The MLS Players Association released its annual list of each player's annual base salary and guaranteed compensation, and Inter Miami superstar Lionel Messi is No. 1 in both categories.
Per ESPN's Jeff Carlisle, both Messi's $12 million base salary and $20,446,667.00 guaranteed compensation stand as league records.
However, Messi's total compensation is actually in the $50 million to $60 million range, per comments made to Jorge Mas made to Iker Seisdedos of Spanish newspaper El País in July. That compensation includes a cut from MLS' Apple TV contract.