Comparing Njabulo Blom’s MLS salary to Kaizer Chiefs top earner

Kaizer Chiefs star Keagan Dolly is taking home an exorbitant salary every month. How does it compare to that of Njabulo Blom, now repping St. Louis City in the MLS?

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FORMER KAIZER CHIEFS STAR BLOM TAKING HOME R6.2M ANNUALLY

Njabulo Blom is the second-best-paid South African in the MLS, earning $338k annually (R6.4 million) with Minnesota United FC’s Bongokuhle Hlongwane outstripping him with earnings of $610k (R11.6 million). Former Sundowns striker Cassius Mailula earns $291k (R5.5 million) annually. It’s not shabby at all.

**Note all of these are basic guaranteed salaries before bonuses.

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Dolly is Amakhosi’s top earner

You’d think Blom’s earnings would be far greater than anybody at Naturena, but you’d be wrong. As of 2024, Keagan Dolly’s basic monthly salary at Chiefs is R1.4 million, or R16.8 million annually. That means he’s earning far more than Hlongwane, the MLS’s best South African earner. What is the moral of the story? Become the top earner at one of the Big 3 clubs in South Africa and you won’t need to go anywhere else.

For some more context, Lionel Messi earns $20.4m annually (R390 million) at Inter Miami, making him the division’s best-paid player.

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