Barcelona star Lionel Messi has ranked first on Forbes list for highest-earning footballers for the year 2020 with his yearly earnings at $126m.

Juventus’ Cristiano Ronaldo ($117m) and Paris St-Germain duo, Neymar and Kylian Mbappe second to fourth respectively.

Other stars that made the cult are Premier League stars– Mohamed Salah, Paul Pogba and David de Gea, Spanish stars Gareth Bale and Antoine Griezmann, leaving Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski as the only Bundesliga player on the top ten list.

While Messi, Ronaldo and Neymar retained their respective positions from 2019, Mbappe rose three places from seventh to fourth.

See Forbes list of highest-earning footballers

1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona and Argentina) $126m
2. Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus and Portugal) $117m
3. Neymar (Paris St-Germain and Brazil) $96m
4. Kylian Mbappe (Paris St-Germain and France) $42m
5. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool and Egypt) $37m
6. Paul Pogba (Manchester United and France) $34m
7. Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona and France) $33m
8. Gareth Bale (Real Madrid and Wales) $29m
9. Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich and Poland) $28m
10. David de Gea (Manchester United and Spain) £27m