Here are the richest football players from England based on their earnings at their various clubs and estimated net worths.
English football is generally regarded as the most lucrative in the world, thanks to the Premier League which is estimated to be worth around $17.9 billion.
Winning the Premier League is reported to be worth more than £160 million with prize money available for each of the 20 teams per league position.
This of course means that every Premier League team is rich and as such the players are the main beneficiaries with bumper salaries.
This article explores the top 10 richest players from England, all of whom play in the Premier League and have had their net worth significantly bolstered by their massive earnings over the years.
Here are the top 10 richest English footballers in descending order according to their net worths as reported by the Sun.
Richest English footballers in the world
Harry Maguire (Net Worth) – £20 million
Harry Maguire is a 30-year-old English footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club Manchester United and the English national team.
Maguire is widely regarded as one of the best English defenders right now and although game time has become hard to find at Manchester United lately, he is still a key player for the Three Lions.
Maguire began his professional career with Sheffield United and went on to play for Hull City and Leicester City either side of a loan spell at Wigan Athletic.
In the summer of 2019, Manchester United paid £80 million to sign Maguire from Leicester City, making him the most expensive defender in football history.
Maguire has since become Manchester United captain and won the 2022/23 EFL Cup, his only title with the club, playing 175 games for the Red Devils in four years so far.
At international level, Maguire has played 57 games for England since debuting for the Three Lions in 2018.
He is still yet to win a trophy with his country but was listed in the Team of the Tournament for the 2020 UEFA European Championships.
Maguire is reportedly worth £20 million and makes a large portion of his earnings from his £190,000 per week salary which adds up to £9,880,000 per annum.
In 2019 he signed a contract with sportswear brand Puma worth £700,000 yearly which also reportedly includes £18,000 per game for wearing £180 Puma One boots.
Maguire also invests in real estate and recently bought a mansion in Cheshire for £4 million and is trying to sell another in the same area for £1.8 million.
Jack Grealish (Net Worth) – £20 million
Jack Grealish is a 27-year-old English footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Manchester City and the English national team.
Grealish has just finished the best season of his career as a key part of Manchester City’s treble-winning campaign.
The tricky winger began his professional career with Aston Villa where he spent his entire youth career after which he moved to the first team in 2012 where he was a key player until his departure in 2021.
In the summer of 2021, Manchester City paid a British transfer record fee of £100 million to sign Grealish from Aston Villa making him the most expensive English player in history.
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The record-signing underperformed in his first season at the Etihad Stadium but still won the 2021/22 Premier League title with Manchester City.
Grealish improved drastically in the 2022/23 season and became an important player for Manchester City en route to the treble win including a second consecutive Premier League title.
At the international level, Grealish has played 32 games for England since debuting for the Three Lions in 2020 after switching allegiance from the Republic of Ireland.
Grealish is reportedly worth £20 million and earns a whopping £300,000 per week salary which totals £15,600,000 per annum.
The 27-year-old is signed with sportswear brand Puma in a deal reportedly worth £10 million and has a lot more sponsorship deals.
Mason Mount (Net Worth) – £20 million
Mason Mount is a 24-year-old English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Chelsea and the English national team.
Mount is widely regarded as one of the best young midfielders in the world due to his performances for Chelsea, even amid transfer links away from the club.
The attacking midfielder has spent his entire career at Chelsea other than two loan spells at Vitesse and Derby County and has played 195 games for the Blues so far, returning 33 goals.
Mount was a key player for Chelsea in the 2020/21 season which brought the club their second UEFA Champions League trophy and also won the UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup in 2021. He also won Chelsea Player of the Season consecutively in 2021 and 2022.
At the international level, Mount has played 36 games for the Three Lions, scoring five goals and is a regular for the team.
Mount currently earns £80,000 per week at Chelsea, just over £4 million annually but he makes a vast majority of his £20 million net worth from endorsement deals and is currently signed with giant sportswear brand, Nike.
Jordan Henderson (Net Worth) – £23 million
Jordan Henderson is a 33-year-old English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Liverpool and the English national team.
Henderson has had a long and successful career so far which started at Sunderland after which he signed for Liverpool in the summer of 2011.
The veteran midfielder has one Premier League, One Champions League, two EFL Cups, one FA Cup, one Club World Cup and one UEFA Super Cup to show for his time at Liverpool.
