The No. 1 star in the 2025 Club World Cup revenue: Annual income of 968 million yuan, leading Mbappe and Haaland

From June 15 to July 14, the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup (FIFA Club World Cup) was held in the United States. This is the first Club World Cup event after the game system has been changed. It has expanded from the past 8 teams (champions + hosts of each continent) to 32, with a prize of up to US$1 billion (approximately RMB 7.2 billion). This is also the largest prize pool in the history of the tournament-based football competition.

As of the end of Real Madrid's match against Pachuca, the number of visitors to this Club World Cup has exceeded 1 million, reaching 1094,686, and the average number of visitors has reached 36,490. Among them, Paris and Atletico Madrid had the largest number of visitors in the first round of group matches, reaching 80,619. Bayern vs. Boca in the second round of the group stage was the first full game, with a total of 3,587 spectators entering the game.

As a new flagship event created by FIFA, this year's Club World Cup will not only include Real Madrid, Bayern, Manchester City, Chelsea, Juventus, Inter Milan and other traditional European giants, but also the new Champions League champion Paris Saint-Germain will also play. In addition, Argentina's Boca Youth and Riverbed, Brazil's Flamenco, Saudi Arabia's Riyadh Crescent, Japan's Urawa Red Diamond, etc. are among the list.

Participants cover 81 countries and regions around the world. Although many big-name stars are absent (the clubs are not qualified for participation), such as Cristiano Ronaldo who plays for Riyadh Crescent (total revenue of US$275 million in the past year), Neymar of Santos (US$76 million), and Mohamed Salah of Liverpool (US$53 million), many well-known players are still on the court.

The fifth most revenue star in this Club World Cup is Harry Kane, with a revenue of $39 million. In the 2024-25 season, the English star won his first top league championship trophy in his career and defended the Golden Boot with 26 goals. Off the court, he signed a lifelong global contract with Skechers, becoming the first elite footballer to sign in the brand’s history.

"Bear" Vinicius Jr. ranked fourth with revenue of $55 million. The 24-year-old Brazilian star is the 2024 Player of the Year (Mr. World Footballer). In the third round of the group stage against Red Bull Salzburg, he contributed one pass and one shot. This is also his 105th goal scored by Real Madrid in the official game, officially surpassing Ronaldo (104 goals) and becoming the Brazilian who represents Real Madrid in the official game. Erling Haaland ranked third with $62 million. A nine-and-a-half-year salary increase agreement was signed in January this year, renewing its contract with Manchester City until 2034, when the Norwegian international will be 34 years old. This is the longest contract in the history of the Premier League and the largest contract in the history of the Premier League. The weekly salary will reach 750,000 pounds. Such a high salary ranks first in world football and seventh in world sports.

In the Club World Cup group stage against Juventus, Haaland scored a goal on the bench, completing a career milestone of 300 goals (370 games, 300 goals and 61 assists). At the age of 24 and 340 days, he was second only to Mbappe (24 years of 333 days).

Kylian Mbappé ranked second with revenue of US$90 million. It is worth mentioning that he, along with his teammates Bellingham and Haaland, ranks first in the club World Cup player value rankings, with a net worth of up to 180 million euros. Next are Vinicius (170 million euros), Musiara (Bayern, 140 million euros), Valverde (Real Madrid, 130 million euros), Palmer (Chelsea, 120 million euros), and Rodri (Manchester City, 110 million euros).

In June last year, Mbappe chose to join Real Madrid and performed well, scoring 43 goals in 56 games and sending 5 assists. Among them, the league contributed 31 goals and won the La Liga Golden Boot and European Golden Boot Awards; in the Champions League, he played in 14 games and won 7 goals. Although he helped Real Madrid win the European Super Cup and FIFA Intercontinental Cup, he lost the La Liga championship and fell to the quarter-finals of the Champions League. What's even more embarrassing is that his old club Paris Saint-Germain won the "Big Ear Cup" for the first time in history.

Leonel Messi ranked first with revenue of US$135 million (approximately RMB 968 million). The Argentine star just celebrated his 38th birthday. He scored 866 goals and 423 assists in 1,108 games in his career and won 46 championship trophys. In this Club World Cup, he successfully led Miami International to break through from the group stage and advance to the top 16. According to statistics, Messi has participated in 36 Cup group stages in his career as a club and national team, maintaining 100% qualifying.

Although far away from the mainstream European leagues, Messi's commercial value has not diminished at all, and he still holds endorsements from brands such as Adidas, Leshi, and Mastercard. His investments are also in sports, fashion, catering, real estate and other fields. He established a new company, Edificio Rostower Socimi in Barcelona in December last year to manage his investment in hotels and real estate.