Lionel Messi

2025 Contract Extension (Inter Miami) - He signed new 3-year contract extension in October 2025 which will keep him at the club until 2028 with base salary of $12 million/year plus bonuses and incentives based on performances upto $8.5 million/year making it guaranteed compensation of $20.5 million/year. However his contract also include off the field earnings including central sponsorships and equity stake in Inter Miami taking his total yearly income to around $60 million/year.

First Inter Miami Contract: Lionel Messi joined Inter Miami (MLS) from PSG on free transfer in July 2023. He signed 2 and half-year contract with base salary of $12 million per-year. plus signing on bonus which will be paid alongside annual salary. His guaranteed annual compensation is reported by official MLS source is $20.5 million/year.

PSG Contract: Lionel Messi joined Paris Saint Germain from FC Barcelona on free-transfer in August 2021. He signed initial 2-year contract until 2023 with option to extended until 2024. His base salary was reported to be €35 million (net) / €63m (gross) per-year. It worked out to around €5.25 million per-month.

FC Barcelona 2017 Contract: Lionel Messi signed his career's most lucrative contract in November 2017. He put pen to paper for 3 and half-year contract until 2021 with total contract worth €555 million which included €90 million in base salary plus €115 million as renewal fee and €77.9 million as loyality bonus. The contract details were leaked in Spanish newspaper 'EL MUNDO'