Published on 02/02/2021 at 1:20 p.m.
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He never stops breaking records. Already four times NBA champion and four times MVP (Most Valuable Player, that is to say best player of the season), LeBron James still dominates the ranking of the best paid basketball players. This is the American magazine Forbes who unveiled it once again on Monday February 1 by making an inventory of the best players present. The star of the Los Angeles Lakers retains the lead of this ranking for the seventh consecutive year, earning a total of more than 95.4 million dollars (or just over 80 million euros). A tidy sum due in particular to his sponsorship contracts which bring him more than 64 million dollars. His salary, cut by 20% due to the Covid-19 pandemic, is around $ 31.4 million this year.
Above all, the 36-year-old player enters a very closed circle: that of active athletes who have exceeded one billion dollars in income and earnings in his career. A closed circle since he is the first basketball player, the others being the boxer Floyd Mayweather, the golfer Tiger Woods as well as the two football stars Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.
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Biggest salary for Frenchman Rudy Gobert
With his $ 95.4 million in earnings, LeBron James is far ahead of Stephen Curry. The Golden State Warriors player peaks at $ 74.4 million. However, he has a bigger salary, estimated at $ 34.4 million. The podium is completed by Brooklyn Nets player Kevin Durant, who is ahead of Russell Westbrook (Washington) and James Harden (Brooklyn Nets). These four players are the only ones with a higher salary than LeBron James. Note that no French is in the Top 10, but Rudy Gobert is not left out. With his contract which binds him to Utah Jazz until 2026, he will touch the trifle of 205 million dollars over these five years. Evening $ 33.4 million a year, and therefore more than LeBron James.
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