Orlando City team captain Kaká remains the highest-paid player in MLS, edging 2015 league MVP Sebastian Giovinco of Toronto FC by about $52,000.
The MLS Players Union released the 2016 salaries Thursday, and Kaká's pay remained static from last year at $6.66 million in base salary, with bonuses raising that number to $7.167 million guaranteed per year. Giovinco comes in at $5.6 million base and $7,115,555.36 guaranteed.
According to the players union list, MLS has 23 millionaires on the books. After Kaká and Giovinco, Toronto's Michael Bradley ($6.5 million guaranteed), LA Galaxy's Steven Gerrard (more than $6.