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This is a list of the largest sports contracts. These figures include signing bonuses but exclude options, buyouts , and the endorsement deals. This list does not reflect the highest annual salaries or career earnings, only the top 100 largest contracts and thus is largely limited to athletes in team sports and auto racing .
In 2019, Mike Trout signed a 12-year, $426 million contract with the Angels, the richest contract in the history of North American sports at the time. Alex Rodriguez earned the highest salary in MLB in 2013 at $28,000,000. He also has the highest career earnings in MLB history, as well as a record 13 years with the highest AAV.
How does it compare to the largest deals in the NFL, NBA, NHL and the rest of MLB? Let's take a look. NFL: Patrick Mahomes, 10 years, $477 million (AAV $47.7 million)
His contract has expired with at least six years of service time on a major league 26-man roster or injured list (formerly the 25-man roster and disabled list, respectively), OR; His contract has expired with less than six years of service time, but the player first signed with a Major League Baseball team as a 10-year free agent from the ...
Patrick Mahomes and More of the Highest-Paid Players in Super Bowl LVII. Ed Zurga/AP. In the late 1950s, New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra paid the bills by working in the offse
Chicago Bears: David Montgomery Position: Running back Base salary: $684,136 Signing bonus: $261,545 Total cap hit: $945,681 Percentage of total cap: 0.44% Considering the sorry state of the Bears ...
As of the 2022 season, each Major League Baseball team maintains a 26-man active roster, a 28-man expanded roster, and a 40-man reserve list of players. Players on the 26-man roster are eligible to play in official major league games throughout the season.
For most of America, income wasn't keeping up with inflation even before 2022 increased the price of everything. But the country's top athletes got pay raises this year that will let them cross off...