Not only does he still maintain an extremely impressive performance at the age of 36, LeBron James’s ability to make money always surprises many people, as the total amount of money he has earned in his entire career has reached the $1 billion mark.
At the age of 36, when most players of his time have declined in performance or retired, LeBron James is still one of the top superstars in the NBA. In addition to his impressive soccer playing ability, the Los Angeles Lakers star has also continuously dominated the rankings of the best earning players for many years.
According to a report from Sportico, a financial website of the worldwide sports world, LeBron James has reached the income milestone of 1 billion USD in his entire career. This is also the highest income figure that an NBA player has reached while still playing.
In particular, the salary he received during the past 18 seasons was at 340 million USD. The remaining nearly 700 million USD comes from advertising contracts, sponsorships, products bearing his brand as well as image copyrights for other companies. Besides, the movie “Space Jam 2: A New Legacy” is also gradually having success in the worldwide box office market.
With this achievement, LeBron James became the 5th athlete to join the rare group of superstars who bring in an income of 1 billion USD while playing. Those who have previously registered include golf legend Tiger Woods, boxer Floyd Mayweather and two soccer superstars Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are two other names on the list of billionaires in the world of athletes
By still maintaining a stable performance at the age of 36, LeBron James’ income will not stop at $1 billion. He is still under contract with the Los Angeles Lakers until 2023 with a total salary of 85 million USD. In addition, lifetime contracts with Nike or other income will ensure LeBron James a huge fortune when this superstar retires.
At the present time, only Kevin Durant (580 million USD) or Stephen Curry (450 million USD) are capable of following in LeBron James’ footsteps in the NBA arena. However, the ability to do business, invest and make money in terms of image of these two superstars is still not comparable to “The King”.
Despite owning many of his own brands, LeBron James’ ambition is still to own a club in the NBA arena. Currently, the Memphis Grizzlies are the team with the lowest value with a valuation of 1.3 billion USD. If LeBron James wants to buy his hometown team Cleveland Cavaliers, the amount of money the 36-year-old star will need will be $1.56 billion.
Currently, LeBron James is still going through a period of rest with the Los Angeles Lakers, before entering the fierce battles in the extremely fierce 2021-2022 season. In the immediate future, the Yellow – Purple team will have to be very active in the free transfer market, when their squad only has names like LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Kyle Kuzma and Marc Gasol. .
