Lebron James: Career earnings| Nike contract| Salary

LeBron James has agreed the terms of a two-year NBA contract extension with the Los Angeles Lakers worth AU$140 million ($US97m). Today we will discuss about Lebron James: Career earnings| Nike contract| Salary

Lebron James: Career earnings| Nike contract| Salary

LeBron Ramon James Sr. (born December 30, 1984) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed “King James”, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time and is often compared to Michael Jordan in debates over the greatest basketball player. James has won four NBA Championships, four NBA MVP Awards, four NBA Finals MVP Awards, three All-Star MVP Awards, and two Olympic gold medals. James has scored the most points in the playoffs, the second most career points, and the seventh most career assists. He has been voted an NBA All-Star 18 times, a record 18 times on the All-NBA Team, and has been selected five times to the NBA All-Defensive First Team. He has appeared in ten NBA Finals, the third most finals ever, including eight in a row between 2011 and 2018. In 2021, James was selected to the NBA’s 75th anniversary team, and in 2022 became the first player in NBA history to accumulate 10,000 or more career points, rebounds and assists.

Career earnings

James earned $387 million per spot in his first 19 years in the NBA. He is set to make $44.5 million in 2022–23, which could have been the final year of his contract with the Lakers, but will add another $48.6 million per year to his latest deal.

The higher pay won’t be the biggest in the NBA, even after the expansion. Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry is set to make $53.8 million a year in his latest deal, which will jump to $59.6 million in 2025-26.

Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beale will also make more than $50 million a year in his new five-year deal.

James still holds the career record and is signed through his 22nd year in the NBA.

The 37-year-old has also accumulated assets from the court, reaching a net worth of more than $1 billion in June, according to Chase Peterson-Withhorn of Forbes. He has earned an estimated $900 million during his career in advertising and other business ventures, according to Forbes.

In 2022, James was the second highest-paid athlete in the world, behind only soccer star Lionel Messi, according to Forbes. This came from an estimated $41.2 million on the court and $80 million from it.

Nike contract

While LeBron James isn’t in the NBA playoffs this season, King is still making noise despite being off the court.

James recently reminded fans on Instagram Story how Reebok once tried to give him $10 million USD to stop him from signing with Nike or Adidas. Apparently backfired, with James later signing a seven-year deal with Nike worth $90 million. The Los Angeles Lakers superstar reposted a post from Bleacher Report that said LeBron James’ Nike deal has a “$1 billion lifetime deal.” Along with the repost on his Instagram stories, LeBron James wrote, “The doctor is/will be crazy!!”

Salary

LeBron James has agreed to a two-year, $97.1 million contract extension with the Los Angeles Lakers, making him the highest-paid player in NBA history, as first reported by ESPN.

With the new deal, James will earn at least $528.9 million in guaranteed money over the course of his career, surpassing Kevin Durant in all-time earnings, according to salary-tracking site Spottrack.

Take a look at the NBA’s 10 highest-paid players of all time, including both active and inactive players:

LeBron James: $528,992,480
Kevin Durant: $498,688,653
Stephen Curry: $470,090,010
Damien Lillard: $449,910,157
Bradley Beale: $428,874,362
Chris Paul: $419,909,419
Nikola Jokic: $419,369,513
Carl-Anthony Towns: $406,491,723
Devin Booker: $390,756,853
Joel Embiid: $374,516,037