Hakeem Olajuwon Net Worth 2018: What is this basketball player worth?
Hakeem Olajuwon was a professional basketball player. Olajuwon was born on January 21, 1963, in Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria. Olajuwon’s height is 7 ft 0 in. This article takes a deep dive into Hakeem Olajuwon’s net worth.
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Hakeem Olajuwon Career and Earnings/Salary
Olajuwon played basketball in college with Houston Cougars men’s basketball (1981-1984) and started playing professionally in 1984. In the 1984 draft, Olajuwon was chosen number 1 in round 1 by the Houston Rockets. Olajuwon left the game of basketball in 2002.
Olajuwon played for the Houston Rockets during 1984-2000 as well as the Toronto Raptors in 2001. Some of the highlights of Hakeem Olajuwon’s career included: 2× List of NBA champions, 2× Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award, NBA Most Valuable Player Award, 12× List of NBA All-Stars, 6× All-NBA Team, 3× All-NBA Team, 3× All-NBA Team, 2× NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award, 5× NBA All-Defensive Team, 4× NBA All-Defensive Team, NBA All-Rookie Team, 2x List of National Basketball Association annual rebounding leaders, 3× List of National Basketball Association annual blocks leaders, No. 34 Retired numbers; NBA’s 50th Anniversary All-Time Team, Consensus first-team NCAA Men’s Basketball All-Americans, Southwest Conference Player of the Decade, Southwest Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Year, NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player, and No. 34 Retired numbers.
Olajuwon set a career record of 26,946 (21.8 ppg) points, 13,747 (11.1 rpg) rebounds, and 3,830 (3.1 bpg) blocks.
Hakeem Olajuwon Net Worth 2018
Basketball player annual payments range between a few thousand dollars and millions of dollars per annum, depending on a number of factors. Although most professional NBA players earn a salary of almost $2 million, a small contingent of players with D-league crossover deals are paid as little as $50,000. The salary cap for National Basketball Association players is nearly $100 million, although as of today no player brings in anywhere near that amount. The top players in the league earn nearly $35 million. Outside of the National Basketball Association, yearly earnings can go below $20,000 per year for minor league teams.
Hakeem Olajuwon net worth: basketball salary distribution
So what is basketball player Hakeem Olajuwon’s net worth in 2018? Olajuwon earned a career high salary of around $17 million in ’01. Our estimate for Hakeem Olajuwon’s net worth as of 2018 is: $120 million
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