Academy Sports & Outdoors (ASO) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Steve Lawrence, CEO, was paid $9.6M in 2025, up 10% from $8.7M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 423:1, on median employee pay of $22,584.

Filed
April 21, 2026
Annual meeting
June 4, 2026
Pay year
2025
Named executives
4
CEO total pay
$9.6M+10% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
423:1median $22,584
CEO pay in equity
73%$7M in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
98%of votes cast
CEO Total Compensation
$9,560,129Fiscal 2025
CEO Pay Ratio
423:1Based on median employee pay of $22,584
Annual Bonus Payout
75.7%Of target opportunity
Say-on-Pay Support
98%At 2025 annual meeting

How Lawrence was paid

$9.6M in total for 2025, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary11%Stock awards73%Non-equity incentive15%All other compensation0%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Steve LawrenceCEO$9,560,129
Sam JohnsonPresident$4,814,218
Carl FordEVP, CFO$2,067,734
Matt McCabeEVP, CMO$2,067,730

What changed and why

  • $9.6MSteve Lawrence received total compensation of $9,560,129 in fiscal 2025, compared to $8,661,073 in fiscal 2024.
  • 75.7%Named executive officers earned 75.7% of their total annual target bonus opportunity under the 2025 Executive Team Bonus Plan.
  • 50%Annual long-term equity awards were allocated across a mix of 50% performance-based and 50% time-based RSUs.
  • 98%Over 98% of votes cast at the 2025 annual meeting were in support of the say-on-pay proposal.

About this page

Figures are automated and can be wrong; check the filing for the exact numbers. Totals follow SEC rules, which value stock and option awards at grant. Read the DEF 14A proxy statement for footnotes and the compensation committee's full reasoning.