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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 .
Contract: $674 million over 4 years Lionel Messi’s four-year, $674 million contract with FC Barcelona, signed in 2017, remains one of the largest sports deals in history.
As of 2025, the most valued sports collectible item ever sold is Babe Ruth's jersey for the 1932 World Series, at over $24 million, and in film history, the Ruby slippers of Dorothy Gale by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz for over $32 million.
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The most expensive piece of sports memorabilia ever sold was a New York Yankees baseball jersey worn by Babe Ruth during his 'called shot' game in the 1932 World Series. It sold for $24.12 million in 2024. [4] In 2016, the ten most valuable sports cards and memorabilia sold for a record-setting combined $12,186,294. [5]
Athletes aren't the only sports icons that put up big numbers. Clothes, equipment, and other collectibles can score huge at auction.
The first incarnation of The Lighter Side of Sports aired on ESPN from 1986 to 1990. In addition to sports bloopers, interviews with sports figures and comedians in front of a live audience were included, along with music from the house bands, The Flamin' Caucasians (1986–1988) and Nik and the Nice Guys (1989–1990).
Formula 1: Max Verstappen. Contract: $266.5 million over five years Max Verstappen, who has a net worth of $70 million, earned the title of Formula One World Champion back to back in 2021 and 2022.