Price Per _______, Are They Worth It?

Amoah's post on the most overpaid hoopers made me think... how much do professional athletes actually make for the things they are supposed to do? Baseball players are supposed to get hits, score runs and pitchers are supposed to win games and get saves. Basketball players are supposed to make shots, get rebounds and distribute the ball. Football players are supposed to throw/catch/run for touchdowns, get sacks, etc. You get the point.

Let's take a look at 2006.


Muhsin Muhammed - He is known as a third down receiver and last year he made 45 first downs (75% of his catches were for first downs). He made $97,974 per first down.



Marvin Harrison - Peyton Manning's favorite target made $8,784 per yard last year. Multiply that by 1366 and that's a pretty good number. He's going to be a first ballot hall of famer.



Javon Walker - Denver paid a lot of money to get a receiver who make defenses pay for stackin' up against the run, this former FSU stud made $1,018,750 per touchdown last year. He has 8 last year! I'd smile like that too!

Randy Moss - Hauled in just 43 catches last year so he made $196,457 per catch. I wouldn't care about little $5,000 or $10,000 fines either.

Charles Woodson - He was ballin' last year. He was one of the few bright spots on the Packers last year, he was finally healthy again and that helped him get 8 interceptions - GB paid him $1,312,885 per pick last year. None of his million dollar interceptions were as nice as his one-hand INT in college though.














Ray Lewis - The backbone of the best defense in the league last year had 103 tackles and the Ravens paid him $53,406 per takedown.

Richard Seymour - Big man's base salary was only 585,000 last year but he received $24,106,160 partly because he signed this year too. It's really not that hard being a team first Patriot when you are getting $6,172,790 per sack (4).

Shaun Alexander - Paul Allen came out $2.16 Million per touchdown (7) last year. No wonder his wife is holding onto him so tight.

I wish he would hold onto the ball that tight. He has 6 fumbles in 10 games last year. Maybe he still has baby oil on his hands.

LaDainian Tomlinson - First of all... worth every penny. Okay, anyways... this workhorse had 348 carries last year and EARNED $12,215 per rush.

Let's move on to some basketball players.


Steve Nash - Enjoyed $12,868 for everyone of his career high 884 assists last season.

Kobe Bryant - NBA is all about winning and Kobe brought home $464,063 per win.

Ben Wallace - They paid the man to be the man in the middle of the Windy City and the former Defensive Player of the Year was a Beast on the boards again this year. At $18,879 per rebound I'd crash the boards too.

Kevin Garnett - $23,750,000 last season. He played 2,995 minutes last year. That's $7,930 per minute. That's $132 per second the Big Ticket was on the court last year. No wonder why they call him big ticket.

Let's check out how much people are making in the sport where you are an All-Star if you only succeed 3 out of 10 times... Baseball.

Andy Pettitte - Only went 14-13 last year in Houston. He made 16.43 Million last year (1.17 Million per win).

Mike Mussia - The Yankees workhorse last year earned $96,446 per inning (197.1) last year.


David Ortiz - Big Papi is clutch. The MJ of baseball right now, when you need an RBI he gets it. That's why in 2006 he took $96,715 to the bank every for RBI (137).

Ichiro Suzuki - This hitting machine has hit over 200 hits every year of his career. That's $55,803 per hit last year (224).

So tell me, who is worth it?