Inter Miami ahead Lionel Messi is Main League Soccer’s highest-paid participant for the second 12 months working, with a complete assured compensation of $20.45 million, based on knowledge launched by the MLS Gamers Affiliation.
As in earlier years, the quantity displays simply the enjoying portion of Messi’s compensation, with the Argentina star additionally set to profit from different income streams resembling his endorsement cope with Adidas and a revenue-sharing settlement with league broadcast companion Apple.
In accordance with Sportico, Messi stands to earn as much as $150m over the lifetime of the two-and-a-half 12 months contract he signed with Miami and MLS again in the summertime of 2023.
Toronto FC ahead Lorenzo Insigne ranked second with a assured compensation of $15.44m, adopted by Messi’s Inter Miami teammate Sergio Busquets at $8.5m. Atlanta United ahead Miguel Almirón is in fourth place at $7.87m adopted by San Diego FC ahead Hirving “Chucky” Lozano at $7.63m.
The wage numbers from the MLSPA are as of Might 25, 2025. The union sometimes does two wage releases per 12 months. Two years in the past, simply months earlier than Messi’s arrival, Insigne was the league’s highest-paid participant.
Miami continued to tower over the remainder of the league when it comes to whole assured compensation per workforce.
The Herons checked in at $46.84m which is $5m greater than the league report they set at the moment a 12 months in the past. The quantity can be greater than double that of all however two different groups. Toronto’s outlay is $34.15m adopted by Atlanta United FC at $27.63m, FC Cincinnati at $23.18m, and the reigning MLS Cup champions LA Galaxy at $22.87m.
CF Montréal are the league’s lowest spenders at $11.99m, adopted by the Philadelphia Union ($13.37m), Actual Salt Lake ($13.413m), the Houston Dynamo ($13.414m) and Minnesota United ($13.80m)
The typical assured compensation for the complete participant pool is $649,199, up 9.22% from the spring, 2024 mark of $594,390. The median wage stored tempo nevertheless, rising 10.1% from $308,750 this time a 12 months in the past to $339,876 now. All advised, 131 gamers have a assured compensation of no less than $1m, in comparison with 115 a 12 months in the past.
MLS and the MLSPA are within the fifth 12 months of the Collective Bargaining Settlement (CBA) that was agreed upon in February of 2021. The present CBA runs via the top of the 2027 season.
Right here is the entire assured compensation per workforce.
1. Inter Miami – $46.84m
2. Toronto FC – $34.15m
3. Atlanta United – $27.63m
4. FC Cincinnati – $23.18m
5. LA Galaxy – $22.87m
6. LAFC – $22.37m
7. Chicago Fireplace – $22.05m
8. Nashville SC – $21.75m
9. New York Purple Bulls – $21.54m
10. San Diego FC – $20.03m
11. Portland Timbers – $19.57m
12. FC Dallas – $18.98m
13. St. Louis Metropolis – $18.11m
14. Seattle Sounders – $18.09m
15. Sporting Kansas Metropolis – $17.72m
16. New England Revolution – $17.19m
17. San Jose Earthquakes – $17.19m
18. Charlotte FC – $17.13m
19. Orlando Metropolis – $16.44m
20. Columbus Crew – $16.36m
21. Vancouver Whitecaps – $15.71m
22. Colorado Rapids – $15.48m
23. Austin FC – $15.33m
24. New York Metropolis FC – $14.96m
25. D.C. United – $14.62m
26. Minnesota United – $13.8m
27. Houston Dynamo – $13.41m
28. Actual Salt Lake – $13.41m
29. Philadelphia Union – $13.37m
30. CF Montreal – $11.99m
