Rugby League Week has released a list of the highest paid players in the NRL through wages and sponsorship combined.
Johnathan Thurston has become the sport’s first $2 million man and he is followed closely by Sam Burgess and Cameron Smith.
Canterbury Bulldogs captain James Graham also features in the top 20 of a star-studded list. Below are all the NRL’s highest earners:
They think Salford are the only club who are not sticking to the salary cap when there are these contracts being paid in NRL you got to be joking
But how can anyone prove any other Money will kill our game for there is not enough money in the game to pay these wages
1. Johnathan Thurston: $2.1 million
2. Sam Burgess: $1.9 million
3. Cameron Smith: $1.8 million
4. Daly Cherry-Evans: $1.65 million
5. Kieran Foran: $1.2 million
6. Paul Gallen: $1.2 million
7. Cooper Cronk: $1.2 million
8. Billy Slater: $1.2 million
9. Shaun Johnson: $1 million
10. Mitchell Pearce: $1 million
11. Jason Taumalolo: $1 million
12. Greg Inglis: $1 million
13. Robbie Farah: $950,000
14. James Graham: $900,000
15. Roger Tuivasa-Sheck: $850,000
16. Matt Scott: $850,000
17. Michael Jennings: $850,000
18. Darius Boyd: $800,000
19. Simon Mannering: $800,000
20. Josh Dugan: $800,000
21. Jared Waerea-Hargreaves: $800,000
22. Anthony Milford: $750,000
23. Moses Mbye: $750,000
24. Jarrod Mullen: $750,000
25. Jamie Lyon: $750,000
26. Wade Graham: $750,000
27. Trent Merrin: $700,000
28. Ben Matulino: $700,000
29. James Tamou: $650,000
30. Tony Williams: $650,000
31. Beau Scott: $650,000
32. Dane Gagai: $650,000
33. Andrew Fifita: $650,000
