Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan ranked 6th richest player in the world, highest in Africa

Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan has been named the 6^th highest paid footballer in the world, overtaking four-time African Footballer of the Year Yaya Toure.

According to UK-based online portal Thekingmaker.me, the Shanghai SIPG attacker’s annual income of $350,000  makes him the 6^th highest paid player on the globe.

The Ghana international is behind Lionel Messi (£313,461.00), Cristiano Ronaldo (£288,000.00), Wayne Rooney (£285,000.00), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (£275,000.00) and (Gareth Bale £256,000.00). Manchester City star  Yaya Toure is ranked 7^th with other African players Emmanuel Adebayor £101,000.00 weekly (66), Wilfried Bony £100,000.00 (76th), John Obi Mikel £75,000.00 (116th), Demba Cissé £70,000.00 (136th), Kolo Touré £65,000.00 (139th), Seydou Keita £55,000.00 (187th), Alex Song £50,000.00 (197th) and Cheik Tioté £50,000.00 (200th).

The former Sunderland hitman made the big money move to China after spending three years at United Arab Emirates side Al Ain.

Weekly Wages Lionel Messi £313,461.00 Cristiano Ronaldo £288,000.00 Wayne Rooney £285,000.00 Zlatan Ibrahimovic £275,000.00 Gareth Bale £256,000.00 Asamoah Gyan £226,923.07 Yaya Touré £220,000.00 Sergio Agüero £220,000.00 David de Gea £200,000.00 Bastian Schweinsteiger £200,000.00 Eden Hazard £200,000.00 Luis Suárez £200,000.00 Diego Costa £185,000.00 Thiago Silva £185,000.00 Rahim Sterling £180,000.00 Fernando Torres £180,000.00 Blaise Matuidi £166,154.00 Jose Mourinho £160,961.00 David Silva £160,000.00 Cesc Fàbregas £156,000.00 Toni Kroos £156,000.00 Kevin De Bruyne £150,000.00 John Terry £150,000.00 Karim Benzema £150,000.00 Andrés Iniesta £150,000.00 Neymar £150,000.00 Mesut Özil £140,000.00 Juan Mata £140,000.00 Falcao £140,000.00 Christian Benteke £140,000.00 Sergio Ramos £140,000.00 Ángel Di María £140,000.00 David Luiz £135,000.00 Louis Van Gaal £134,615.00 Alexis Sánchez £130,000.00 Gerard Piqué £130,000.00 Javier Mascherano £130,000.00 Arsene Wenger £126,923.00 Vincent Kompany £120,000.00 Nicolas Otamendi £120,000.00 Samir Nasri £120,000.00 Thibaut Courtois £120,000.00 James Milner £120,000.00 Daniel Sturridge £120,000.00 Luka Modric £120,000.00 James Rodríguez £120,000.00 Dani Alves £120,000.00 Sergio Busquets £120,000.00 Edinson Cavani £120,000.00 Marco Reus £120,000.00 Philipp Lahm £115,200.00 Franck Ribéry £115,200.00 Arjen Robben £115,200.00 Robert Lewandowski £115,200.00 Theo Walcott £110,000.00 Joe Hart £110,000.00 Ashley Young £110,000.00 Mario Bolatelli £110,000.00 Pepe £110,000.00 Ezequiel Lavezzi £110,000.00 João Moutinho £110,000.00 Manuel Neuer £108,000.00 Arturo Vidal £108,000.00 Thomas Müller £108,000.00 Manuel Pelligrini £105,769.00 Emmanuel Adebayor £101,000.00 Mario Götze £100,800.00 Jordan Henderson £100,000.00 Roberto Firmino £100,000.00 Petr Cech £100,000.00 Olivier Giroud £100,000.00 Eliaquim Mangala £100,000.00 Wilfried Bony £100,000.00 Morgan Schneiderlin £100,000.00 Javier Pastore £100,000.00 