{"id":1577417,"date":"2023-10-06T04:45:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T08:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1577417"},"modified":"2023-10-06T04:45:09","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T08:45:09","slug":"la-liga-players-earns-most-money-highest-paid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/la-liga-players-earns-most-money-highest-paid\/","title":{"rendered":"La Liga Players: Who Earns the Most Money in 2023?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/tag\/soccer\/\">Soccer<\/a> is by far the most popular sport in the world. Naturally, that means there's a lot of money involved, especially in the top leagues. <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/laliga-throws-temper-tantrum-threatens-legal-action-after-real-madrid-misses-out-psg-star-kylian-mbappe\/\">La Liga<\/a> is Spain's premier soccer league, and it's also one of the most competitive leagues in the world &#8212; home to famous clubs like <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/real-madrid-superstar-gareth-bale-is-finalizing-a-deal-to-make-shock-move-to-mls\/\">Real Madrid<\/a> and Barcelona. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those great La Liga clubs also have a lot of well-paid players, so here's a look at the La Liga players who earn the most money in the league in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-10-koke-17-million\">10. Koke: $17 million<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capology.com\/es\/la-liga\/salaries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Capology<\/a> detailed what the top La Liga players made, and Koke ranks 10th in gross pay per this year. The midfielder for Atl\u00e9tico Madrid has one year left on his contract. While playing for his club,\u00a0Atl\u00e9tico Madrid won two championships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-9-ilkay-gundogan-19-9-million\">9.\u00a0Ilkay G\u00fcndogan: $19.9 million<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Ilkay G\u00fcndogan is a German midfielder for Barcelona, and he has two years left on his contract, which equals almost $40 million in gross salary. He's had a very successful career in other leagues, including \u00a0FC N\u00fcrnberg\u00a0and\u00a0Borussia Dortmund. With Manchester City, G\u00fcndogan helped his club win five consecutive Premier League titles from 2017\u201322.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-8-jan-oblak-22-2-million\">8.\u00a0Jan Oblak: $22.2 million<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Jan Oblak re-signed with Atl\u00e9tico Madrid last year, and he has five years left on his contract. In total, the goalkeeper has over $110 million in gross salary coming his way. Oblak helped Atl\u00e9tico Madrid win in 2021. The now-30-year-old was also named the best goalkeeper in La Liga several times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-7-robert-lewandowski-22-2-million\">7.\u00a0Robert Lewandowski: $22.2 million<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Welcome to the Club! \ud83d\udc99\u2764\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZPSs1BHzkB\">pic.twitter.com\/ZPSs1BHzkB<\/a><\/p>&mdash; FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FCBarcelona\/status\/1549492106447708160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Robert Lewandowski signed with Barcelona last year, and he has three years left, which equals approximately $66.5 million in gross salary. The Polish striker has won in the Bundesliga multiple times and won the <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/robert-lewandowski-shockingly-says-farewell-bayern-munich-press-conference-i-hope-they-dont-stop-me\/\">European Golden Shoe<\/a> twice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-6-vinicius-junior-22-2-million\">6.\u00a0Vinicius Junior: $22.2 million<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Vinicius Junior is a Brazilian winger for Real Madrid and has one year left on his contract. The 23-year-old has helped Real Madrid win La Liga twice already, so the young star has a bright future ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-5-jude-bellingham-22-2-million\">5.\u00a0Jude Bellingham: $22.2 million<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Jude Bellingham is a midfielder for Real Madrid, signing with the club earlier this year. He has six years left on his contract, which adds up to $133 million in gross salary. He's 20 years old, so he hasn't achieved too much, but he's won his fair share of youth awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-4-luka-modric-23-3-million\">4.\u00a0Luka Modri\u0107: $23.3 million<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Modric, Casemiro y Kroos \ud83e\udd79\ud83e\udd79<br><br> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fwAdUseBQm\">pic.twitter.com\/fwAdUseBQm<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Real Madrid Fans \ud83e\udd0d (@MadridismoreaI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MadridismoreaI\/status\/1684392885108482048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 27, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Luka Modri\u0107 is another midfielder for Real Madrid, and he has one year left on his contract. The 38-year-old midfielder has helped his club win La Liga three times and helped the Croatian national team perform well in the World Cup. Notably, they were the runner-ups in 2018 and third place in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-3-david-alaba-23-9-million\">3.\u00a0David Alaba: $23.9 million<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>David Alaba also plays for Real Madrid, and he has three years left on his contract. In total, the 31-year-old's contract has nearly $72 million coming his way. The Austrian center-back\/left-back has helped <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/which-club-has-won-the-most-champions-league-titles\/\">Bayern Munich<\/a> win the Bundesliga 10 years in a row. In 2022, Alaba contributed to Real Madrid's title, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-2-toni-kroos-25-9-million\">2. Toni Kroos: $25.9 million<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Toni Kroos plays for Real Madrid as well, and he has one year left on his deal. The German midfielder has his share of league titles in Germany and Spain, but notably, the 33-year-old helped Germany win the World Cup in 2014.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-1-frenkie-de-jong-39-9-million\">1. Frenkie de Jong: $39.9 million<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=I725aIz9DNs\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>De Jong is a Dutch midfielder with three years left on his contract for Barcelona. In total, the 26-year-old will earn almost $120 million for those three years.  A young and promising player, de Jong helped Barca win last season.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La Liga is Spain's premier soccer league, and it's also one of the most competitive leagues in the world, earning a lot of money for its players and staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":239,"featured_media":1577429,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5160],"tags":[8633],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>La Liga Players: Who Earns the Most Money in 2023? - Sports7<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"La Liga is one of the most competitive soccer leagues in the world, earning a lot of money for its players and staff.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/la-liga-players-earns-most-money-highest-paid\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"La Liga Players: Who Earns the Most Money in 2023?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"La Liga is one of the most competitive soccer leagues in the world, earning a lot of money for its players and staff.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/la-liga-players-earns-most-money-highest-paid\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sports7\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-10-06T08:45:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-10-06T08:45:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/La-Liga-players-Toni-Kroos-David-Alaba-Luka-Modric-Real-Madrid.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"J.L. 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