LeBron James (37, LA Lakers) maintained the No. 1 annual income for NBA players for the seventh consecutive year.
According to the US media Forbes on the 31st (Korean time), James is expected to leave an annual income of 95.4 million dollars (106.6 billion won) by adding an annual salary of 31.4 million dollars (about 35.1 billion won) and a sponsorship contract of 64 million dollars (71.5 billion won). do. Forbes said, “Annual donation of 64 million dollars is the highest in the history of sports in the United States.” (Approximately 1,117.5 billion won) The club also joined in front of him,” he explained.
James won the 2019-2020 season but was unable to renew his contract with Coca-Cola, which signed a sponsorship contract from 2003. James, however, is still proud of its merchandise, such as pursuing a contract with Pepsi-Cola immediately. In May of last year, James was also ranked 5th in the sports player’s soft armor import ranking announced by Forth with 88.2 million dollars (98.6 billion won). At the time, Roger Federer (tennis) with $16.3 million (118.8 billion won) was ranked first, and Ronaldo with $105 million (17.3 billion won) was second.
Among the players in the NBA, Stephen Curry (Golden State) with an annual income of 74.4 million dollars (83.1 billion won) and Kevin Durant (Brooklyn) with 65.2 million dollars (72.9 billion won) in third place. “There were 34 players in the NBA with over $25 million a year,” Forbes said. This was more than 12 American Professional Football (NFL) players and 7 American Professional Baseball Major League players.” This annual salary also reflected the reduction in actual wages due to non-audience games and shortening of the season schedule due to the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19).
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