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The best (like absolute best) football|basketball|baseball players in the world make approximately what per game?

by tibbon 11y ago

Retric 11y ago
Best is around 10x that, but at the cost of their body and long term health. Nobody is playing professional football|basketball|baseball in there 50's, and even just 40 is pushing it. Where pro go players can 60+.
- rsync 11y ago
  Gordie Howe played in the NHL until he was 53.[1] Not really refuting your statement, which is essentially true, but it's worth your time to read the wikipedia page. He played on a professional hockey team with his two adult sons at one point(!). He played in the NHL in five different decades. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordie_Howe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordie_Howe
  - Retric 11y ago
    Yep, it's interesting to see a few edge cases out there. There are a tiny number of people that came close to 50 in baseball:basketball:football. Julio Franco played baseball till 49. George Blanda played football till 48 Nat Hickey played baseball till 45.
- gohrt 11y ago
  Interestingly, the world champions seem rather young.
mindcrime 11y ago
Well, defensive end Olivier Vernon just signed a deal with the New York Giants which will pay him an average annual salary of around 17 million dollars. And there was a huge signing bonus as well.[1] NFL seasons are 16 regular season games, plus 4 pre-season games. And then there are the playoffs, which a given team might or might not make or advance in. All told, given that the signing bonus is amortized over all the games he plays, the annual salary, etc., I think it would be fair to say that Vernon will make around a million dollars a game. Aside: Vernon isn't necessarily "the best" DE in the NFL, but due to market forces and the way things work with the salary cap, free agency rules, etc., the contract he just signed is one of the largest for a defensive player in the league. QB's tend to make even more, but I can't recall a really high profile QB who has signed a big deal recently. [1]: http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/new-york-giants/olivier-vernon/ http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/new-york-giants/olivier-vernon/
- cubano 11y ago
  Osweiler QB from the Broncos just signed a huge deal with the Texans...$18mil/year but I haven't heard how much of that is guaranteed so I'm sure. A really big issue with NFL contracts is this "guaranteed money" thing...I believe the NFL is the only major US sports league who give player contracts without it, so you have to take those salary numbers with a grain of salt.
  - stevehawk 11y ago
    34 guaranteed over first two years
- Pxtl 11y ago
  Football is kind of an oddcase since it the most popular sport in the richest country, and it runs very few games per year.
- deleted 11y ago
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balls187 11y ago
If as many people who pay to watch (NFL|NBA|MLB) paid to watch Go, you'd likely see similar payouts. I would like to see AlphaGo play 21 against Steph Curry.

The best (like absolute best) football|basketball|baseball players in the world make approximately what per game?

by tibbon 11y ago

The best (like absolute best) football|basketball|baseball players in the world make approximately what per game?

Best is around 10x that, but at the cost of their body and long term health. Nobody is playing professional football|basketball|baseball in there 50's, and even just 40 is pushing it. Where pro go players can 60+.

rsync 11y ago
Gordie Howe played in the NHL until he was 53.[1] Not really refuting your statement, which is essentially true, but it's worth your time to read the wikipedia page. He played on a professional hockey team with his two adult sons at one point(!). He played in the NHL in five different decades. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordie_Howe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordie_Howe
- Retric 11y ago
  Yep, it's interesting to see a few edge cases out there. There are a tiny number of people that came close to 50 in baseball:basketball:football. Julio Franco played baseball till 49. George Blanda played football till 48 Nat Hickey played baseball till 45.
gohrt 11y ago
Interestingly, the world champions seem rather young.

mindcrime 11y ago

Well, defensive end Olivier Vernon just signed a deal with the New York Giants which will pay him an average annual salary of around 17 million dollars. And there was a huge signing bonus as well.[1] NFL seasons are 16 regular season games, plus 4 pre-season games. And then there are the playoffs, which a given team might or might not make or advance in. All told, given that the signing bonus is amortized over all the games he plays, the annual salary, etc., I think it would be fair to say that Vernon will make around a million dollars a game. Aside: Vernon isn't necessarily "the best" DE in the NFL, but due to market forces and the way things work with the salary cap, free agency rules, etc., the contract he just signed is one of the largest for a defensive player in the league. QB's tend to make even more, but I can't recall a really high profile QB who has signed a big deal recently. [1]: http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/new-york-giants/olivier-vernon/ http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/new-york-giants/olivier-vernon/

cubano 11y ago
Osweiler QB from the Broncos just signed a huge deal with the Texans...$18mil/year but I haven't heard how much of that is guaranteed so I'm sure. A really big issue with NFL contracts is this "guaranteed money" thing...I believe the NFL is the only major US sports league who give player contracts without it, so you have to take those salary numbers with a grain of salt.
- stevehawk 11y ago
  34 guaranteed over first two years
Pxtl 11y ago
Football is kind of an oddcase since it the most popular sport in the richest country, and it runs very few games per year.
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balls187 11y ago

If as many people who pay to watch (NFL|NBA|MLB) paid to watch Go, you'd likely see similar payouts. I would like to see AlphaGo play 21 against Steph Curry.