Top Ten Richest Football Players and Owners in England in 2007

By: Bob | November 7th, 2007

It is that time of the year again when we break out the abacus and start calculating the net worth of footballers and football owners in England. Actually, it is FourFourTwo that does the math, a task that is becoming increasingly complex as the influence of money is making the rich even richer.

We’ll start with the poorer guys from the Football Rich List Top 100. These are the players. There are 14 of them on the list with the top guy, David Beckham, coming in as the 45th richest person in English football. Mind you, Beckham is far from struggling. His net worth is a mere £112m. Congrats are also in order for Didier Drogba and Cristiano Ronaldo, the only two new players to join the rich boy’s club.

The Top Ten Richest Players in British Football

1) David Beckham, 32, LA Galaxy – £112m
2) Michael Owen, 27, Newcastle Utd -£37m
3) Robbie Fowler, 32, Cardiff City -£30m
4) Wayne Rooney, 22, Man Utd -£30m
5) Sol Campbell, 33, Portsmouth -£28m
6) Andriy Shevchenko, 31, Chelsea – £25m
6) Rio Ferdinand, 29, Man Utd – £25m
8. Ryan Giggs, 33, Man Utd – £23m
9) Michael Ballack, 31, Chelsea – £18m
10) Steven Gerrard, 27, Liverpool -£15m

Those numbers might seem gaudy, but they are just change found under a sofa cushion for the richest owners. There are eight billionaires on the list with the top guy, Roman Abramovich, wealthier than the next four combined.

Top Ten Richest Owners in British Football

1) Roman Abramovich, Chelsea – £10.8b
2) Joe Lewis , Tottenham Hotspur – £2.8b
3) Alisher Usmanov, Arsenal – £2.76b
4) Bernie Ecclestone, QPR – £2.5b
5) Mike Ashley, Newcastle United – £1.6b
6) Dermot Desmond, Celtic – £1.6b
7) Malcolm Glazer, Man Utd – £1.25b
8. Stanley Kroenke, Arsenal – £1.2b
9) Trevor Hemmings, Preston N.E. – £980m
10) Lord Ashcroft, Watford – £950m

2006 Numbers