Revealed: Who is the Highest-paid player in every Premier League club [2023]?

Premier League players are amongst the highest-paid players in club football.

The Premier League is one of the most lucrative leagues in world football and home to some of the highest-paid players on the planet.

A report from the Daily Mail reveals that average pay packets have skyrocketed in recent years, making clubs like Manchester United, Manchester City, and Liverpool able to dish out monstrous salaries.

In this article, we will be reviewing the top 20 highest-paid players in every club in the Premier League.

But before we get into it, let’s answer the question, who is the highest-paid player in the Premier League?

Who is the highest-paid player in the Premier League?

As of April 2023, the highest-paid player in the Premier League is none other than Kevin de Bruyne. 

The Manchester City midfielder earns a whopping £400,000 per week.

Revealed: Top 20 highest-paid players in every Premier League club

Let’s take a look at the highest salary earners at every Premier League club in the 2022/23 season with figures via Capology.

20. Ben Mee (Brentford) – £55,000 per week

Benjamin Thomas Mee is a 33-year-old English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club Brentford.

Mee started his career with Manchester City, but only played one League Cup match before being loaned out to Leicester City and Burnley, joining the latter on a permanent basis in January 2012. 

He joined Burnley on a permanent basis in January 2012 and has made over 300 appearances for them since then.

However, in the summer of 2022, Mee signed for Premier League club Brentford on a two-year contract.

On his home debut, Mee scored his first Brentford goal in a 4–0 win over Manchester United on 13 August, helping the Bees secure their first league victory over United since 1937

 He has also featured for the England youth teams from under-19 to under-21 level.

Ben Mee is the highest-paid player in Brentford.

19. Jefferson Lerma (AFC Bournemouth) – £55,000 per week

Jefferson Andrés Lerma Solís is a 28-year-old Colombian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Premier League club AFC Bournemouth and the Colombia national team.

 He has also been used as a defensive midfielder and as a right-back.

A youth product of Atlético Huila, Lerma played for three years in Colombia before joining Spanish side Levante on loan in 2016. 

That same year, Levante bought Lerma outright on a four-year contract.

In 2018, Lerma became AFC Bournemouth’s club record transfer fee after signing for a reported €30 million.

The deal also saw him become the club’s highest earner with a weekly £55,000 paycheck.

18. Adam Lallana (Brighton & Hove Albion) – £90,000 per week

Adam David Lallana is a 34-year-old English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion.

Lallana began his youth career with AFC Bournemouth before transferring to Southampton in 2000, where he developed in their academy and became a professional in 2006.

 After a brief loan back to Bournemouth, he broke into Southampton’s first team as they earned two consecutive promotions to rise from League One to the Premier League, and became captain in 2012. 

After two seasons in the top flight and an international breakthrough, he joined Liverpool for a reported £25 million in July 2014.

 He featured in the 2018 UEFA Champions League Final and was part of the squad that won the competition the following season, as well as lifting the 2019–20 Premier League trophy.

Lallana signed for Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion on 27 July 2020 on a three-year contract on a free transfer.

He is currently the highest-paid player at Brighton who have been massively impressive this season in the Premier League.

17. Bernd Leno (Fulham) – £90,000 per week

Bernd Leno is a 31-year-old German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Fulham and the Germany national team.

Prior to his arrival in the Premier League, Leno had established himself in the Bundesliga with Bayer Leverkusen.

In the summer of 2018, Arsenal announced that Leno had signed a five-year contract for a fee of £22.5 million.

Having impressed upon his arrival, Leno was later relegated to a backup in the 2021–22 season after the signing of Aaron Ramsdale, who was selected as the starting goalkeeper.

On 2 August 2022, Leno sealed a permanent transfer to Fulham on a three-year contract with an option to extend by a further 12 months, for a reported £8m fee.

As of April 2023, Bernd Leno is the highest-paid player in Fulham with a weekly salary of  £90,000, alongside Layvin Kurzawa.

16. Raúl Jiménez (Wolverhampton Wolves) – £100,000 per week

 Raúl Alonso Jiménez Rodríguez is a 31-year-old Mexican professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers and the Mexico national team. 

