NBA athletes are the richest athletes in the world

[cobra]

Jokic: 5 years, $264 million; per year: $53 million
Beal: 5 years $251 million; per year: $50 million
Booker: 4 years $214 million; per year: $54 million
Lavine: 5 years, $215.2 million; per year: $53 million
KAT: 5 years, $224 million; per year: $43 million
Morant: 5 years, $231 million; per year: $46 million
Anfernee Simmons: 4 years, $100 million; per year: $25 million
Jalen Brunson: 4 years, $104 million; per year: $26 million


let's compare to some recent signings in other sports

Soccer:

Mo Salah: 400k pounds per week or $25 million per year
Erling Haaland: 375k pounds per week or 21.5 million per year

Baseball:

Mookie Betts: 12 years, $365 million
Francisco Lindor: 10 years, $341 million
Fernando Tatis Jr., Padres -- 14 years, $340 million

NFL:

1. Browns QB Deshaun Watson: $230,000,000​

Type: Extension
Length: 5 years
2022 salary: $46,035,000
Guaranteed money: $230,000,000

2. Rams QB Matthew Stafford: $160,000,000​

Type: Extension
Length: 4 years
2022 salary: $61,500,000
Guaranteed money: $130,000,000

3. Packers QB Aaron Rodgers: $150,815,000​

Type: Extension
Length: 3 years
2022 salary: $42,000,000
Guaranteed money: $150,815,000

4. Raiders WR Davante Adams: $141,250,000​

Type: Extension
Length: 5 years
2022 salary: $23,320,576
Guaranteed money: $65,670,000

5. Raiders QB Derek Carr: $121,500,000​

Type: Extension
Length: 3 years
2022 salary: $19,877,519
Guaranteed money: $65,277,519

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

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[viktordoomsecretwars]

There's only about 450 NBA players though. The average soccer league has way more than that. Same with the NFL.

 

[MikelArteta]

Ain't no money like NBA money

 

[CEO of Morgan Industries]

Basically NBA and the top two or three soccer leagues are going to offer the most money because of their global reach, and the NBA has smaller squads than soccer, so NBA players will have the opportunity to make more.

I would try hard to steer my kid away from football and try to get them playing basketball, soccer, or baseball (which has a slightly smaller global reach, but where you can specialize and make good money - a left-hander with two elite pitches can make 8M a year in relief).

 

[Uitomy]

What the taxes look like for nba players tho? I know constantly playing in New York-cali can be a big whack on the salaries (esp in the western conference)


They deserve it tho, nba the most exciting sport bar none imo.

 

[Formerly known as...]

Browns are clowns for giving Watson such a contract when their is so much uncertainty around him

 

[Wargames]

This is what happens when players have a strong union that requires the owners to split revenue 50/50. Unlike most sports you can’t strike break NBA players due to the speed and size of the average nba player.

 

[10bandz]

Soccer players contracts are after tax whereas the NBA is before tax. Also you posted Haaland and Salah well what about Mbappe, Messi, Neymar, Ronaldo??

 

[Ohene]

common knowledge

if you consider the size and skills required to be an NBA player, they are the rarest so it makes sense

 

[Ohene]

Soccer players contracts are after tax whereas the NBA is before tax

damn had no idea

 

[10bandz]

damn had no idea

Yeah but either way NBA players definitely near the top. European soccer leagues and NBA paying the most for sure.

 

[CEO of Morgan Industries]

What the taxes look like for nba players tho? I know constantly playing in New York-cali can be a big whack on the salaries (esp in the western conference)

Depends on where you play. There's a jock tax which means that you pay state income taxes for each state you play in on the road. However, if you play in a state with no state income tax, you don't have to pay those for 41+ home games. So if you play in Orlando, Miami, Memphis, Dallas, Houston, or San Antonio, you don't have to pay any state income tax for half your games. If they put teams in Seattle and Vegas, it'll be like that for those players, too.

Then there are progressive federal taxes that are the same for every player.

 

[Windows 91]

Lewis Hamilton made $55 million last year, although I don't think any other driver is getting paid like that.

 

[Slimkid07]