Did you know that not only is Jordan a Billionaire but he is also the Highest-Paid Athletes Of All-Time With $1.7 Billion dollars made as of 2017?

Did you know that Michael Jordan Heads according to Forbes Magazine is the first sports Billionaire?

Did you know that not only is Jordan a Billionaire but he is also the Highest-Paid Athletes Of All-Time With $1.7 Billion dollars made as of 2017?
 

Michael Jordan (The GOAT)

Did you know that the career of a professional athlete is usually relatively brief. It spans six years in Major League Baseball on average and less than four years in football, according to the NFL Players Association?

Did you know that athletes have a small window to bank as much as they can, as the money spigot typically dries up pretty quickly after retirement, but a select group of stars enjoy long careers with hefty paydays and continue to make millions after leaving the game?

Arnold Palmer

Did you know that Arnold Palmer died in September at the age of 87?

Did you know that Palmer who was golfing legend earned $3.6 million in prize money over 52 years on the PGA Tour and Senior Tour?

Did you know up until Palmers last PGA win, which was the 1973 Bob Hope Desert Classic, Palmer earned more than $40 million annually in the years before his death thanks to a slew of endorsement and licensing agreements, as well as 500 stores in Asia selling Arnold Palmer-branded apparel and footwear?

Did you know that Palmer’s line of beverages with AriZona Beverage Co. generated $200 million annually in revenue for the company last year and millions for Palmer’s bank account?

Did you know that the six decades in the spotlight helped Palmer earn a cumulative $1.35 billion (in 2016 dollars) since turning pro in 1954?

Did you know that Palmer's earned income is the third-biggest haul ever for an athlete?

David Falk Michael Jordan Agent

Did you know that Palmer revolutionized the idea of an athlete as product endorser through his partnership with IMG founder Mark McCormack. Palmer and McCormack’s marketing work in the 1960s and 1970s laid the foundation for the greatest product pitchman of his time, Michael Jordan?

Did you know that Jordan and his agent, David Falk, took sports marketing to another level and with the help of Nike made Jordan the highest-paid athlete of all-time, with earnings of $1.7 billion (in 2016 dollars) since leaving North Carolina for the NBA in 1984?

Did you know that Jordan is widely considered the greatest basketball player to ever play the game, but his on-court salary rarely matched his place in the game. Only two seasons did he earn more than $4 million from the Chicago Bulls (both years were $30+ million)?

Did you know that Jordan's cumulative salary over 15 seasons with the Bulls and Washington Wizards was $93 million?

Did you know that Jordan made money on the court, but off the court was where the world got to see why they called Michael Jordan the Greatest Of All Time, (GOAT)?

Did you know that it was off the court that Jordan rose to unprecedented heights with endorsement deals with Nike, Gatorade, McDonald's, Coca-Cola, Wheaties, Hanes and more than a dozen others?

Did you know that Jordan retired permanently from the NBA 13 years ago, but his earnings have never been greater.,Nike paid him more than $100 million this year thanks to the phenomenal success of the Nike-owned Jordan brand, which dominates with more than 50% of the basketball sneaker market?

Did you know that the Jordan brand generated $2.8 billion in revenue for Nike in the fiscal year ending in May, up 18% year-over-year?

Did you know that Jordan’s earnings prowess will remain robust. Nike wants the Jordan brand to

MJ

reach revenue of $4.5 billion by 2020, with MJ collecting royalties on every shoe, shorts and hoodie sold by the sportswear giant?

Tiger Woods

Did you know that Tiger Woods is the athlete who inherited Jordan’s title in the late 1990s as
the most sought after endorser in sports?



Did you know that Woods' earnings are off more than 50% from his heyday, but he still banked $45 million from sponsors, appearances and course design fees in the most recent year, pushing his cumulative career earnings to $1.65 billion?

Rounding out the top five is another golfer (Jack Nicklaus: $1.15 billion) and F1 racing legend Michael Schumacher with $1 billion. Schumacher is one of seven non-Americans to


Did you know that Tiger Woods was the highest-paid athlete in the world for 11 straight years with his peak year of earnings the $115 million he banked for the 12 months ending in June 2008 ($128 million in 2016 dollars) thanks to lucrative endorsements with Accenture, Buick, Gatorade, Gillette, Nike and more?

Did you know that Arnold Palmer’s earned from $875 million to $1.35 billion?

Boxer Mike Tyson

Did you know that Boxer Mike Tyson got to $685 million?

LeBron James

 Did you know that Forbes said that  LeBron James was worth over ($640 million)?

Cristiano Ronaldo

 Did you know that Cristiano Ronaldo has earned over ($620 million?

Roger Federer

Did you know that (Roger Federer: has earned over $600 million)?

Alex Rodriguez

Did you know that baseball legend (Alex Rodriguez has earned over $545 million?)

Lionel Messi

Did you know that Lionel Messi is the youngest player to make the cut, the 29-year-old Barcelona star ranks No. 17 with $520 million (in 2016 dollars)?

Peyton Manning

Did you know that Peyton Manning was the top-earning football player, but just missed the cut at $460 million from being at a half billion dollars?


 These three global icons are fast approaching the $1 billion mark in career earnings, as they ranked highest-paid athletes in the world this year led by Ronaldo at $88 million.
as the three

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