Saturday, February 7, 2009

List of the LARGEST Sports Contracts

See this list of Largest Sports Contracts...

Rank

Player

Team

Sport

Length of contract

Contract value (USD)

Average per year (USD)

1

Alex Rodriguez

New York Yankees

Baseball

10 years (2008-2017)

$275,000,000 [1]

$27,500,000

2

Alex Rodriguez1

Texas Rangers*

Baseball

10 years (2001-2010)

$252,000,000 [2]

$25,200,000

3

Derek Jeter

New York Yankees

Baseball

10 years (2001-2010)

$189,000,000 [3]

$18,900,000

4

Mark Teixeira

New York Yankees

Baseball

8 years (2009-2016)

$180,000,000 [4]

$22,500,000

5

Michael Vick

Atlanta Falcons*

American football

10 years (2005-2014)

$167,000,000 [5]

$16,700,000

6

CC Sabathia

New York Yankees

Baseball

7 years (2009-2015)

$161,000,000 [6]

$23,000,000

7

Manny Ramírez

Boston Red Sox*

Baseball

8 years (2001-2008)

$160,000,000 [7]

$20,000,000

7

Fernando Alonso2

McLaren*

Auto racing

4 years (2007-2010)

$160,000,000 [8]

$40,000,000

9

Kimi Räikkönen

Ferrari

Auto racing

3 years (2007-2009)

$153,000,000 [9]

$51,000,000

10

Miguel Cabrera

Detroit Tigers

Baseball

8 years (2008-2015)

$152,300,000 [10]

$19,037,500

11

Todd Helton

Colorado Rockies

Baseball

11 years (2001-2011)

$151,500,000 [11]

$12,863,636

12

Johan Santana

New York Mets

Baseball

6 years (2008-2013)

$137,500,000 [12]

$22,916,667

13

Kobe Bryant

Los Angeles Lakers

Basketball

7 years (2004-2011)

$136,400,000 [13]

$19,485,714

14

Alfonso Soriano

Chicago Cubs

Baseball

8 years (2007-2014)

$136,000,000 [14]

$17,000,000

15

Peyton Manning

Indianapolis Colts

American football

7 years (2005-2011)

$132,500,000 [15]

$18,928,571

16

Jermaine O'Neal

Indiana Pacers*

Basketball

7 years (2003-2010)

$126,558,000 [16]

$18,079,714

17

Kevin Garnett

Minnesota Timberwolves*

Basketball

7 years (1998-2005)

$126,000,000 [17]

$18,000,000

17

Barry Zito

San Francisco Giants

Baseball

7 years (2007-2013)

$126,000,000 [18]

$18,000,000

17

Vernon Wells

Toronto Blue Jays

Baseball

7 years (2008-2014)

$126,000,000 [19]

$18,000,000

17

Rashard Lewis

Orlando Magic

Basketball

6 years (2007-2013)

$126,000,000 [20]

$21,000,000

21

Michael SchumacherR

Ferrari

Auto racing

4 years (1996-1999)

$124,000,000 [21]

$31,000,000

21

Alexander Ovechkin

Washington Capitals

Ice hockey

13 years (2008-2021)

$124,000,000 [22]

$9,538,461

23

Chris Webber

Sacramento Kings*

Basketball

7 years (2001-2007)

$122,718,750 [23]

$17,531,250

24

Tim Duncan

San Antonio Spurs

Basketball

7 years (2003-2010)

$122,007,704 [24]

$17,429,672

25

Mike Hampton

Colorado Rockies*

Baseball

8 years (2001-2008)

$121,000,000 [25]

$15,125,000

26

Shaquille O'Neal

Los Angeles Lakers*

Basketball

7 years (1996-2003)

$120,000,000 [26]

$17,142,857

26

Jason Giambi

New York Yankees*

Baseball

7 years (2002-2008)

$120,000,000 [27]

$17,142,857

28

Carson Palmer

Cincinnati Bengals

American football

9 years (2006-2014)

$119,750,000‡ [28]

$13,305,555

29

Carlos Beltrán

New York Mets

Baseball

7 years (2005-2011)

$119,000,000 [29]

$17,000,000

30

Ken Griffey, Jr.

Cincinnati Reds*

Baseball

9 years (2000-2008)

$116,500,000 [30]

$12,944,444

31

Donovan McNabb

Philadelphia Eagles

American football

12 years (2002-2013)

$115,000,000‡ [31]

$9,583,333

32

Juwan Howard

Washington Wizards*

Basketball

7 years (1996-2003)

$105,000,000 [32]

$15,000,000

32

Kevin BrownR

Los Angeles Dodgers*

Baseball

7 years (1999-2005)

$105,000,000 [33]

$15,000,000

34

Jason Kidd

New Jersey Nets*

Basketball

6 years (2003-2009)

$103,572,000 [34]

$17,262,000

35

Ben Roethlisberger

Pittsburgh Steelers

American Football

8 years (2008-2015)

$102,000,000 [35]

$12,750,000

36

Albert Pujols

St. Louis Cardinals

Baseball

7 years (2004-2010)

$100,000,000 [36]

$14,285,714

36

Carlos Lee

Houston Astros

Baseball

6 years (2007-2012)

$100,000,000 [37]

$16,666,666

36

Shaquille O'Neal

Miami Heat*

Basketball

5 years (2005-2010)

$100,000,000 [38]

$20,000,000

36

Brett Favre

Green Bay Packers*

American Football

10 years (2001-2010)

$100,000,000 [39]

$10,000,000



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