All Whites striker Chris Wood has leapt into the Kiwi sports rich list with his move to English Premier Leage club Burnley on a four year deal.
Burnley, whose manager Sean Dyche is regarded as the hot property himself, has paid a club record fee of $26.4m which could rise to nearly $30m to snare Wood from championships side Leeds.
Dyche played down the record talk, telling The Mirror: "Ten years ago, people used to say, 'He's signed for a record fee - it must be really hard.' Every player has a record fee now. You ring about any player and they go, '£20m.' Everyone is £20m. So everyone's got a price tag on their head."
In New Zealand sports wage-earning terms though, Wood is on extreme money. But he is well short of the pacesetter, NBA star Steven Adams of the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Steven Adams (Oklahoma City Thunder - NBA)
US$432,152 a week
US$22,471,911 a year NZ$30.67m
Scott Dixon (Motor racing)
US$211,538 a week
US$11,000,000 a year*
NZ$15m
* estimated
![Scott Dixon - dollar signs. Photo / Photosport](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/BI5ZT6HOKGRIGQIM72XLNDNEAQ.jpg?auth=da57743081791cae4f53804518bc1dcf1b16163372ec620fb9b987e410435d8d&width=16&height=26&quality=70&smart=true)
Winston Reid (West Ham United - EPL)
123,000 pounds a week
6,396,000 pounds a year
NZ$11.3m
![Winston Reid - at full stretch here, but not financially. Photo / Photosport](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/QKAM5DMILM3B2KKZKTNMZANVSE.jpg?auth=c73f775bbe9ed939ba91eb9c872a4e9465d9196cfb91b427d14ad5b6406acd6d&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)
Chris Wood (Burnley - EPL)
35,000 pounds a week
1,820,000 pounds a year
NZ$3.2m
![Chris Wood...premier salary. Photo / Torrey Purvey](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/YSDQRLJUS6UCBJJKHIYXWB37YE.jpg?auth=07299945af079b70914ba4b1f7b448046177a279f9ffb3a72539d9e7864ae343&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)
Trent Boult ( NZ Cricket wage/match payments, IPL*)
* NZ$1.04m, maximum amount, depends on games played. NZC wage about NZ$190,000. Combined NZ$1.4m
![Trent Boult - having a ball financially. Photo / Photosport](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/WDSWWHVMHBEJWDCX26PVBFMFCQ.jpg?auth=4312fb37b0d0c213fabfdad63d3021f5289e396f51117e70f920bd1733f62a9d&width=16&height=22&quality=70&smart=true)