Top 20 Highest Paid Players in South Africa 2024

4. Deon Hotto Salary-  R500,000 a month

Namibian international Deon Hotto is set to become one of the highest paid players in the Premiership after it emerged that he will earn over R500,000 a month at Orlando Pirates.

Deon Hotto Kavendji is a Namibian international footballer who plays for Orlando Pirates and for the Namibia football team (The Brave Warriors) . He played at the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.

In May 2015, he scored two goals in the 2015 COSAFA Cup final to help Namibia win their first international trophy.

It is revealed that Pirates tripled Hotto’s annual salary from the R2‚4m per annum he pocketed at Wits to just over R7m.

3. Khama Billiat Salary : R830,000 per month

Khama is the highest-paid player in PSL. The new player for Kaizer Chiefs did not come cheap. The twenty-nine-year-old player makes an annual income of R10 million.

This means that his monthly salary translates to R833,333, a figure that is about eight times over the average salary of most other footballers.

Despite a trial with Lokomotiv Moscow in July 2013, Billiat joined Mamelodi Sundowns on 19 August 2013 on a five-year contract. He made his Sundowns debut on 28 August in a 1–1 draw versus Platinum Stars, while his first goal for the club came almost a month later in a 2–1 home victory against Bidvest Wits. In 2016, he helped Mamelodi Sundowns claim their first ever continental title and becoming only the second South African team to be crowned champions of Africa. On 21 November 2017, Billiat scored a brace against Bidvest Wits.

In June 2018, it was announced that Billiat was moving from Mamelodi Sundowns to Kaizer, few days later it was announced that Billiat had signed for Kaizer Chiefs on a three year deal. He made his competitive debut for the club on 4 August 2018 in a 1-1 league draw with his former club, Mamelodi Sundowns.

Khama Billiat currently stands as one of the Highest Paid Footballers in South Africa PSL.