Who are Sporting Kansas City’s highest-paid players? The list starts with Roger Espinoza

Roger Espinoza has the distinction of being Sporting Kansas City’s highest-paid player in 2016, according to figures released Thursday by the MLS Players Union.

Espinoza is set to make $800,000 in guaranteed compensation, slightly ahead of figures for captain Matt Besler and winger Graham Zusi, whose total compensation salaries eclipse $730,000. Dom Dwyer will make $618,750 this season.

All four players have salaries north of designated-player status in MLS. The league allows each team only three designated players, meaning Sporting KC is required to use allocation money to buy down at least one of those salaries.

The guaranteed compensation figure includes all bonuses averaged out over the length of a player’s contract, according to the union.

Orlando City SC midfielder Kaka is listed as the league’s highest-paid player, with a total compensation salary of $7.167 million in 2016.

Sporting KC is one of six clubs that does not have any player making at least $1 million.

Here is Sporting KC’s full roster salaries (guaranteed compensation):

Saad Abdul-Salaam: $76,750

Bernardo Anor: $132,624

Matt Besler: $733,250

Nuno Coelho: $375,000

Brad Davis: $355,000

Amadou Dia: $51,500

Dom Dwyer: $618,750

Kevin Ellis: $75,150

Roger Espinoza: $800,000

Benny Feilhaber: $412,187.50

Connor Hallisey: $76,750

Alec Kann: $63,000

Jonathan Kempin: $82,750

Justin Mapp: $239,070

Jimmy Medranda: $63,000

Tim Melia: $152,500

Soni Mustivar: $200,000

Chance Myers: $225,000

Paulo Nagamura: $225,000

Lawrence Olum: $115,000

Ike Opara: $131,250

Erik Palmer-Brown: $65,500

Jacob Peterson: $144,625

Jordi Quintilla: $109,525

Diego Rubio Kostner: $333,000

Daniel Salloi: $51,500

Seth Sinovic: $112,666.67

Graham Zusi: $732,102.27

This story was originally published May 19, 2016 at 2:42 PM with the headline "Who are Sporting Kansas City’s highest-paid players? The list starts with Roger Espinoza."