Where does Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s mega-deal rank in history?

NBA players earn more money than their counterparts in other team sports. The NFL and the MLB could evoke the fields of green, but the courts of the NBA are the equivalent of the Waldis Ultra Safe – the favorite place to hide money.

The reasons involve simple mathematics. The NBA lists are half the size of those of MLB and a fraction of the size of those of the NFL. Fewer players share the loot of television offers, sales of goods, sponsorships and frequentation of the game. This results in more money per player.

This also means that the contract signed Tuesday by Shai Gilgeous-Alexander giving it the richest annual salary is not a surprise. It’s as usual.

Freshly out of Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBA championship, Gilgeous -Alexander – known as SGA – signed a $ 285 million contract extension over four years which will start during the 2027-2028 season.

This represents $ 71.25 million per year. CUE CONFETTIS EMOJI.

In general, NBA contracts are the most lucrative, MLB contracts the longest and the NFL contracts the most difficult to decipher because all the money is not guaranteed.

The Shohei Ohtani of Dodgers draws $ 70 million a year from the $ 700 million contract over 10 years which he signed before the 2024 season. However, it is only paid $ 2 million per year because it agreed to postpone the rest. The remaining $ 68 million per year will be paid from 2034 to 2043.

Juan Soto has signed a $ 765 million contract over 15 years with New York dishes before the 2025 season which does not include postponements. The outfall has received a signing bonus of $ 75 million and will receive an annual salary of approximately $ 46 million at 2038.

The SOTO agreement includes the possibility of withdrawing after the 2029 season, the date on which the dishes can replace its opt by adding an additional $ 4 million per season to the last 10 years of his contract. This would increase his salary to $ 50 million per year and increase his total profit to $ 805 million.

Thus, while Ohtani and Soto contracts are the most lucrative because of their length, the average annual value does not correspond to that of the main NBA agreements. According to Spotrac, eighteen NBA players are under contract to win $ 50 million or more per season.

Jayson Tatum of Boston Celtics became the first player to win an agreement that will pay him $ 70 million in one season. The extension of $ 314 million over five years to which he accepted a year ago at a maximum of $ 71.45 million for the 2029-30 season, the last of the contract.

Tatum’s teammate Jaylen Brown has signed a similar agreement a year earlier, agreeing to play five years for $ 285.4 million, an average of $ 57.1 million per season.

The most lucrative contracts of the NFL go exclusively to the quarter-rear, including six under contracts guaranteeing $ 200 million or more. Josh Allen des Buffalo Bills tops the list with a guarantee of $ 250 million from a six -year contract he signed in May.

Passenger colleagues guarantee 200 million dollars or more: Dak Prescott ($ 231 million) from Dallas, Deshaun Watson ($ 230 million) from Cleveland, Joe Burrow ($ 219 million) from Cincinnati, Justin Herbert de The Chargers (218.7 million dollars) and Trevor Lawrence (200 million dollars) Jacksonville.

Next Season, Seven NFL Players – All Quarterbacks – Will Be Paid More Than $ 50 million: Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes ($ 56.8 million), Detroit’s Jared Goff ($ 55 million), Allen ($ 55 million), Miami’s Tua Tagovailoa ($ 55 million) Baltimore’s Lamar Jackson ($ 52 million), Philadelphia’s Jalen Hurts ($ 51.5 million) and Jordan Love by Green Bay ($ 51 million).

The Rams quarter, Matthew Stafford, is tied 13th in the list at 40 million dollars after his contract was restructured to give it a significant increase compared to the 23 million dollars he won in 2024.

The best-paid non-quarter next season will be Philadelphia Eagles Tackle Lane Johnson at $ 41.7 million.

Returning to MLB, the Angels of the Mike Trout angels continues to hold the greatest contract value in addition to Ohtani and Soto. He signed a $ 426.5 million contract over 12 years in 2019, at the most lucrative era of American sports.

Trout won his third most useful player of player in the American league – he also finished second in the four -time vote – during the first year of the agreement, but in the six years that followed more than 100 games only once due to injuries.

Other MLB contracts to note, in total value, include the Mookie Betts of the Dodgers (12 years, $ 365 million), the Yankees judge Aaron (nine, 360 million dollars), the Francisco Lindor des Mets (10 years, $ 341 million) and the Fernando Tatis Jr. dollars).

Next season, the best -paid players behind Soto will be the Phillies Zach Wheeler launcher ($ 42 million), the first goal player from Blue Jays Vladimir Guerrero ($ 40.2 million), the judge ($ 40 million) and the third goal of the third goal Anthony Rendon ($ 38.6 million).

At least for the angels, it will be the last year that they have to pay Rendon. The 245 million dollars contract over seven years which he signed before the 2020 season is one of the worst in the history of sport. He reached a large total of 22 circuits in six seasons and did not play more than 58 games in any season. This year, he should not play because of a hip injury.

Guaranteeing a player a huge sum of money and watching him disappointing is a risk that the teams will take whatever the sport. Watson’s witness in the NFL and Phoenix Suns Bradley Beal goalkeeper (five years, 250 million dollars) in the NBA.

Gilgeous-Alexander is considered to be a low-risk signature because of its youth, makeup and the fact that NBA players maintain their peak performance longer than those of NFL and MLB, where catastrophic injuries are more frequent.

The leader of the NBA is only 26.

Its total in the next six seasons will be $ 363 million and it could still play at a level high enough to deserve another Mega-Deal. Although the story has proven that at that time, another player will have overshadowed which is for the moment an amazing salary.