Aaron Rodgers vs. Conor McGregor: How much time does it take Packers star to earn a million compared to UFC superstar?
Aaron Rodgers set an NFL record when he signed a contract extension with the Green Bay Packers prior to the start of the 2022 NFL season. He became the first NFL player and first American athlete to sign a team contract worth more than $50 million per year. He makes even more money through endorsements and sponsorships, but his team contract is what jumps out the most.
In the last full calendar year, Aaron Rodgers has earned about $57 million dollars from his team contract with the Packers. He has spent over 1,000 minutes on the football field, making his salary approximately $55,882 per minute when calculated by just his time spent on the actual football field playing the quarterback position, as estimated by OLBG.
Aaron Rodgers' insane salary puts him among the highest-earning athletes in the country in 2022. The only athletes consistently earning more per minute than Rodgers are in the world of combat sports. Three athletes come from boxing, including Canelo Alvarez, Tyson Fury, and Jake Paul. Alvarez and Fury have each earned more than a million dollars per minute in the prize-fighting ring over the last year, while Paul earned nearly 700,00 per minute during his fights.
The three boxers each exceed Aaron Rodgers' salary per minute by a fairly significant margin, but none of them compare to the massive haul brought in by Conor McGregor, despite very little time in the octagon. The UFC superstar blew the entire competition out of the water in this category, earning a jaw-dropping $6.6 million per minute. He spent five minutes in MMA action against Dustin Poirier, but earned $33 million for his work.
This means Conor McGregor makes a million dollars for about every nine seconds he spent in the UFC octagon in 2022. This is significantly quicker than the approximately 17 minutes and 54 seconds it takes Aaron Rodgers to earn a million dollars on the football field. In the time it takes Rodgers to earn a million dollars, McGregor would exceed $119 million based on his earnings per minute.
Does Conor McGregor have a higher net worth than Aaron Rodgers?
While Conor McGregor owns the earnings per minute category across American sports during the last calendar year of 2022, he's much less dominant when it comes to net worth. His current net worth is estimated to be around $200 million. He has accumulated much of his wealth in the UFC, as well as boxing against the legendary Floyd Mayweather.
McGregor additionally has a ton of endorsement deals to further increase his value. He is also a successful entrepreneur, starting successful companies such as Proper Twelve Whiskey and The Black Forge Inn.
Aaron Rodgers has an identical net worth to McGregor, estimated to be around $200 million as well. In addition to receiving the largest per-year contract in American sports history, he is also a savvy investor and has a ton of endorsements with many companies. One of his most notable is a massive deal with State Farm and he is also a partial owner of the Milwaukee Bucks in the NBA.