Ben Simmons Net Worth 2018: What is this basketball player worth?
Ben Simmons is a professional basketball player who plays Point guard / Forward for the Philadelphia 76ers as number 25. Simmons’s height is 6 ft 10 in. Simmons’s weight is 230 pounds. Simmons was born on July 20, 1996, in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia). This article takes a deep dive into Ben Simmons’s net worth.
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Ben Simmons Career and Earnings/Salary
In high school, Ben Simmons played basketball for Montverde Academy(Montverde, Florida). Simmons played basketball in college with LSU Tigers basketball (2015-2016) and started playing professionally in 2016. In the 2016 National Basketball Association draft, Simmons was chosen number 1 in round 1 by the Philadelphia 76ers.
Simmons played for the Philadelphia 76ers during 2016-present. Some of the highlights of Ben Simmons’s career include: Consensus first-team NCAA Men’s Basketball All-Americans, USBWA National Freshman of the Year, First-team All-Southeastern Conference, Southeastern Conference Men’s Basketball Rookie of the Year, Gatorade Player of the Year awards, Naismith Prep Player of the Year Award, McDonald’s All-American Game, and First-team Parade All-America Boys Basketball Team.
Simmons won a gold medal in the 2013 FIBA Oceania Championship in the Australia men’s national basketball team event. Simmons won a silver medal in the 2012 FIBA Under-17 World Championship in the Australia national under-17 basketball team event.
Ben Simmons Net Worth 2018
Player yearly earnings vary between a few thousand dollars and tens of millions of dollars per year, depending on a number of factors. Although most professional NBA players make a salary of almost $2 million, some with D-league crossover deals receive as little as $50,000. The salary cap for National Basketball Association players is nearly $100 million, although currently no player makes anywhere near that amount. The top players in the league earn close to $35 million. Outside of the National Basketball Association, yearly earnings can dip below $20,000 annually for minor league teams.
Ben Simmons net worth: basketball salary distribution
Ben Simmons’s salary in 2018 was $6 million. Simmons’s contract stipulates salaries of $6 million in 2019, $8 million in 2020, and $11 million in 2021.
So what is basketball player Ben Simmons’s net worth in 2018? Our estimate for Ben Simmons’s net worth as of 2018 is:
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