Ranking the Top 10 highest paid African footballers [Updated 2022 list]

Pulse Sports reviews the highest earning African football stars by their current wages in their respective clubs.

Victor Osimhen is unarguably one of the best strikers in Europe at the moment and currently earns an incredible £112,000 per week to come in at No 10 on the highest paid African footballers list.

The 23-year-old Nigerian international has established himself as the talisman of Serie A side Napoli after a slow start to life at the Italian Club.

Osimhen became the most expensive African player in history after he joined Napoli from Lille for a fee of about £67m in the winter transfer of 2020 and won the MVP award for the Serie A Young Player of the Year in the 2021/22 season.

Riyad Mahrez is one of the attacking stars of Pep Guardiola's Manchester City team.

The majestic 31-year-old Algerian is one of the best dribblers in the Premier League, often dazzling supporters with his tricks and flicks.

Mahrez earns around £120,000 per week at the Etihad and has won major titles with Manchester City and his former side Leicester City.

The 25-year-old Ivorian was Barcelona's first major signing in this summer's transfer window.

The former AC Milan midfielder is touted to become the successor to Sergio Busquets in the heart of the Barca midfield.

Kessie will reportedly be earning £125,000 per week at the Spotify Camp Nou to guarantee his spot as one of the highest-earning African players.

Liverpool star Naby Keita is one of the stars of Jurgen Klopp's side.

The 27-year-old Guinean is an important member of Liverpool's midfield and has won titles with the English giants since his move from RB Leipzig in 2018.

Keita earns around £130,000 weekly at Liverpool and is a serial winner with the Reds.

Arsenal spent a club-record fee of €80m to sign Nicolas Pepe from Ligue 1 side Lille in August 2019.

That deal also made the Ivorian winger one of the highest paid African footballers in the world, although he has struggled to make an impression since his big-money move.

The 27-year-old forward reportedly earns £140,000 weekly at the Emirates Stadium.

Moroccan right-back and right midfielder Achraf Hakimi is one of the most technically gifted and quickest young footballers in the world.

In fact Hakimi is simply world-class. The 23-year-old wingback plays for the French giants Paris Saint-German (PSG) and earns around £170,000 weekly at the Parc de Princes.

Hakimi, who is also one of the highest-earning African footballers, has won the Champions League, having played for some elite football clubs like Real Madrid, Inter Milan and Borussia Dortmund in his. career

Super Eagles striker Odion Jude Ighalo is indisputably the highest earning Nigerian footballer on the planet with an incredible £200,000-per-week wage with his Saudi side Al Hilal.

Ighalo became the first Nigerian international to play for Premier League giants Manchester United after he joined the club on loan from the Chinese side Shanghai Shenhua in January 2020.

Before moving to Saudi Arabia, Ighalo reportedly earned a whooping £250,000 weekly in China, before taking a pay-cut while on loan at Manchester United.

In 2020, Thomas Partey joined Premier League club Arsenal in a transfer worth £45 million, making him the most expensive Ghanaian player of all time.

The 29-year-old Ghanaian midfielder currently earns around £200,000 with the Gunners, entering the Top 3 highest paid African footballers list for 2022.

Partey is also one of the wealthiest African players in the Premier league.

Sadio Mane has managed to establish himself as one of the best wingers of his generation.

The 30-year-old Senegalese star just completed a move to German giants Bayern Munich from Liverpool, having spent a trophy-laden seven-year career at the Merseyside club.

Mane is one of the richest African players by salary with a reported weekly salary of £250,000 per week at Bayern Munich. He achieved continental success with Senegal winning the AFCON trophy in 2021 as well as European success with his former side, Liverpool.

Salah is undoubtedly one of the best players in the world. The Liverpool talisman just penned a new contract with Liverpool that will keep him at Anfield until 2028.

The 30-year-old Egyptian star is currently the highest paid African footballer in the world and has won a host of individual accolades for himself.

Salah is also one of the wealthiest African players on the planet and following his renewal at Liverpool, he will now be the club's highest earner at £350,000 per week.