Top 5 highest-paid sports broadcasters ft. Tom Brady, Jim Rome, and more (2022)
Sports broadcasters have recently received a surge in financial value. Over the last couple of years, the major networks have been in bidding wars for the top talents in the industry, driving the price tag up to land big-name broadcasters.
We are now in a world where the top broadcasters in the sports industry make as much, if not more, than the large majority of players that they are talking about. Here are the top five highest-paid sports broadcasters, ranked by their average yearly reported salary.
Highest-paid sports broadcasters by yearly salary
#4 - Michael Strahan - $17 million
While Michael Strahan made it to the Pro Football Hall of Fame for his dominant NFL career as a pass rusher for the New York Giants, he has been just as successful in his post-football career. He has been dominating the media world as much as he did the gridiron.
Strahan makes an estimated $17 million per year and has a net worth of approximately $65 million. He currently works as a studio analyst for the NFL on FOX Sports and is a daily television host on Good Morning America. He has also featured in several commercials and TV shows.
#3 (tied) - Troy Aikman - $18 million
Troy Aikman has been paired with Joe Buck in the booth as the top broadcast team for NFL games on FOX network. He became a free agent following the 2021 season and was at the center of a bidding war between FOX, ESPN, and Amazon.
Thanks to his new contract at ESPN, Troy Aikman now makes $18 million a year.
He'll make more annually than about 97% of active NFL players. https://t.co/brPlEqdJXG
After the networks placed their bids, ESPN came out on top, offering Aikman a massive contract worth $18 million annually to call their weekly edition of Monday Night Football. Shortly after Aikman signed, Joe Buck joined him there.