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#8 Hakeem Olajuwon - $200 million
Hakeem 'The Dream'
Commonly considered one of the 10 greatest players in the history of basketball and one of the 5 greatest players at the center position, Hakeem Olajuwon was the first and only African-origin player to win the MVP award in the 1993-94 season - a time when he also won the Defensive Player of the Year trophy to become one of only 2 players with such a double of individual honours in the same season.
Through the course of his 18-year NBA career, the end of which he spent with the Toronto Raptors, Olajuwon earned over $100 million as salaries, and supplemented that amount with over $50 million in endorsements. He's also been a shrewd investor, notably flipping a major piece of real estate in the Houston metropolitan area for a profit of $13 million within 18 months of buying it.
