It’s no secret just how lucrative football can be but by the same token it’s a very costly business too.
Clubs are expected to break the bank in order to show they have ambition these days and even then success is not guaranteed.
The best players get the best wages but what they do on the pitch pays for itself, right?
Well talkSPORT.com has been given access to brilliant data from livefootballtickets.com to reveal which players are the best value for money in terms of the goals they scored last season.
But before we see how much the top 15 Premier League scorers’ goals in 2018/19 are worth, let’s take a look at the top 15 scorers from last season, how many league goals they scored last season as well as their estimated annual salary using data from spotrac.com.
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Premier League's top 15 scorers 2018/19
=10. Gylfi Sigurdsson (13 goals) – Estimated annual salary: £5.2m
=10. Paul Pogba (13 goals) – Estimated annual salary: £15.08m
=10. Glenn Murray (13 goals) – Estimated annual salary: £1.56m
=10. Alexandre Lacazette (13 goals) – Estimated annual salary: £9.47m
=10. Raul Jimenez (13 goals) – Estimated annual salary: £2.13m
=10. Richarlison (13 goals) – Estimated annual salary: £4.68m
9. Callum Wilson (14 goals) – Estimated annual salary: £2.08m
8. Eden Hazard (16 goals) – Estimated annual salary: £11.7m
=6. Raheem Sterling (17 goals) – Estimated annual salary: £9.36m
=6. Harry Kane (17 goals) – Estimated annual salary: £10.4m
5. Jamie Vardy (18 goals) – Estimated annual salary: £7.28m
4. Sergio Aguero (21 goals) – Estimated annual salary: £13m
=1. Mohamed Salah (22 goals) – Estimated annual salary: £10.4m
=1. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (22 goals) – Estimated annual salary: £10.4m
=1. Sadio Mane (22 goals) – Estimated annual salary: £5.2m
So now we know how much the English top flight’s top 15 scorers from last season are being paid, let’s take a look at how much each player’s goal is worth by dividing their estimated annual salaries by the number of goals they scored.
And these certainly made for some interesting results.
15. Paul Pogba – Each goal worth: £1,160,000
14. Eden Hazard – Each goal worth: £731,250
13. Alexandre Lacazette – Each goal worth: £728,252
12. Sergio Aguero – Each goal worth: £619,048
11. Harry Kane – Each goal worth: £611, 765
10. Raheem Sterling – Each goal worth: £550,588
=8. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – Each goal worth: £472,727
=8. Mohamed Salah – Each goal worth: £472,727
7. Jamie Vardy – Each goal worth: £404,444
6. Gylfi Sigurdsson – Each goal worth: £400,000
5. Richarlison – Each goal worth: £360,000
4. Sadio Mane – Each goal worth: £236,364
3. Raul Jimenez – Each goal worth: £164,000
2. Callum Wilson – Each goal worth: £148,571
1. Glenn Murray – Each goal worth: £120,000
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