10 highest paid basketball players in 2018-19

#1 LeBron James - $88 million

Los Angeles Lakers v Portland Trail Blazers

The best player in the world for nearly the entirety of this decade, LeBron James has always ranked #1 or 2 in terms of earnings from endorsements over the last 10 years. This season, he is under contract with the Lakers for $35.65 million, and he's raking in the moolah in even larger sums from endorsement deals with the likes of Nike, Beats Electronics, Intel, Kia and Coca Cola.

Nor are these two his only sources of income. James' early-stage investments in Blaze Pizzas, one of the fastest-growing pizza sellers on the planet, will pay him huge dividends in the coming years. An astute person with regards to everything, expect James to be in the public consciousness and laugh all the way to the bank for a long time after the sad day that he hangs up his boots.