Highest paid Basketball players

Basketball these days is not just the game of big men with big physiques. Basketball is now one of the highest paying games with NBA topping viewer popularity every passing year. Here is a list of the top paid basketball players according to the Forbes magazine for 2004.


Michael Jordan $35 M - 41 years - retired
Shaquille O'Neal $31.9M - 32 years - Los Angeles Lakers
kevin Garnett $29.7M - 28 years - Minnesota Timberwolves
Kobe Bryant $26.1M - 25 years - Los Angeles Lakers
Grant Hill $25.9M - 31 years - Orlando Magic
LeBron James $21.1M - 19 years - Cleveland Cavaliers
Vince Carter $20.2M - 27 years - Toronto Raptors
Allen Iverson $19.7M - 27 Years - Philadelphia 76ers
Tracy McGrady $19M - 25 years - Orlando Magic
Jason Kidd - $15.9M - 31 years - New Jersey Nets
Yao Ming - $15.7M - 23 years - Houston Rockets
Rasheed Wallace - $15.3M - 29 years - Detroit Pistons
Anfernee Hardaway - $15.1M - 32 years - New York Knicks
Andre Miller - $15M - 28 years - Denver Nuggets