A few days after Forbes published its highest-paid footballers in the world, the publication released its list of the highest-paid players in the NBA.
The list refers to the income of NBA stars in the 2022-23 season. There are two categories of income. One is the player’s contract and the other is sponsorships. Giannis Antetokounmpo is of course a member of the top 10 and appears at No. 4 with 86.5 million dollars.
Of these, 42.5 million are from his contract with the Milwaukee Bucks for the 2022-2023 season, while the remaining 44 million are from various sponsorships. Forbes reports about Giannis: “For the second year in a row, Antetokounmpo is the only one of the NBA’s top ten who is not yet 30 years old.
The 27-year-old Bucks forward, who was the subject of the Disney+ movie Rise in June, works with online gaming site Novibet and watchmaker Breitling and has taken stakes in several companies, including telemedicine platform Antidote Health. He recently opened a shop, AntetokounBros, with his four brothers at the Athens airport.”
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LeBron James is at the top of the list with $124.5 million, with 44.5 coming from the contract he has with the Los Angeles Lakers and the other 80 million dollars from deals with sponsors.
The champion with the Warriors Steph Curry is 2nd with 95.1 million (48.1-47) and in 3rd place is Kevin Durant with 88 million of which 43 are from the contract and 45 from sponsors.
After Antetokounmpo on the list, we find Russell Westbrook in 5th place with 82.1 million (47.1-35) and in 6th place Klay Thompson with 60.6 million (40.6-20). No. 7 is Damian Lillard ($60.5 million), followed by James Harden (53 million), Paul George (51 million), and Jimmy Butler (49.7 million).
