Who Has a Higher Net Worth: Kevin Durant or Steph Curry?
Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant have cemented their legacies as great basketball players. Between them, they have three MVPs, six NBA Championships, five Olympic gold medals, and 26 All-Star appearances. They’re also some of the most popular players on the planet, which is why people want to know as much as they can about the future Hall of Famers.
Here are a few things you may not have known about the Golden State Warriors guard and the Phoenix Suns forward including who’s older and who has a higher net worth.
Steph Curry’s net worth
Curry was born on March 14, 1988, in Akron, Ohio, to Sonya and former NBA player Dell Curry. The family moved to Charlotte, North Carolina when he was a child.
After becoming a standout player at Davidson, Curry was selected by the Warriors with the seventh pick of the 2009 NBA Draft. Today, he is regarded as one of the best shooters in the game and has won four championships with The Dubs. He also won two MVP Awards back to back in 2015 and 2016 becoming the first unanimous MVP selection in NBA history. And in 2024, won his first Olympic gold medal with Team USA in Paris.
Curry’s NBA salary is $62 million a season and he’s had endorsement deals with several top brands including Nike, which he left to become the face of Under Armour, and TCL corporation’s line of “Palm” phones. The athlete is a leading investor in the Palm device and is involved with testing and development.
Today, Curry has a net worth of $240 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth.
Kevin Durant’s net worth
Durant and Curry are actually the same age. KD was born in Washington D.C. to Wanda and Wayne Pratt on Sept. 29, 1988, making him just a few months younger than Curry. Durant’s father was not present during most of his childhood as he was raised by his mother and grandmother. Wayne Pratt re-entered his son’s life when he was 13 and began taking him to basketball tournaments around the country.
Durant was selected with the second overall pick by the Seattle SuperSonics (later the Oklahoma City Thunder) in the 2007 NBA Draft. He has become one of the time greats in the game. Over the course of his career, Durant has won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award, two NBA championships, four Olympic gold medals, one MVP Award, two Finals MVP Awards, and four NBA scoring titles.
When it comes to his net worth, Durant has Curry beat with a net worth of $300 million.
In addition to his $42 million a season salary from the NBA, Durant has “multiple lucrative endorsement deals allow him to earn tens of millions more each year,” per Celebrity Net Worth. Some of those endorsements are with Gatorade, Nike, and Degree. In 2020, Durant purchased a 5% stake in Major League Soccer’s Philadelphia Union. In addition, the athlete has a media company and production deals with Fox, ESPN, Apple, and Showtime.
