Is Juan Soto a bigger superstar than Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani after record-setting $765 million deal?

Is Juan Soto a bigger superstar than Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani after record-setting $765 million deal?

Juan Soto now stands alone at the top of the MLB's active contract leaderboard. His $765 million deal trumps that of even Shohei Ohtani and dwarfs virtually all other deals. It's the biggest deal in professional sports history.

The New York Mets inked him to 15 years with that total value, indicating that he's worth a lot of money. Now that he makes more money per year than Aaron Judge and more overall than Shohei Ohtani, is he a bigger star?

Has Juan Soto passed Shohei Ohtani, Aaron Judge?

Not exactly. Contracts are not always about value for players and it's often not a one-to-one comparison. Aaron Judge, for example, was worth 3.3 fWAR more than Soto in 2024.