50+ Moments and Stats That Prove Michael Jordan is the GOAT

Do you know who the highest-paid athlete in all of history is? If you guessed Michael Jordan or Tiger Woods, you’d be wrong. The richest athlete ever was Gaius Appuleius Diocles, a charioteer whose wealth surpassed the $15-billion mark in today’s money market.

But the richest athlete of the modern world is Michael Jordan. Although he only made $90 million throughout his NBA career, his deal with Nike was what made him a billionaire. Today, he has a net worth of around $1.6 billion, according to Insider, which is absolutely bonkers. LeBron James is estimated to join this exclusive league of basketball billionaires (or billionaire, rather) by the end of 2021. Shoe deals, man, they make a ton of money.