Carter is the highest paid global rugby player for his Instagram, earning up to $4,969.25 on average per Instagram post, according to Liverugbytickets.co.uk. Liverugbytickets.co.uk researched rugby player's accounts after seeing the earning power of UK footballers on social media. To achieve this, the UK company inserted the Instagram handle of the largest rugby players of 2019 into the Instagram money calculator. INSTAGRAM/sonnybillwilliams Sonny Bill William's Instagram posts are often family based, but his adidas partners could be paying him for them. England rugby league player Sam Burgess (346,000), also made the top five players with an average pay per Instagram post of $1380.

Source: Stuff May 14, 2019 01:07 UTC