"Monday Night Football" looks and sounds different this NFL season. Longtime broadcasters Joe Buck and Troy Aikman changed booths in the offseason, joining the Worldwide Leader in Sports after 20 years of working together at Fox Sports.
Buck's departure leaves a gaping hole in Fox's coverage. The 53-year-old had been a fixture at the network, doubling as its lead NFL and MLB play-by-play commentator. As a result, the cost of acquiring Buck was hefty.
ESPN reportedly traded the rights to a Big Ten football broadcast to sign Buck, who had a year remaining on his Fox contract. Such was the network's desire to reunite the team that has called six Super Bowls together.
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So, how much is Buck being paid? The Sporting News details his contract, salary and net worth after joining the media conglomerate.
What is Joe Buck's net worth?
Buck's net worth sits at $35 million, per Celebrity Net Worth. That's pretty good for a sports broadcaster. While Buck is known for his announcing chops, the 53-year old has also supplemented his income with a series of endorsement deals. Buck has featured in commercials for Budweiser, Holiday Inn and National Car Rental.
What is Joe Buck's salary by year?
Buck's contract with ESPN is shrouded in mystery. According to Andrew Marchand of the New York Post, Buck will receive between $60 million and $75 million over the course of his five-year deal.
That means Buck will make somewhere between $12 million and $15 million per year. Fox reportedly offered Buck $12 million per year in its bid to retain his services.
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For comparison, Aikman will make $18.5 million per year, which is comparable with Tony Romo's contract with CBS.
Joe Buck contract details
Buck's contract will tie him to ESPN until 2027, at the minimum. The network secured the rights to broadcast the 2027 Super Bowl.
In addition to broadcasting games, Buck is expected to be involved in the production of projects for ESPN+, the network's streaming service.
How much does Joe Buck make per game?
Buck is expected to call 17 "Monday Night Football" games for ESPN/ABC in 2022. Based on his reported salary, he will make from $705,000 to $882,000 per game if he works during just the regular season.
ESPN/ABC will also air a Monday night game in the wild-card round in January 2023. Assuming Buck is involved in it, he would make from $667,000 to $833,000 per game over the course of the 2022 NFL season.
It's important to note that ESPN will add more NFL games, one of them a divisional round playoff contest, to its programming schedule in 2023. Will Buck get a pay bump if he takes part in more telecasts?
Joe Buck house
Buck is a St. Louis kid through and through. His dad, Jack, was a voice of the baseball Cardinals for close to five decades. Joe grew up in the Gateway to the West.
Buck and his wife, ESPN reporter Michelle Beisner, moved their family to Ladue, Mo., a suburb of St. Louis, in 2020. Their house, which was inspired by a Charles II-styled residence in Westbury, N.Y., reportedly cost $4.5 million.
Real estate website Zillow pegs the five-bedroom, eight-bathroom property at more than 6,500 square feet. https://t.co/LSj06Hvbc2
— St. Louis Business Journal (@stlouisbiz) September 22, 2020
The sprawling residence was sold in the spring of 2021 at a reported loss. Per Riverfront Times, the sale price was $3.3 million.
