On December 11th local time, the New York Mets signed Juan Soto to a 15-year, $765 million contract. Following the biggest contract in the history of professional sports, British broadcaster Sky Sports updated its rankings of the highest-paid sports contracts, putting Soto at the top. Before Soto signed with the Mets, the world’s highest contract was the 10-year, $700 million (approximately 101.5 billion yen at the time) that Shohei Ohtani signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers just a year earlier. The station ran a headline titled “How much will Soto earn compared to Ohtani?” and explained, “Until now, Japanese star players held the record for the highest contracts. Ohtani’s annual salary will be just $2 million (about 300 million yen) because 97 percent of the total amount will be paid in deferred payment. Meanwhile, Soto’s annual salary will be a whopping $51 million (approximately 7.77 billion yen).” “However, if you look at annual salary rather than total amount, Soto’s $51 million is not the highest in world sports. CR7 (Cristiano Ronaldo) is said to be earning $210 million (approximately 32 billion yen) a year with Al Nasr, and Lionel Messi earned $168 million (approximately 25.6 billion yen at current rates) with Barcelona in November 2017, the highest salary in professional sports history at the time.
The top 30 high-value contracts according to Sky Sports are as follows. 1st Juan Soto (MLB Yankees) $765 million/2025-2039 2nd Shohei Ohtani (MLB Dodgers) $700 million/2024-2033 3rd Lionel Messi (soccer/Barcelona) $674 million/2017-21 4th Cristiano Ronaldo (soccer/Al-Nasr) $534.36 million/2023-2025 5th Patrick Mahomes (NFL Chiefs) $450 million/2020-31 6th Karim Benzema (soccer/Al-Ittihad) $447.3 million/2023-2025 7th Mike Trout (MLB Angels) $426.5 million/2019-2030 8th Saul Alvarez (boxing) $365 million/2018-23 8th Mookie Betts (MLB Dodgers) $365 million/2021-2032 10th Aaron Judge (MLB Yankees) $360 million/2023-2031 11th Manny Machado (MLB Padres) $350 million/2023-2034 12th Francisco Lindor (MLB Mets) $341 million/2022-2031 13th Fernando Tatis Jr. (MLB Padres) $340 million/2021-2034 14th Max Verstappen (F1 Red Bulls) $330 million/2023-2028 14th Bryce Harper (MLB) $330 million/2019-2031 16th Giancarlo Stanton (MLB Marlins) $325 million/2015-27 16th Corey Seager (MLB Rangers) $325 million/2022-31 16th Yoshinobu Yamamoto (MLB Dodgers) $325 million/2024-35 19th Gerrit Cole (MLB Yankees) $324 million/2020-28 20th Jayson Tatum (NBA Celtics) $314 million/2025-30 21st Rafael Devers (MLB Red Sox) $313.5 million/2024-33 22nd Jaylen Brown (NBA Celtics) $303.73 million/2024-29 23rd Manny Machado (MLB Padres) $300 million/2019-28 23rd Trai Turner (MLB Phillies) $300 million / 2023-2033 25th Bobby Witt Jr. (MLB Royals) $288.7 million / 2023-2033 26th Xander Pogartz (MLB Padres) $280 million / 2023-2033 27th Joe Burrow (NFL Bengals) $275 million / 2024-2029 27th Trevor Lawrence (NFL Jaguars) $275 million / 2024-2029 27th Alex Rodriguez (MLB Yankees) $275 million / 2008-2017 30th Scottie Barnes (NBA Raptors) $270 million / 2025-2029 Composed by The Digest Editorial Department.
>>22 No matter what sport you’re in, it’s impossible to get a good contract unless you have world-class achievements and skills. First of all, it’s clear that they are not. However, you who laugh at it are human trash.
Huh? What about Mitoma and Kubo? What about Yoshida Maya? Aren’t these guys superstars? Was this information manipulation by the old media? Dentsu’s ball-kicking team is desperate.
>>34 There are a lot of unpaid salaries in the Saudi League, so maybe they haven’t received them It’s weird that they come to empty Japan for a money-raising tour I guess they don’t really have the money.
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