LIST: The world's four best paid rugby players in every position

Highest earning rugby players:

Back-three:

1. Charles Piutau (Bristol Bears) - £1m
2. Beauden Barrett (Suntory Sungoliath) - £750k
3. Simon Zebo (Racing 92) - £600k
4. Stuart Hogg (Exeter Chiefs) - £550k

Centre:

1. Virimi Vakatawa (Racing 92) - £780k
2. Semi Radradra (Bristol Bears) - £500k
3. Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs) - £450k
4. Damian de Allende (Munster) - £420k

Fly-half:

1. Handre Pollard (Montpellier) -£1m
2. Finn Russell (Racing 92) - £850k
3. Owen Farrell (Saracens) - £750k
4. Dan Biggar (Northampton) - £600k

Scrum-half:

1. Aaron Smith (Highlanders) - £620k
2. Morgan Parra (Clermont) - £560k
3. Faf De Klerk (Sale Sharks) - £500k
4. Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers) - £350k

Prop:

1. Tadhg Furlong (Leinster) – £480,000
2. Mako Vunipola (Saracens) - £420k
3. Kyle Sinckler (Bristol Bears) -£350k
4. Vincent Koch (Saracens) - £300k

Hooker:

1. Guilhem Guirado (Montpellier) – £500k
2. Dane Coles (Hurricanes) - £375k
3. Luke Cowan-Dickie (Exeter Chiefs) - £230k
4. Jamie George (Saracens) - £200k

Lock:

1. Eben Etzebeth (Toulon) - £900k
2. Maro Itoje (Saracens) - £875k
3. Alun Wyn Jones (Ospreys) - £480k
4. James Ryan (Leinster) - £460k

Back-row:

1. Michael Hooper (Toyota Verblitz) - £625K
2. Steve Luatua (Bristol Bears) - £550k
3. Kieran Read (Toyota Verblitz) – £520k
4.  Pablo Matera (Stade Francais) - £480k

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