Some interesting data about who gets the money in MLS. Here is a list of the top 30 salaries as of March 2, 2009. All facts and figures reflect total compensation as reported by the MLS Players Union.
The Top Ten
1. David Beckham (England), LA Galaxy, $6,500,000.00
2. Cuauhtemoc Blanco (Mexico), Chicago Fire, $2,943,702.00
3. Juan Pablo Angel (Colombia), New York Red Bulls, $1,798,000.00
4. Fredrick Ljungberg (Sweden), Seattle Sounders FC, $1,314,000.00
5. Landon Donovan (United States), LA Galaxy, $900,000.00
6. Guillermo Barros Schelleto, (Argentina) Columbus Crew, $775,000.00
7. Luciano Emilio (Brazil), DC United, $758,857.14
8. Shalarie Joseph (Grenada), New England Revolution, $450,000.00
9. Christian Gomez (Argentina), DC United, $430,000.00
10. Taylor Twellman (United States), New England Revolution, $420,000.00
11. Brian McBride (United States), Chicago Fire, $385,333.33
12. Darren Huckerby (England), San Jose EarthQuakes, $385,000.00
13. Dwayne DeRosario (Canada), Toronto FC, $357,000.00
14. Amado Guevara (Honduras), Toronto FC, $323,750.00
15. Chad Marshall (United States), Columbus Crew, $320,000.00
16. Carl Robinson (Wales), Toronto FC, $315,000.00
17. Pablo Vitti (Argentina), Toronto FC, $303,000.00
18. Pablo Mastroeni (United States), Colorado Rapids, $300,500.00
19. Kasey Keller (United States), Seattle Sounders FC, $300,000.00
20. Jeffrey Cunnigham (United States), FC Dallas, $267,500.00
21. Fred Carreiro (Brazil), DC United, $257,000.00
22. Justin Mapp (United States), Chicago Fire, $255,000.00
23. Jamie Moreno (Bolivia), DC United, $250,000.00
24. Ricardo Clark (United States), Houston Dynamo, $248,050.00
25. Bobby Convey (United States), San Jose EarthQuakes, $244,500.00
26. Brian Ching (United States), Houston Dynamo, $242,500.00
27. Davy Arnaud (United States), Kansas City Wizards, $228,750.00
28. Dave Van Den Berg (Holland), FC Dallas , $227,000.00
29. Jimmy Conrad (United States), Kansas City Wizards, $225,000.00
29. Ben Olsen (United States), DC United, $225,000.00
Tomorrow we will look at the most underpaid and overpaid players in MLS.