Newcastle's billionaire owner is the fifth wealthiest man in football, according to FourFourTwo magazine's annual rich list.
Mike Ashley is worth an estimated £1.6billion, which places him fifth int he overall standings.
However he has some way to go before catching up with Roman Abramovich, who is reportedly worth £20.45billion.
Toon striker Michael Owen is not shor
t of a bob or two either - his £37million fortune means he's the second richest footballer on the planet behind David Beckham.
The total value of this year's Top 100 is £41.7 billion compared to £20.45billion four years ago.
Top 10: 1 Roman Abramovich, Chelsea, £10.8billion; Joe Lewis, Tottenham, £2.8billion; 3 Alisher Usmanov, Arsenal, £2.76billion; 4 Bernie Ecclestone, QPR, £2.5billion; 5 Mike Ashley, Newcastle £1.6billion; 6 Dermot Desmond, Celtic £1.6billion; 7 Malcolm Glazer, Man Utd, £1.25billion; 8 Stanley Kroenke, Arsenal £1.2billion; 9 Trevor Hemmings, Preston, £980million; 10 Lord Ashcroft, Watford, £950million.
Players top 10: 1 David Beckham, LA Galaxy, £112million; 2 Michael Owen, Newcastle £37million; 3 Robbie Fowler, Cardiff £30million; 4 Wayne Rooney, Man Utd £30million, 5 Sol Campbell, Portsmouth, £28million; 6 Andriy Shevchenko, Chelsea £25million; 6 Rio Ferdinand, Man Utd £25million; 8 Ryan Giggs, Man Utd £23million; 9 Michael Ballack, Chelsea £18million; 10 Steven Gerrard, Liverpool, £15million.
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