Top 10 highest paid African players in the world, with Chelsea’s Mikel & Liverpool’s Toure

8) Christopher Samba – Dynamo Moscow – $7.5m per year

The former Blackburn and QPR defender has made a heck of a lot of money out in Russia. Not only has he been signed twice by the formerly rich Anzhi Makhachkala, but now he has a lucrative contract with Dynamo Moscow too.