2014 MLS salary rankings of the top 50

When the MLS players union periodically releases the team-by-team player salaries, no one ever bothers to put them in order. So we've done the dirty work for you on the top 50 highest-paid players in MLS. Players in red are Americans abroad thrown in for comparison purposes.

1) Clint Dempsey (Seattle Sounders) - $6.69 million
x) Brad Friedel (Tottenham) - $6.59 million
2) Michael Bradley (Toronto FC) - $6.5 million
3) Jermain Defoe (Toronto FC) - $6.18 million
4) Landon Donovan (LA Galaxy) - $4.58 million
5) Robbie Keane (LA Galaxy) - $4.5 million
6) Thierry Henry (New York Red Bulls) - $4.35 million
x) Jozy Altidore (Sunderland) - $3.71 million
7) Tim Cahill (New York Red Bulls) - $3.62 million
8) Marco Di Vaio (Montreal Impact) - $2.6 million
x) Tim Howard (Everton) - $2.6 million
x) Stuart Holden (Bolton) - $2.15 million
9) Obafemi Martins (Seattle Sounders) - $1.75 million
x) Tim Ream (Bolton) - $1.74 million
x) Brad Guzan (Aston Villa) - $1.7 million
10) Pedro Morales (Van. Whitecaps) - $1.41 million
11) Omar Gonzalez (LA Galaxy) - $1.25 million
12) Gilberto Junior (Toronto FC) - $1.2 million
x) Jermain Jones (Besiktas) - $972,090
13) Kenny Miller (Vancouver Whitecaps) - $940,000
14) Federico Higuin (Columbus Crew) - $744,000
x) Sacha Kljestan (Anderlecht) $729,500
15) Maurice Edu (Philadelphia Union) - $650,000
16) Chris Wondolowski (SJ Earthquakes) - $650,000
17) Andres Escobar (FC Dallas) - $647,000
18) Eddie Johnson (D.C. United) - $613,333
19) Diego Valeri (Portland Timbers) - $500,000
20) Jose Goncalves (NE Revolution) - $479,375

21) Alvaro Saborio (Real Salt Lake) - $453,333

22) Mauro Rosales (Chivas USA) - $450,000

23) Nigel Reo-Coker (Vancouver Whitecaps) - $446,500

24) Mike Magee (Chicago Fire) - $417,500

25) Mauro Diaz (FC Dallas) - $411,000

26) Osvaldo Alonso (Seattle Sounders) - $400,000
27) Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City) - $398,250
28) Brad Davis (Houston Dynamo) - $392,062
29) Chris Pontius (D.C. United) - $381,000
30) Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake) - $378,750
31) Richard Eckersley (New York Red Bulls) - $373,333
32) Bradley Wright-Phillips (NY Red Bulls) - $372,500
33) Bakary Soumare (Chicago Fire) - $370,000
34) Steven Caldwell (Toronto FC) - $364,166
35) Blas Perez (FC Dallas) - $359,250
36) Matteo Ferrari (Montreal Impact) - $355,475
37) Clarence Goodson (SJ Earthquakes) - $342,000
38) David Texeira (FC Dallas) - $338,000
39) Benny Feilhaber (Sporting Kansas City) - $337,187
40) Carlos Bocanegra (Chivas USA) - $333,333
41) Vincent Nogueira (Philadelphia Union) - $330,000
42) George John (FC Dallas) - $326,666
43) Edson Buddle (Colorado Rapids) - $325,000
44) Will Johnson (Portland Timbers) - $325,000
45) Juninho (LA Galaxy) - $325,000
46) Ricardo Clark (Houston Dynamo - $321,750
47) Luis Gil (Real Salt Lake) - $315,083
x) Brek Shea (Stoke City) - $310,000
48) Yannick Djalo (San Jose Earthquakes) - $300,000
49) Matias Laba (Vancouver Whitecaps) - $300,000
50) Javier Morales (Real Salt Lake) - $300,000
51) Michael Parkhurst (Columbus Crew) - $300,000
x) Geoff Cameron (Stoke City) - $230,000
x) Juan Agudelo (Utrecht) - $145,000