Lakers legend Shaquille O’Neal is a mountain among man. The legendary center is one of the greatest players ever to have played the game of basketball. Shaq was a fan favorite because of his personality. He has a larger-than-life personality which has also helped him establish a career in media. He is an analyst on Inside the NBA and also hosts a podcast – “The Big Podcast with Shaq”.

Because of his immense popularity, there is no dearth of endorsements for Shaq. Right from his playing days, he signed enormous deals. These deals and acute business decisions have helped him in building a net worth of over $400 million. Recently during an interview, Shaq talked about how surprised he was at finding that he was not the richest NBA player.

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He said, “You know it’s crazy because I was at the airport too like the NBA richest players like… I was like number seven damn I am broke… compared to these dudes but it’s just motivating and it’s just and like the crazy thing is I never wanted to be rich… I just wanted to buy my mother anything she wants.”

He further said, “That’s it I don’t care about.. but look you can’t you can’t take none of this with you my mom used to cook us breakfast iron our clothes go to work come home cook dinner… so that was motivation to me first thing I said when I get this money you ain’t gonna have to do anything ever in your life.”

Net worth of Shaquille O’Neal when compared to MJ and LeBron

Even though Shaq is worth more than $400 million, Shaq still has a lot to catch up to when compared to players like MJ and LeBron. Michael is the richest NBA athlete ever with a net worth of more than $2.2 billion dollars. He was the first billionaire NBA player ever. His ownership of the Charlotte Hornets helped him in becoming a billionaire.

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LeBron also recently became a billionaire. But he achieved a unique distinction.

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He became the first NBA player ever to become a billionaire while still being an active player. Shaq also helps people a lot. You can see videos of him regularly buying things for people who happen to be in a shop with him at the same time. Let us know in the comments below your favorite memory of Shaq.