Following is a list of the top 20 most commercially valuable soccer players, according to a study of brand value by consultancy BBDO Germany (players are ranked according to their brand value in millions of euros):
Rank Value
Player
Club
1
47.0
Ronaldinho
Barcelona
2
44.9
David Beckham
Real Madrid
3
43.7
Wayne Rooney
Manchester United
4
30.7
Samuel Eto'o
Barcelona
5
30.4
Lionel Messi
Barcelona
6
30.1
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Juventus
7
29.4
Ronaldo
Real Madrid
8
28.8
Frank Lampard
Chelsea
9
28.7
Thierry Henry
Arsenal
10
28.6
Michael Ballack
Bayern Munich
11
27.6
Steven Gerrard
Liverpool
12
27.2
Raul
Real Madrid
13
27.1
Zinedine Zidane
Real Madrid
14
26.8
Cristiano Ronaldo
Manchester United
15
26.4
Didier Drogba
Chelsea
16
18.6
Alessandro Del Piero Juventus
17
18.2
Ryan Babel
Ajax Amsterdam
18
17.4
Ruud van Nistelrooy Manchester United
19
16.3
Lukas Podolski
Cologne
20
14.3
Andriy Shevchenko
AC Milan
Source: Xinhua