Thomas Brady is an American football quarterback who plays in the National Football League (NFL) for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with a net worth of around $300 million. Tom Brady spent the first 20 seasons of his career with the New England Patriots. He played in ten Super Bowls for the Patriots and won seven of them, the most by any player in the NFL. In 2022 Brady had announced his retirement from the game but decided to be back on the pitch for one more season, returning to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2022. Brady announced his retirement at the end of the 2022-23 NFL after giving many glorious years to the game. Here is a detailed look into the net worth of one of the most celebrated players in the NFL.
What is Tom Brady’s Net Worth in 2023?
According to Celebrity Net Worth, Tom Brady’s net worth is approximately valued to be $300 million. Tom left his longtime team, the New England Patriots, to join the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2020. He signed a two-year, $50 million contract with the Buccaneers, which had incentive bonuses worth $9 million. Tom made more than $473 million from salary and endorsements by the time his NFL career came to an end.
However, Tom Brady’s net worth is set to increase even more after his NFL career as he is set to receive a guaranteed amount of $30 million. Brady is set to earn a massive influx of money as he signed a deal worth $375 million with Fox Sports. The massive deal ties Brady with Fox Sports for 10 years. He is going to become the lead football analyst for Fox Sports upon his retirement from football. Brady is set to become an ‘ambassador’ for Fox Sports after signing the most expensive deal in sports broadcasting history. Tom Brady will start his Fox Sports stint in 2024. He is also adding a lot to his net worth through business venrtures like TB12 clothing.
Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen’s Divorce Settlement
Tom Brady and his wife of 13 years, Gisele Bundchen called it quits at the end of 2022. Tom Brady’s decision to unretire from football is cited as the major reason for the divorce. Both of them have a combined worth of around $700 million. They had an ironclad prenup when they got married in 2009 which made the split of property amicable and hassle free. Reports suggest that Tom Brady is keeping their $17 million house in Miami, and Gisele Bundchen bought a smaller home in the area which is apparently going to serve as office space. She will also be keeping their house in Costa Rica.
Tom Brady’s Career Earnings
How much does Tom Brady make in a year?
Tom Brady was earning $30 million a year from his NFL salaries. When his comeback was announced, his pay wasn’t made public, but given what Tampa Bay has paid him annually thus far, the best estimate is that it will be in the $20-$30 million range for his 2022-2023 season.
Tom earned tens of millions of dollars annually from endorsements in addition to his approximately $30 million NFL salary. While Tom was a member of the Patriots between 2000 and 2019, he made $230 million in salary alone. He made an additional $100 million from endorsements during the same time period.
He made close to $333 million in salary by the end of his two-year contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, in addition to $150 million from endorsements. Tom Brady has made more than $473 million in his career.
Tom Brady’s Salary with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Brady signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2020. The deal will pay him at least $50 million over two years. He will essentially receive a $15 million base salary each year along with a $10 million roster bonus. The contract could pay as much as $60 million if he achieves specific goals. Tom actually declined a higher deal from the Patriots because it wasn’t entirely guaranteed.
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Tom Brady’s Salary with the New England Patriots
Brady had initially signed a 4-year $2.52 million deal when he was drafted by the Patriots. Brady got a new deal in 2002 that would take him through 2006. It was for 5 years and $30.52 million. For the 2010 season, Brady got a deal for 6 years for $60 million with a signing bonus of $26.5 million. Just before the 2013 league year began, Brady reworked and extended his deal to that of three years with a $27 million extension, and a guaranteed sum of $33 million.
For the 2018 and 2019 seasons, Brady got a 2-year deal with a $41 million extension and a signing bonus of $28 million from the Patriots. With his deal set to expire at the end of the 2019 season, the Patriots offered him a deal for 1 year which was $23 million, and a signing bonus of $8 million. The contract ended in March of 2020 following which he signed with the Buc’s.
Tom Brady’s Endorsements
It is reported that Brady has earned approximately $150 million from doing endorsement deals alone. One of his most recent endorsements is for the cryptocurrency brand FTX. Brady along with endorsing the brand has also made investments in it.
Brady’s current endorsement partners include Under Armour, Molecule Mattresses, Upper Deck, and IWC watches. The Under Armour deal is his most lucrative and includes a Brady line of athletic shoes, workout clothes, and sports gear. In return for an equity stake in the company, Brady moved his mattress allegiance in 2018 from Simmons to Molecule. Brady has earned $150 million from endorsement deals alone. Here are the most important endorsement deals signed by Tom Brady throughout his career:
Aston Martin
Christopher Cloos
FTX
Molecule Mattresses
Hertz Commercials
Subway
IWC Schaffhausen watches
Under Armour
Madden NFL
UGG
T-Mobile
Wheels Up
Tag Heuer
Upper Deck
Footlocker
Tom Brady’s Investments
Tom Brady is a great businessman and has expanded his investment portfolio toward creating his own brand. He started his initial brand ‘TB12’. Brady is also a major investor in the cryptocurrency platform FTX and invested a major part of his fortune into it.
Brady has also invested into an NFT platform company called ‘Autograph’ which he founded along with Richard and Dillon Rosenblatt. He also launched an investment in a media company called ‘199 Productions’.
Brady bought a small stake in the WNBA team Las Vegas Aces from Mark Davis, the team’s majority owner, on March 23, 2023. However, the amount he invested is not currently known. He also joined forces with Knighthead Capital Management LLC on August 3, 2023, to become a minority owner and the head of a new advisory board at English club Birmingham City F.C.
Brady’s deal with Knighthead Capital Management LLC continues his partnership with the company, even though the specifics of his and the combined investment of Knighthead Capital and Brady in Birmingham City F.C. are still unknown. In July of last year, the American organization finished acquiring Birmingham City FC.
Brady also became a member of the Major League Pickleball team’s ownership group. While this is going on, Hertz Team JOTA, Knighthead’s World Endurance Championship racing team, has a partnership with Brady Brand, a clothing company.
The only thing that is currently known is that Tom Brady will own a minority stake—less than 51 percent—in Birmingham City. Brady will support “global marketing efforts and the identification of new commercial partnership opportunities,” according to a club statement.
Tom Brady’s Other Sources of Income
Brady’s major source of income apart from NFL and endorsement deals is through his brand ‘BRADY’ and ‘TB12’. Brady started TB12 in 2013. It is a health and wellness company, co-founded by the quarterback. On January 20, 2016, Brady announced the launch of his peak performance website TB12Sports.com which features information on Brady’s training regimen and includes a store to purchase TB12 equipment and merchandise. Later in the year, on August 23, 2016, the TB12 brand then expanded to offer a snack line that contains snacks made from raw, vegan, and organic ingredients that are also free of gluten and dairy.
Brady’s latest venture into building his brand is launching a clothing line called ‘BRADY’. Brady worked along with his co-founders for three years to build the clothing line and launched it in 2022.
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