What is Lionel Messi’s net worth?
Lionel Messi is an Argentinian-born professional athlete who is often regarded as the best soccer player in the world. Lionel Messi’s net worth is $600 million. Lionel Messi earned the majority of his net worth as a striker and winger for FC Barcelona. On August 10, 2021 it was announced that Lionel would move from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain. He also plays for the Argentina National Team. During his time with Barcelona, Lionel scored 672 goals in 778 games.
Lionel Messi is likely the highest-paid soccer player in the world and definitely one of the highest paid athletes in the world overall. His earth-shattering 2017 contract with Barcelona gave Messi an average base annual salary of $168 million. He also earns roughly $40 million per year from endorsements, which meant under that contract he was making around $200 million per year.
Despite what you might have read in some lower quality sources, Lionel Messi is NOT A BILLIONAIRE. By the time his contract Barcelona was over, with endorsements he earned north of $1.3 billion. By our count he has earned around $900 million in salary to date and $400 million from endorsements. Some outlets misread that stat and declared him a “billionaire”. His next contract after the 2020 season will easily be one of the largest sports contracts in history and will likely bring his career earnings up to $1.5 billion by the time it completes.
On August 5, 2020, Barcelona announced it could not afford to re-sign Messi and he would therefore be seeking contracts from other teams. Five days later Lionel announced he had signed with Paris Saint-Germain. Lionel’s new contract with Paris Saint-Germain will pay a salary of $75 million per year. The contract has an option for a third year.
He was reportedly willing to accept a 50% pay cut to stay with Barcelona, but league rules forbade this from happening. Even at a 50% pay cut, Barcelona’s salaries would have equated to 110% of club revenue, when league rules require that number to be 70%
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