Elgin Baylor Net Worth 2018: What is this basketball player worth?
Elgin Baylor was a professional basketball player who played as number 22. Baylor’s height is 6 ft 5 in. Baylor was born on September 16, 1934, in Washington, D.C.. Baylor’s weight is 225 pounds. This article takes a deep dive into Elgin Baylor’s net worth.
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Elgin Baylor Career and Earnings/Salary
In high school, Elgin Baylor played basketball for Spingarn High School (Washington, D.C.). Baylor played basketball in college with, College of Idaho (1954-1955), and Seattle Redhawks men’s basketball (1956-1958) and started playing professionally in 1958. In the 1958 draft, Baylor was chosen number 1 in round 1 by the Minneapolis Lakers. Baylor left the game of basketball in 1971.
Baylor played for the Los Angeles Lakers during 1958-1971-. Some of the highlights of Elgin Baylor’s career included: 11× NBA All-Star, NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award, 10× All-NBA First Team, NBA Rookie of the Year Award, NBA 35th Anniversary Team; 50 Greatest Players in NBA History, No. 22 Hall of Famers, retired and honored numbers; NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player, Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year, Consensus first-team NCAA Men’s Basketball All-Americans, Consensus second-team NCAA Men’s Basketball All-Americans, List of NCAA Division I men’s basketball season rebounding leaders, No. 22 Retired numbers, and NBA Executive of the Year Award.
Baylor set a career record of 23,149 (27.4 ppg) points, 11,463 (13.5 rpg) rebounds, and 3,650 (4.3 apg) assists.
Elgin Baylor Net Worth 2018
Player yearly earnings range between $20,000 and millions of dollars annually, depending on a number of circumstances. Although on average, NBA players make a salary of almost $2 million, a small contingent of players with D-league crossover contracts are paid as little as $50,000. The salary cap for National Basketball Association players is around $100 million, although as of today no player brings in anywhere near that much money. The top players in the league earn approximately $35 million. Outside of the NBA, salaries can be as low as $20,000 per year for minor league teams.
Elgin Baylor net worth: basketball salary distribution
So what is basketball player Elgin Baylor’s net worth in 2018? Our estimate for Elgin Baylor’s net worth as of 2018 is:
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