He also won the FWA Player of the Year award for the 2019/20 season when Liverpool won the league and was also included in the Premier League Team of the Season.
At international level, Henderson has played 77 games for England since debuting for the Three Lions in November 2010.
Henderson earns £140,000 per week, or £7.3 million per year on his current deal which was signed back in 2018, contributing largely to his estimated £23 million net worth.
Kyle Walker (Net Worth) – £27 million
Kyle Walker is a 33-year-old English footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club Manchester City and the English national team.
The right fullback started his career with Sheffield United after which he joined Tottenham in 2009 and then left for Manchester City eight years later where he still plays.
Walker has won five Premier League titles, four EFL Cups, two FA Cups and more recently one Champions League, all of which was won at Manchester City.
The 33-year-old is universally acclaimed as one of the best right-backs of his generation and has been named in the Premier League team of the season three times.
At the international level, Walker has played 76 games for England since debuting for the Three Lions in March 2011.
Walker is one of the highest-earning fullbacks in the world with a £160,000-a-week salary – totalling £8.32 million per year.
He also has a partnership with sportswear giants Nike which fetches him some cool cash and contributes substantially to his £27 million net worth.
Luke Shaw (Net Worth) – £32 million
Luke Shaw is a 27-year-old English footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club Manchester United and the English national team.
The left fullback started his career with Southampton where he made his name as a fast-rising star, attracting Manchester United in 2014.
Manchester United paid £30 million for Shaw in the summer of 2014, making him the most expensive teenager in the world.
Nine years down the line, a Europa League, an EFL Cup and an FA Cup trophy are all that constitute his trophy cabinet.
At the international level, Shaw has only played 31 games for England since debuting for the Three Lions in March 2014 and only recently started to establish himself with the national team.
Shaw’s net worth is estimated at £32 million and he earns £150,000 per week at Manchester United which totals £7.8 million per year excluding bonuses.
Jordan Pickford (Net Worth) – £36 million
Jordan Pickford is a 29-year-old English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Everton and the English national team.
The shot-stopper started his career at Sunderland where he spent several years out on loan before catching the eye of Everton where he still plays.
Everton paid an initial fee of £25 million, rising to £30 million in add-ons, making him the third most expensive goalkeeper in history at the time and the most expensive British goalkeeper of all time.
Pickford has established himself as the undisputed number-one goalkeeper for England and has played 54 games for the Three Lions.
His contract with Everton nets him £5 million per year and he’s made a fortune from sponsorship deals including with sportswear brands Puma and Nike.
Harry Kane (Net Worth) – £51 million
Harry Kane is a 29-year-old English footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Tottenham and the English national team.
The centre-forward has been at Tottenham his entire career so far excluding loan deals and has scored 280 goals and counting for the club with three Premier League Golden Boots to show for those goals.
Kane has also scored 58 goals in 84 games for the Three Lions, making him England’s leading scorer of all time.
The dynamic forward has been a key figure for England his entire career and has made 82 appearances for the Three Lions, scoring 20 goals.
Sterling currently earns a massive £325k per week and also makes more money from endorsements, including the one with New Balance which contributes to his £61 million net worth.
Marcus Rashford (Net Worth) – £65 million
Marcus Rashford is a 25-year-old English footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Manchester United and the English national team.
The high scoring forward has played his entire career at Manchester United where he has scored 123 goals in 359 games.
The Englishman just finished his best season with 30 goals scored in 56 games across all competitions for Manchester United, playing a key role for the club as they won the EFL Cup trophy.
That was his second EFL Cup trophy after winning the title in the 2016/17 season, the same season he won the Europa League after already winning the FA Cup a year before.
Apart from football, Rashford is also well known for his charity work as a campaigner against racism, homelessness and child hunger in the United Kingdom and has been praised for using his platform to be a political activist and philanthropist to drive societal change.
He has received widespread appreciation and acknowledgement for his great work but none bigger than the MBE, becoming the youngest footballer to ever receive that honour at 22 years old.
Rashford has been decent for England with 16 goals in 53 games for the Three Lions and counting.
The forward has lucrative deals with McDonald’s, EA Sports and Nike amongst others while also earning £200,000 per week wages with the Red Devils, making him the richest active English player.
Rashford’s riches are about to grow as the 25-year-old is reportedly in negotiations for a bumper new contract that would make him the highest-paid player at Manchester United.
