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The 28-year-old Milwaukee Bucks forward – known to many as “The Greek Freak” – has racked up an impressive array of accolades before reaching his 30th birthday. He won back-to-back NBA MVP awards in 2019 and 2020, collected his first championship ring along with Finals MVP honors in 2021, and earned seven All-Star nods over his 10 seasons in the league.
All of that success in arenas across the country has led to incredible financial gains off the court. Antetokounmpo has signed nine-figure NBA contracts and picked up a slew of lucrative endorsement deals since joining the league. He’s spent some of that money on luxury homes and cars, investment opportunities, and philanthropy.
Here’s how Antetokounmpo makes and spends his millions:k
The Milwaukee Bucks selected Antetokounmpo – then a scrawny 18-year-old playing for clubs in Spain and his home Greek League – with the 15th overall pick of the 2013 NBA Draft. And while it took the young forward some time to grow into the league, as well as his 6-foot-11 frame, his upside was nothing short of extraordinary. By his fourth year with the Bucks, Antetokounmpo was averaging 20+ points per game, and he surpassed 10 rebounds per contest the following season. In fact, “The Greek Freak” has averaged 25+ points and 10+ rebounds every single season since 2017-2018, marking the longest such active streak in the NBA, per Statmuse. He’s collected a plethora of accolades as a result. He’s been an NBA All-Star every year since that fateful 2017 campaign, and he’s served as captain of his All-Star team on three separate occasions. He won NBA All-Star Game MVP in 2021.Antetokounmpo earned back-to-back league MVP honors in 2019 and 2020, and during that latter MVP season, he also was named Defensive Player of the Year. In each of the past five seasons, the two-way superstar has played his way onto the All-NBA First Team, indicating that he’s consistently been one of the top-five players in the league. He led Milwaukee to its first NBA title in 50 years in 2021, and he earned Finals MVP after averaging a remarkable 35.2 points, 13.2 rebounds, and 5.0 assists through six games against the Phoenix Suns.
Antetokounmpo inked a four-year, $8,615,141 entry-level contract with the Bucks shortly after they selected him in the 2013 NBA Draft, per Spotrac. The $2.2 million he earned annually over that span – plus the $3.7 million he was guaranteed immediately upon signing – was life-changing for a kid who had “peddled goods on city streets to feed himself and his brothers” growing up, per The New York Times. But it was nothing compared to what would come. Ahead of the 2016-2017 NBA season, Antetokounmpo signed a $100 million contract extension to remain in Milwaukee for the next four years, according to Spotrac. Before that deal expired in 2021, he once again opted to stay in Wisconsin by agreeing to another extension; this time, the contract was worth a whopping $228 million over five years, per Spotrac, making it the largest deal in NBA history at the time and a huge win for the league’s smaller-market teams. Antetokounmpo signed yet another extension with the Bucks in October 2023. The three-year, $177 million deal – which commences in 2025 – is set to keep “The Greek Freak” in Milwaukee through at least the 2026-2027 season. In all, Antetokounmpo has raked in an astounding $234 million during his time in Milwaukee – and that’s just from his team salary.
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His salary from the Bucks isn’t his only source of income; Antetokounmpo earns an astonishing amount of money from endorsement deals and sponsorship opportunities off the court. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the NBA superstar has endorsement deals with BMO (formerly BMO Harris), Breitling, Degree, Google Pixel, JBL, Milko, and T-Mobile. Forbes adds Amazon, Come Ready Foods LLC, Epic Games, Meta, and Unilever to his growing list of sponsors. The crown jewel of Antetokounmpo’s endorsement portfolio is his massive deal with Nike, which includes a successful signature shoe line. He reportedly earns around $10 million annually from the sportswear giant, per Forbes.Antetokounmpo clocked in at No. 11 on Forbes’ 2023 list of The World’s Highest-Paid Athletes with $87.6 million in estimated income for the year thanks to the $42.6 million he earns in salary from his team and the added $45 million he rakes in from endorsements. While the superstar’s official net worth has not been confirmed to the public, outlets like ClutchPoints, BetMGM, and Sportscasting estimate that he has between $60 and $70 million to his name.
