#1. Handre Pollard
- Club: Montpellier
- Salary: £1m
The Springbok fly-half moved alongside Piutau as the joint-highest paid player on the planet when he signed for Montpellier after the 2019 Rugby World Cup. Pollard will slide down the later this year after agreeing on a £600,000 per season move to Leicester Tigers.
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