Football is the biggest sport in the world and each year money invested in football is bigger and bigger.
There are numerous football clubs that pay huge amount of money to their players and among them are Barcelona, Real Madrid, Manchester United and other big clubs in the top European leagues.
Everton are not among theses clubs or on the top of the Premier League as they currently sit on the 15th place at the Premier League. The Toffees have played 18 matches this season in the Premier League, have won just 5 of them, scored 20 and conceded 29 goals.
Last season Everton ended up in the 8th of the English league, showing almost the same result over past couple of years.
The salaries paid to the club's players are quite average respective to their form and performance on the field as the highest earner gets around £6,2 million a year.
Here are the list of highest earning Everton players.
10. Fabian Delph
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- Age - 30 years
- Position- Central Midfield
- Annual Salary- £4,160,000
Delph joined the Toffees this summer from Manchester City. This term the 30-year-old has featured in 11 matches for the club and missed important clashes with Leicester City, Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester United, however he started in the recent 0-0 draw with Arsenal. His contract with Everton expires in 2022.
9. Richarlison
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- Age - 22 years
- Position- Left Winger
- Annual Salary- £4,680,000
Richarlison joined Everton in the summer of 2018 from Watford. This season the Brazilian has played all the matches for the club, having scored 8 goals and 3 assists.
The 22-year-old has a contract expiring in 2024.
8. Lucas Digne
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- Age - 26 years
- Position- Left -Back
- Annual Salary- £4,680,000
Digne moved to Goodison Park in August of 2018 from Barcelona. He has featured in all the matches for the club except for the recent Carabao Cup loss to Leicester City.
The 26-year-old earns £4,680,000 salary alike his teammate Richarlison.
7. Theo Walcott
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- Age - 30 years
- Position- Right Winger
- Annual Salary- £5,200,000
The 30-year-old winger joined Everton in January of 2018 from Arsenal. Walcott has made 14 appearances for the Toffees this season and made just three assists. He missed important clashes with Leicester, Liverpool, Manchester United and Arsenal.
Walcott has a deal with the club until 2021.
6. Morgan Schneiderlin
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- Age - 30 years
- Position- Defensive Midfield
- Annual Salary- £5,200,000
Schneiderlin moved to Goodison Park from Manchester United in January of 2017. The midfielder, alike Theo Walcott earns £5,200,000 a year.
This season the 30-year-old has made 13 appearances for the Toffees missing such clashes like against West Ham, Tottenham, Manchester United and Arsenal.
His contract with club will expire in the summer of 2021.
5. Jordan Pickford
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- Age - 25 years
- Position- Goalkeeper
- Annual Salary- £5,200,000
Everton's stopper is one of highest paid players at the club with £5,200,000 a year. He took part in all of the club's fixtures this season with 6 clean sheets and 33 conceded goals/
He joined the team in 2017 from third tier Sunderland and is contracted with Everton until 2024.
4. Gylfi Sigurdsson
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- Age - 30 years
- Position- Attacking Midfield
- Annual Salary- £5,200,000
Sigurdsson has taken part in all of the clashes for Evertont his season except recent ones against Manchester United, Watford and Leicester and has scored twice and assisted once.
He joined the club from second tier Swansea in the summer of 2017 and has a contract expiring in 2022.
3. Andre Gomes
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- Age - 26 years
- Position- Central Midfield
- Annual Salary- £5,835,000
Gomes is the third highest paid player at Everton with £5,835,000 a year. He moved to Goodison Park from Barcelona this summer.
Since then, the 26-year-old has made just nine appearances for the club and missing most of the matches due to an ankle injury. He is contracted with the Toffees until the summer of 2024.
2. Yerry Mina
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- Age - 25 years
- Position- Centre-Back
- Annual Salary- £6,240,000
Mina, alike Andre Gomes and Lucas Digne, joined the Toffees from Barcelona in the summer of 2018.
The 25-year-old played most of the matches in the squad of Everton only missing the clashes with Brighton, Chelsea and Carabao Cup clash with Lincoln City. He is contracted with the club until the summer of 2023.
1.Bernard
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- Age - 27 years
- Position- Left Winger
- Annual Salary- £6,240,000
Bernard with teammate Yerry Mina is the highest paid player at Tottenham with £6,240,000 annual salary. He joined the Toffees from Shakhtar Donetsk in the August of 2018.
This season the Brazilian has made just 13 appearances for the club, missing most of the clashes due to a knee injury having scored twice and assisted once. Bernard has a contract with Everton until the summer of 2022.
