“That’s More Than Saquon, Travis Kelce, Derrick Henry & Garrett Wilson All Earned Combined”: Shannon Sharpe on Sophie Rain’s $43M Claim

Only Fans and Instagram model Sophie Rain has claimed that she earned $43.4 million in a single year. The astonishing figure, understandably, left Shannon Sharpe stunned. All the more when he tried to contextualize the 20-year-old content creator’s earnings by comparing it with the salaries of elite NFL players on the Nightcap podcast.

“Instagram and TikTok star, Sophie Rain revealed she made $43 million this year from Only Fans. That’s more than Saquon, Travis Kelce, Derrick Henry and Garrett Wilson all earned combined. She even showed proof,” exclaimed Shannon.

Sharpe’s calculations are spot on, as the combined annual salaries of star athletes Saquon Barkley ($12 million), Derrick Henry ($8 million), Travis Kelce ($17 million), and Garrett Wilson ($5.1 million) comes up to $42.1 million.

However, Nightcap co-host Chad Johnson refused to believe the insane dollar figure that Rain had quoted. He urged Sharpe to give it a thorough thought since $43 million was quite an exorbitant amount.

Shannon then did a few calculations of his own, trying to break down and hit upon the actual amount she would have made from the site, this time taking into account the platform fees deductions and tax implications.

Sharpe breaks down Rain’s $43 million

Shannon pointed out that the OF model posted her gross income from the site but had failed to mention the amount the platform would take as fee.

Sharpe noted that adult platforms are known to take 50-60 percent of the income. However, the Hall of Famer adjusted the figures immediately upon learning that OF only takes 20 percent, which would come to around $8 million in Rain’s case. She would still be left with nearly $35 million.

“OnlyFans take 50-60% don’t, they? I think so. They take 20%. Twenty percent of that is $8.6 million. So she still grossed $34 million and a half,” said Sharpe.

He then took into account the government tax on income — which is 50 percent of the earnings approximately. That trimmed down Rain’s figure to $17 million.

Even after the fresh and trimmed figures were laid on the table, Chad remained unconvinced. He argued that he has been around people with that level of wealth and can’t fathom an OF content creator earning a similar amount.

Chad did acknowledge that such platforms offer significant earning potential, while also still dismissing Rain’s reported $43.4 million as unrealistic.

Since Rain’s income is derived almost completely from her huge base of followers — she has over 11 million subscribers on OF, 5.2 million followers on Instagram, and 2.5 million on X — it would be interesting to know what the fans think of her outlandish claim. Let us know in the comments.