Kobe Bryant’s net worth is $319 million. Our Kobe Bryant net worth figures come from digging into the star’s salary and contracts and endorsement deals. We also folded estimates for taxes, expenses and investments into our Kobe Bryant net worth calculations.
By our estimates, Kobe Bryant’s net worth includes a total of $298 million in salary since the Charlotte Hornets chose him as a first round draft pick in 1996. Since that time, the shooting guard has also piled away an estimated $352 million in endorsements and $26 million in investments. $260 million in taxes and another $97 million in expenses have subtracted from Kobe Bryant’s net worth. The star’s 2012 divorce that never happened would have sucked away another $75 million from Bryant’s net worth.
Kobe Bryant Net Worth Facts
Kobe Bryant net worth: | $319 million |
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Kobe Bryant Net Worth Comparisons
Salary and Kobe Bryant’s Net Worth
The most exact portion of our Kobe Bryant net worth calculations is his salary. That’s because the salaries of NBA players are released to the public. In 1996 when the Charlotte Hornets signed Bryant as a first round draft pick, the star earned $1 million. Bryant continued to add about $1 million a year to his net worth until the 1999-2000 season, when he earned $9 million. Since that time, Kobe Bryant’s salary has continued to grow by about a million or two a year.
Kobe Bryant | Age | Salary |
---|---|---|
1996-1997 | 18 | $1,015,000 |
1997-1998 | 19 | $1,167,240 |
1998-1999 | 20 | $1,319,000 |
1999-2000 | 21 | $9,000,000 |
2000-2001 | 22 | $10,130,000 |
2001-2002 | 23 | $11,250,000 |
2002-2003 | 24 | $12,375,000 |
2003-2004 | 25 | $13,500,000 |
2004-2005 | 26 | $14,175,000 |
2005-2006 | 27 | $15,946,875 |
2006-2007 | 28 | $17,718,750 |
2007-2008 | 29 | $19,490,625 |
2008-2009 | 30 | $21,262,500 |
2009-2010 | 31 | $23,034,375 |
2010-2011 | 32 | $24,806,250 |
2011-2012 | 33 | $20,318,738 |
2012-2013 | 34 | $27,849,149 |
2013-2014 | 35 | $30,453,805 |
2014-2015 | 36 | $23,500,000 |
Total Salary Portion of Kobe Bryant Net Worth | $298,312,307 |
Endorsements and Kobe Bryant Net Worth
Bryant is believed to be one of the top two players in the NBA for endorsement dollars. We can estimate that with Bryant’s huge endorsement deals, he makes about 18% more per year for endorsement deals than from his salary. Figuring that, we came up with an average of $19.5 million a year in endorsement dollars.
While the figures below are only estimates, they show a reasonable guess at how endorsements have added to Kobe Bryant’s net worth.
Kobe Bryant | Age | Endorsements |
---|---|---|
1996-1997 | 18 | $1,197,700 |
1997-1998 | 19 | $1,377,343 |
1998-1999 | 20 | $1,556,420 |
1999-2000 | 21 | $10,620,000 |
2000-2001 | 22 | $11,953,400 |
2001-2002 | 23 | $13,275,000 |
2002-2003 | 24 | $14,602,500 |
2003-2004 | 25 | $15,930,000 |
2004-2005 | 26 | $16,726,500 |
2005-2006 | 27 | $18,817,313 |
2006-2007 | 28 | $20,908,125 |
2007-2008 | 29 | $22,998,938 |
2008-2009 | 30 | $25,089,750 |
2009-2010 | 31 | $27,180,563 |
2010-2011 | 32 | $29,271,375 |
2011-2012 | 33 | $23,976,111 |
2012-2013 | 34 | $32,861,996 |
2013-2014 | 35 | $35,935,490 |
2014-2015 | 36 | $27,730,000 |
Total Endorsement Portion of Kobe Bryant Net Worth | $352,008,522 |
Taxes and Kobe Bryant Net Worth
Expenses and Kobe Bryant Net Worth
We figured that between his sports agent, marketing agent and other expenses, Bryant shells out about 15% of what he earns each year to cover expenses. That would mean total expenses of $97 million have subtracted from Kobe Bryant’s net worth. That’s an average of $5 million per year.
