Juan Soto, Shohei Ohtani, Bryce Harper, and Aaron Judge (Getty)
The MLB has outdone itself again in the world of sports. Superstar outfielder Juan Soto signed a 15-year, $765 million deal with the New York Mets on Sunday night which superseded Shohei Ohtani's $700 million contract with the Dodgers as the biggest contract in the league.
Soto's contract not only tops the list of MLB's most lucrative deals but is also the biggest contract ever handed to a sportsperson. Soto's contract joins elite company with Ohtani being second on the list of the most lucrative sports contracts— soccer legends Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are in third and fourth place — and NFL superstar Patrick Mahomes rounds out the top five.
In this list, we will take a look at the biggest contracts ever handed out in Major League Baseball history.
