AFL players earn $82m against $77m by NRL playersOver 25% of highest earners on rich list aged 25 or under
The biggest earners in Australia’s leading football codes have been revealed with Richmond Tigers’ Dustin Martin cementing his place at the top of the AFL Rich 100 list for the second consecutive year, while Newcastle Knights’ Kalyn Ponga has climbed to the top of the NRL ranks, ahead of last year’s leader, Nathan Cleary.
The Rich 100, compiled by Australia’s leading rugby league and Australian rules reporters, aided by senior sources in the NRL and AFL, aims to determine the value of the nation’s best AFL and NRL sporting stars, based on playing contracts.
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