Britain’s 15 richest footballers for the year 2014 stars mostly Chelsea and Manchester United players. Chelsea has the highest with 5 players occupying the 3rd, 6th, 7th, 9th, 10th. England’s Wayne Rooney sits at the top spot.

1) Wayne Rooney – £60m

2) Rio Ferdinand – £44m

3) Frank Lampard – £37m

3) Steven Gerrard – £37m

5) Ryan Giggs – £39m

6) John Terry – £31m

7) Fernando Torres – £31m

8) Yaya Toure – £23m

9) Petr Cech – £22m

10) Ashley Cole – £21m

11) Joe Cole – £21m

12) Sergio Aguero – £20m

13) David Silva – £20m

14) Damien Duff – £18m

15) Robin van Persie – £17m