Tom Brady used to make his money the hard way: shoved by a 300-pound lineman, racing to the end of the line, in some of the most brutal NFL games one could watch. Now he makes more than he ever did in the Super Bowl without taking a single hit—just by talking.
Fox’s 10-year, $375 million deal with Brady works out to about $37.5 million a year. That’s 15 times the roughly $25 million he made as the highest-paid player in Super Bowl LV–era salary terms—before you even get into the performance bonuses, stock options, and the endorsement halo that followed him for decades. It’s ironic the greatest quarterback of all time is getting his biggest check only after he retires.
