Largest Sports Contracts in History
About This Dataset
Largest Sports Contracts in History
Total guaranteed value of a single contract, in US dollars and not adjusted for inflation. Total value rewards length as much as pay rate: a fifteen-year deal outranks a shorter one worth far more per season, which is why the two ways of ranking these contracts disagree.
Analysis
Juan Soto's 2025-2039 deal with the New York Mets is worth $765,000,000, 1.08 times the $710,030,000 of Cristiano Ronaldo's 2025-2027 contract. 6 of the 12 largest contracts are in baseball, and 4 sports appear in total. Ranked by annual pay instead, the leader is Cristiano Ronaldo at $355,015,000 a year. The smallest contract on this chart is still worth $360,000,000.
Key Findings
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Juan Soto (New York Mets, 2025-2039) leads in Contract Value (US$) with 765,000,000 in 2026.
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Average Contract Value (US$) in 2026: 524,238,902 · median: 502,000,000.
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Gap in 2026: Juan Soto (New York Mets, 2025-2039) is 2.1× larger than Aaron Judge (New York Yankees, 2023-2031).
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- Wikipedia, List of largest sports contracts
- Coverage
- 12 entities · 2026 · 12 observations
- Measure
- Contract Value (US$)
- Last updated
- 7 September 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
- Values are shown as reported by the source. Nothing is rescaled, rebased or converted — the only changes are thousand separators and decimals shown to two places.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2026.
Data Sources & References
All external sources cited in this dataset
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