The 29 Richest NBA Players And the Women Behind Them

" \n Basketball players are quick on their feet, fast, strong, and above all, tall\u2013something that almost all women are attracted to. It\u2019s no wonder why all of these successful basketball celebs have not only made a fortune with their talent, but they\u2019ve also landed some exceptional and gorgeous women to call their partners. Check out these famous players and the women behind the scenes. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n 29. Nen\u00ea \n \n\n \n The center has been plying his trade with the Washington Wizards since 2012 and his estimated net worth is about $45 million. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n Lauren Prothe \n \n\n \n Nen\u00ea met former volleyball player, Lauren Prothe, who can not only look him in the eyes at 6\u20191\u201d, but she can also speak fluent Portuguese\u2013something that definitely comes in handy for her Brazilian husband. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n 28. Jamal Mashburn \n \n\n \n He may be retired now with a net worth of 45 million, but during his 12-year NBA career as a forward for the Dallas Mavericks and Miami Heat, he was nicknamed \u201cMonster Mash.\u201d \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n Michelle Mashburn \n \n\n \n Jamal and Michelle Mashburn, a qualified personal trainer, are more than just husband and wife\u2013they are business partners as well. Between the two of them, they own more than 71 enterprises. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n 27. Chauncey Billups \n \n\n \n In his 17-year NBA career, point guard Chauncey Billups played for the likes of the Detroit Pistons, the Denver Nuggets and the Los Angeles Clippers. It was while playing for the Pistons, though, that Billips earned the tag \u201cMr. Big Shot,\u201d and today he is worth approximately $45 million. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n Piper Billups \n \n\n \n A 17-year-old Chauncey got with his future wife Piper at high school in Denver, Colorado. And the pair, who\u2019ve now got three daughters together, have remained a couple ever since. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n 26. Vlade Divac \n \n\n \n Sacramento Kings general manager Vlade Divac bookended his 16-year NBA career with the Los Angeles Lakers and was famous for his superior passing. The former center \u2013 who scored more than 13,000 points as a player \u2013 now has a personal fortune of $45 million. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n Sne\u017eana Divac \n \n\n \n Divac is married to Sne\u017eana, with the couple having a pair of sons: Matija and Luka. They\u2019ve also adopted a girl called Petra, whose natural parents lost their lives during the Kosovo War of the late \u201990s. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n 25. Michael Redd \n \n\n \n In 2005 former U.S. international Michael Redd signed an incredible $91 million contract for the Milwaukee Bucks, with whom he spent most of his career. This, of course, contributed to the shooting guard\u2019s current personal fortune of $45 million. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n Achea Redd \n \n\n \n In 2006 Redd wed Achea, and the pair went on to establish the Michael Redd Foundation. The charity works with government departments and schools to promote academic achievement. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n 24. Scottie Pippen \n \n\n \n Chicago Bulls legend Scottie Pippen has not one, not two, but six NBA championship medals to his name. He is furthermore regarded as among the finest small forwards ever, so it\u2019s little surprise that \u201cPip,\u201d as he\u2019s affectionately known, holds a net worth of $50 million. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n Larsa Pippen \n \n\n \n In 2011 Larsa Pippen starred in the original season of The Real Housewives of Miami, and she\u2019s since popped up in friend Kim Kardashian\u2019s reality shows, too. She married Pippen in 1997, and the high-profile couple have four kids together. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n 23. Larry Bird \n \n\n \n Larry Bird\u2019s professional and post-retirement career is so amazing that he is the sole basketballer to have been crowned MVP, Coach of the Year and Executive of the Year. It\u2019s unsurprising, then, that the super-successful former forward has an approximated net worth of at least $55 million. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n Dinah Mattingly \n \n\n \n Bird and Dinah Mattingly tied the knot in 1989. Coincidentally, the couple, who have a pair of adopted kids, met at the time Bird was divorcing from his first wife, Janet. