Michael Jordan's Net Worth in 2023

Michael Jordan is widely considered the greatest basketball player of all time. Jordan is also one of the most intriguing and marketable personalities in NBA history. His post-NBA earnings is why Jordan has a net worth of $3 billion in 2023.

For all the achievements and accolades he collected throughout his legendary career, His Airness has also done the same in terms of collecting assets. In June, Jordan sold the Charlotte Hornets for 3 billion to a group led by Gabe Plotkin and Rick Schnall, which buoyed his net worth to 3 billion as well. In this specific post, we're looking at Michael Jordan's net worth in 2023.

Michael Jordan's net worth in 2023 (estimate): $3 billion

Michael Jordan's net worth in 2023 is roughly $3 billion after his sale of the Hornets was completed in June, according to Forbes. Still, it's no wonder Jordan can afford rare luxury vehicles.

According to Forbes, Jordan's net worth makes him the richest former professional athlete in the world. He also became the first billionaire athlete and joined the three-comma club in 2014, per Business Insider. However, it was more recently reported that Jordan lost roughly $500 million in strange fashion. 

Michael Jordan's storied basketball career

Jordan was born Feb. 17, 1963, in Brooklyn, N.Y. His family moved to Wilmington, N.C., when he was a young child where Jordan would go on to star on his high school basketball team. He then would play for the University of North Carolina, where he made the winning shot in the national championship game as a freshman. After being named the national player of the year in his junior season, Jordan was drafted third overall by the Chicago Bulls in the 1984 draft.

Jordan was an All-Star in every full year of his career, in which he averaged 30.1 points per game. The Bulls built around Jordan and eventually won three straight NBA titles. Jordan then retired in 1993 in a failed attempt to make a major league baseball team.

Michael Jordan then decided to unretire and return to the Bulls, who then won another three straight NBA titles. He retired again in 1998, and again could not stay away and unretired again in 2001 to sign with the Washington Wizards. The Wizards failed to make the playoffs for two seasons before Jordan decided to retire for good.