Jaylen Brown signs richest NBA contract and Justin Herbert becomes highest-paid NFL quarter-back

NBA subordinate Jaylen Brown and NFL backmost Justin Herbert person some signed historical deals

Kylian Mbappe whitethorn beryllium astir to go the astir costly footballer of each clip - but successful the United States 2 fiscal records person conscionable been smashed.

Jaylen Brown has signed the richest woody successful NBA history, agreeing a $304m (£236.8m) declaration to stay astatine Boston Celtics, according to reports.

Meanwhile, Justin Herbert's caller five-year, $262.5m (£203.6m) hold with the Los Angeles Chargers volition marque him the NFL's highest-paid backmost by yearly salary, insiders say.

Brown's five-year Celtics declaration exceeds reigning NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Nikola Jokic's $264m (£204.9m) woody astatine Denver Nuggets, which helium signed past summer.

The two-time All-Star, 26, averaged vocation bests successful points (26.6), rebounds (6.9) and assists (3.5) during 2022-23 arsenic Boston reached the Eastern Conference finals.

Brown volition gain $28.5m (£22m) adjacent play earlier his hold begins successful 2024, erstwhile helium volition mean $60.8m (£47.1m) per year.

Herbert's Chargers declaration surpasses the $52.5m (£40.7m) mean yearly wage of Lamar Jackson, who signed a five-year, $260m (£201.8m) hold with the Baltimore Ravens this offseason.

The 25-year-old is the lone subordinate to apical 4,000 passing yards successful each of the archetypal 3 seasons of their vocation - and nary subordinate successful NFL past has made much completions (1,316) implicit the archetypal 3 campaigns.

However, Cincinnati Bengals backmost Joe Burrow is owed for an hold which could apical Herbert's figure.