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n 22. Stephon Marbury \n \n\n \n Stephon Marbury may have swapped the NBA for the Chinese Basketball Association, but the former NBA All-Star has still racked up quite a fortune in salaries and endorsements. Indeed, the erstwhile Minnesota Timberwolves, Phoenix Suns and New York Knicks point guard can boast a net worth of $60 million. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n Tasha Marbury \n \n\n \n Marbury is married to Tasha, who in 2013 starred in season five of VH1\u2019s Basketball Wives. The couple tied the knot in 1999 and have two kids \u2013 Stephon Marbury II and Xaviera Marbury. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n 21. Mike Bibby \n \n\n \n Mike Bibby comes from a sporting family. What\u2019s more, he enjoyed a 14-year stint in the NBA between 1998 and 2012, during which he played point guard for the likes of the Vancouver Grizzlies and the New York Knicks. Such a career has enabled him to amass a reported net worth of around $60 million. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n Darcy Watkins \n \n\n \n Bibby met his longtime partner Darcy Watkins while still in high school, and his commitment to her is plain for all to see: he has a huge tattoo of her name on his right wrist. The pair also have four children. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n 20. Jerry Stackhouse \n \n\n \n Ex-shooting guard and small forward Jerry Stackhouse enjoyed an 18-year NBA career as a player between 1995 and 2013, and these days he\u2019s working hard off the court at the Toronto Raptors. His net worth, thanks to some sound financial management, reportedly totals $60 million. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n Ramirra Marks Stackhouse \n \n\n \n Stackhouse married Ramirra Marks on Christmas Eve, 2000, and the pair have three kids together. Interestingly, she was once offered a role on Basketball Wivesbut turned it down because she thought the show lacked \u201cdepth.\u201d \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n 19. Baron Davis \n \n\n \n Twice an NBA All-Star, Baron Davis signed a contract for the Los Angeles Clippers in 2008 that was worth $65 million. These days, though, the point guard is staging a comeback in the NBA Development League after an injury, and yet he\u2019s still worth approximately $60 million. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n Isabella Brewster \n \n\n \n Isabella Brewster once worked for the Creative Artists Agency, and her sister Jordana is a star of The Fast and the Furious films. She married Davis is 2014, and they now have two children. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n 18. Alonzo Mourning \n \n\n \n The majority of Alonzo Mourning\u2019s 15-season NBA career was spent with the Miami Heat. In fact, he was such a consistent performer that he became the team\u2019s first player to have their number withdrawn. The former center\/power forward today has a personal worth of $70 million. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n Tracy Mourning \n \n\n \n In 2002 Tracy Mourning established the Honey Shine Mentoring Program, which works to improve the lives of young women. She had married Alonzo five years earlier, and they now have three kids. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n 17. Jermaine O\u2019Neal \n \n\n \n In an interview with the The Boston Globe in 2010, Jermaine O\u2019Neal claimed he \u201cnever knew\u201d he was among the NBA\u2019s highest-earning players at that time. The former Boston Celtics star was so well paid, in fact, that he\u2019s now thought to be worth $70 million. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n Mesha O\u2019Neal \n \n\n \n O\u2019Neal has two kids \u2013 Asjia and Jermaine Jr. \u2013 with his wife Mesha, whom he met aged 17 and later married in the Bahamas. Back in 2010 Mesha appeared on the VH1 show Basketball Wives. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n 16. Paul Pierce \n \n\n \n Lucrative marketing deals with the likes of Attitude Drinks and 2014 earnings of $16.8 million have helped Paul Pierce achieve a current net worth of $70 million. In fact, in 2013 the now-Los Angeles Clippers small forward was, according toForbes, the planet\u2019s 82nd-best-paid athlete. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n Julie Pierce \n \n\n \n Pierce met his future wife Julie Landrum in 2006, and approximately two years later the couple had their first of three children. They married on the sunny Californian coast in summer 2010. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n 15. Amar\u2019e Stoudemire \n \n\n \n With a salary of $22 million and endorsements worth $3 million, Amar\u2019e Stoudemire was, according to Forbes, the 44th-best-paid athlete in the world in 2015. The Miami Heat power forward\u2019s net worth, meanwhile, is believed to total between $70 million and $90 million. