How much is Shohei Ohtani's contract in 2025?

Last Modified Feb 26, 2025 13:34 GMT
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Shohei Ohtani, also known as “Showtime" and “The Unicorn,” is a professional baseball pitcher and designated hitter for the Los Angeles Dodgers in the Major League Baseball (MLB). However, Shohei Ohtani has been present in the league for eight years from 2018 to 2025, out of which, he represented the Los Angeles Angels from 2018 to 2023. He has been with his present team since 2024. Shohei Ohtani started his baseball career with the Hokkaido-Nippon Ham Fighters of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). His pitching performances earned him the Pacific League's Most Valuable Player (MVP) award in 2016, along with the Eiji Sawamura Award, given to the best pitcher in the league. He was also notable for being the Japan Series Champion in 2016.

Shohei Ohtani debuted in MLB for the Los Angeles Angels on March 29, 2019. He has established himself as one of the best two-way players of the present generation. He is a four-time MLB All-Star player and has earned three AL All-Star and one NL All-Star awards, as of February 2025. He has also been AL MVP twice in 2021 and 2023. He is also a two-time AP Athlete of the Year besides winning numerous other awards like three Edgar Martinez Awards and two AL Silver Slugger Awards in his collection. More recently, he won his first MLB World Series game with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2024. Besides the MLB, he also won the 2023 World Baseball Classic as a member of Team Japan.

Shohei Ohtani's contract breakdown 2025

Shohei Ohtani signed a ten-year $700 million contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers on December 9, 2023, as per Spotrac. His contract details are detailed in the table below, as of February 2025:

YearBase SalarySigning BonusCap HitDead CapYearly Cash
2024$2,000,000-$2,000,000-$2,000,000
2025$2,000,000-$2,000,000-$2,000,000
2026$2,000,000-$2,000,000-$2,000,000
2027$2,000,000-$2,000,000-$2,000,000
2028$2,000,000-$2,000,000-$2,000,000
2029$2,000,000-$2,000,000-$2,000,000
2030$2,000,000-$2,000,000-$2,000,000
2031$2,000,000-$2,000,000-$2,000,000
2032$2,000,000-$2,000,000-$2,000,000
2033$2,000,000-$2,000,000-$2,000,000

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How much is Shohei Ohtani getting paid in 2025?

Shohei Ohtani will be earning $2,000,000 from the 2025 MLB season, as per Spotrac. He signed a ten-year contract worth $700,000,000 with the Los Angeles Dodgers on December 9, 2023, but he would receive $68 million annually after 2034. He is in the second-year of his contract, as of February 2025.

How much does Shohei Ohtani make in a minute in 2025?

Shohei Ohtani's salary in 2025 is $2,000,000, as per Spotrac. If this is divided by the total minutes in a year, that is 525,600 minutes, then he will be making $3.81 per minute as of February 2025.

Shohei Ohtani's career earnings

As of February 2025, Shohei Ohtani has made a career earning of $46,269,259 throghout his nine-year MLB career, as per Spotrac.

What are the terms of Shohei Ohtani's contract?

Shohei Ohtani has signed a ten-year $700 million contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers on December 9, 2023, as per Spotrac. His unrestricted free agency has been set up for 2034. Moreover, these are some other terms of his contract, as of February 2025:

  • Full No Trade Clause
  • Deferred $68M annually ($680M total) to July 1st of 2034-2043
  • Lowers to the present-day value of the contract to $460,814,760

How much of Shohei Ohtani's contract is guaranteed?

Shohei Ohtani's most recent contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers is for ten years and it is worth $700 million, which he signed on December 9, 2024, as per Spotrac. As a part of this contract, the Los Angeles Dodgers has promised him the full $700 million over his ten-year tenure with the team besides his average annual salary of $2 million.

Shohei Ohtani's contract history

These are all the contracts that Shohei Ohtani has signed in his career, as of February 2025:

Los Angeles Angels (2017)

Shohei Ohtani signed his first contract with the Los Angeles Angels and received a signing bonus of $2,315,000 on December 9, 2017.

Los Angeles Angels (2018)

Shohei Ohtani signed a one-year contract worth $545,000 with the Los Angeles Angels in 2018.

Los Angeles Angels (2019)

Shohei Ohtani signed a one-year contract worth $650,000 with the Los Angeles Angels on March 12, 2019.

Los Angeles Angels (2020)

Shohei Ohtani signed a one-year $700,000 contract with the Los Angeles Angels in 2020.

Los Angeles Angels (2021)

Shohei Ohtani avoided arbitration and signed a two-year $8.5 million contract with the Los Angeles Angels on February 8, 2021.

Los Angeles Angels (2022)

Shohei Ohtani signed a one-year $30 million contract with the Los Angeles Angels and avoided arbitration on October 1, 2022.

Los Angeles Dodgers (2023)

The Los Angeles Angels extended a qualifying offer of $20.325 million to Shohei Ohtani on November 6, 2023, which he declined on November 14, 2023. He then signed a 10-year contract worth $700 million with the Los Angeles Dodgers on December 9, 2023.

FAQs on Shohei Ohtani Contract

A. Shohei Ohtani is unique because of his two-way playing skills.

A. Shohei Ohtani is from Ōshū, Japan.

A. Shohei Ohtani has been in the MLB for eight years, as of February 2025.

A. Shohei Ohtani is under contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers until 2034.

A. Shohei Ohtani stands at  6'4" (193 cm) and weighs 210 lbs (95 kg), as per Baseball Reference.

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