Kobe Bryant’s Net Worth and Investments
Divorce and Kobe Bryant’s Net Worth
Kobe Bryant’s Net Worth: Putting it All Together
The table below shows how we estimated Kobe Bryant’s net worth. We started with hard salary data from Bryant’s contracts, then added estimates for endorsements at about 118% of salary. We deducted 40% for taxes and 15% for expenses. We also added 6% for investments, deducting 40% for each of the 2001 and 2008 financial crises. Our final Kobe Bryant net worth number of $319 million is only an estimate, but it’s a fairly educated one.
Kobe Bryant Net Worth Calculations
Kobe Bryant | Age | Salary | Endorsements | Taxes | Expenses | Investments | Net Worth |
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1996-1997 | 18 | $1,015,000 | $1,197,700 | $885,080 | $331,905 | $0 | $995,715 |
1997-1998 | 19 | $1,167,240 | $1,377,343 | $1,017,833 | $381,687 | $59,743 | $2,200,520 |
1998-1999 | 20 | $1,319,000 | $1,556,420 | $1,150,168 | $431,313 | $132,031 | $3,626,491 |
1999-2000 | 21 | $9,000,000 | $10,620,000 | $7,848,000 | $2,943,000 | $217,589 | $12,673,080 |
2000-2001 | 22 | $10,130,000 | $11,953,400 | $8,833,360 | $3,312,510 | $760,385 | $23,370,995 |
2001-2002 | 23 | $11,250,000 | $13,275,000 | $9,810,000 | $3,678,750 | -$9,348,398 | $25,058,847 |
2002-2003 | 24 | $12,375,000 | $14,602,500 | $10,791,000 | $4,046,625 | $1,503,531 | $38,702,253 |
2003-2004 | 25 | $13,500,000 | $15,930,000 | $11,772,000 | $4,414,500 | $2,322,135 | $54,267,888 |
2004-2005 | 26 | $14,175,000 | $16,726,500 | $12,360,600 | $4,635,225 | $3,256,073 | $71,429,636 |
2005-2006 | 27 | $15,946,875 | $18,817,313 | $13,905,675 | $5,214,628 | $4,285,778 | $91,359,299 |
2006-2007 | 28 | $17,718,750 | $20,908,125 | $15,450,750 | $5,794,031 | $5,481,558 | $114,222,950 |
2007-2008 | 29 | $19,490,625 | $22,998,938 | $16,995,825 | $6,373,434 | $6,853,377 | $140,196,630 |
2008-2009 | 30 | $21,262,500 | $25,089,750 | $18,540,900 | $6,952,838 | -$56,078,652 | $104,976,491 |
2009-2010 | 31 | $23,034,375 | $27,180,563 | $20,085,975 | $7,532,241 | $6,298,589 | $133,871,802 |
2010-2011 | 32 | $24,806,250 | $29,271,375 | $21,631,050 | $8,111,644 | $8,032,308 | $166,239,041 |
2011-2012 | 33 | $20,318,738 | $23,976,111 | $17,717,940 | $6,644,227 | $9,974,342 | $196,146,066 |
2012-2013 | 34 | $27,849,149 | $32,861,996 | $24,284,458 | $9,106,672 | $11,768,764 | $235,234,845 |
2013-2014 | 35 | $30,453,805 | $35,935,490 | $26,555,718 | $9,958,394 | $14,114,091 | $279,224,118 |
2014-2015 | 36 | $23,500,000 | $27,730,000 | $20,492,000 | $7,684,500 | $16,753,447 | $319,031,066 |
Kobe Bryant Net Worth Totals | $298,312,307 | $352,008,522 | $260,128,332 | $97,548,124 | $26,386,692 | $319,031,066 |
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