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n Alexis Stoudemire \n \n\n \n Stoudemire started dating Alexis Welch in 2002, though he held off proposing for a decade. At that time Alexis described herself as a \u201chands-on mother,\u201d although in 2014 she also ran the TCS New York City Marathon. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n 14. Jason Kidd \n \n\n \n Jason Kidd no doubt made a pretty penny when he left one endorsement deal with Nike to join another with PEAK in 2008. Added to his lifetime earnings, it\u2019s estimated that the former New Jersey Nets player has a net worth of at least \u00a373 million. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n Porschla Kidd \n \n\n \n Kidd tied the knot with ex-model Porschla Coleman \u2013 his second wife \u2013 in fall 2011. The couple had one child, a boy, before they married, and another, a girl, in 2012. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n 13. Karl Malone \n \n\n \n Also known as \u201cThe Mailman,\u201d serial deliverer Karl Malone played for the Utah Jazz for 18 years \u2013 and for the Los Angeles Lakers for one \u2013 before finishing his career in 2005. The ex-power forward, who became the Jazz\u2019s big man coach in 2013, has a reported net worth of $75 million. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n Kay Kinsey Malone \n \n\n \n Malone fell for 1988 Miss Idaho USA pageant winner Kay Kinsey after the pair met at an autograph-signing event in Utah. The couple, who went on to have four children, tied the knot on Christmas Eve, 1990. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n 12. Dikembe Mutombo \n \n\n \n Dikembe Mutombo\u2019s 18-year NBA career stretched between 1991 and 2009, with the celebrated center having turned out for the likes of the Denver Nuggets, the Atlanta Hawks and the New York Knicks. His net worth is believed to be in the region of $75 million. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n Rose Mutombo \n \n\n \n Mutombo proposed to fellow Congolese-American Rose the moment he met her, with the pair actually marrying in 1996. The couple are both actively involved in the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation and have no less than six children together. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n 11. Tracy McGrady \n \n\n \n Former swingman Tracy McGrady turned out for seven NBA teams during his illustrious 16-year basketball career, most notably for the Houston Rockets between 2004 and 2010. Today his net worth is estimated to be between $75 million and $80 million. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n CleRenda McGrady \n \n\n \n McGrady married CleRenda Harris in 2006, some eight years after meeting her in North Carolina. CleRenda herself is a life coach and the founder of Project P.U.S.H, which aims to empower women. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n 10. Pat Riley \n \n\n \n Miami heat team president Pat Riley played for the San Diego Rockets, the Los Angeles Lakers and the Phoenix Suns during the \u201960s and \u201970s. The game has certainly been good to the former guard\/forward, whose net worth now stands at approximately $80 million. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n Chris Riley \n \n\n \n Pat married blond, blue-eyed Chris, who was once a marriage counselor, way back in 1970, a couple of years after they met on a beach in San Diego. They have two grown-up children, Elisabeth and James. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n 9. Juwan Howard \n \n\n \n Miami Heat assistant coach Juwan Howard enjoyed a 19-year NBA playing career before retiring in 2013. He was such a star that he was the NBA\u2019s first player to be offered a $100 million contract, and he had several lucrative sponsorships. His net worth is $80 million. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n Jenine Howard \n \n\n \n Howard tied the knot with Jenine Wardally on the Turks and Caicos Islands in the summer of 2001. Jenine is the founder of the Juice Foundation, which promotes healthy living to help fight cancer. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n 8. Chris Bosh \n \n\n \n Chris Bosh was, according to Forbes, the planet\u2019s 52nd-best-paid sports star in 2015, with his $20.8 million salary topped up by $3 million of endorsements. Such lucrative deals have undoubtedly helped the Miami Heat power forward amass a personal fortune of $50 million. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n Adrienne Bosh \n \n\n \n Bosh tied the knot with Adrienne Williams in 2011, and these days Adrienne Bosh is the owner of Miami Beach-located boutique Sparkle and Shine Darling. The store, which stocks \u201csparkly-shiny pieces\u201d for women, opened in 2015. