The Richlist Index · The best-paid athletes

Shohei Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

Baseball, and the largest endorsement book in the sport · Japan

Photo: The White House, Public domain

See the full board
A card showing Shohei Ohtani: $127.6M, earnings, one year, from Forbes World's Highest-Paid Athletes 2026

The card

This is what a shared link looks like. Send it, or save the picture and post it anywhere. The figure, the source and the date travel with it.

A public estimate, not a listing. Shohei Ohtani did not pay to be here, declared nothing, and is not ranked against anybody who did.

What they own

  • The Dodgers contractTen years and $700 million, with $680 million of it deferred for a decadeMLB.com · logo Public domainA contract, not a stake

Things they own

  • A house near Los Angeles HomeHe bought it in 2024 and put it back on the market without moving in, citing privacyDeadline, 2024$7.85 million in 2024

Lists they are on

Everybody on these boards is written about from public sources. The members list is the one you can join.