Who is the top dog at ESPN? It’s a topic we’ve bounced around on this website before asking who the face of the network is and it’s franchise player. But maybe the cold, hard facts say that the person who makes the most bank should be at the top of the food chain.
So just who does make the most money at ESPN? Perhaps it’s a topic that you’ve thought about in your own mind or debated about with friends. Knowing that Stephen A. Smith makes a couple million per year (more than the average NFL player) means that ESPN is splashing the cash like George Steinbrenner back in the day. There are several personalities who just re-signed lengthy contracts who could and should be in that range – Davis, Fowler, Bilas, Herbstreit, Van Pelt, etc.
But according to ESPN scribe Jim Miller – there’s one man that stands above the pack…
Miller tweeted this last night, revealing that Gruden makes around $6.5 million per year, the highest paid salary for an on-air personality.
Jon Gruden revealed as the highest paid ESPN personality
