#4 — The PSG years: about $350 million in salary
This is one of the biggest sources of his fortune. Over six seasons at PSG (2017–2023), Neymar earned about $350 million in salary alone, peaking at around $65 million a year.
There were Ligue 1 titles, the 2020 Champions League final, and years as one of the highest-paid athletes in the world. Injuries disrupted part of the period, but the money came in regardless. And yet this wasn't even the biggest contract of his career.
Three sources to go. And #1 is bigger than PSG.
#3 — The sponsorships: Puma, Red Bull, and the historic switch
Off the field, Neymar is a commercial machine. He earns about $30 million a year in sponsorships, anchored by a bold decision: in 2020, he left Nike for Puma in a deal worth about $28 million a year — the most expensive individual signing in Puma's history at the time.
Add brands like Red Bull and Qatar Airways, plus his own boot line and campaigns aimed at the Brazilian and Asian markets. Even in the injury years, the sponsorships never stopped dripping in.
#2 — The return to Santos: the drop (with a trick)
Here the roller coaster plunges — but cleverly. After Saudi Arabia, Neymar returned to Santos in 2025, and his base salary dropped drastically: from tens of millions to around $6 million a year.
The trick? He kept a huge slice of his own image rights — reports say 80% to 90% — plus a share of the commercial revenue the club generates. In other words: the salary dropped, but the money from his name keeps coming in. It was an emotional return to his boyhood club, without giving up earning well.
And now #1 — the biggest source of all, and the most surreal.