8. Graziano Pelle – Shandong Luneng, China
$360,000 per week
In recent years, the average salary for a world class professional soccer player has risen significantly. We are all aware of players such as Messi and Ronaldo who earn hundreds of thousands of dollars a week at Barcelona and Real Madrid, respectively. But what is interesting is how some of the worlds highest paid players don’t actually play for big well-known European teams.