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n 7. Stephen Curry \n \n\n \n Stephen Curry is currently playing for the Golden State Warriors of NBA. He's considered as the greatest shooter in NBA history according to many analysts and players. Stephen Curry's net worth is about $90 million in 2018. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n Ayesha Disa Curry \n \n\n \n Ayesha Disa Curry is a Canadian\u2013American actress and cookbook author. Ayesha met Stephen Curry in a church youth group when they were 15 and 14 years old. The couple got married on July 30, 2011, and now they have three children. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n 6. Chris Paul \n \n\n \n In 2015 Chris Paul was, according to Forbes, the planet\u2019s 37th-best-paid sports star. And while estimates of Chris Paul\u2019s net worth is about $100 million, it\u2019s fair to say that the Los Angeles Clippers point guard has done okay for himself. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n Jada Paul \n \n\n \n Paul met future wife Jada Crawley at high school. They married in 2011 and today reside, with their two kids, in a Bel Air mansion that once belonged to Avril Lavigne. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n 5. Ray Allen \n \n\n \n With the help of past endorsement deals with the likes of Webster Bank and Nike and a previous contract worth $80 million, Ray Allen has achieved an impressive net worth of $100 million. The shooting guard most recently turned out for the Miami Heat in 2014. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n Shannon Walker Williams \n \n\n \n In 2004 Allen started dating singer and actress Shannon Walker Williams, who has appeared in former CBS soap As the World Turns. The pair, who now have three kids, married four years later. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n 4. David Robinson \n \n\n \n David Robinson \u2013 who spent the entirety of his 14-year professional basketball career with the San Antonio Spurs \u2013 won the NBA championship twice and has two Olympic gold medals. Then, after he retired from the court, Robinson entered the world of private equity and is today worth at least $200 million. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n Valerie Hoggatt Robinson \n \n\n \n The former center married Valerie Hoggatt in December 1991. And the following year Hoggatt was head of the David Robinson Foundation, putting her degree in business and her experience with community outreach to good use. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n 3. LeBron James \n \n\n \n LeBron James is often deemed as the best basketball player in the world, and he opted out of his Cleveland contract to sign with the Lakers in 2018. James' accomplishments in NBA are extensive and numerous. Currently, Celebrity Net Worth estimates that LeBron James has a net of about $440 million. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n Savannah Brinson \n \n\n \n LeBron James and Savannah Brinson have been a couple since high school, and they got married in 2013. Savannah is an American businesswoman and philanthropist. Now the couple has three children, and James is one of the highest-paid athletes in the world. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n 2. Kobe Bean Bryant \n \n\n \n Kobe Bean Bryant is considered to be one of the best NBA players of all time. He played his entire 20-year career for the LA Lakers. Although retired from basketball in 2016, Kobe Bean Bryant still has an estimated net worth of $500 million. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n Vanessa Laine Bryant \n \n\n \n Vanessa Laine Bryant married to Kobe Bean Bryant on April 18, 2001, and now has three daughters. Vanessa met Bryant when she was only 17 years old, and they became engaged just after six months. On December 16, 2011, the two filed for divorce due to irreconcilable differences, but they called off their divorce in 2013. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n 1. Michael Jordan \n \n\n \n Michael Jordan, the former professional basketball player, is regarded by most people as the NBA's greatest all-time player. He played for the Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards successively. He is the principal owner and chairman of the NBA's Charlotte Hornets now. Michael Jordan's net worth is estimated to be $1.7 billion in 2018. \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n Yvette Prieto \n \n\n \n Yvette Prieto, a model from Cuba, got married to Michael Jordan in April 2013. Yvette Prieto was born in 1979, 15 years younger than Michael Jordan who was born in 1964. Yvette Prieto met Michael Jordan at a nightclub in Miami in 2008, two years after Jordan's divorce from his first wife. \n \n\n \n \n "