Real Madrid has a decent wage structure, but a closer look reveals that the highest earners are the veterans who must be getting ready to leave the club soon.
Here is the list of Real Madrid's top 10 highest earners, as per Capology:
1. Eden Hazard - €31.25m per year
2. Toni Kroos - €24.38m per year
3. Karim Benzema - €24m per year
4. David Alaba - €22.5m per year
5. Luka Modric - €21.88m per year
6. Vinicius Jr. - €20.8m per year
7. Thibaut Courtois - €15m per year
8. Antonio Rudiger - €14.58m per year
9. Aurelien Tchouameni - €12.5m per year
10. Ferland Mendy - €10.4m per year.
| LA LIGA | CHAMPIONS LEAGUE | |||
| POS | TEAM | M | +/- | P |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 23 | 29 | 50 |
| 2 | Atletico Madrid | 23 | 23 | 49 |
| 3 | Barcelona | 23 | 36 | 46 |
| 4 | Athletic Club | 23 | 16 | 44 |
| 5 | Villarreal | 23 | 12 | 40 |
| 6 | Rayo Vallecano | 23 | 3 | 35 |
| 7 | Real Sociedad | 23 | 0 | 31 |
| 8 | Girona | 23 | -2 | 31 |
| 9 | Osasuna | 22 | -4 | 30 |
| 10 | Mallorca | 22 | -9 | 30 |
| 11 | Real Betis | 23 | -4 | 29 |
| 12 | Sevilla | 23 | -6 | 29 |
| 13 | Celta Vigo | 23 | -3 | 28 |
| 14 | Getafe | 23 | 1 | 27 |
| 15 | Las Palmas | 23 | -10 | 23 |
| 16 | Espanyol | 23 | -13 | 23 |
| 17 | Leganes | 23 | -13 | 23 |
| 18 | Valencia | 23 | -13 | 22 |
| 19 | Alaves | 23 | -10 | 21 |
| 20 | Valladolid | 23 | -33 | 15 |
| POS | TEAM | M | +/- | P |
| 1 | Liverpool | 8 | 12 | 21 |
| 2 | Barcelona | 8 | 15 | 19 |
| 3 | Arsenal | 8 | 13 | 19 |
| 4 | Inter | 8 | 10 | 19 |
| 5 | Atletico Madrid | 8 | 8 | 18 |
| 6 | Bayer Leverkusen | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| 7 | Lille | 8 | 7 | 16 |
| 8 | Aston Villa | 8 | 7 | 16 |
| 9 | Atalanta | 8 | 14 | 15 |
| 10 | Borussia Dortmund | 8 | 10 | 15 |
| 11 | Real Madrid | 8 | 8 | 15 |
| 12 | Bayern München | 8 | 8 | 15 |
| 13 | AC Milan | 8 | 3 | 15 |
| 14 | PSV Eindhoven | 8 | 4 | 14 |
| 15 | Paris Saint Germain | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| 16 | Benfica | 8 | 4 | 13 |
| 17 | Monaco | 8 | 0 | 13 |
| 18 | Stade Brestois 29 | 8 | -1 | 13 |
| 19 | Feyenoord | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 20 | Juventus | 8 | 2 | 12 |
| 21 | Celtic | 8 | -1 | 12 |
| 22 | Manchester City | 8 | 4 | 11 |
| 23 | Sporting CP | 8 | 1 | 11 |
| 24 | Club Brugge KV | 8 | -4 | 11 |
| 25 | Dinamo Zagreb | 8 | -7 | 11 |
| 26 | VfB Stuttgart | 8 | -4 | 10 |
| 27 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 8 | -8 | 7 |
| 28 | Bologna | 8 | -5 | 6 |
| 29 | FK Crvena Zvezda | 8 | -9 | 6 |
| 30 | Sturm Graz | 8 | -9 | 6 |
| 31 | Sparta Praha | 8 | -14 | 4 |
| 32 | RB Leipzig | 8 | -7 | 3 |
| 33 | Girona | 8 | -8 | 3 |
| 34 | Red Bull Salzburg | 8 | -22 | 3 |
| 35 | Slovan Bratislava | 8 | -20 | 0 |
| 36 | BSC Young Boys | 8 | -21 | 0 |
| LA LIGA | CHAMPIONS LEAGUE | |
| R. Lewandowski | 18 Goals | Barcelona |
| Kylian Mbappé | 15 Goals | Real Madrid |
| Raphinha | 12 Goals | Barcelona |
| A. Budimir | 12 Goals | Osasuna |
| Ayoze Pérez | 9 Goals | Villarreal |
| R. Lewandowski | 9 Goals | Barcelona |
| S. Guirassy | 9 Goals | Borussia Dortmund |
| Raphinha | 8 Goals | Barcelona |
| J. David | 8 Goals | Lille |
| Vinícius Júnior | 7 Goals | Real Madrid |
