Lionel Messi is just one of six millionaires playing for Inter Miami, according to salary figures released Thursday by the MLS players association.
Lionel Messi will make an MLS-record $20.45 million this season but he’s just one of six millionaires playing for league-leading Inter Miami, according to salary figures released Thursday by the MLS players association. The league’s average guaranteed compensation is $594,389 with the median salary topping $308,000. Nine players have guaranteed compensation of more than $5.2 million and 20 have guaranteed compensation of more than $3.5 million.
’s overall payroll is $15.8 million, 18th highest. It is 24.1% less than last season and below the MLS average of $17.7 million and the median payroll of $16.2 million but it does not include the designated-player contract signed this week by French striker Olivier Giroud, who will join the team in July. Sergio Busquets, who played with Messi at Barcelona and is now an Inter Miami teammate, has a guaranteed salary of $8.
’s best-paid player with guaranteed compensation of $3.61 million, a $1.2-million raise over last season when he led the MLS in scoring. His 2024 pay is 14th highest in the league. The salaries of defender Aaron Long and midfielder Ilie Sánchez are also more than $1 million while veteran forward Kei Kamara, who was making $1 million six years ago in Colorado, will get just $89,716, the minimum wage for a senior player.
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