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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.
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 ...
Alex Rodriguez, Steven Strasburg, Manny Machado, Kevin Durant, Steph Curry, Deshaun Watson, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Jayson Tatum are on the list two times each. Entries in this list also require an individual citation of the contract, so a number of the highest salaried athletes (according to Forbes) are not included as their contract details ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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)
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 ...