Top 10 Sports Agents in the World
Sports Events are growing rapidly worldwide, and with this, sportspeople are also making a name in the Sports industry. However, there is a person between an athlete and a company who makes and brings many deals to them: Sports Agents. They are the reasons why the athletes get more of the brand deals and generate income from the brands. We will know how much these sports agents get for making these deals, and what agencies they run. Like Gerrit Cole, Carlos Correa, and Bryce Harper, who are the clients of Scott Boras, he has negotiated many deals with these superstars in the sports industry, by the numbers, the Boras Agency has 106 Clients now.
On the other hand, with an $86 million Jeff Schwartz, the president and founder of Excel Sports Management has 35 clients. In 2014, Giancarlo Stanton, a 13-year-old, made a deal worth $325 million with the Miami Marlins, which was negotiated by Joel Wolfe, one of the largest deals in MLB history. He worked in the minor leagues in his early days. Talking about the Basketball industry, Rich Paul, who is the founder of Klutch Sports Group. Rich also serves as a UTA’s Board member and represented many stars like LeBron James and Anthony Davis, and more than 35 clients.
Joel Segal is managing director and partner of the WME Sports and represents stars like Jaylen Waddle and Christian McCaffrey and many more. Talking about the no. of clients he has achieved is 79 with a $1.4 Billion contract. Graduating from the University of Manitoba and University of Western Ontario, Craig Oster represents Erik Karlsson, Mark Stone and more than 80 clients negotiating $860 million contracts.
Let’s see who the Top 10 Sports Agents in the World are:
1. Scott Boras
- Sport: Baseball
- Maximum Commissions: $191M
- Contracts: $3.8B
- Agency: Boras Corporation
2. Jeff Schwartz
- Sport: Basketball
- Maximum Commissions: $86M
- Contracts: $2.2B
- Agency: Excel Sports Management
3. Joel Wolfe
- Sport: Baseball
- Maximum Commissions: $58M
- Contracts: $1.2B
- Agency: Wasserman
4. Rich Paul
- Sport: Basketball
- Maximum Commissions: $55M
- Contracts: $1.4B
- Agency: Klutch Sports Group
5. Dan Lozano
- Sport: Baseball
- Maximum Commissions: $52M
- Contracts: $1B
- Agency: MVP Sports Group
6. Casey Close
- Sport: Baseball
- Maximum Commissions: $48M
- Contracts: $960M
- Agency: Excel Sports Management
7. Joel Segal
- Sport: Football
- Maximum Commissions: $42M
- Contracts: $1.4B
- Agency: WME Sports
8. Todd France
- Sport: Football
- Maximum Commissions: $42M
- Contracts: $1.4B
- Agency: Athletes First
9. Bill Duffy
- Sport: Basketball
- Maximum Commissions: $41M
- Contracts: $1B
- Agency: WME Sports
10. Sam and Seth Levinson
- Sport: Baseball
- Maximum Commissions: $40M
- Contracts: $810M
- Agency: ACES
11. David Mulugheta
- Sport: Football
- Maximum Commissions: $38M
- Contracts: $1.3B
- Agency: Athletes First
12. Mark Bartelstein
- Sport: Basketball
- Maximum Commissions: $37M
- Contracts: $930M
- Agency: Priority Sports & Entertainment
13. Drew Rosenhaus
- Sport: Football
- Maximum Commissions: $37M
- Contracts: $1.2B
- Agency: Rosenhaus Sports Representation
14. Craig Oster
- Sport: Hockey
- Maximum Commissions: $35M
- Contracts: $860M
- Agency: Newport Sports Management
15. Nick Chanock
- Sport: Baseball
- Maximum Commissions: $35M
- Contracts: $690M
- Agency: Wasserman
Conclusion:
The listed members in the above list are the highest earning Sports agents and dominating the industry. While we get to know who is the top highest earner and crack the deals with the superstars and run the most earning companies and represent the famous superstars from baseball, hockey, Basketball, to football. Scott Boras is on the first rank among the agents and dominates the baseball industry.
While in the basketball industry, Jeff Schwartz is making a good negotiation deal with the sports athletes. Joel Segal has made the most negotiation deals in Football Sports. Meanwhile, hockey has Craig Oster who reaches the $690 million contract. Hope you have enjoyed the list and are ready to boost your career in the sports industry by making a career in a Sports agency.
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