Jiménez began his career in Club América’s youth system before debuting in the first division in October 2011. 

He won his first championship with América in 2013, winning the Clausura tournament, and was the team’s second-highest goalscorer.

 In August 2014, Jiménez joined Spanish side Atlético Madrid. After one season he signed for Benfica. 

He amassed 120 appearances and scored 31 goals during his three years with the Portuguese side, winning two consecutive league titles, among other major honours. 

In June 2018, Jiménez joined Wolverhampton Wanderers on loan from Benfica, and was the team’s top-scorer with 17 goals across all competitions. 

On 4 April 2019, it was announced that Wolves had exercised their €38 million option to sign Jiménez on a four-year contract, with the loan move becoming permanent on 1 July. 

The signing was for a reported club-record £30 million, surpassing Adama Traoré’s £18 million transfer. 

Jimenez has since gone on to become an instrumental and prolific striker at Molineaux, although he spent nine months out with a serious head injury between November 2020 and August 2021.

 As of April 2023, Jimenez is the highest-paid player in Wolves with a weekly salary of £100,000, alongside Joao Moutinho.

15. Rodrigo (Leeds United) – £100,000 per week

Rodrigo Moreno Machado known as Rodrigo, is a 32-year-old professional footballer who plays as a striker or winger for Premier League club Leeds United and the Spain national team.

He started his career with Real Madrid, appearing solely for its reserve teams.

 In 2010 he signed with Benfica with whom he won four titles, most notably the domestic treble in the 2013–14 season. 

He then spent six years at Valencia, scoring 59 goals in 220 games and winning the Copa del Rey in 2019. 

On 29 August 2020, Leeds United announced the signing of Rodrigo on a four-year deal for a club-record fee of £27 million (€30 million).

The deal would see him become the highest-paid player at Leeds United with an impressive weekly package of £100,000.

14. James Ward-Prowse (Southampton) – £100,000 per week

James Michael Edward Ward-Prowse is a 28-year-old English professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Premier League club Southampton and the England national team.

Originally a member of Southampton’s youth teams, Ward-Prowse made his first-team debut for the club in October 2011, and signed his first professional contract in May 2012. 

He became a regular for Southampton, and has been playing his entire professional career with them ever since, being appointed as captain in June 2020.

Ward-Prowse has made over 330 appearances for the Saints and is widely considered as the Premier League’s deadball specialist of the last decade.

Mainly playing as a central midfielder, Ward-Prowse can also play as an attacking midfielder and right midfielder, and can also be deployed as a right-back.

 He is particularly known for his skill and accuracy at taking free kicks, and in February 2023 was described as “one of the best ever” set-piece takers.

 As of April 2023, Ward-Prowse holds the Southampton record for Premier League free-kick goals, and has the league’s best free-kick conversion rate since 2003, when Opta started recording them.

Ward-Prowse is also acclaimed for his exceptional fitness levels and stamina.

In 2021, he became the first Premier League player to play every single minute of two consecutive Premier League seasons.

He is also known for celebrating his goals by mimicking a golf swing.

Ward-Prowse is the highest-paid player in Southampton in 2023 with a weekly pay of £100,000.

13. Jesse Lingard (Nottingham Forest) – £120,000 per week

Jesse Ellis Lingard is a 30-year-old English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Premier League club Nottingham Forest and the England national team.

Lingard has won the UEFA Europa League, FA Cup, FA Community Shield, and EFL Cup, becoming one of only three players to score in all of the latter three finals.

Lingard made his senior debut while on loan at Leicester City in 2012, and spent time on loan at Birmingham City and Brighton & Hove Albion during the 2013–14 season and at Derby County in 2015.

 He broke into the Manchester United first-team under Louis van Gaal in 2015, and was a regular in the side until 2019, when he fell out of favour under Ole Gunnar Solskjær and struggled to regain his place in the team. 

After a productive loan spell with West Ham United in 2021 which saw him score nine goals in 16 appearances, he returned to Manchester United for one more year until he was released at the end of the 2021–22 season.

On 21 July 2022, Lingard signed for newly promoted Premier League club Nottingham Forest on a one-year contract.

