{"id":666309,"date":"2026-05-13T08:51:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T08:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/666309\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T08:51:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T08:51:21","slug":"how-much-money-thomas-muller-and-other-vancouver-whitecaps-players-make-daily-hive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/666309\/","title":{"rendered":"How much money Thomas M\u00fcller and other Vancouver Whitecaps players make | Daily Hive"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Vancouver Whitecaps are spending more than ever on their players.<\/p>\n

At least, it\u2019s translated on the pitch.<\/p>\n

The Whitecaps are enjoying their hottest start in franchise history, posting an 8-2-1 record through their first 11 games. They\u2019ve done everything possible to distract from the ongoing relocation saga.<\/p>\n

So, how much are Whitecaps players being compensated for their hard work?<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, the MLSPA released its biannual salary guide<\/a>, outlining base salary and guaranteed compensation for all players in the league.<\/p>\n

After ranking 17th last season<\/a> in terms of guaranteed compensation to their players, the Whitecaps have rocketed all the way up to fifth overall. In terms of actual dollars spent, their compensation to players has increased by 21.5 per cent. That\u2019s the fifth-largest jump in MLS.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how much every Whitecaps player is making in 2026.<\/p>\n

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Data courtesy MLSPA.<\/p>\n

For the first time, we now know Thomas M\u00fcller\u2019s salary, and it\u2019s slightly lower than expected.<\/p>\n

The 36-year-old is making $5.2 million of guaranteed compensation this year, coming lower than then $7.5 million that was previously projected<\/a>\u00a0by Sports Illustrated.<\/p>\n

M\u00fcller\u2019s contract is the 10th-largest in MLS in terms of actual salary. When judging the contract by the percentage of team salary share, his contract ranks 14th. M\u00fcller\u2019s deal accounts for 21 per cent of all salary dished out to Whitecaps players.<\/p>\n

Vancouver now has eight players on their roster making more than $1 million per season, an increase from five players when the salary list was released last October.<\/p>\n

M\u00fcller, Ryan Gauld, Andres Cubas, Mathias Laborda, and Brian White were among the Whitecaps million-dollar players last season. The new additions to the list are Cheikh Sabaly, Sam Adekugbe, and Emmanuel Sabbi.<\/p>\n

The highest-paid player in the MLS is, unsurprisingly, Inter Miami\u2019s Lionel Messi. He\u2019s making $28.3 million in guaranteed compensation this season, which is more than the Whitecaps\u2019 entire roster. That\u2019s a bump up from last season, where Messi made $20 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Vancouver Whitecaps are spending more than ever on their players. At least, it\u2019s translated on the pitch.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":527917,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-666309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=666309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/527917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=666309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=666309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=666309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}