[Flamingo kid]

The list

Rank	Player	Team	Sport	Length of contract	Contract value (USD)	Average per year (USD)
1	Alex Rodriguez	Texas Rangers*	Baseball	10 years (2001-2010)	$252,000,000 [1]	$25,200,000
2	Derek Jeter	New York Yankees	Baseball	10 years (2001-2010)	$189,000,000 [2]	$18,900,000
3	Michael Vick	Atlanta Falcons	American football	10 years (2005-2014)	$167,000,000 [3]	$16,700,000
4	Manny Ramírez	Boston Red Sox	Baseball	8 years (2001-2008)	$160,000,000 [4]	$20,000,000
4	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	Auto racing	4 years (2007-2010)	$160,000,000 [5]	$40,000,000
6	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	Auto racing	3 years (2007-2009)	$153,000,000 [6]	$51,000,000
7	Todd Helton	Colorado Rockies	Baseball	11 years (2001-2011)	$141,500,000 [7]	$12,863,636
8	Kobe Bryant	Los Angeles Lakers	Basketball	7 years (2004-2010)	$136,400,000 [8]	$19,485,714
9	Alfonso Soriano	Chicago Cubs	Baseball	8 years (2007-2014)	$136,000,000 [9]	$17,000,000
10	Peyton Manning	Indianapolis Colts	American football	7 years (2005-2011)	$132,500,000 [10]	$18,928,571
11	Jermaine O'Neal	Indiana Pacers	Basketball	7 years (2003-2009)	$126,558,000 [11]	$18,079,714
12	Kevin Garnett	Minnesota Timberwolves*	Basketball	7 years (1998-2004)	$126,000,000 [12]	$18,000,000
12	Barry Zito	San Francisco Giants	Baseball	7 years (2007-2013)	$126,000,000 [13]	$18,000,000
12	Vernon Wells	Toronto Blue Jays	Baseball	7 years (2007-2013)	$126,000,000 [14]	$18,000,000
12	Rashard Lewis	Orlando Magic	Basketball	6 years (2007-2012)	$126,000,000 [15]	$21,000,000
16	Michael Schumacher1	Ferrari*	Auto racing	4 years (1996-1999)	$124,000,000 [16]	$31,000,000
17	Chris Webber	Sacramento Kings*	Basketball	7 years (2001-2007)	$122,718,750 [17]	$17,531,250
18	Tim Duncan	San Antonio Spurs	Basketball	7 years (2003-2009)	$122,007,704 [18]	$17,429,672
19	Todd Helton	Colorado Rockies*	Baseball	8 years (2001-2008)	$121,000,000 [19]	$15,125,000
20	Shaquille O'Neal	Los Angeles Lakers*	Basketball	7 years (1996-2002)	$120,000,000 [20]	$17,142,857
20	Jason Giambi	New York Yankees	Baseball	7 years (2002-2008)	$120,000,000 [21]	$17,142,857
22	Carson Palmer	Cincinnati Bengals	American football	9 years (2006-2014)	$119,750,000‡ [22]	$13,305,555
23	Carlos Beltrán	New York Mets	Baseball	7 years (2005-2011)	$119,000,000 [23]	$17,000,000
24	Ken Griffey, Jr.	Cincinnati Reds	Baseball	9 years (2000-2008)	$116,500,000 [24]	$12,944,444
25	Donovan McNabb	Philadelphia Eagles	American football	12 years (2002-2013)	$115,000,000‡ [25]	$9,583,333
26	Kevin Brown1	Los Angeles Dodgers*	Baseball	7 years (1999-2005)	$105,000,000 [26]	$15,000,000
27	Jason Kidd	New Jersey Nets	Basketball	6 years (2003-2008)	$103,572,000 [27]	$17,262,000
28	Albert Pujols	St. Louis Cardinals	Baseball	7 years (2004-2010)	$100,000,000 [28]	$14,285,714
28	Carlos Lee	Houston Astros	Baseball	6 years (2007-2012)	$100,000,000 [29]	$16,666,666
28	Shaquille O'Neal	Miami Heat	Basketball	5 years (2005-2009)	$100,000,000 [30]	$20,000,000
	1 - retired	* - no longer on team			‡ - not guaranteed

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