His superstar image took a kicking thanks to drink-driving – so Wayne Rooney will be relieved it had just earned him £5million.
The Everton striker’s company Stoneygate 48 shot up in value to £17.2million from £12.4million.
The firm handles his image rights and investments.
The new accounts were filed before he was nicked driving Laura Simpson, 29, home from a Cheshire bar in September.
Pregnant wife Coleen was away.
England’s record scorer got a two-year ban for being three times the limit.
Coleen, 31, warned he must work on his marriage.
Rooney, 31, is still one of the world’s richest players despite halving his £300,000 a week wage when he left Manchester United in July.
He invests in property, cars and racehorses and has lucrative sponsorship deals.