Earlier in the week I suggested that talks of Clint Gutherson requesting a million dollars a season were a fair way off the mark.
Some asked how much I believed he was worth. My official answer remains "not a million".
This did however get me thinking. Currently we have eight players on, or about, the seven-figure mark. Truthfully, we'll never know exactly what a player is earning.
I'd argue that probably four of those eight are actually worth that distinction. James Tedesco, Tom Trbojevic, Daly Cherry-Evans and Cameron Munster.
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It also got me thinking as to who was worth, or would soon be worth, that magical million mark?
Here are the top five players I believe are in for million dollars a season or more in their next contract.
You never really know what will happen. Injuries, form and rule changes all come into it, but if these players were off contract now, they're likely to be signing for a million a year.
Let us know in the comments whether these players are worth the money. Did we forget anyone?
3. Nathan Cleary
If there is one player who is worth every cent of a million a season it is Nathan Cleary. The only question is when the Panthers and Origin star will achieve that goal.
He's arguably the most important player in the game right now, if not perhaps even the best, and at only 23 years of age the best is yet to come.
Daly Cherry Evans, Shaun Johnson, Ben Hunt and Cameron Munster are the four halves currently on the million mark. Cleary is a more valuable player than any of those three to his club.
Already reportedly already on $950,000, his next contract will go well over the million mark. Nothing is more sure.