The deal would make him the club’s highest-paid player.

12. Kieran Trippier (Newcastle United) – £120,000 per week

Kieran John Trippier is a 32-year-old English professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Premier League club Newcastle United and the England national team.

Trippier started his career in the youth system at Manchester City but failed to make the breakthrough to the first team, having two loans at Championship club Barnsley. 

In 2011, he signed for Championship club Burnley on a season-long loan which was made permanent in January 2012 for an undisclosed fee.

 He was named in the Championship PFA Team of the Year for two consecutive seasons in 2012–13 and 2013–14. 

In 2014, he secured promotion with Burnley to the Premier League as the team finished runners-up in the Championship. 

A year later, he signed for Tottenham Hotspur for a £3.5 million fee. 

After four years in North London, during which he became part of the squad that finished as runners-up in the 2019 Champions League final, Trippier joined LaLiga club Atlético Madrid, helping the team win the 2020–21 La Liga title, winning his first major trophy.

Trippier signed for Premier League club Newcastle United on 7 January 2022 on a two-and-a-half-year contract for a fee of £12 million plus add-ons.

In addition to being an impressive set-piece specialist, Trippier is known to be one of the best right-backs in English football in the last decade.

As of April 2023, Trippier is the highest-paid player in Newcastle with a weekly salary of  £120,000, alongside Alexander Isak and Bruno Guimaraes.

11. Jordan Pickford (Everton) – £125,000 per week

Jordan Lee Pickford is a 29-year-old English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Everton and the England national team.

Pickford has previously played for Sunderland’s academy, reserve, and senior teams in addition to loan spells at Darlington, Alfreton Town, Burton Albion, Carlisle United, Bradford City and Preston North End. 

On 15 June 2017, Pickford signed for Premier League club Everton on a five-year contract from Sunderland.

The initial fee of £25 million, with the possibility of rising to £30 million in add-ons, made him the third most expensive goalkeeper in history at the time, the most expensive British goalkeeper of all time and Everton’s second most expensive signing.

He is currently the no.1 goalkeeper for the Three Lions of England squad and has been praised for his impressive handling and saves from inside the box.

Pickford is currently the highest-paid player in Everton with a weekly salary of £125,000, but Super Eagles of Nigeria midfielder Alex Iwobi isn’t too far off with a weekly wage of £120,000.

10. Lucas Digne (Aston Villa) – £160,000 per week

Lucas Digne  is a 29-year-old French professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Premier League club Aston Villa and the France national team.

Digne began his career at Lille before joining Paris Saint-Germain in 2013. 

After spending a season on loan at Roma, he moved to Barcelona in July 2016. 

Despite not playing regularly at either club, he won twelve honours at Paris and Barcelona combined.

 He joined Everton in August 2018, making 113 appearances before transferring to Aston Villa in January 2022 for a reported fee of £25 million, with a contract until 2026.

Digne is currently the highest-paid player at Everton as of April 2023.

9. Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) – £130,000 per week

Dazet Wilfried Armel Zaha  is a 30-year-old professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Crystal Palace and the Ivory Coast national team.

Zaha advanced into the Crystal Palace first team from their academy, in 2010. 

In his first three full seasons at Selhurst Park, he scored 18 goals in all competitions.

 In January 2013, he was transferred to Manchester United for an initial fee of £10 million (the most expensive Crystal Palace player sold at the time).

 Zaha remained on loan at Palace until the end of the season, helping them return to the Premier League. 

After an unsuccessful 2013–14 season with Manchester United (mostly spent on loan at Cardiff City), Zaha returned to Palace in August 2014 on a season-long loan, before rejoining the club on a permanent basis in February 2015. 

Zaha has since become the club’s 12th-highest goal scorer and is one of the most talented dribblers in the Premier League.

On 27 September 2021, Zaha marked his 400th appearance for Crystal Palace with his 70th goal in a 1–1 draw with rivals Brighton & Hove Albion.

And on 30 October in the same year, Zaha became the first player to score 50 top-flight goals for Crystal Palace in a 2–0 win at Manchester City.

Zaha can play as a forward or as a winger, usually on the left where he can cut inside with his right foot.

