Juan Soto’s $1.2 Billion Deal : Juan Soto’s 2024 stats are impressive: 41 home runs, 109 RBIs, and a .288 batting average.
If he maintains these numbers for the next 15 years, he’ll be earning about $1.86 million AUD for each home run he hits. For every second of play, he’d pocket $355.
Soto’s $1.2 billion, 15-year deal with the New York Mets—the largest contract in professional sports history—allows us to view these figures in some truly eye-popping ways.
He’ll earn $488,845 per game. Based on his current performance, he’d make $1.04 million for every extra-base hit, or $71,935 for every swing, whether he misses, hits a weak grounder, or sends one flying over the fence.
The numbers surrounding sports contracts today are astonishing.
Just a year ago, Shohei Ohtani signed what was considered the most outrageous deal in sports history, joining the Los Angeles Dodgers for over $1 billion. However, Soto’s move from the Yankees to the Mets has already surpassed that.
These colossal contracts aren’t exclusive to baseball. Some of the biggest names in the NFL, NBA, golf, and football are raking in massive sums annually.
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott, for instance, is on a contract worth about $93.15 million per season. Based on his career average, Prescott earns $21,237 for every passing yard he completes. He also makes $5.43 million per game, though this hasn’t brought the franchise closer to a Super Bowl win since 1995.
In the NBA, Steph Curry is the highest-paid player this season, earning $96.93 million for his time with the Golden State Warriors. The all-time three-point leader takes home just over $1 million per game. If paid per three-pointer, Curry would make $251,330 each time he sinks one.
Football legend Lionel Messi may be winding down his career in MLS, but he’s still earning big. This season, with Inter Miami, he made $1.55 million for each goal he scored.
Scottie Scheffler, the top golfer in the world, earned about $17,452 for every shot he took on the PGA Tour this year.
When you compare these astronomical numbers to the highest-paid players in Australia’s main sports, it makes you reconsider criticizing players like Joseph Suaalii for chasing big money while he can.
Currently, Kalyn Ponga has the largest salary in the NRL at $1.3 million, while Tom Lynch earned around $1.5 million in the AFL this year.
While the salaries across global sports right now are staggering, Soto’s deal puts him above the pack. This new contract will see the 26-year-old earning more than LeBron James and Tom Brady—arguably the two greatest athletes ever—earned throughout their entire careers.
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