1. Lionel Messi (Argentina, Barcelona) - £ 29.7m / € 33m / $ 44.5m
2. David Beckham (England, LA Galaxy and AC Milan) - £ 27.3m / € 30.4m / $ 41m
3. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal, Real Madrid) - £ 27m / € 30m / $ 40.5m
4. Kaka (Brazil, Real Madrid) - £ 16.9m / € 18.8m / $ 25.3m
5. Thierry Henry (France, Barcelona) - £ 16.2M / € 18m / $ 24.3m
6. Ronaldinho (Brazil, AC Milan) - £ 15.5m / € 17.2m / $ 23.2m
7. Carlos Tevez (Argentina, Manchester City) - £ 13.8m / € 15.4m / $ 20.8m
8. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden, Barcelona) - £ 13m / € 14.5m / $ 19.5m
9. Frank Lampard (England, Chelsea) - £ 12.8m / € 14.2m / $ 19.1m
10. Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon, Inter Milan) - £ 12.4m / € 13.8m / $ 18.6m
torres
The highest paid right now is Rodel Mamale.
In 2010, Alex Rodriguez was the highest paid baseball player. His salary was $33,000,000.
John Terry - Chelsea in England I think..
It is John Yerry the Chelsea captain with 150,000 pounds.
Messi
Drogba
Fernando Torres.
The highest paid footballers at Chelsea are John Terry, Franck Lampard, Ashley Cole and Petr Cech.
Peyton Manning, COLTS
Peyton manning; of the colts.
Any answer is speculation as understandably, just like regular members of the public, football players don't tend to announce their wage in public as it's private. The liklihood is that Michael Ballack is the highest paid payer though. Having moved to Chelsea he will have commended higher wages as the club hadn't had to pay a transfer fee.