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February 6, 2012 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS Page 17

CRAIN'S LIST: TOP-PAID PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES will have his Ranked by salary as of current or most complete season day on the top-paid list The missing salary from this list is Prince Name, age (as of January 2011) Contract length Rank Fielder’s eye-popping nine-year, Team Salary Position Contract terms (years) Contract year range $214 million deal to play first base (and hit 1. , 28 $20,000,000 first baseman $152,300,000 8 2008-2015 a lot of home runs) for the Detroit Tigers. That’s because this list is for the most 2. Carlos Guillen, 36 Detroit Tigers 13,000,000 second baseman 48,000,000 4 2008-2011 recently completed season, or current ongoing season. 3. , 28 Detroit Tigers 12,850,000 starting pitcher 80,000,000 5 2010-2014 So Fielder’s gargantuan payday won’t 4. Victor Martinez, 33 Detroit Tigers 12,000,000 designated hitter 50,000,000 4 2011-2014 appear until 2013. Fielder, 27, will be paid $23 million in both 2012 and 2013 Detroit Pistons 11,600,000 guard 55,000,000 6 2009-2014 5. Ben Gordon, 28 and then $24 million in each of the final 6. Magglio Ordoñez, 37 Detroit Tigers 10,000,000 outfielder 10,000,000 1 2011 seven years of the contract. Athletes still on the list, but not on the 7. Matthew Stafford, 23 Detroit Lions 9,000,000 quarterback 72,000,000 6 2009-2014 Tigers: Magglio Ordoñez, who is a free agent, and the injury-plagued Carlos 8. , 26 Detroit Lions 8,800,000 55,500,000 6 2007-2012 Guillen, who has signed a minor-league 9. Rodney Stuckey, 25 Detroit Pistons 8,500,000 guard 25,500,000 4 2011-2014 contract with the Seattle Mariners. Injured Victor Martinez is out for the season. Detroit Red Wings 7,750,000 forward 73,000,000 13 2009-2021 10. Henrick Zetterberg, 31 Also likely to shake up the list next 11. Charlie Villanueva, 27 Detroit Pistons 7,540,000 forward 35,000,000 6 2009-2014 year is Calvin Johnson. The Detroit Lions wide receiver turned in a monster season Jose Valverde, 33 Detroit Tigers 7,000,000 14,000,000 2 2010-2011 in 2011 and will get rewarded for it. 12. (with 2012 option) Johnson, 26, inked a six-year, 13. Pavel Datsyuk, 33 Detroit Red Wings 6,700,000 forward 46,900,000 8 2007-2014 $55.5 million contract with Detroit after the Lions made him the No. 2 draft pick 14. , 41 Detroit Red Wings 6,200,000 defenseman 6,200,000 2 2011-2012 Nicklas Lidstrom out of Georgia Tech in 2007. Slightly 14. Tayshaun Prince, 31 Detroit Pistons 6,200,000 forward 28,000,000 5 2011-2015 more than $27 million is guaranteed. This season, he was paid an $8.8 16. Joaquin Benoit, 34 Detroit Tigers 5,500,000 relief pitcher 16,500,000 3 2011-2013 million base salary along with a $2.3 million bonus and $1.4 million in other 16. Brandon Inge, 34 Detroit Tigers 5,500,000 11,500,000 2 2011-2012 (with 2013 option) compensation. 18. Jeff Backus, 34 Detroit Lions 5,450,000 left tackle 38,000,000 6 2006-2011 Next year is the final year of his contract — he’ll get $14 million in base salary and 19. Jhonny Peralta, 29 Detroit Tigers 5,250,000 11,250,000 2 2011-2012 $3.7 million in bonus/other money — (with 2013 option) before becoming a free agent in 2013. 19. John Franzen, 32 Detroit Red Wings 5,250,000 forward 43,500,000 12 2009-2020 The Lions are expected to try to sign him to a new deal or extension that This list of top-paid professional athletes is an approximate compilation of the highest paid athletes in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Livingston or Washtenaw counties. Information is gathered from keeps him in Detroit and pays him as one Capgeek.com, Shamsports.com, Spotrac.com, Prospectus/Cot’s Baseball Contracts. It is not a complete listing but the most comprehensive available. Actual revenue figures may vary. NA = of the league’s top receivers, probably not available. around Larry Fitzgerald’s eight-year, $120 LIST RESEARCHED BY BILL SHEA million with the Cardinals. — Bill Shea

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