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Today on Forbes, the highest paid players at the 2026 World Cup.

There are many firsts at this year's FIFA World Cup.

For the first time in the tournament's 96-year history, there will be 48 teams.

It's also the first World Cup to be held across three countries, the United States, Canada, and Mexico, in a record 16 cities.

And it will be the first to feature a billionaire player, actually two, with 41-year-old

Cristiano Ronaldo captaining Portugal and 38-year-old Lionel Messi leading Argentina in its title

defense. Then again, with ticket prices in the stratosphere, billionaires may be the only ones who

can afford to attend. FIFA recently listed a ticket for the July 19th final at New Jersey's MetLife Stadium

for $32,970,

triple the price from a ticket drop in April,

and more than 20 times what the equivalent ticket cost for the 2022 final in Qatar.

And even the world's richest might have to think twice about

buying tickets on the secondary market. In April, FIFA's resale site listed four seats to the final

for a little less than $2.3 million each. Section 124, row 45, seats 33 to 36, if you're scalping at home. Here are the top five highest paid players

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