Tiger Woods Is Insanely Rich, But Even the Golf Billionaire Stands No Where Near the World’s Richest Athlete

With the several accomplishments Tiger Woods has, it’s unsurprising to see him top almost every chart in golf. Be it the highest earnings on the PGA Tour or professional golfers’ total career earnings, he has blown nearly every record out of the water. And being the only billionaire golfer to date when it comes to the money-winning side of the sport, he is the undisputed GOAT. And yet, despite that, there is another in the sports world that puts Woods’ numbers to shame. Another, who has beaten him in almost everything when looking at the monetary aspect!

Billionaire Tiger Woods loses in the battle of wealth

Having played golf for nearly three decades, the golf legend has won almost $121 million on the PGA Tour alone. Despite that number being as high as many would dream of earning in their lifetime, it’s just the tip of the iceberg for Woods. Besides his earnings on the course, he makes money through his endorsements and other deals too. And through these, he’s made billions in the past three decades.

And despite these huge numbers and dominating the money charts in golf, there is one athlete who has him beat! NBA legend, Michael Jordan As per a recently released report by Sportico, MJ has significantly outshone the golf star!

Since first being drafted in 1984, the former NBA star has earned nearly $3.3 billion, after being adjusted for inflation. Before making inflation adjustments, the amount stood at $2.37 billion. The stunning stat here is that his pre-adjusted earnings are almost as much as Woods’ earnings post-inflation adjustment, which stands at $2.5 billion.

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Putting that into perspective, Jordan has basically earned nearly $1 billion more than Woods has throughout his career! Moreover, MJ is also nearly a billion dollars more valuable than the golf pro too who is worth $1.1 billion, while the six-time NBA champions is worth $2 billion!

MJ dominates 20 years after his retirement

Almost exactly two decades ago, Jordan played his last professional game. And despite it being so long since then, this year the NBA star still outplayed the rest of the athletes. LeBron James topped the list of the highest-paid athletes this year with $127 million. But this was only because this looked at active athletes; had the list involved MJ, it would show that the NBA legend earned $180 million, mostly thanks to Nike.

That means that this year alone, Jordan has earned more than Woods has in his 26 years on the course. Of course, Woods earns a lot off the course through his Nike partnership and other endorsement deals, but they clearly come nowhere close to the ex-NBA star’s earnings.

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Unfortunately, here it seems like the golf legend is second by a margin. But perhaps one day he will rise above MJ? Do you think that’s plausible? Let us know in the comments below.