Top 4 Highest-Paid African Footballers Who Earn More Than Victor Osimhen
- Victor Osimhen recently signed a mega contract with Galatasaray that places him among the top earners among Africans
- The Super Eagles striker earns approximately £158,500 per week, ranking behind four African footballers
- Riyad Mahrez, Sadio Mane, Kalidou Koulibaly, and Mohamed Salah all earn significantly more than Osimhen
Victor Osimhen has bagged one of his biggest contracts as a professional footballer after sealing a mega deal to join Galatasaray from Italian champions Napoli.
The Istanbul giants splashed a whopping €75 million to break the record for the most expensive transfer in Turkish football’s history to land the Nigerian forward this summer.
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Despite the huge transfer fee paid, Osimhen’s mouthwatering salary is the catch of the deal as the Super Eagles forward will receive a net guaranteed salary of €15 million, per ESPN.
The Nigerian forward will also get a net loyalty bonus of €1 million per season and €5 million as image rights payments from the Turkish club, where he played on loan last season.
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This new contract places Osimhen among the top-earning African footballers in the world, but certainly not at the top, as there are four other players ahead of the Nigerian star on the list.
Top 4 highest-paid African footballers
Wages for players have risen steadily in recent years, and they are already at levels that seemed inconceivable not long ago.
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With that said, Legit.ng has decided to look at the four highest-paid African footballers in the world.
1. Riyad Mahrez
Algerian winger Riyad Mahrez tops the pay charts, pocketing around £827,448 per week at Al-Ahli in Saudi Arabia, One Football reports.
That level of earnings places him well above Osimhen and cements his status as the highest-paid African footballer in 2025.
2. Sadio Mane
Senegalese star and former Liverpool forward Sadio Mane, now at Al-Nassr, earns approximately £634,060 per week.
He's a huge star with a known face, something the Saudi Pro League was anxious to recruit this summer.
He was one of many footballers who came to Saudi Arabia after being offered large sums of money.
This staggering salary Mane earns at Al Nassr makes him the second-highest-paid African player, outranking Osimhen by a significant margin.
3. Kalidou Koulibaly
Kalidou Koulibaly, commanding the defence for Al-Hilal, brings in £550,047 per week, placing him third on the overall earnings list
He left Stamford Bridge after just one season with the Blues, joining Al-Hilal in the Saudi Pro League.
Despite playing as a centre-back, Koulibaly easily out-earns Osimhen thanks to the Saudi league’s financial strength.
4. Mohamed Salah
Liverpool’s talisman, Mohamed Salah, earns a hefty £350,000 per week
While his wage is lower than the Saudi-based trio's, it still outpaces Victor Osimhen’s current earnings.
With so many clubs interested in prying him away from Anfield, the Reds decided to offer Salah a bumper new deal on £350,000 a week.
Osimhen’s salary blocked EPL move
In a related development, Legit.ng reported that Sunday Oliseh has shed light on the behind-the-scenes reasons why Victor Osimhen’s move to the Premier League never materialised this summer.
According to him, the true cost of signing and retaining the Nigerian forward amounted to an eye-watering €187 million when factoring in long-term wages.
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