# @culturesportz on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Db1B-3WkRDg
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/68804156-culturesportz-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-08-09T17:59:24.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** culture sportz (@CultureSportz) — https://gondola.cc/CultureSportz

## Caption

Fifty years ago, even the biggest stars in sports earned salaries that look tiny compared to today’s contracts. #JoeNamath made $425,000 in 1975, #KareemAbdulJabbar earned $500,000 and Catfish Hunter’s groundbreaking free-agent deal paid him roughly $640,000 per year.

Today, superstar salaries exist in an entirely different financial universe. #DakPrescott averages $60 million per season, Stephen Curry earns nearly $52 million and Juan Soto’s historic contract pays him an average of $51 million annually across 15 years.

But soccer creates the most extreme comparison: Johan Cruyff earned around $500,000 in 1975, while #CristianoRonaldo reported Al-Nassr compensation reaches hundreds of millions per year. Sports didn’t simply become more popular… television rights, sponsorships and global audiences completely transformed what the world’s best #athletes are worth.

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## Tags

kareemabduljabbar, dakprescott, athletes, joenamath, cristianoronaldo

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