STEPHEN A. SMITH – $10 MILLION
Stephen A. Smith finds himself in a fantastic position in 2019. He is poised to rank as the highest-paid ESPN talent in the history of sports anchors, reporters, and analysts in the network. There are negotiations taking place in 2019 that will have Stephen earning $10 million a year!
Smith has two years left of his current contract which has his earning $5 million per annum, but since ESPN considers Smith as one of the channel’s most valuable talents, he can expect some serious talks regarding his pay! It goes so far as to suggest that Smith may even be unofficially the face of the ESPN network!