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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.
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.
Major League Baseball salaries at their highest levels are staggering, with three players earning $40 million or more in the 2023 season. And MLB contracts are guaranteed, whether players play all ...
Prescott's deal does beat Soto's contract in annual value (Soto will make $51 million per year), which is why it gets a spot on this list. MLB: Shohei Ohtani, 10 years, $700 million (AAV $70 million)
The Red Sox were willing to overlook his total lack of MLB experience because of his great tools and success in Cuba, signing him to a seven-year, $72.5 million contract in 2014.
Could start w/ Nolan Ryan at $1 million/year, but I don't have any source for the 1-2.5 million folks. Staxringold talk contribs 01:01, 21 March 2011 (UTC) If we did highest paid per year since 1990, we'd be able to pull it off with just this source at least. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 01:47, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
Major League Baseball had a tumultuous offseason, with the owners locking out the players in a contract stalemate. But on March 10 -- about three weeks after spring training was supposed to have...
A player's yearly salary is considered to be for the maximum value of the contract divided by the term of the contract in years. YEAR SALARY/YR PLAYER TEAM/ORGANIZATION 1927 $70,000 Babe Ruth New York Yankees 1930 $80,000 Babe Ruth New York Yankees 1949 $100,000 Ted Williams Boston Red Sox 1966 $130,000 Willie Mays San Francisco Giants 1972 ...