Yao Ming Salary

Yao Ming’s annual salary was $12,455,000 for the 2006-2007 season with the NBA Houston Rockets team. His contract years is 6 years from contract is thru by in 2010-2011 season.

Basketball giant Yao Ming of the Houston Rockets is ranked first in Forbes’ Chinese celebrity power rankings. Income of Yao Ming in 2003 was the biggest single factor in compiling list of 100 personalities, which attempts to track the transfer of fame into fortune, while media coverage was also counted.

Yao had a pre-tax income of US$14.50 million, which is thought to come from his salary with the Rockets and endorsements with Nike, Apple Computer and Visa. He also had the most press coverage and the second highest number of Web hits, according to the Chinese edition of Forbes.

Thursday, January 17th, 2008 Yao Ming

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