Football Rules of Engagement: The top earners

Football Rules of Engagement: The Rich Earners

The list comprises a wealth index of current and active professional footballer, as measured by their identifiable wealth, those who qualify for the list include FIFA registered proffesional players of all Nationalities in any professional league across the world.
We attempt to measure only identifiable asset including salaries, length of contract, bonuses endorsement and sponsorship deals, accounts filled at companies, houses properties and other business interests.
We only use private information about individual if it has been published already in reputable newspapers, magazine or reference work or is known by reputable source within the football and related industries, but information gathered from players is not always verifiable with absolute certainty.

*WE HAVE APPLIED NATIONAL TAX RATES FOR HIGH EARNERS as follows:
: tax is 50%, failing to 45% in April.
: tax is 45%, but a complimentary tax came in as of Jan. 2012 up to 7% effectively, meaning players earning over €300,000 a year could pay a tax rate of up to 52%
: top earners could pay 45% in tax, 75% tax rate planned for players earning over €1,000,000 a year.
: tax rate of 43% for players
: players are expected to pay 45% tax
: tax rate for top earners of 27.5%
: tax rate for players of 35%
: Qatar is tax free for players
: tax rate for players is low, standing for 13%
: tax rate of 45% for players.

It is worth noting that top earners in football across western Europe typically pay less than 30% tar, thanks for favoured tax-avoidance measure such a donating to charity.