Football or basketball, which is the number one sport in the world, this is nothing to fight for. But football or basketball players, which earns a higher income, has never been finalized.
In basketball, the boss needs to raise fewer players. A team of about a dozen people is enough, of which the core team is about 7-8. The rest are various middle-class, veteran and rookie contracts. Therefore, if you talk about average salary, it seems that the basketball world seems to be higher.
As for the income of top athletes, the NBA has frequently seen long-term large contracts in recent years, with 4-5 years of long-term contracts, totaling between US$150 million and US$200 million. Many teams can afford first-line stars with an annual salary of more than $30 million. But in the football world, only Messi Ronaldo can earn more than 30 million in salary for so many years.
Melo who is the first person in football today is a big controversy. But there is basically no dispute about who is the first person in basketball today. It must be James, who will be 36 years old by the end of this month. Today Zhan Huang confirmed that he signed a two-year contract extension with the Lakers, with a total value of $85 million. This is also the most expensive two-year contract in NBA history.
However, although Lao Zhan only covered the sky in the NBA and earned a lot of off-court, he still has a big gap with the business empire that Jordan built back then. Looking only at the athletes' income from Forbes statistics in the last two years, James' annual off-court income is about 50 million U.S. dollars, but by adding on-court and off-court data, his total income has never been among the top athletes. Three. Ranked eighth in 2019 and fifth in 2020.
's truly cost-effective project is boxing. For example, Mayweather, whose revenue exceeded $200 million in 2019, did not play a few games throughout the year. The tennis king Federer, who topped the list in 2020, reached this throne with off-court revenue. In contrast, the two kings of football Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have been alternately leading in the second and third positions, and their annual income has remained relatively stable in the early 100 million US dollars.
In 2020, James’ total income is 88.2 million US dollars, not only behind Messi Ronaldo, but even worse than Neymar’s 99.5 million US dollars. It seems that if Lao Zhan wants to match Jordan's legendary status, he must continue to work harder on off-court influence and brand building.
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