Juan Soto’s eye-watering contract by the numbers, comparison, $1.2 billion

Juan Soto’s numbers in 2024 read 41 home runs, 109 RBIs and a .288 batting average.

If he continues to do that over the next 15 years and he’ll be making roughly $1.86 million AUD for every home run he hits. For every second, he will put $355 in his pocket.

Soto’s $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.

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He’ll 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.

Some of the numbers around the sports world are simply eye-popping in this era.

One year ago, Shohei Ohtani signed what many believed would be the craziest deal in history when he joined the Los Angeles Dodgers for more than $1 billion, but that has already been broken by Soto’s move from the Yankees to the Mets.

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.

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott 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.

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.

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

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.

Football legend Lionel Messi 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.

The world’s best golfer, Scottie Scheffler, earned about $17,452 for every shot he took on the course this year, such was his success on the PGA Tour.

Compare it to the highest-paid players in Australians main codes and it makes you think twice when criticising a player like Joseph Suaalii for chasing money while he can.

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

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

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.