Kansas City Chiefs superstar quarterback Patrick Mahomes has made plenty of history on the field throughout his NFL career. Now, he\u2019s making history with his bank account.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, ESPN reported that Mahomes and the team had agreed to a new deal for the star quarterback that will keep him under contract with the Chiefs through 2033. As for the compensation, it\u2019s historically hefty.<\/p>\n
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According to ESPN\u2019s report, new money on the deal is worth $239.05 million, with the total value now at $504.75 million from 2026 through 2033. Notably, ESPN reports that \u201call $504.75 million becomes guaranteed through contract mechanisms.\u201d<\/p>\n
With that, Mahomes has made history, becoming the first player in NFL history to sign a contract worth more than $500 million.<\/p>\n
\u201cOver the last decade Patrick has become one of the most iconic, beloved sports figures of all-time,\u201d Chiefs owner Clark Hunt said, via ESPN<\/a>. \u201cHe has helped lead our franchise to five Super Bowl appearances and three championships, he has been instrumental in shaping the Chiefs brand and putting Kansas City on the world stage, and on top of it all he has been an outstanding role model in the community. Patrick is a generational talent and an elite human being, and I\u2019m so excited he will continue to lead our team into the future.\u201d<\/p>\n After signing the massive contract, Mahomes\u2019 next task is simply getting back on the field.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Mahomes suffered a season-ending torn ACL and LCL on Dec. 14, 2025, and underwent surgery the next day. He has since been rehabbing the injury, and the Chiefs have remained optimistic throughout the offseason that he\u2019ll be ready for Week 1, when they host the Denver Broncos<\/a> on \u201cMonday Night Football.\u201d<\/p>\n Regardless of his short-term availability, the Chiefs have now locked him down in the long run as they look to continue their dynasty and hopefully chase more Super Bowls.<\/p>\n The post Patrick Mahomes makes NFL history, this time with his bank account<\/a> appeared first on The Comeback: Today\u2019s Top Sports Stories & Reactions<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kansas City Chiefs superstar quarterback Patrick Mahomes has made plenty of history on the field throughout his NFL…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":728358,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,11452,1256,794,1246,13521,1240,593,75978,6584,85],"class_list":["post-728357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bank-account","tag-denver-broncos","tag-espn","tag-indianapolis-colts","tag-kansas-city","tag-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-history","tag-patrick-mahomes","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=728357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/728358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=728357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=728357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=728357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}