Shinji Kagawa £95,000.00 Jack Wilshere £90,000.00 Santi Cazorla £90,000.00 Gaël Clichy £90,000.00 Pablo Zabaleta £90,000.00 Fernandinho £90,000.00 Fabian Delph £90,000.00 Jesús Navas £90,000.00 Memphis Depay £90,000.00 Oscar £90,000.00 Jérémy Mathieu £90,000.00 Nuri Sahin £90,000.00 Xabi Alonso £86,400.00 Tomás Rosicky £85,000.00 Aleksandar Kolarov £85,000.00 Gary Cahill £85,000.00 Willian £85,000.00 Juan Cuadrado £85,000.00 Loïc Rémy £85,000.00 Arda Turan £85,000.00 Lucas Laiva £80,000.00 Mikel Arteta £80,000.00 Aaron Ramsey £80,000.00 Bacary Sagna £80,000.00 Chris Smalling £80,000.00 Luke Shaw £80,000.00 Matteo Darmian £80,000.00 Michael Carrick £80,000.00 Marouane Fellaini £80,000.00 Hugo Lloris £80,000.00 Raphaël Varane £80,000.00 Marcelo £80,000.00 Fábio Coentrão £80,000.00 Sebastian Kehl £80,000.00 Javi Martínez £79,200.00 Danny Welbeck £75,000.00 Fernando £75,000.00 Daley Blind £75,000.00 Ander Herrera £75,000.00 Filipe Luís £75,000.00 John Obi Mikel £75,000.00 Martin Skrtel £75,000.00 José Enrique £75,000.00 Coutinho £75,000.00 Jordi Alba £75,000.00 Ivan Rakitic £75,000.00 Moussa Sissoko £75,000.00 Neven Subotic £75,000.00 Oliver Kirch £75,000.00 Dante £72,000.00 Douglas Costa £72,000.00 Per Mertesacker £70,000.00 Mathieu Debuchy £70,000.00 Dedryck Boyata £70,000.00 Marcos Rojo £70,000.00 Antonio Valencia £70,000.00 César Azpilicueta £70,000.00 Nemanja Matic £70,000.00 Nathaniel Clyne £70,000.00 Dimitar Berbatov £70,000.00 Demba Cissé £70,000.00 Ricardo Carvalho £66,000.00 Mamadou Sakho £65,000.00 Kolo Touré £65,000.00 Mathieu Flamini £65,000.00 Abou Diaby £65,000.00 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain £65,000.00 Martín Demichelis £65,000.00 Anthony Martial £65,000.00 Branislav Ivanovic £65,000.00 Ramires £65,000.00 Dejan Lovren £65,000.00 Adam Lallana £65,000.00 Álvaro Arbeloa £65,000.00 Jérémy Toulalan £65,000.00 Fabricio Coloccini £65,000.00 Marcel Schmelzer £65,000.00 Kevin Großkreutz £65,000.00 Jérôme Boateng £64,800.00 Medhi Benatia £64,800.00 David Alaba £64,800.00 Thiago £64,800.00 Christian Eriksen £64,000.00 Fabio Borini £60,000.00 Laurent Koscielny £60,000.00 Kieran Gibbs £60,000.00 Victor Valdez £60,000.00 Asmir Begovic £60,000.00 Simon Mignolet £60,000.00 Lazar Markovic £60,000.00 Danny Ings £60,000.00 Paulinho £60,000.00 Roberto Soldado £60,000.00 Nacho Fernández £60,000.00 Danilo £60,000.00 Asier Illarramendi £60,000.00 Isco £60,000.00 Adriano £60,000.00 Alex Vidal £60,000.00 Pedro £60,000.00 Michael Essien £60,000.00 Christopher Samba £60,000.00 Daryl Janmaat £60,000.00 Rémy Cabella £60,000.00 Ilkay Gündogan £60,000.00 Mauricio Pochettino £57,692.00 Holger Badstuber £57,600.00 Thomas Vermaelen £55,500.00 Emre Can £55,000.00 Keylor Navas £55,000.00 Marc-André ter Stegen £55,000.00 Seydou Keita £55,000.00 Siem de Jong £55,000.00 Mats Hummels £55,000.00 Jakub Blaszczykowski £55,000.00 Rafinha £54,000.00 Gabriel Paulista £50,000.00 Nacho Monreal £50,000.00 Sergio Romero £50,000.00 Phil Jones £50,000.00 Lucas Silva £50,000.00 Alex Song £50,000.00 Valère Germain £50,000.00 Davide Santon £50,000.00 Cheik Tioté £50,000.00