Bill Walton Net Worth 2018: What is this basketball player worth?
Bill Walton was a professional basketball player. Walton was born on November 5, 1952, in La Mesa, California. Walton’s weight is 210 pounds. Walton’s height is 6 ft 11 in. This article takes a deep dive into Bill Walton’s net worth.
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Bill Walton Career and Earnings/Salary
In high school, Bill Walton played basketball for Helix High School (La Mesa, California). Walton played basketball in college with UCLA Bruins men’s basketball (1971-1974) and started playing professionally in 1974. In the 1974 draft, Walton was chosen number 1 in round 1 by the Portland Trail Blazers. Walton left the game of basketball in 1987.
Walton played for the Portland Trail Blazers during 1974-1977 as well as the Los Angeles Clippers in 1978 1984. Later, Walton played for the Boston Celtics throughout 1985-1986. Some of the highlights of Bill Walton’s career included: 2× NBA champion, Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award, NBA Most Valuable Player Award, 2× NBA All-Star, All-NBA First Team, All-NBA Second Team, 2× NBA All-Defensive First Team, NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award, List of National Basketball Association annual rebounding leaders, List of National Basketball Association annual blocks leaders, No. 32 Retired numbers; NBA 50th Anniversary Team, 2× List of NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball champions, 2× NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player, 3× List of U.S. men’s college basketball national player of the year awards, 3× Consensus first-team NCAA Men’s Basketball All-Americans, and No. 32 UCLA Bruins men’s basketball retired numbers; Oregon Sports Hall of Fame.
Walton set a career record of 6,215 (13.3 ppg) points, 4,923 (10.5 rpg) rebounds, and 1,034 (2.2 bpg) blocks.
Bill Walton Net Worth 2018
Basketball annual payments vary between $20,000 and tens of millions of dollars annually, depending on a number of circumstances. Although typical NBA players make a salary of about $2 million, a few with D-league crossover contracts are paid as little as $50,000. The salary cap for NBA players is close to $100 million, although as of today no player makes anywhere near that much money. The top players in the NBA earn nearly $35 million. Outside of the NBA, yearly earnings can go below $20,000 per year for minor league teams.
Bill Walton net worth: basketball salary distribution
So what is basketball player Bill Walton’s net worth in 2018? Walton earned a career high salary of around $400,000 in ’88. Our estimate for Bill Walton’s net worth as of 2018 is: $18 million
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