His pace, athleticism and trickery often force defenders to resort to stopping him by committing fouls, with Zaha having induced the most red cards for opponents in the history of the Premier League.

However, he has often been criticized and accused of diving, although such claims have been dispelled by current Crystal Palace manager Roy Rodgson.

As of April 2023, Zaha is the highest-paid player at Crystal Palace.

8. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) – £140,000 per week

Jamie Richard Vardy is a 36-year-old English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Leicester City.

After being released by Sheffield Wednesday at the age of 16, Vardy began his senior career with Stocksbridge Park Steels. 

He broke into the first team in 2007 and spent three seasons there before joining Northern Premier League Premier Division club FC Halifax Town in 2010. 

After scoring 25 goals in his debut season, he won the club’s Players’ Player of the Year award and then moved to Conference Premier club Fleetwood Town in August 2011 for an undisclosed fee.

He scored 31 league goals in his first season at his new team, winning the team’s Player of the Year award as they won the division.

Vardy then signed for Leicester City in the Championship in May 2012 for a non-League record transfer fee of £1 million and helped the team win the Championship in 2014. 

In the 2015–16 Premier League season, he scored in eleven consecutive Premier League matches, breaking Ruud van Nistelrooy’s record, and was voted the Premier League Player of the Season and FWA Footballer of the Year as outsiders Leicester won the title.

 He won the Premier League Golden Boot for the 2019–20 season, becoming the oldest player to win the award. 

By playing in the 2021 FA Cup final, he also became the first-ever player to play in every round of the competition, from the preliminary stages to the final. 

Jamie Vardy is the highest-paid player at Leicester City as of April 2023.

7. Lucas Paqueta (West Ham United) – £150,000 per week

Lucas Tolentino Coelho de Lima, better known as Lucas Paquetá, is 25-year-old a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Premier League club West Ham United and the Brazil national team.

Prior to his arrival at West Ham, Paqueta had represented clubs like AC Milan, Lyon and Flamengo.

On 29 August 2022, West Ham United announced the signing of Paquetá for a club record fee undisclosed by the club.

 He signed a five-year contract for a fee estimated to be more than £50m with additional add-ons, beating the fee paid for Sebastien Haller in 2019.

Lucas Paqueta is the highest-paid player at West Ham as of April 2023.

6. Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) – £200,000 per week

Harry Edward Kane commonly known as Harry Kane is a 29-year-old English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and captains the England national team.

 A prolific goalscorer with great link play, Kane is widely regarded as one of the best strikers in the world.

He is both Tottenham Hotspur’s and England’s all-time highest goalscorer, as well as being the third-highest Premier League all-time goalscorer.

 Having been loaned out to clubs across the English football pyramid, including Leyton Orient, Millwall, Leicester City, and Norwich City, Kane’s involvement at Tottenham increased after Mauricio Pochettino became head coach in 2014.

In his first full season at the club, Kane scored 31 goals across all competitions, was the Premier League’s second-highest goalscorer, and was named PFA Young Player of the Year.

In the 2015–16 and 2016–17 seasons, Kane finished as the league’s top goalscorer. 

In the latter campaign, he helped Tottenham finish as the competition’s runners-up and was named PFA Fans’ Player of the Year. 

Kane registered his best campaign statistically to date in the 2017–18 season, with 41 goals scored in 48 games across all competitions, and in the following season, he finished as a runner-up in the UEFA Champions League. 

He ended the 2020–21 season as the league’s top goalscorer and top assist provider.

On 5 February 2023, Tottenham announced that Kane had become their all-time top scorer, overtaking Jimmy Greaves with his 267th goal for Tottenham and 200th in the Premier League, in a 1–0 home victory against Manchester City.

This fact was disputed, however, as Tottenham do not count the two goals Greaves scored in the 1962 FA Charity Shield, which would put him on 268.

 However, on 11 March 2023, Kane scored his 269th and 270th goals with a brace in a 3–1 victory against Nottingham Forest giving him the now undisputed record.

Kane rescued a point for Tottenham by scoring in the sixth minute of injury time to bring the score to 2–2 in the first London derby against Chelsea in the Premier League 2022/23 season.

