Top 10 Richest Football Players and Owners in England

By: Bob | December 5th, 2006

By now you might have heard that Liverpool might be bought by a Dubai sheikh who happens to be one of the richest men in the world. Indeed, the money is flowing into the English Premiership, a league with overseas investors with a net worth of about £13 billion. But what about the players? Are they getting their fair share? You bet they are. FourFourTwo magazine recently released a top ten list of footballers in England with the greatest net worth and none of the players on the list are going hungry.

It is no surprise that the wealthiest English footballer is one who plies his trade in Spain. David Beckham dwarfs the competition with a figure of £87million, more than twice that of second-placed Michael Owen who is said to be worth £32m. Imagine how much each of those guys is making per minute played this season!

You might be surprised to see Robbie Fowler’s name so high on the list of millionaires. The Liverpool striker has apparently parlayed his playing money into a small fortune in the UK property market. Would you rent a flat from him?

Here is the complete list:

1. David Beckham, Real Madrid, £87m
2. Michael Owen, Newcastle Utd, £32m
3. Robbie Fowler, Liverpool, £28m
4. Sol Campbell, Portsmouth, £27m
5. Rio Ferdinand, Man Utd, £22m
6. Ryan Giggs, Man Utd, £22m
7. Andriy Shevchenko, Chelsea, £22m
8. Thierry Henry, Arsenal, £21m
9. Wayne Rooney, Man Utd, £20m
10. Michael Ballack, Chelsea, £18m

As for the owners, you know who is currently number one, but if the Dubai sheikh has his way, that won’t last for too much longer. Presumably the egg shaped dude from West Ham will be on this list next year. By the way, interesting to see the owners of the two Scottish powers on this list. Remember that next time you hear them bemoaning the money they make playing in the SPL.

1. Roman Abramovich, Chelsea, £10.8bn
2. Joe Lewis, Tottenham, £2.1bn
3. Dermot Desmond, Celtic, £1.25bn
4. Malcolm Glazer, Man Utd, £1.05bn
5. Trevor Hemmings, Charlton and Preston NE, £900m
6. Sir Alan Sugar, Tottenham, £790m
7. Randy Lerner, Aston Villa, £789m
8. David Murray, Rangers, £650m
9. Simon Keswick & family, Cheltenham Town, £644m
10. David Sullivan, Birmingham City, £595m

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dodo

arsenal is good
phillip oye

l personally think that zidan name should be inclusive in the ranking of most richest and successful player in the world.
FELIX BABA

i am from nigerian i am not ashamed to be a nigerian........bye.
FELIX BABA

all of you GOD go punish you,up gunners..................arsenal till death
FELIX BABA

gunners for live to eternity
Asigri rahim

i will be very grateful if u you help me to become a professional footballer.
Asigri rahim

i will be very dear if you help me to also be a professionals footballer like David beckham
ola

not to worry liverpool will soon top that list
bazo 4 shizzie

who said michael owen is rich. he's an idiot
sampo

David beckham is the richest no doubt
shobalaje kolawole

C.RONALDO of man united is expected to be among the list
simon from kenya

you know one thing being among the richest players in the world and you are not playing entertaining football is just pathetic!
jode

you know his name cech petr cech deserves to be there oh his too rich to be there.
jerry gabriel

where is drogba in the list
daud

i want kwon much about this information.
ogugua Emmanuel

beckham you too much.no dey mind any thing were dey ,dey talk you still be baba for life no body reach you but they suppose put at list my shevchenko or my kaka for second place. na this kind me no dey like.
amir

i am not surprise to find sol campbell up there cuz defenders r one of the key aspects in football they go up against worldclass attackers i ihink defenders deserve little more respect than one they r been given and deserve more than what they get.
lumzy

i can be David"s body guard so that i can tap into his wealth of gift
Olanrewaju

Hello Am Lanre,

I am the richest football player in my Area.
segbenu femi

note that lampard is the highest paid player followed by henry next is john terry beckham is the richest b'cos of money generated from models and adv
Shakur from Nigeria

wish david beckham can help me find job there at england
Meggeh Rogers-Wright

why is ronaldo for man-united is not on the list for rich players in the world
Henry

I wish manchester united will loose against lyon
smart

john mikel obi of nigeria should be included as one of the richest footballers
james

what is sol campbel doing on the list of rich players? there should be a mistake somewhere!!!
ssegingo william

I personal as a football fun of Liverpool, i want to also say that people like Steven Gerrad must be part of the richest footballers
Kassim

check your pasted writings again. b/cos i suppose henry ought to be the second
joseph brown

i belive that david beckam will top the number 1 best richer man in the footballers
joseph brown

also Screw Mourinho, Fergurson is the best. he is Sir after all. LONG LIVE MANCHESTER UNITED
joseph brown

david beckam deserve it .
kirotwa

live long manchester united,
Boris

i thought mark robins would have topped the list
Johan

also Screw Mourinho, Fergurson is the best. he is Sir after all. LONG LIVE MANCHESTER UNITED
Johan

Creo que esto is correcto porque david beckham tiene mucho dinero y michael owen tabbien pero es posible que ryan giggs y paul scholes tienen mucho dinero porque ellos juegan para muchos anos y son viejos.

I think that this is correct because beckham has alot of money and michael owen does too but its possible that ryan giggs and scholes have alot of money because they have been playing for a bunch of years and are getting old
Gambo Rabi'u Galambi

Yes, David Beckham is deserved to be the first among the top ten players, but why C/Ronaldo is not among them?
chinatu

i think that henry is now quelify to be one of the best player in the world
odame

i dnt why gerrard is not among the richest players,by the liverpool is the greatest team on earth now.liverpool we will never and ever walk alone and rafail benitez is best coach in the primiership now
ghisto

hey there i do not think a list like this will ever be made without the names of top all time footballers like Ronaldo,Zidane, etc so it might be a mistake somewhere so please do check out ????????
it's been ghisto from Cameroon
sam and joe

didnt think robbie fowler and i would of thought dat drogba or lampard or gerrard would be in it somewhere
adolphus

sol campbel and robin fowler are the two surprising top richest. i do expect people like henry to be around the third richest player,
Jallah K. Vanyanbah

I want to be pack of this Soccer
david paul

i want to know the 10 fastest players in the english premiership league and how
sean

i tot all star of the world football are the riches player.huh, i don't think that sol campbell 1 of the top 10 riches players of the world..why players like steven gerard, frank lampard, ashley cole, joe cole,and all stars like ronaldo, micheal ballack not on the top 10. i think they got some mistaken here..
shinshi michael simon

i'm supprised how had Sol Campbell become toper than Thiery Henry.Henry is full of prizes compared to Campbell.
Q

david beckham is a G he is too sik
victor

i was just wondering why good players like ronaldo(MAN-U) cannot feature in top 10
Akeel

ROBBIE FOWLER LIVERPOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LIVERPOOL ARE THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
28MIL
Luis

Uh...there's some overpriced talent on both lists....