LeBron James Net Worth: The Financial Impact of The King signing with the Lakers

#2 Highest Paid Player in NBA History By Career Earnings

LeBron James and Kevin Garnett from their battles in the last decade.

Given that LeBron has changed teams so many times, it's unlikely that he would be eligible for the supermax, so being the highest paid player in the league is not a list he's ever been on top of. However, the King has always taken the maximum the CBA allows him to take each year and after 15 years of domination, he is still the best player in the world right now.

That kind of talent demands money.

As things stand right now, LeBron is ranked 6th on the all-time NBA career earnings (only playing salary) list with Kevin Garnett at the top with a career earning sum of $334.3 million. Meanwhile, LeBron's career earnings are at $233.8 million right now.

Even if he were to exercise his player option and not play the fourth year with the Lakers, he will cross Garnett's tally with just three years of salary to become the highest paid NBA player ever by salary.

Note: The 4 player between KG and LeBron - Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O'Neal, Tim Duncan and Dirk Nowitzki (most probably in his final couple of seasons, currently earning $5 million) are all retired so it's unlikely they will be any threat to LeBron's ascendance. Given the NBA's salary structure and LeBron's superhuman prolonged dominance, it's highly unlikely that any player will be able to cross him.