Who Is The Highest Paid NBA Player Of All Time?
Michael Jordan is the highest paid NBA player of all time. He is a former professional basketball player and is currently the principal owner of the Charlotte Hornets.
Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan is the highest paid NBA player of all time. He earned a total of $93 million in salary and endorsement deals during his playing career, which spanned from 1984 to 2003. His annual salary peaked at $33 million in 1997-98, when he became the first player in NBA history to earn more than $30 million in a single season. Jordan also holds the record for the highest career earnings of any basketball player, as well as the most lucrative endorsement deal ever signed by a professional athlete.
Kobe Bryant
Kobe Bryant is the highest paid NBA player of all time. He earned a reported $328 million over his 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers. Most of that money came from endorsement deals, but he also made $20 million from salary and winnings.
LeBron James
LeBron James is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is widely considered to be one of the greatest players in NBA history. James has won four NBA championships, four NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) Awards, four NBA Finals MVP Awards, and two Olympic gold medals. James played high school basketball at St. Vincent–St. Mary High School in his hometown of Akron, Ohio, where he was highly promoted in the national media as a future NBA superstar. After graduating, he was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers as the first overall pick of the 2003 NBA draft. He played his first professional season with Cleveland, winning the Rookie of the Year Award. James quickly emerged as a league star and concluded his first year by leading the Cavaliers to their first-ever playoff berth.
Kevin Durant
Kevin Durant is an American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played one season of college basketball for the University of Texas, and was selected as the second overall pick by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 2007 NBA draft. He played nine seasons with the franchise, which became the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2008, before signing with the Golden State Warriors in 2016, winning back-to-back championships in 2017 and 2018. In 2019, he signed with the Nets.
Durant has earned numerous accolades, including two NBA Championships, an NBA Most Valuable Player Award, two Finals MVP Awards, an NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award, four NBA All-Star selections, two All-NBA First Team selections, and an NBA Rookie of the Year Award. He has also been voted MVP of both the regular season and the playoffs three times each. In 2014–15, he became just the seventh player in NBA history to join the 50–40–90 club after shooting 50.0 percent from field goal range, 40.0 percent from three-point range and 90.0 percent from the foul line.
