These mega sports stars aren't just big on the fields, they're also the ones who rake in some BIG moolahs. Money that you and me can't get our heads around to even imagine! Yes, we're talking sh*t loads of dough out here.
We've rounded up some of the biggest sports contracts in history right here. There, now you know who gained real big in the game.
1. Giancarlo Stanton
In November 2014, the Miami Marlins slugger signed a 13-year contract that netted him $325 million. I don’t get how people can sign anything beyond a few months, but for a 25-year-old, that’s a massive bank deposit.
2. Lionel Messi
We’ve run out of superlatives to describe this wonder-messiah-genius-greatest ever footballer, but there won’t be any running short of income for the guy, and his future generations.
His five-year deal at Barcelona ran to the tune of $250 million, and that’s after tax cuts. Add to that everyone from Adidas to EA Sports and even TATA Motors dole out a few million to his bank every year.
3. Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari’s champion signed a 3-year-deal with them to keep driving them to the podium for $240 million. He may not be at his prime anymore, but that’s a future real secure.
4. Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Dude’s been on the wire lately for continually refusing (or laughing at) Connor McGregor’s constant nitpicking for a bout in the ring, He’s also known as Floyd Money Mayweather for a reason. He signed a deal with Showtime to broadcast just six of his fights for a $250 million deal. That’s not counting the $100 million he may get for whooping McGregor’s ass if that fight ever happens.
5. Alex Ovechkin
Hockey’s (or rather for all of us on the eastern side of the world, ice hockey) biggest ever deal was made in 2008 by the Washington Capitals, a $125 million gamble on Alex Ovechkin, who ensured the contract was worth every penny. He’s scored over 500 goals, and counting.
6. Valentino Rossi
Rossi can’t NOT figure on this list. The invincible Italian signed a deal garnering him $12 million every year, and that’s untouchable by MotoGP standards, given nobody will come close to his records, not in this generation at least. If he retires.
I’m getting sick just imagining all that money.