Messi, Cristiano, Rahm? Review the Most Million Dollar Contracts in Sports History

It was a crazy weekend. In less than 48 hours, the sports world was shocked by over-the-limit two million dollar contracts. In fact, the last of these became the most lucrative an athlete has signed in history. This is the link between Japanese baseball player Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers, a franchise that won him over $700 million over the next ten years.

The deal came just after the signing of Spanish golfer Jon Rahm. his arrival at LIV , by Joaquín Niemann and Mito Pereira. Of course, for El León de Barrika to accept this change, The Saudi league had to pay $550 million. The deal obviously changed the list of top 10 contracts in sports.

The sport most present in this top 10 is undoubtedly baseball, a very popular activity in North America. The tenth The position is occupied by Manny Machado, who signed this year for the San Diego Padres for a fee that reached $350 million. Also this year, there was the signing of Aaron Judge with the New York Yankees, for 360 million, a contract which occupies ninth place.

In the place eight A sport that is not baseball has just appeared. It’s about boxing, with the Mexican Canelo Álvarez, who accepted a five-year contract with the DAZN network in 2018 in exchange for $365 million . The link was later canceled in 2020.

However, in seventh and sixth place Contracts signed by baseball players reappear. In 2020, Mookie Betts signed for the Los Angeles Dodgers for over 365 million. For his part, Mike Trout precedes him, having arrived a year earlier in the same institution for 427 million.

In the first five places, we already see a more heterogeneous mix. In American football, Patrick Mahomes earned US$450 million by joining the Kansas City Chiefs in 2020.

Cristiano Ronaldo is in fourth place . In December last year, the Portuguese left Manchester United for signs for Al Nassr of Saudi Arabia. The figure reaches $518 million for 2.5 years of relationship.

NOW, Jon Rahm and his aforementioned arrival at LIV take third place. Of course, for two days he was the closest person to Lionel Messi, who in 2017 renewed with Barcelona for $674 million. This, yes, In the case of La Pulga there is the difference that he did not receive this amount in a single payment, but by repeated renewals.

But they not only matched Messi, but far surpassed him. The Dodgers are betting big on Ohtani and will give him a check for $700 million for ten years of service. A shocking figure that seems difficult to overcome.