10 Highest Paid New York/New Jersey Athletes

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Yoenis Cespedes' new four-year, $110 million contract makes him the highest paid athlete in local team sports.

His average salary of $27.5 million matches what former Yankee Alex Rodriguez was paid (actually, still is being paid) as part of the 10-year, $275 million deal he signed in 2007.

Here is a look at the top 10 richest NYC-area athletes today based on the average salary of their current contracts.

1. Yoenis Cespedes, Mets, $27.5 million

2. Carmelo Anthony, Knicks, $24.8 million

3. CC Sabathia, Yankees, $23 million

4. Masahiro Tanaka, Yankees, $22.14 million

5. Jacoby Ellsbury, Yankees, $21.86 million

6. Brook Lopez, Nets, $21.66 million

7. Eli Manning, Giants, $21 million

8. Derrick Rose, Knicks, $18.86 million

9. Joakim Noah, Knicks, $18.15 million

10. David Wright, Mets, $17.25 million

Source: Spotrac.com