Lionel Messi tops MLS at $20.4M, as Marco Reus, Olivier Giroud, and full league salaries revealed in MLSPA report

The 2024 MLS salary guide was released Thursday by MLSPA, providing insight into the current top earners.

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• 2024 MLS salaries released
• Messi leads league with $20.4m guaranteed
• Look at top 10 earners

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  WHAT HAPPENED?

  The MLS Players Association released their yearly salary guide Thursday and Lionel Messi remains at the top of total guaranteed compensation at $20.4 million per season.

  Toronto FC's Lorenzo Insigne was second in the league for guaranteed compensation at $15 million, coming at third is Sergio Busquets at $8.8 million while Sebastian Driussi and Federico Bernardeschi was rounded out fourth and fifth at 6.7 million and $6.3 million respectively.

  New LAFC signing Olivier Giroud came in at $3.7 million guaranteed in compensation while Galaxy German Marco Reus came at $1.2 million.

  Per the release, "the Annual Average Guaranteed Compensation (Guaranteed Comp) number includes a player's base salary and all signing and guaranteed bonuses annualized over the term of the player's contract, including option years."

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  THE BIGGER PICTURE

  The top-10 earners in the league, by base salary, are outlined below.

  Player	Club	Base Salary	Guaranteed Compensation
  Lionel Messi	Inter Miami	$12,000,00	$20,446,667
  Sergio Busquets	Inter Miami	$8,499,996	$8,774,996
  Lorenzo Insigne	Toronto FC	$7,500,000	$15,400,000
  Emil Forsberg	New York Red Bulls	$5,405,000	$6,035,625
  Hector Herrera	Houston Dynamo	$4,750,000	$5,246,875
  Sebastian Driussi	Austin FC	$4,500,000	$6,722,500
  Christian Benteke	D.C. United	$4,250,000	$4,687,500
  Carles Gil	New England Revolution	$4,000,000	$4,452,083
  Riqui Puig	LA Galaxy	$4,000,000	$4,642,188
  Hany Mukhtar	Nashville SC	$3,800,000	$5,211,667

• DID YOU KNOW?

  Messi's contract with Miami is rumored to be worth north of $100m, including partnerships with Adidas and Apple TV. In addition, reports of an ownership stake in the South Beach club – similar to that of David Beckham – have surfaced, too.

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  WHAT NEXT FOR MLS?

  The Round 1 Best-of-3 series begins Friday evening at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, FL when Messi makes his MLS postseason debut. They'll host Atlanta United as they make their journey to MLS Cup.