Lionel Messi is the highest-paid footballer on the planet , banking nearly £1million a week last year in wages and sponsorship deals . The Argentina and Barcelona favourite earned an eye-watering £47.8m in 2014 , with his club salary of £26m topped up by lucrative endorsements with the likes of adidas , FIFA 15 and Turkish Airlines . It puts him well ahead of his Real Madrid and Portugal nemesis Cristiano Ronaldo , who brought in £39.7m , according to the latest France Football magazine rich list . Lionel Messi tops the France Football rich list for 2014 with an annual income of £47.8m . Messi is thrown an Argentina shirt to sign from a member of the crowd during Tuesday 's training session at Georgetown University in Washington ahead of their friendly match with the United States . Messi tops up his salary with Barcelona by promoting various companies , including adidas . Cristiano Ronaldo comes in second in the annual France Football list with earnings of £39.7m . Ronaldo promotes TAG Heuer while driving a McLaren P1 supercar in Madrid . Ronaldo leaves the plane ahead of Real Madrid 's Champions League final with Atletico last May . Messi 's Barcelona colleague Neymar comes in third on £26.8m , his total underlining the gulf between the world 's two leading players and the rest . Manchester United striker Robin van Persie is the highest-ranked Premier League player , earning £18.8m in 2014 . This consists of an £11.8m basic salary , topped up by £5m bonuses and £2m from various sponsorship deals . Real Madrid 's world-record signing Gareth Bale comes in sixth with an annual income of £17.5m , followed by United and England captain Wayne Rooney on £16.5m . Barcelona 's Brazilian ace Neymar ( right ) comes third in the rankings with £26.8m earned in 2014 . Brazilian star Neymar pictured at his sister 's birthday party in Sao Paulo . Manchester United striker Robin van Persie is the highest-earning Premier League player on the list . Gareth Bale may be the world 's most expensive player but he ranks only sixth on the rich list . Manchester United and England captain Wayne Rooney earned £16.5m , according to the rich list ranking . Rooney pictured with his agent Paul Stretford in Manchester last week . The top 10 is rounded out by Zlatan Ibrahimovic , Sergio Aguero and Robert Lewandowski , followed by another glut of Premier League stars . Chelsea 's Eden Hazard and Manchester City 's Yaya Toure both made £14.7m , while United duo Angel di Maria and Radamel Falcao are jointly on £13.6m . In the manager rich list , Jose Mourinho of Chelsea is the highest paid with his £10m salary and £3.2m in commercial revenue . Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger ( £8.3m ) and Manchester United 's Louis van Gaal ( £7.3m ) also feature in the top five . The Paris Saint-Germain and Sweden star Zlatan Ibrahimovic comes in eighth on the list . Chelsea 's Jose Mourinho tops the manager 's rich list with an annual income of £13.2m . 1 . Lionel Messi £47.8m . 2 . Cristiano Ronaldo £39.7m . 3 . Neymar £26.8m . 4 . Thiago Silva £20.2m . 5 . Robin van Persie £18.8m . 6 . Gareth Bale £17.5m . 7 . Wayne Rooney £16.5m . 8 . Zlatan Ibrahimovic £15.8m . 9 . Sergio Aguero £15.6m . 10 . Robert Lewandowski £14.8m . Source : France Football Rich List . 1 . Jose Mourinho £13.2m . 2 . Carlo Ancelotti £11.4m . 3 . Pep Guardiola £11.2m . 4 . Arsene Wenger £8.3m . 5 . Louis van Gaal £7.3m . 6 . Fabio Capello £6.6m . 7 . Andre Villas-Boas £6.2m . 8 . Sven-Goran Eriksson £5.9m . 9 . Jurgen Klopp £5.3m . 10 . David Moyes and Laurent Blanc £5.1m . Source : France Football Rich List .
Lionel Messi tops the France Football rich list with 2014 income of £47.8m . His Barcelona club salary of £26m is topped up by sponsorship deals . Cristiano Ronaldo comes in second with annual earnings of £39.7m . Those two come well ahead of third-placed Neymar on £26.8m . Robin van Persie , Wayne Rooney and Sergio Aguero feature in top 10 . Premier League 's Jose Mourinho is highest-earning manager on £13.2m a year .