Lionel Messi tops Son Heung Min as highest paid MLS players revealed
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Messi earns more than the whole squad of 28 of the 29 other MLS teams
Lionel Messi more than doubled his salary to $25m (£18. 5m) in his new contract with Inter Miami and earns more more than twice as much as the second-highest-paid player in Major League Soccer , Los Angeles FC 's Son Heung Min . Messi’s new contract includes $25m in base salary and more than $28m in guaranteed compensation, the MLS Players’ Association said in its first release of 2026 salaries.
The eight-time Ballon d’Or winner earns more than the payrolls of 28 of the other 29 MLS teams. Miami's $54. 6m (£40.
4m) is more than $20m (£14. 8m) higher than LAFC, which is second at $32. 7m (£24.
2m), and nearly five times as much as Philadelphia's league-low $11. 7m (£8. 65m).