Carmelo Anthony who made professional debut in 2003, in basketball. In 2016 become the highest paid NBA player after signing expensive contract with the New York Knicks. His annual earnings from sponsorships and base salary bring him to the top 25 highest paid athletes in the world according to Forbes magazine list of 2017.
Annual Salary & Endorsement Earnings : $32.6 million (2017)
He played college basketball career for the (Syracuse Orange’s) from 2002-03. Later in the NBA draft of season 2003, the team of Denver Nuggets selected him in round one. A big amount of money (Carmelo Anthony) earned from endorsements. He signed with top endorsement companies like (Haute Time, Panini, Hospital for Special Surgery, Draft Kings, eGoo, Foot Locker, Samsung and Gillette).
After playing seven years career at Knicks, he moved to (Oklahoma City Thunder) where he get paid base annual salary upto ($26.4 million) a year that made him the 12th most earning basketball player in season 2017-18. Anthony won three gold medals with (United States basketball team) in Beijing 2008, Rio 2016, and London Games 2012. Selected 10 times in the (NBA All-Star) team. In 2013, Carmelo Anthony becomes the (NBA scoring champion) with New York Knicks.