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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.
After holding out for the first 32 days of spring training, the pair agreed on one-year contracts: Koufax for $125,000 and Drysdale for $110,000. At the time, these were the two largest contracts in baseball history. The owners were fearful that other star players would follow their example. [4]
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)
The Royals and Bobby Witt Jr. reach agreement on the biggest contract in club history: 14 years, with 11 guaranteed. ... Witt also made MLB history by becoming the first player to record least 20 ...
The players' association discounted it at 5% and valued it at approximately $43.7 million. ... Stanton's contract was the largest and longest in baseball history when he and the Marlins agreed to ...
In 1920, the inaugural season of the NFL, [b] 11 veterans of major-league baseball (including George Halas and Jim Thorpe) became the first athletes to accomplish the feat. Since 1970, only seven athletes have done so, including Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders. Jackson was the first athlete to be selected as an All-Star in both MLB and the NFL.
How his deal compares to MLB's biggest contracts, by total value: Juan Soto agreed to a record-deal 15-year, $765 million contract with the Mets. Who is the highest-paid MLB player, by total value?