It is no secret that being an elite footballer pays incredibly well, with the likes of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo’s net worth being above £500m following their outstanding long-lasting careers.
Those at the very top have incredible wealth, and one way professional footballers spend their money is on some of the best luxury cars around.
Seen as a prized possession, many may wonder what the world’s best drive and how expensive some of their cars are worth. Here are 10 of the most expensive cars owned by footballers around the world.
Lionel Messi
Ferrari 335 S Spider Scaglietti
£25m
Cristiano Ronaldo
Bugatti La Voiture Noire
£12m
Erling Haaland
Mercedes AMG One
£2.7m
Neymar
Lamborghini Veneno
£2.5m
Karim Benzema
Bugatti Veyron Pur Sang
£1.56m
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Ferrari Monza SP2
£1.4m
Samuel Eto’o
Aston Martin One-77
£1.3m
Son Heung-min
Ferrari LaFerrari
£1.2m
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Ferrari LaFerrari
£1.2m
Kevin De Bruyne
McLaren P1
£1.15m
The most expensive cars owned by footballers in detail: 10 Kevin De Bruyne McLaren P1 – £1.15m
A Manchester City legend, Kevin De Bruyne recently departed the Etihad after a hugely successful 10-year stay. Before leaving, De Bruyne was picking up a whopping £400,000-a-week with the Sky Blues, so it shouldn’t come as no surprise that he owns a car worth more than £1m.
According to reports, the attacking midfielder has a McLaren P1 which has a valuation of £1.15m. One of the best sports cars around, the P1 has a total of 903 horsepower and can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in under three seconds.
9 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Ferrari LaFerrari – £1.2m
Only 499 Ferrari LaFerrari’s have been made, and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is one of two known footballers to be an owner of the £1.2m supercar.
The former Borussia Dortmund, Arsenal and Chelsea striker is known for his lavish lifestyles and that is shown in his car collection with the Ferrari LaFerrari dubbed the ‘most powerful street-legal supercar the Italian manufacturer has produced’.
8 Son Heung-min Ferrari LaFerrari – £1.2m
As well as Aubameyang, Tottenham icon Son Heung-min also owns a Ferrari LaFerrari, although he ditched the iconic red version for black.
The South Korean superstar was told by Spurs that ‘he could not own a red one due to their rivalry with Arsenal’, with the supercar reaching a top speed of 227mph and boasting a 6.3-litre V12 engine.
7 Samuel Eto’o Aston Martin One-77 – £1.3m
Former Barcelona and Inter Milan star Samuel Eto’o retired back in 2019, however, he still made enough during his playing days to splash out on an Aston Martin One-77.
Worth £1.3m, three-time Champions League winner Eto’o is the proud owner of the supercar, which is rarer than the Ferrari LaFerrari, with only 77 units ever made back in 2012.
6 Zlatan Ibrahimovic Ferrari Monza SP2 – £1.4m
Zlatan Ibrahimovic was an extraordinary player in his prime, and his lavish lifestyle saw him purchase a Ferrari Monza SP2 for his 38th birthday back in 2019.
It set the former Swedish striker back £1.4m, with only 499 being made in the world. The value of the rare supercar is now thought to be worth £2m, so Ibrahimovic could make a tidy profit if he cashes in.
5 Karim Benzema Bugatti Veyron Pur Sang – £1.56m
French forward Karim Benzema is currently earning a whopping £830,000-a-week in Saudi Arabia with Al-Ittihad after joining in 2023, and he has quite a collection of luxury cars.
His most valuable and fastest vehicle is the Bugatti Veyron Pur Sang, with only five ever made in the world. Chrome painted and a body made up of polished aluminium and black carbon fibre, it is thought to be worth more than £1.5m.
4 Neymar Lamborghini Veneno – £2.5m
Neymar’s net worth is thought to be around £280m, so it’s no shock that he can afford a £2.5m Lamborghini Veneno, one of just 13 to have been produced.
The former Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain star’s supercar is powered by a 6.5L V12 engine and is capable of reaching a top speed of 221 mph.
In total, Neymar’s car collection is thought to be worth a combined £11m, which includes an Aston Martin Vulcan and Maserati MC12.
3 Erling Haaland Mercedes AMG One – £2.7m
A goalscoring machine for Manchester City, Erling Haaland’s new Etihad contract sees him pick up £525,000-a-week, which works out at over £27m-a-year.
His rare Mercedes AMG One is worth £2.7m, just over five weeks’ worth of wages, and can reach a top speed of just under 220mph. There are only 275 Mercedes AMG One’s around, and Haaland can call himself one of the lucky owners.
2 Cristiano Ronaldo Bugatti La Voiture Noire – £12m
Earning a staggering £172m-a-year in Saudi Arabia, Cristiano Ronaldo is reportedly the owner of the only Bugatti La Voiture Noire ever made.
Worth £12m, the Bugatti La Voiture Noire was produced in 2019 and is described as ‘the rarest and most exclusive of all modern Bugattis’.
In total, Ronaldo’s car collection is thought to be worth around £19m, a figure which works out at around six weeks’ wages with Al-Nassr.
1 Lionel Messi Ferrari 335 S Spider Scaglietti – £25m
Top of the charts, allegedly, is Lionel Messi and his Ferrari 335 S Spider Scaglietti. It is claimed that Messi actually outbid his rival Ronaldo for the classic Ferrari at a cost of £25m.
Only four Ferrari 335 S Spider Scaglietti’s were made in the 1950s, and it is seen as a must have vintage car, powered by a 4.0L V12 engine and able to reach a top speed of 186 mph.
The bidding started at around £17m and ended on £25m, with Messi thought to be the winner of the auction in Paris back in 2016.