Joe Buck just got paid.
According to The Athletic’s Andrew Marchand, Buck has agreed to a six-year extension with ESPN that will pay him “in the neighborhood” of $108 million.
The $18 million per year salary for Buck on his new deal puts him in a. tie for third among all NFL broadcasters. He is also the highest-paid play-by-play announcer.
Buck spent 27 years at FOX Sports from 1994 to 2021 when he did play-by-play for the network’s NFL and MLB coverage. he became the lead announcer for their MLB coverage in 1996 and for the NFL in 2002 when he replaced Pat Summerall.
In 2022, he signed a five-year, $75 million contract with ESPN to make him the voice of Monday Night Football.
The move to ESPN reunited Buck with his longtime partner Troy Aikman, who joined the network on a five-year deal worth $90 million shortly before Buck got his deal. They originally started working together as the No. 1 team on Fox’s NFL coverage in 2002 as part of a three-man booth with Cris Collinsworth.
After Collinsworth joined NBC Sports prior to the 2005 season, Buck and Aikman became a two-man broadcast team.
Buck’s deal deal keeps him at ESPN though 2030. He will be on the call for ESPN’s two Super Bowls during that span. This season marks the first time since the 2005 season that ABC will has broadcast rights for the Super Bowl.
In addition to Super Bowl 61, the ABC/ESPN family has broadcast rights to Super Bowl 65 at the end of the 2030 season.
