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Retrieved 8 May 2023. ^ Knight, Brett. "The World's 10 Highest-Paid Athletes: Lionel Messi leads a group that collectively earned more than $990 million in 12 months, with the bar for entry higher than ever". Forbes. Retrieved 11 May 2022. ^ Knight, Brett.
List of highest-paid Major League Baseball players. 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 ...
The highest-paid NBA players by season has recently eclipsed $40 million. Wilt Chamberlain has the most seasons leading the league with 8. Michael Jordan holds the largest 1-year contract in NBA history, LeBron James is the highest career earner, and Stephen Curry is the highest season earner as well as the largest multi-year contract holder in ...
Way.com reports that top earners among the highest-paid athletes include:. Cristiano Ronaldo– $260 million. Jon Rahm – $218 million. Lionel Messi – $135 million. LeBron James – $128 ...
For the first time, the top-10 highest paid athletes have each earned more than $100 million, combining for a record $1.38 billion, according to Forbes.
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. Athletes in individual sports , such as golf , tennis , table tennis , boxing , kickboxing , and MMA , are not employed by a team and usually earn money primarily ...
Misc. info: In 2020, Forbes named Federer the highest-paid athlete in the world after he earned $106.3 million — $100 million of which came from endorsements. In all, 13 companies pay him ...
Martin Brodeur is the highest-paid goaltender of all time, with approximately $82 million earned in salaries alone. Eric Lindros (Philadelphia Flyers) US$3.35 million (equivalent to $6.9 million in 2023) Steve Yzerman (Detroit Red Wings) $3.2 million ($6.6 million in 2023) (tie) Mario Lemieux (Pittsburgh Penguins) $3 million ($6.2 million in 2023)