Both men enjoy lifetime sponsorship deals with sportswear brand Nike.
LeBron James passed basketball legend Michael Jordan to move into fourth place on the NBA career points-scoring list on Wednesday night.
James personal achievement of 31 points for the Lakers' on Wednesday wasn't enough to prevent a 115-99 loss to the Denver Nuggets, but was more than consoled by bettering Jordan's career points total of 32,292 points. Understandably in Jordan's era of the NBA, his salary was comparatively more modest and had career wages totalling $90 million. However, since retiring in 2003, he has earned another $1.4 billion from corporate partnersPost-retirement has seen Jordan invest heavily in basketball and in 2010 he became the majority shareholder in NBA franchise the Charlotte Hornets for a grossed-up value of $175 million.
However, such is the enormity of the brand; it has brought in over $3 billion in revenue for Nike since that time, with Jordan's lifetime partnership deal providing him a considerable yearly income. Michael Jordan's cinematic career most famously included the 1996 animated film"Space Jam" where he starred alongside the Looney Tunes cartoon characters including Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck.
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