AFRICAN SPORTS MONTHLY
'Sports is our Business'
  • Home
  • NEWS
  • Radio
  • TV

Rugby stars earn peanuts compared to soccer stars

9/24/2015

0 Comments

 
Picture
Bryan Habana, the Springboks’ top earning player, would need to play for 71 years to earn what soccer club Real Madrid’s Christiano Ronaldo earns in one year.

Following the kick-off of the 2015 Rugby World Cup, the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT)  has calculated how the top ten earners in rugby compare to the top ten earners in soccer.

New Zealand’s Dan Carter is the highest earner in rugby, earning around £1.4 million (R29 million) a year from his club. Ronaldo is his equivalent in soccer, making around £33.8 million (R700 million) a year.


It would take Carter just over 24 years to earn the amount Ronaldo makes in a year.

The massive soccer salaries reflect the huge TV deals and club revenues which rugby would hope to emulate in the future.

The last TV deal for the French Top 14 League, the richest league in rugby, was just under £60 million (R1.3 billion) a year from the broadcaster Canal+, while the latest deal for the Premier League, the richest league in soccer, was for £5.14 billion (R107 billion) over three years from broadcasters Sky and BT; £1.71 billion (R36 billion) a year.

Top rugby earners (per year) 

 

Dan Carter (NZ/Racing Metro) – R29 million

Matt Giteau (Aus/Toulon) – R18 million

Leigh Halfpenny (Wales/Toulon) – R13 million

Sam Burgess (England/Bath) – R10 million

Jonathan Sexton (Ireland/Racing Metro) – R10.3 million

Bryan Habana (SA/Toulon) – R990 000

Bakkies Botha (SA/Toulon) – R814 000 

Top soccer earners (per year) 

Christiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) – R700 million

Lionel Messi (Barcelona) – R700 million

Zlatan Ibrahimovic (PSG) – R445 million

Gareth Bale (Real Madrid) – R347 million

James Rodriquez (Real Madrid) – R332 million

By: Farai Diza
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Archives

    March 2023
    February 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    September 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    June 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    December 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013

    Menu

    All
    2014 FIFA World Cup
    Athletics
    Basketball
    Boxing
    Commonwealth Games
    Cricket
    Golf
    Hockey
    Marathons
    News
    Olympics
    Rugby
    Soccer
    Spotlight
    Tennis
    Track And Field
    Volleyball
    Women Soccer
    Wrestling


    Picture

    RSS Feed


    Tweets by ASMONTHLY

Tweet to @ASMONTHLY

Contact Us

    Contact Us

Submit

Donate & Support Our Efforts at African Sports Media Network