This took Kane’s tally of Premier League goals scored for Tottenham to 184, equalling Sergio Agüero’s record of most goals scored for a single Premier League club.

 Kane eventually broke the record the following game when he scored the only goal in the game against Wolverhampton Wanderers, becoming the first player to score 185 goals in the Premier League for a single club.

As of April 2023, Harry Kane is the highest-paid player at Tottenham Hotspur.

5. Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal) – £265,000 per week

Gabriel Fernando de Jesus commonly known as Gabriel Jesus is a 26-year-old Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Arsenal and the Brazil national team.

Jesus began his senior club career at Palmeiras, where he was voted Best Newcomer at the 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A and won the Copa do Brasil. 

In 2016, he won the Bola de Ouro helping Palmeiras win their first national league title in 22 years.

 Jesus signed with English club Manchester City in January 2017 in a transfer worth £27 million, and won four Premier League titles, three EFL Cups, and the FA Cup.

On 4 July 2022, Jesus signed a long-term contract with Arsenal, and was assigned the number 9 shirt.

 The fee and the duration of the contract were undisclosed, yet it was reported the Brazilian signed a five-year contract on a £45 million deal.

Jesus has so far scored 9 goals in over 19 appearances for Arsenal since his arrival and is the club’s highest-paid player as of April 2023.

4. Raheem Sterling (Chelsea) – £325,000 per week

Raheem Shaquille Sterling commonly known as Raheem Sterling is a 28-year-old English professional footballer who plays as a winger and attacking midfielder for Premier League club Chelsea and the England national team.

Born in Jamaica to Jamaican parents, Sterling moved to London at the age of five. He began his career at Queens Park Rangers before signing for Liverpool in 2010.

He was awarded the Golden Boy award in 2014. 

In July 2015, following a lengthy dispute over a new contract, Sterling was signed by Manchester City in a transfer potentially worth £49 million, the highest transfer fee ever paid for an English player at the time.

 He went on to help Manchester City win back-to-back Premier League titles in the 2017–18 and 2018–19 seasons. 

In the 2018–19 season, he was named to the PFA Premier League Team of the Year and won the PFA Young Player of the Year and FWA Footballer of the Year.

After his goal in a 5–0 UEFA Champions League round of 16 first leg away win against Sporting CP, Sterling entered into the top ten of all-time Manchester City goalscorers.

On 13 July 2022, Sterling signed for Chelsea on a five-year contract for a fee of £47.5 million, becoming the highest-paid player at the club under new the ownership of the Todd Boehly-led consortium.

3. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) – £350,000 per week

Mohamed Salah also known as Mo Salah, is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liverpool and captains the Egypt national team.

Mo Salah is the highest-paid player in Liverpool and one of the highest-paid players in the Premier League.

As of April 2023, Mohamed Salah is the highest-paid active African footballer in the world, the most-followed African footballer on Instagram, the most-followed Premier League player on Instagram.

Considered one of the best players in the world and among the greatest African players of all time, Salah is known for his finishing, dribbling, and speed.

After an impressive season with AS Roma, Salah signed for Liverpool in 2017 for a then-club record transfer of £36.9 million. 

In his first season, he set the record for most Premier League goals scored (32) in a 38-game season and helped Liverpool to the 2018 UEFA Champions League Final. 

Salah went on to be an integral player in the club’s Champions League and Premier League title successes the following two seasons, and has since also won the FA Cup and the League Cup.

 Salah has achieved numerous individual accolades, including two PFA Players’ Player of the Year awards, three Premier League Golden Boots, the Premier League Player of the Season, the Premier League Playmaker of the Season, and finished third for the Best FIFA Men’s Player in 2018 and 2021.

Salah won the 2018 FIFA Puskás Award for his winning strike in the first Merseyside derby of the 2017–18 season. 

In 2023, Salah became Liverpool’s Premier League top goalscorer surpassing Robbie Fowler in the Reds’ 7-0 demolition of Manchester United.

On 19 February 2022, Salah became the 10th player to score 150 goals in all competitions for the club, and the second fastest (232 matches) after Roger Hunt (226), when he scored the second goal in a 3–1 Premier League win over Norwich at Anfield.

