BETTER VALUE
Pogba and Sanchez are costliest footballers per mins played on the planet... and even Ozil’s
1 Conor McGregor $32M 2 Deontay Wilder $46M 3 Canelo Alvarez $35M 4 Tyson Fury $50M 5 Anthony Joshua $36M 6 Kirk Cousins $58M 7 Carson Wentz $55.1M 8 Jared Goff $47M 9 Julio Jones $37.5M 10 Drew Brees $29.8M 11 Alexis Sanchez $24.6M 12 Paul Pogba $23M 13 Neymar $70.5M SELECTED 24 Lionel Messi 37 Ronaldo 44 Gareth Bale 59 Mesut Ozil 72 Kylian Mbappe
73 David De Gea $72M $60M $19.7M $23.2M $20.8M $22.7M 0h 0min 40sec 0h 42min 0sec 0h 33min 0sec 0h 57min 0sec 0h 57min 0sec 17h 0min 0sec 17h 0min 0sec 16h 0min 0sec 15h 0min 0sec 12h 0min 0sec 9h 56min 0sec 10h 10min 0sec 31h 46min 0sec
44h 0min 0sec 47h 17min 0sec 19h 20min 0sec 30h 12min 0sec 41h 19min 0sec 48h 0min 0sec $47,999,976 $1,095,238 $1,060,606 $877,193 $631,579 $56,863 $54,020 $48,958 $41,667 $41,389 $41,275 $37,705 $36,988
$27,273 $21,149 $16,983 $12,804 $8,390 $7,882
Wilder and Canelo Alvazez are next – just ahead of British pair Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua. Fury, who beat Wilder in February, earned £38.06m from his 57 minutes in the ring – which works out at £667,671 every minute.
And WBO, IBF, WBO and IBF champion Joshua banked £27.4m for his 57
minutes 0h 0min 1sec 0h 0min 55sec 0h 0min 57sec 0h 1min 8sec 0h 1min 35sec 0h 17min 35sec 0h 18min 31sec 0h 20min 26sec 0h 24min 0sec 0h 24min 10sec 0h 24min 14sec 0h 26min 31sec 0h 27min 2sec
0h 36min 40sec 0h 47min 17sec 0h 58min 53sec 1h 18min 6sec 1h 59min 11sec 2h 6min 52sec of action – £480,723 per minute. Those mind-blowing figures may raise the question as to why government ministers have been questioning footballer’s salaries during the coronavirus pandemic.
Pogba is topped only by Old Trafford team-mate Alexis Sanchez when it comes to football.
The Chilean, currently on loan at Inter Milan, earned a basic salary of £18.72m – or £360,0000 a week.
Sanchez spent just under 10 hours on the pitch, meaning he earned £31,416 for every minute he kicked a ball in anger.
Neymar, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo also take up places in the top 40 ranks.
But the next Premier League star in the charts is Arsenal misfit Mezut Ozil.
The German midfielder, who has not featured for the Gunners since the season resumed, earned £17.66m in the 12 months up to June 1.
That means he took home £9,745 for every one of the 1,812 minutes he played the game.
Man Utd keeper David De Gea, ranked 73rd, is on £5,468 a minute.