Currently the highest paid NBA star in the world, Kobe Bryant's net worth is sure to continue increasing after surpassing a long-running record first established by basketball superstar Michael Jordan - but how much is the Lakers star currently worth right now?
While Michael Jordan wasn't the top NBA scorer of all time, the legendary star was certainly high up there, being ranked third in the list with 32,292 points - a feat that Bryant surpassed last Sunday, with 32,310 points earned throughout his career. And it would be no surprise that Kobe Bryant's net worth started to grow from this.
As it is, Kobe Bryant's net worth is among the highest in basketball, as he's currently earning $23,5 million for his work in the Los Angeles Lakers (according to ESPN), where he's an often-controversial figure, although certainly one of the most successful people in the of the National Basketbal Association.
Among Bryant's titles - from a career that has spanned since 1996, entirely on the Los Angeles Lakers - are winning five NBA championships, being a 16-time All-Star, being a 15-time member of the All-NBA Team and a 12-time member of the All-Defensive team; also, he has led the league in scoring twice in his career, before the stint where he became the third scorer of all time in the NBA.
He's also a member of NBA royalty, being the son of another player of the league, Joe Bryant, who was a part of the Golden State Warriors. Later, he was the coach of the Women's NBA team Los Angeles Sparks, and he's now serving as the coach of the Asian League's Chang Thailand Slammers team.
Of course, Kobe's long and successful career - which has spanned nearly two decades - has made the basketball star a very wealthy man, as Kobe Bryant's net worth has kept steadily increasing over the past years.
Currently, Kobe Bryant's net worth stands at $260 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth - in that aspect, he still has a long way to go until beating Michael Jordan's mark, as the legendary player is worth $1 billion dollars according to the same site!