In August 2022, Mohamed Salah became the first player to score on the opening day six seasons in a row and equalled the record of total goals on opening days set by Wayne Rooney, Frank Lampard, and Alan Shearer.

Regarded as a quick, mobile, hard-working and tactical player, with good technique and an eye for goal, Salah is predominantly known for his speed, movement, clinical finishing, agility, dribbling skills, first touch, and ball control, as well as his ability to use both his pace and flair on the ball in order to beat opponents, and create scoring opportunities for himself or his teammates.

Salah is a very versatile forward who primarily plays as a winger on the right flank, a position which allows him to cut into the centre onto his stronger left foot, and either shoot on goal or play quick exchanges with other players and make runs in behind the defence towards goal. 

He can also play in the centre behind the main striker as either an attacking midfielder or second striker.

As of April 2023, Mohamed Salah is the highest-paid Liverpool player, with a weekly pay package of £350,000, and his current contract is set to expire in 2025.

2. David de Gea (Manchester United) – £375,000 per week

David de Gea Quintana is a 32-year-old Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Manchester United and the Spain national team. 

He is widely regarded as one of the best goalkeepers in the world.

Born in Madrid, De Gea began his playing career with Atlético Madrid, rising through the academy system at the club before making his senior debut in 2009, aged 18.

 After being made Atlético’s first-choice goalkeeper, he helped the team win the UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Super Cup in 2010.

 His performances subsequently attracted the attention of Manchester United, and De Gea joined the club in June 2011 for £18.9 million, a British record for a goalkeeper at the time.

Since joining Manchester United, De Gea has made over 500 appearances and won a Premier League title, an FA Cup, two League Cups, three Community Shields and the UEFA Europa League. 

For three consecutive seasons from 2013–14 to 2015–16, he was elected as United’s Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year, the first player in the award’s history to win on three successive occasions (four in total), as well as being included in four consecutive (five in total) PFA Team of the Year sides from 2015 to 2018. In 2018, he was named in the FIFA FIFPro World11.

On 26 February, De Gea broke Peter Schmeichel’s record for the most clean sheets in Manchester United’s history, after a 2–0 win over Newcastle United in the 2023 EFL Cup final marked his 181st.

As of April 2023, David de Gea is the highest-paid player at Manchester United and one of the highest-paid players in the Premier League, and highest-paid goalkeepers in the world.

1. Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City) – £400,000 per week

Kevin De Bruyne is a 31-year-old Belgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Manchester City and captains the Belgium national team. 

He is widely regarded as one of the best players in the world and has been described by pundits as a “complete footballer”.

As of April 2023, Kevin de Bruyne is the highest-paid player in the Premier Leaguw with a whopping salary of  £400,000 per week.

De Bruyne began his career at Genk, where he was a regular player when they won the 2010–11 Belgian Pro League. 

In 2012 he joined English club Chelsea, where he was used sparingly and then loaned to Werder Bremen. 

He signed with Wolfsburg for £18 million in 2014, where he established himself as one of the best players in the Bundesliga and was integral in the club’s 2014–15 DFB-Pokal win. 

In the summer of 2015 De Bruyne joined Manchester City for a club record £54 million. 

He has since won four Premier League titles, five League Cups and an FA Cup with the club.

 In 2017–18 De Bruyne had a significant role in Manchester City’s record in becoming the only Premier League team to attain 100 points in a single season.

 In 2019–20, De Bruyne equalled the record for most assists in a Premier League season and was awarded Player of the Season (which he won again in 2021–22).

De Bruyne has been named in the UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season and IFFHS Men’s World Team five times each, the ESM Team of the Year four times, the FIFA FIFPRO World 11 and UEFA Team of the Year three times each, the France Football World XI, and the Bundesliga Team of the Year. 

He has also won the Premier League Playmaker of the Season twice, the PFA Players’ Player of the Year twice, Manchester City’s Player of the Year four times, the UEFA Champions League Midfielder of the Season, the Bundesliga Player of the Year, the Footballer of the Year (Germany), the Belgian Sportsman of the Year and the IFFHS World’s Best Playmaker twice.

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