Kamohelo Mokotjo – $850k

Kamohelo Mokotjo is a South African professional soccer player and, like many South Africans, he has plied his trade in other parts of the world to improve his overall game. He came to prominence for FC Twente in the Netherlands, and then Brentford in England, who favor defensive midfielders.

Now he is based at the Major League in the United States, playing for FC Cincinnati. He is furiously trying to earn a place for the South African national side as they try to earn a place in the next World Cup through the qualifying play-offs.