The Rich List, drawn up by FourFourTwo magazine, shows that the top ten wealthiest men in football are worth a collective £27 billion and are unsurprisingly headed by Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich, who is worth a staggering £10.8 billion.
The two businessmen that have stalked Arsenal, Alisher Usmanov and Stanley Kroenke are in third and eighth place respectively while Malcom Glazer, owner of Manchester United, comes in at seventh. Formula One supreme and QPR owner Bernie Ecclestone takes fourth place on the list.
David Beckham is the highest-ranked player, but he only scrapes into the top half at No 45.
The new top ten
1 Roman Abramovich, Chelsea £10.8bn
2 Joe Lewis, Tottenham Hotspur £2.8bn
3 Alisher Usmanov, Arsenal £2.76bn
4 Bernie Ecclestone, QPR £2.5bn
5 Mike Ashley, Newcastle United £1.6bn
6 Dermot Desmond, Celtic £1.6bn
7 Malcolm Glazer, Man Utd £1.25bn
8 Stanley Kroenke, Arsenal £1.2bn
9 Trevor Hemmings, Preston £980m
10 Lord Ashcroft, Watford £950m
The top ten new entries
3 Alisher Usmanov, Arsenal £2.76bn
4 Bernie Ecclestone, QPR £2.5bn
5 Mike Ashley, Newcastle Utd £1.6bn
8 Stanley Kroenke, Arsenal £1.2bn
10 Lord Ashcroft, Watford £950m
11 Michael Spencer, Ipswich Town £850m
16 Thaksin Shinawatra, Man City £640m
18 Bjorgolfor Gudmundsson, West Ham £593m
21 Tom Hicks, Liverpool £500m
27 Lord Harris, Arsenal £300m
The top ten players
1 David Beckham, 32, LA Galaxy £112m
2 Michael Owen, 27, Newcastle Utd £37m
3 Robbie Fowler, 32, Cardiff City £30m
4 Wayne Rooney, 22, Man Utd £30m
5 Sol Campbell, 33, Portsmouth £28m
6 Andriy Shevchenko, 31, Chelsea £25m
7 Rio Ferdinand, 29, Man Utd £25m
8 Ryan Giggs, 33, Man Utd £23m
9 Michael Ballack, 31, Chelsea £18m
10 Steven Gerrard, 27, Liverpool £15m
