3. Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is well known for his bicycle kick and currently plays for the Paris Saint-Germain in the French Ligue 1. Ibrahimovic earns a total of $34 million per year out of which $30 million comes as the salary from the club and he also earns $4 million from his endorsements each year. His current major sponsors are Nike and Volvo for which he appeared in numerous ad campaigns throughout the world.