Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Net Worth 2018: What is this basketball player worth?
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was a professional basketball player. Abdul-Jabbar was born on April 16, 1947, in New York City, New York. Abdul-Jabbar’s height is 7 ft 2 in. This article takes a deep dive into Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s net worth.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Career and Earnings/Salary
Abdul-Jabbar played basketball in college with UCLA Bruins men’s basketball (1966-1969) and started playing professionally in 1969. In the 1969 draft, Abdul-Jabbar was chosen number 1 in round 1 by the Milwaukee Bucks. Abdul-Jabbar left the game of basketball in 1989.
Abdul-Jabbar played for the Milwaukee Bucks during 1969-1974 as well as the Los Angeles Lakers in 1975-1988. Some of the highlights of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s career included: 6× List of NBA champions, 2× Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award, 6× NBA Most Valuable Player Award, 19× List of NBA All-Stars, 10× All-NBA Team, 5× All-NBA Team, 5× NBA All-Defensive Team, 6× NBA All-Defensive Team, NBA Rookie of the Year Award, 2× List of National Basketball Association annual scoring leaders, List of National Basketball Association annual rebounding leaders, 4× List of National Basketball Association annual blocks leaders, No. 33 Retired numbers, No. 33 Hall of Famers, retired and honored numbers; NBA’s 50th Anniversary All-Time Team, 3× NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship, 3× NCAA Basketball Tournament 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, No. 33 UCLA Bruins men’s basketball retired numbers, and 2× NBA champion.
Abdul-Jabbar set a career record of 38,387 (24.6 ppg) points, 17,440 (11.2 rpg) rebounds, and 3,189 (2.5 bpg) blocks.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Net Worth 2018
Player salaries range between $20,000 and tens of millions of dollars annually, depending on a number of statistics. Although typical NBA players make 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 NBA players is around $100 million, although as of today no player brings in anywhere near that amount. The top players earn nearly $35 million. Outside of the NBA, yearly earnings can dip below $20,000 per year for minor league teams.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar net worth: basketball salary distribution
So what is basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s net worth in 2018? Abdul-Jabbar earned a career high salary of around $3 million in ’89. Our estimate for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s net worth as of 2018 is: $25 million
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