Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word football normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Today’s top players don’t have to worry about working a side gig in the offseason. Nine-figure contracts, once unheard of, are now the norm for the biggest football stars. Some of the largest contracts are spread out over a dozen years or more.
Here are the top 10 largest football contracts in history.
| Rank | Name | Organization | Length of contract | Contract value |
| 1. | Lionel Messi | Barcelona F.C. | 4 years (2017-2021) | $674,000,000 |
| 2. | Cristiano Ronaldo | Al-Nassr | 2.5 years (2023-2025) | $536,336,818 |
| 3. | Patrick Mahomes | Kansas City Chiefs | 10 years (2020-2031) | $503,000,000 |
| 4. | Josh Allen | Buffalo Bills | 6 years (2021-2028) | $258,000,000 |
| 5. | Russell Wilson | Denver Broncos | 5 years (2022-2026) | $242,588,236 |
| 6. | Kyler Murray | Arizona Cardinals | 5 years (2022-2026) | $230,500,000 |
| 7. | Deshaun Watson | Cleveland Browns | 5 years (2022-2026) | $230,000,000 |
| 8. | Deshaun Watson | Houston Texans | 6 years (2020-2025) | $177,500,000 |
| 9. | Dak Prescott | Dallas Cowboys | 4 years (2021-2024) | $160,000,000 |
| 10. | Matthew Stafford | Los Angeles Rams | 4 years (2022-2026) | $160,000,000 |
