{"id":380956,"date":"2026-08-25T19:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T19:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/380956\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T19:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T19:56:10","slug":"mls-salaries-2026-how-much-does-lionel-messi-earn-at-inter-miami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/380956\/","title":{"rendered":"MLS salaries 2026: How much does Lionel Messi earn at Inter Miami?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lionel Messi was back to the grind at Inter Miami in Major League Soccer just 10 days after Argentina’s painful World Cup final defeat to Spain in New Jersey.<\/p>\n

After the final loss, Messi had talked about the \u201cimmense pain\u201d and said he needed some time to recover<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Messi<\/a> missed Miami’s first two matches after the World Cup break against Chicago and Montreal. <\/p>\n

He also did not take part in the All-Star Game in Charlotte. Messi spent time with his ailing father, who passed away<\/a> on Saturday after a prolonged illness.<\/p>\n

While the spotlight will remain on Messi in MLS, there are other star names in the mix as well.<\/p>\n

Inter Miami have signed Brazilian midfielder Casemiro to bolster a strong squad that also includes Luis Suarez.<\/p>\n

Robert Lewandowski<\/a> was the latest star to join MLS, signing for Chicago Fire after concluding a memorable stint with Barcelona.<\/p>\n

The veterans might be just past their prime, but are still going strong and command top dollar for their efforts.<\/p>\n

Below is the list of the highest-paid players in Major League Soccer for 2026.<\/p>\n

The list was compiled from salaryleaks.com, capology.com, spotrac.com and reports.<\/p>\n

Top earners at Major League Soccer for 2026 <\/p>\n

1. Lionel Messi (Inter Miami) \u2013 $545,000 per week <\/p>\n

2. Casemiro (Inter Miami) \u2013 $325,000 per week<\/p>\n

3. Robert Lewandowski (Chicago Fire) \u2013 $325,000 per week<\/p>\n

4. Son Heung-min (LAFC) \u2013 $214,000 per week<\/p>\n

5. Rodrigo De Paul (Inter Miami) \u2013 $186,000 per week<\/p>\n

6. Miguel Almiron (Atlanta United) \u2013 $115,000 a week<\/p>\n

7. Hirving Lozano (LA Galaxy) \u2013 $115,000 per week<\/p>\n

8. Sam Surridge (Nashville SC) \u2013 $114,000 per week<\/p>\n

9. Hany Mukhtar (Nashville SC) \u2013 $104,000 per week<\/p>\n

10. Emil Forsberg (New York Red Bulls) \u2013 $103,000 per week<\/p>\n

11. Josh Sargent (Toronto FC) \u2013 $101,000 per week<\/p>\n

12. Thomas Muller (Vancouver Whitecaps) \u2013 $99,000 per week<\/p>\n

13. Riqui Puig (LA Galaxy) \u2013 $98,000 per week<\/p>\n

14. Jonathan Bamba (Chicago Fire) \u2013 $96,000 per week<\/p>\n

15. Alexey Miranchuk (Atlanta United) \u2013 $96,000 per week<\/p>\n

16. Carles Gil (New England Revolution) \u2013 $95,000 per week<\/p>\n

17. Joseph Paintsil (LA Galaxy) \u2013 $86,000 per week<\/p>\n

18. Timo Werner (San Jose Earthquakes) \u2013 $82,000 per week<\/p>\n

19. Denis Bouanga (LA FC) \u2013 $76,000 per week<\/p>\n

20. Kevin Denkey (Cincinnati FC) \u2013 $73,000 per week<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lionel Messi was back to the grind at Inter Miami in Major League Soccer just 10 days after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":380957,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[152886,1660,123,125,124,5692,152887,6101,9498],"class_list":["post-380956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-football-salaries","tag-lionel-messi","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-mls","tag-sport-team","tag-standard","tag-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380956\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}