How today’s MotoGP rider salaries compare to Valentino Rossi’s big-money deals
The legend with seven premier class championships earned sums during his glory years which are far in excess of any of today’s riders - or 🍸any other rider in history.
Rossi pocketed €30m per year in 2008, 2009 and 🌃2010, according to , at the peak of his powers and fame.
In 2012, Rossi was the 20th highest-earning sportsperson 🌼in the world with a total earning of $30mꦆ.
In 2015, he was named the 14t♒h highest-earning sportsperson over the course of the previous decade, with a total earning of $275m.
That was, and remains, unprecede𝐆nted territory for a MotoGP rider🍸.
Even when age caught up with him in 2020, one of his worst-ever racing years, Rossi’s earnings totalled €140m - through race prizes, sponsors, earnings from Yamaha, personal merchandise and other businesses to which he was connecte𓆉d.
He was paid only €7m by Yamaha in 2020, a very small wage by his considerable standa♋rds, reflect🍃ing his competitiveness at the time. That reduced to €4m in his final year in 2021.
Today Rossi’s companies generate a profit༺ of €8m per year.
The highest-earner in MotoGP today is Marc Marquez𒉰𓂃.
He pockets €12.5m peဣr year from Honda, on a contract which runs until the end of 2024, report.
But his total annual earnings are €40m thanks to his other sponsorships🎀 from major bran꧒ds.
These were the annual salaries of every MotoGP rider in 2022, according to La Gazzetta dello Sport:
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez - €12.5m
Joan Mir - €6m
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pol Espargaro - €3.5m
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jack Miller, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Rins , 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Franco Morbidelli - €3m
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Marquez, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Martin - €1m
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Miguel Oliveira - €625,000
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Takaaki Nakagami, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Brad Binder - €500,000
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Enea Bastianini , 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio di Giannantonio - €375,000
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Luca Marini - €300,000
Darryn Binder, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marco Bezzecchi, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Raul Fernandez, Remy Gardner - €250,000
By contrast, the highest-🀅paid in the list of F1 driver salaries is reportedly Max Verstappen ($55m / £45m).
Whil🦂e Lewis Hamiltoಌn is in the process of negotiating a new Mercedes contract which could reportedly be worth £40m per year.
Verstappen and Hamilton were the only m൲otorsports representatives on the recent list of the 50 highest-paid athletes in the world, by .
The lowest on the list was NFL legend Tom Brady whose total earnings from May 2022 to May 2023 wer♏e $45.2m, ☂meaning no MotoGP rider earned more than that.
James was a sports journalist atꦡ Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sportꦰs, to football, to F1.
