Nikola Jokic is a Serbian professional basketball player who plays for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association. He's one of the stars of the 2019 FIBA World Cup who represents Serbian National Basketball team.
The star player nicknamed as Joker ranks as the leading European player with Olympic silver medal under his name. Nikola's enjoyed an active career in the NBA since early 2012 and now he's been able to enjoy a lavish lifestyle and net worth for himself.
So, let's uncover all the details on the NBA player Nikola Jokic's net worth and find just how rich he really is.
Nikola was selected in the for the NBA in the 41st overall pick by the Denver Nuggets in the 2014 NBA Draft. The player was selected as the NBA All-Rookie First Team in 2016. From that moment till now he's definitely made some heads turn with his precise cut triple doubles in the game.
Nikola Jokic signed a $147 million contract with the Denver Nuggets in 2018.
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As for his talked about net worth, according to Celebrity Net Worth, Nikola enjoys a stack of $30 million net worth as of 2020. The Serbian professional player got his breakthrough in 2018/19 season as that was when he got tilted as the NBA All Star for the first time.
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Since then Joker signed a contract extension in 2018 which is worth a whopping $147 million. Well, it can be said without a doubt that the player's net worth is expected to grow by leaps and bounds in the near future.
The NBA player is currently projected to become the 2nd best paid center the following year along with becoming Denver Nuggets highest paid player ever since he led the Nuggets to their conference semifinals. As for this year he's the 29th best paid NBA player, 4th best paid center, who's earned 8% more than he did in 2018/19.
Nikola Jovic falls under the list of top 10 on the all-time NBA players with most triple-doubles.
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According to Hoopshype, Nikola's earning from the 2019/20 season with Denver Nuggets led him to collect an annual salary of $27,504,630. His 2020/21 earning is supposed to spike upwards ranging in the area of $29,542,010.
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The 25-year-old makes a huge sum of $750,000 through his set of endorsements and brand deals. His brand deals include Nike, Western Union and many more. Did you know Nikola stands at 89th number of World's Highest Paid athletes?
The athlete made his debut on the highest paid list when his salary skyrocketed to $1.5 million in 2017 and scaled to a direct $24.6 million on the first season of the maximum five year extension contract of $148 million.
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