Top 10 Highest Paid Players In Mls—ranked

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The Major League Soccer Players Association (MLSPA) released an updated net guideline for each players successful nan league.

Stars from Inter Miami for illustration Lionel Messi, Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba expectedly header immoderate of nan names connected nan list, but caller additions to nan convention successful 2025 besides capable retired nan apical 10. LAFC summertime signing Son Heung-min and San Diego FC Designated Player Hirving Lozano besides make nan apical 10.

Inter Miami are nan only squad to person aggregate players successful nan apical 10.

Check retired nan database below.

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Lionel Messi, Sergio Busquets, Jordi Alba

The seasoned ex-Barcelona trio person reunited successful Miami. / Megan Briggs/Getty Images

Player

Team

Base Salary

Guaranteed Comp.

Lionel Messi

Inter Miami CF

$12,000,000

$20,446,667

Son Heung-min

LAFC

$10,368,750

$11,152,852

Sergio Busquets

Inter Miami CF

$8,499,996

$8,774,996

Miguel Almirón

Atlanta United

$6,056,000

$7,871,000

Hirving Lozano

San Diego FC

$6,000,000

$7,633,333

Emil Forsberg

New York Red Bulls

$5,405,000

$6,035,625

Jordi Alba

Inter Miami CF

$6,000,000

$6,000,000

Riqui Puig

LA Galaxy

$5,125,000

$5,779,688

Jonathan Bamba

Chicago Fire

$5,000,000

$5,581,806

Hany Mukhtar

Nashville SC

$3,900,000

$5,311,667

Numbers Provided by MLS Players Association

Messi leads nan measurement successful guidelines net and guaranteed compensation, but Son is not acold behind.

Compared to past year, location are 5 full changes successful nan apical 10. Previously, Lorenzo Insigne, Héctor Herrera, Sebastián Driussi, Christian Benteke and Carles Gil made nan cut. They were replaced successful nan 2025 database by Son, Miguel Almirón, Lozano, Alba and Jonathan Bamba.

In total, location are 135 players successful MLS making astatine slightest $1 cardinal successful guaranteed compensation. The guidelines magnitude of compensation for players successful nan convention is $80,622.

There will beryllium a awesome displacement successful nan apical 10 adjacent twelvemonth fixed some Busquets and Alba will discontinue astatine nan extremity of their playoff run. With 2 spots opening up, and specifically a Designated Player slot connected Miami, nan Herons could still apt predominate nan database adjacent year.

Messi Calls for MLS to Loosen Financial Restrictions

Lionel Messi poses pinch MLS Golden Boot trophy.

Lionel Messi (right) wants MLS teams to person much free reign astir acquiring apical talent. / Eston Parker/ISI Photos/Getty Images

Prior to nan updated net guideline getting released, Messi discussed nan financial regulations successful MLS. The Argentine made a telephone for loosening those guidelines to further maturation of nan athletics successful nan U.S.

“Well, for starters, each squad should person nan opportunity to bring successful players and motion whoever each squad wants—without limitations aliases rules for players to bring them in,” Messi said.

“I don’t deliberation that coming each teams successful nan United States, each clubs, person nan powerfulness to do that, and I deliberation that if they were fixed nan freedom, galore much important players would travel and thief nan maturation of nan United States.”

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