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Larry Bird became the first player to earn $5 million or more with a salary of $7,070,000 in the 1991–92 season. Magic Johnson became the first player to earn $10 million or more in the 94–95 season with a salary of $14,660,000. Patrick Ewing became the first player to earn $15 million or more in the 95–96 season with a salary of $18,724,000.
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 .
Salary/winnings Endorsements 1: Cristiano Ronaldo: Association football: Portugal: $260 million: $200 million: $60 million 2: Jon Rahm: Golf: Spain: $218 million: $198 million: $20 million 3: Lionel Messi: Association football: Argentina: $135 million: $65 million: $70 million 4: LeBron James: Basketball: United States: $128.2 million: $48.2 ...
Lon Kruger School: Oklahoma Conference: Big 12 School pay: $3,300,000 Total Pay: $3,300,000 Maximum Bonus: $270,000 Kruger is one of only two coaches to lead five different teams to the NCAA ...
The latest ranking reported that the Golden State Warriors is the most valuable NBA franchise after the 2021–22 NBA season. [3] The fastest growing NBA franchise is also the Toronto Raptors, with a 100% increase in valuation since the 2017–18 NBA season ($3.5 to $7 billion). [1]
Unrivaled, the women’s 3x3 basketball league founded by Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart, will pay a minimum six-figure salary and offer the highest average salary in U.S. women’s ...
Black Enterprise reported in 2003 that "the average career span for professional basketball, football, and baseball is a mere 4.5 years, 3.2 years, and under five years, respectively." [12] A 2007 study found that, excluding pitchers, rookie Major League Baseball players' careers last for 5.6 years on average. [13]
The NBA salary cap is the limit to the total amount of money that National Basketball Association teams are allowed to pay their players. Like the other major professional sports leagues in North America, the NBA has a salary cap to control costs and benefit parity, defined by the league's collective bargaining agreement (CBA).