The Biggest Contracts in Sports History, Ranked: $765 Million, and Why It's Almost All Baseball

Juan Soto's 15-year, $765 million deal with the Mets is the biggest contract in sports history, and nine of the ten biggest are in baseball. Shohei Ohtani's $700 million is mostly paid after the deal ends, Patrick Mahomes is the only non-baseball name, and per year, basketball leads. Here is the ranking, ahead of the World Series on October 23.