LeBron James Is Already About To Catch Michael Jordan In Career Earnings

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		Home Tech Finance Markets Politics Strategy Entertainment Advertising Retail Sports Life Friday, October 4, 2013 LeBron James Is Already About To Catch Michael Jordan In Career Earnings While people will continue to debate whether or not LeBron James is a better basketball player than Michael Jordan, one area where it is not even close is career earnings. James, who will turn 29 in December, will up his career earnings to $129.2 million by the end of this upcoming season. Jordan had made just $16.8 million through his age-29 season (data via Spotrac.com). If we adjust Jordan's career earnings for inflation, he made $141.7 million in his career. That is only slightly more than the inflation-adjusted 136.9 million James has made in his career. Of course, with today's salary restrictions, James is unlikely to ever make what Jordan made at his peak. In the 1996-97 and 1997-98 seasons combined, Jordan made $63.2 million, which translates to $91.5 million in 2013 dollars... Read » Also On Sports Today: NFL WEEK 5: Here Are Our Official Predictions For Who Wins This Weekend Danica Patrick Will Drive A Pink Car For Breast Cancer Awareness Advertisement CHART: Josh Freeman's Performance Wasn't Keeping Pace With His Increasing Salary CHART: Danica Patrick's First Full Season In NASCAR Has Been A Huge Disappointment CHART: The Yankees Had The Least Efficient Payroll In Baseball This Season Share this: Facebook Twitter Digg Reddit StumbleUpon LinkedIn The email address for your subscription is: dwyld.kwu.jobhuntportal11@blogger.com Change Your Email Address | Unsubscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe to the Sports RSS Feed Business Insider. 257 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010 Terms of Service | Privacy Policy

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