lionel Messi	PSG	€3,375,000
3. Kylian Mbappe	PSG	€2,220,000
=4. Marquinhos	PSG	€1,200,000
=4. Marco Verratti	PSG	€1,200,000
6. Achraf Hakimi	PSG	€1,083,000
7. Keylor Navas	PSG	€1,000,000
8. Angel Di Maria	PSG	€950,000
=9. Georginio Wijnaldum	PSG	€916,000
=9. Gianluigi Donnarumma	PSG	€916,000
11. Mauro Icardi	PSG	€800,000
12. Sergio Ramos	PSG	€791,600
13. Leandro Parades	PSG	€750,000
14. Juan Bernat	PSG	€730,000
=15. Wissam Ben Yedder	Monaco	€650,000
=15. Ander Herrera	PSG	€650,000
17. Presnel Kimpembe	PSG	€640,000
18. Cesc Fabregas	PSG	€600,000
19. Julian Draxler	Monaco	€562,000
=20. Layvin Kurzawa	PSG	€500,000
=20. Idrissa Gueye	PSG	€500,000
22. Abdou Diallo	PSG	€450,000
23. Thilo Kehrer	PSG	€410,000
=24. Cedric Bakambu	Marseille	€400,000
=24. Arkadiusz Milik	Marseille	€400,000
=24. Alexander Nubel	Monaco	€400,000
=27. Tanguy Ndombele	Lyon	€350,000
=27. Jerome Boateng	Lyon	€350,000
=27. Dimitri Payet	Marseille	€350,000
30. Renato Sanches	Lille	€338,000

L'Equipe also published a list of the highest Premier League salaries, with Cristiano Ronaldo topping it on £26.4m per year.

Ronaldo's salary at Manchester United roughly converts to €32m - more than 20% less than Messi's PSG pay packet.