{"id":434667,"date":"2024-12-09T21:58:45","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T22:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=434667"},"modified":"2024-12-10T01:11:41","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T01:11:41","slug":"355-per-second-insane-numbers-behind-record-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=434667","title":{"rendered":"$355 per second: Insane numbers behind record contract"},"content":{"rendered":"

Juan Soto<\/a>\u2019s numbers in 2024 read 41 home runs, 109 RBIs and a .288 batting average.<\/p>\n

If he continues to do that over the next 15 years and he\u2019ll be making roughly $1.86 million AUD for every home run he hits. For every second, he will put $355 in his pocket.<\/p>\n

Soto\u2019s $1.2 billion, 15-year agreement with the New York Mets – the richest contract in terms of total value to a player in professional sports history – provides a chance to look at the numbers in some very silly ways.<\/p>\n

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He\u2019ll make $488,845 per game. Based on his numbers this season, he'd get $1.04 million for every extra-base hit or $71,935 every time he swings the bat no matter if he misses, hits a tapper back to the mound or sends it into the bleachers.<\/p>\n

Some of the numbers around the sports world are simply eye-popping in this era.<\/p>\n

One year ago, Shohei Ohtani signed what many believed would be the craziest deal \ufeffin history when he joined the Los Angeles Dodgers for more than $1 billion<\/a>, but that has already been broken by Soto's move from the Yankees to the Mets. \ufeff<\/p>\n

Wild contracts aren't limited to baseball of course, with some of the biggest names in the NFL and NBA, as well as golf and football, raking in huge cash on a yearly basis.<\/p>\n

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott<\/a> is on a deal worth approximately $93.15 million per season from Dallas. Based on his career average, that means over the lifetime of his current contract, Prescott gets $21,237 for every passing yard he completes.<\/p>\n

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For each appearance, Prescott makes $5.43 million and so far, it has failed to even get the famous franchise within striking distance of their first Super Bowl since 1995.<\/p>\n

Over in basketball, Steph Curry<\/a> is the highest-paid NBA player this season, taking home $96.93 million for his work on the court with the Golden State Warriors.<\/p>\n

The league's all-time three-point king is earning just over $1 million per game. If he was paid based on every three-pointer he sinks, Curry would make $251,330 every time.<\/p>\n

Football legend \ufeffLionel Messi<\/a> may be winding down his career in the MLS, but he still on big money and earned $1.55 million per goal this season with Inter Miami.<\/p>\n

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The world's best golfer, Scottie Scheffler<\/a>, earned about $17,452 for every shot he took on the course this year, such was his success on the PGA Tour.<\/p>\n

Compare it to the highes\ufefft-paid players in Australians main codes and it makes you think twice when criticising a player like Joseph Suaalii<\/a> for chasing money while he can.<\/p>\n

As it stands, Kalyn Ponga is on the biggest salary in the NRL at \ufeff$1.3 million. In the AFL, Tom Lynch took home the most money this year with around $1.5 million.<\/p>\n

While the numbers across the sporting landscape overseas right now are astronomical, Soto stands above the pack after his cross-city move this week.<\/p>\n

With this new contract, the 26-year-old will earn more money than LeBron James and Tom Brady – arguably the two greatest athletes ever – did in their careers combined.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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