Top 20 Highest Paid Saudi Pro League Players 2025 (+Salary)
How much are Saudi footballers paid? How much is CR7 earning in Saudi Arabia? Who is the most-paid athlete in Saudi Arabia? Who is the highest-paid player in Saudi Arabia in 2024? Here we list out the Top 20 Highest Paid Saudi Pro League Players right now. We also reveal, what is the average salary for football players in Saudi Arabia.
Average Footballer Salary in Saudi Arabia
According to ERI, the average salary range for footballers in Saudi Arabia is between SAR 71,531 and SAR 118,199. The mean annual salary is SAR 98,663 a year. A footballer makes SAR 47 per hour during his work time. The Saudi Pro League offers much more than the European leagues to lure players to the Middle East. Even an average footballer’s yearly contract is worth in 8-figures. The scenario is not the same in every sphere of the game in this country. Whatever, the Saudi Pro League features the world’s highest-earning footballers at the moment. 3 of them bags in 9-figures! That’s a ridiculous sum of money.
Highest Paid Saudi League Players
| Player (Country) | Weekly Wage | Annual Salary | Contract Expiry | Club |
| Cristiano Ronaldo (POR) | €3.8 Million | €200 Million | June 30, 2025 | Al Nassr |
| Karim Benzema (FRA) | €1.9 Million | €100 Million | June 30, 2026 | Al Ittihad |
| Neymar (BRA) | €1.9 Million | €100 Million | June 30, 2025 | Al Hilal |
| Riyad Mahrez (ALG) | €1 Million | €52 Million | June 30, 2027 | Al Ahli |
| Sadio Mane (SEN) | €769 Thousand | €40 Million | June 30, 2026 | Al Nassr |
| Kalidou Koulibaly (SEN) | €667 Thousand | €34.7 Million | June 30, 2026 | Al Hilal |
| Ivan Toney (ENG) | €491 Thousand | €25.5 Million | June 30, 2028 | Al Ahli |
| N’Golo Kante (FRA) | €481 Thousand | €25 Million | June 30, 2026 | Al Ittihad |
| Sergej Milenkovic Savic (SRB) | €481 Thousand | €25 Million | June 30, 2026 | Al Hilal |
| Aleksandar Mitrovic (SRB) | €481 Thousand | €25 Million | June 30, 2026 | Al Hilal |
| Aymeric Laporte (ESP) | €471 Thousand | €24.5 Million | June 30, 2026 | Al Nassr |
| Marcelo Brozovic (CRO) | €465 Thousand | €24.2 Million | June 30, 2026 | Al Nassr |
| Firmino (BRA) | €365 Thousand | €19 Million | June 30, 2026 | Al Ahli |
| Malcom (BRA) | €346 Thousand | €18 Million | June 30, 2027 | Al Hilal |
| Ruben Neves (POR) | €333 Thousand | €17.3 Million | June 30, 2026 | Al Hilal |
| Moussa Diaby (FRA) | €294 Thousand | €15.3 Million | June 30, 2029 | Al Ittihad |
| Joao Cancelo (POR) | €294 Thousand | €15.3 Million | June 30, 2025 | Al Hilal |
| Seko Fofana (CIV) | €292 Thousand | €15.3 Million | June 30, 2025 | Al Ettifaq |
| Georginio Wijnaldum (NED) | €288 Thousand | €15 Million | June 30, 2026 | Al Ettifaq |
| Franck Kessie (CIV) | €269 Thousand | €14 Million | June 30, 2026 | Al Ahli |
| Fabinho (BRA) | €269 Thousand | €14 Million | June 30, 2026 | Al Ittihad |
Who Earns the Most in the Saudi League?
Cristiano Ronaldo is the top earner in the Saudi Pro League. In fact, the Portuguese is the world’s highest-earning footballer as of now. He charges €3.8 Million per week. The sum is more than many European footballer’s yearly salaries. His yearly €200 Million deal with Al Nassr is the world football’s most lucrative one. Although Leo Messi rejected a billion-dollar yearly contract from Al Hilal which would make him the history’s highest-earning athlete ever by miles. Nevertheless, Ittihad’s Benzema and Hilal’s Neymar JR; both earn the same amount of money in the Middle East. Each of them takes a 1.9 million euro cheque per week thanks to their €100m yearly deals.
Riyad Mahrez is the league’s top-earning African player. The Algerian makes €52m per year accumulating his €1m weekly wage fee. Al Nassr pays yearly €40m to Senegal star Sadio Mane while Koulibaly’s Hilal contract yields him €34.7m per annum. Ivan Toney is the highest-paid English player in Saudi Arabia and also the top earner at Al Ahli. The former Premier League star makes €25.5 million a year.
Who is the Highest-Paid Goalkeeper in the Saudi League?
Saudi Pro League’s top-paid gloveman is Edouard Mendy. The ex-Chelsea stopper takes €11m per year. Morocco’s star performer at the Qatar World Cup, Bono comes next thanks to his €10m contract. Brazilian goalie Bento is up next with his €6.12 million annual wages. Abdullah Al Mayouf bags €1.6 million in the very same period of time and is the top-paid Saudi Arabian keeper. Seung Gyu Kim also earns over a million euros per year.
