The 33-year-old Algerian international star, Riyad Mahrez, proved his quality in the Saudi Football League, when he moved to the ranks of Al-Ahly last summer, coming from Manchester City in England for 35 million euros.
In his first ever season on the pitches Dora RoshanMahrez made 26 goalscoring contributions between scoring and assisting in all tournaments, leaving a clear mark that made him one of the main pillars in the Jeddah Green team’s lineup.
Al-Ahly, the three-time champion, finished last season in third place behind champion Al-Hilal and runner-up Al-Nasr. In the new season, which starts in two weeks, it aims to compete for the Saudi League title, which has been absent from its coffers since 2016.
Before the start of the new Saudi League season, we monitor in the following report Riyad Mahrez’s ranking among the highest salaries of the competition’s stars.
Riyad Mahrez’s salary among Roshn League stars
Riyad Mahrez ranked fourth on the list of the highest salaries of Saudi Professional League stars, with a salary of nearly 45 million pounds sterling annually, according to the latest updates from the Statista statistical platform, for the past season 2023-2024.
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The highest salary in the Saudi League goes to Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, Al-Nassr striker, with £172 million, followed by the duo, Brazilian Neymar Junior from Al-Hilal and Al-Ittihad striker Karim Benzema, with the same salary of £86 million.
| arrangement | Player | club | a wage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Victory | 172 million |
| 2 | Neymar Jr. | Crescent moon | 86 million |
| 3 | Karim Benzema | the Union | 86 million |
| 4 | Riyad Mahrez | Al-Ahly | 45 million |
| 5 | Sadio Mane | Victory | 34 million |
| 6 | Kalidou Koulibaly | Crescent moon | 30 million |
| 7 | Alexander Mitrovic | Crescent moon | 21 million |
| 8 | Ngolo Kante | the Union | 21 million |
| 9 | Sergei Savic | Crescent moon | 21 million |
| 10 | Aymeric Laporte | Victory | 21 million |
Al-Hilal dominated the list of the highest salaries of Saudi League stars with 4 players, followed by Al-Nasr with three players, two players from Al-Ittihad, and only one player from… Al-AhlyThe list of the top ten players was devoid of players from the rest of the clubs.
It is known that the four major clubs – Al-Hilal, Al-Nasr, Al-Ittihad and Al-Ahli – transferred 75% of their ownership to the Saudi Public Investment Fund last year, and under the club support program, the fund pumped huge sums of money into the coffers of the quartet.
