Introduction

Matt Chapman is an American professional baseball player with an estimated net worth of $20 Million.

Chapman has played nine seasons of Major League Baseball for three teams: the Oakland Athletics and Toronto Blue Jays. He has a 0.24 batting average and has recorded 933 hits for 190 home runs. His career earnings currently sit at an estimated $35.1 million, equating to an average of $3.9 million/year.

Quick Facts

• Projected to earn $26 million for the 2025 season
• Lifetime earnings total $55.1 million from salary & bonuses
• Signed a 6-year, $151 million extension with the San Francisco Giants in 2024

Net Worth History

Matt Chapman’s estimated net worth was just $1 million when we first researched him in 2021. By the end of the 2020 season, Chapman had earned approximately $3.6 million in salary and bonuses. However, in 2021, he received a significant pay bump, earning $6.5 million in a single year, and his salary has continued increasing over the last few years. 

According to our research, Chapman has earned an additional $51.5 million since we first listed him on the site. This could potentially place his current net worth at an estimated $20 Million. If his actual net worth is lower than this figure, it won’t be for long, given the fact that he’s projected to earn $25 million annually for the next six years.

MLB Salary

When Matt Chapman signed with the Oakland Athletics in 2014, he received a $1.75 million signing bonus. Chapman played for a few years in the minor leagues before signing a one-year, $535,000 contract with Oakland in 2017. From 2017 to 2021, all of Chapman’s contracts were one year long. While most of them ranged between $540,000 and $650,000, his 2021 deal paid him $6.49 million.

In 2022, Matt inked a two-year, $25 million deal with the Toronto Blue Jays, which included a $1 million signing bonus. He earned $13 million in 2022, followed by $12 million in 2023.

When Chapman first signed with the San Francisco Giants in 2024, he was given a three-year, $54 million contract with a $2 million signing bonus. However, he was also afforded the ability to opt out after the first season. Chapman exercised that option, earning $18 million in 2024.

He then negotiated an extension with the Giants, valued at $151 million over six years. Based on the terms of the deal, he’s projected to earn $25 million/year for the next six years, with the additional $1 million coming as a signing bonus.

Thus far in his MLB career, Matt Chapman has earned $55.1 million in salary and bonuses. However, that doesn’t take into account the shiny new $151 million he’s guaranteed to receive over the next six years.

Carbon Health Investment

In 2021, Matt Chapman, alongside numerous other individuals and institutions, invested in Carbon Health, a chain of healthcare and telemedicine clinics, headquartered in San Francisco. The investment occurred during Carbon Health’s 2021 funding round, during which it secured $350 million from investors to help place the company in 1,500 locations by 2025.

While the bulk of the funds were invested by institutional participants, including Fifth Wall, Hudson Bay Capital, Intersect Capital, and Lux Capital, several celebrities also became individual investors. Chapman was not the only high-profile athlete to get involved in Carbon Health’s funding round. Other notable investors included fellow MLB player Nolan Arenado, NBA stars Klay Thompson and Khris Middleton, as well as the former NFL quarterback Alex Smith.

While the exact figure Chapman invested is unknown, the company was valued at approximately $3.3 billion at the time. However, it’s worth noting that this round of fundraising occurred just after the COVID-19 pandemic, when health companies were experiencing rapid growth. Carbon Health launched another funding round in 2023, securing $100 million at a market capitalization of $1.4 billion, representing a decline of over 50% since 2021.

Highlights 

Here are the best highlights of Matt Chapman’s career: 

• Wilson Defensive Player of the Year Award (2018)
• 2× Gold Glove Award (2018, 2019)
• All-Star (2019)

Introduction

James Cameron is a Canadian professional filmmaker and environmentalist with an estimated net worth of $700 Million.

Cameron has produced 51 films throughout his nearly five decades in the entertainment industry. However, his backend profits from just three of those films account for almost $1.1 billion of his total income. These three films are, of course, Titanic, and the two Avatar installments, which grossed a combined $7.5 billion at the global box office, plus additional billions in merchandising and media revenues.

Quick Facts

• Earned an estimated $650 million from Titanic
• Films have grossed over $11 billion at the global box office
• Earned roughly $445 million from the two Avatar films

Before Wealth & Fame

Growing up in Ontario, Canada, James Cameron and his family moved to California when he was a teenager. He briefly attended Fullerton College to study physics but ended up dropping out. People might not know that Cameron worked numerous jobs before becoming a successful filmmaker. The most notable of these was his work as a truck driver, and he would often read books on cinematography and special effects between shifts to learn about the art of filmmaking. 

Cameron’s first job in the film industry was building miniature models at Roger Corman’s studio. He also worked in other roles as part of a film crew on set design, backdrops, and special effects to fully understand how films are made. With all of these jobs, he learnt the skills solely by borrowing library books on the individual subjects

Titanic Earnings

According to our research, the success of the 1997 film Titanic is responsible for the bulk of James Cameron’s career earnings, and has earned him even more compensation than Avatar. Cameron reportedly secured an $8 million upfront salary to direct the film, but when the production cost began running over budget, he forfeited his salary to ensure that costs weren’t cut.

As a result of forgoing his $8 million paycheck, Cameron negotiated a deal that would pay him between 10% and 15% of the profits after breaking even. The film’s budget grew to an estimated $200 million in total, which at the time, broke the record for the most expensive movie ever produced. However, when it was released, the film initially grossed $1.84 billion, and subsequent re-releases increased the total to $2.26 billion.

Box Office Earnings

Titanic was the first film to ever gross over $1 billion, and made Cameron a ridiculous sum of money. Typically, theatres take between 40% and 50% of the gross, which would have been between $900 million and $1.1 billion. With a $200 million production cost and potentially another $100 million for marketing, this brings the remainder to between $900 million and $1.1 billion in profit. If Cameron received 15% of the profits, he would have earned in the ballpark of $150 million from box office revenues. 

VHS/DVD Earnings

According to the data, Titanic sold 25 million VHS tapes in the United States and was later also released on both DVD and Blu-Ray. The total revenue from these sales exceeded $1 billion globally, which likely netted Cameron an additional $100 million.

Additional Earnings

After considering box office and DVD sales, we still need to consider licensing revenues for television and streaming platforms, as well as merchandising and theme park rides. In total, James Cameron has earned an estimated $650 million from Titanic in the past three decades.

Avatar Earnings

After realizing just how much money he could earn from backend percentages compared to upfront salaries, James Cameron followed a very similar deal when it came to 2009’s Avatar. When Avatar was released, it grossed $2.92 billion worldwide, and even though sixteen years have passed since then, it’s still the highest-grossing film ever released. Cameron reportedly earned $350 million from his backend percentage in the film. 

The second film, Avatar: The Way of Water, was released in 2022 and grossed $2.32 billion worldwide. Although it wasn’t as successful as the original, it became Cameron’s third film to exceed $2 billion in box office revenues. Reports suggest that he earned $95 million from Way of Water, bringing his total earnings from the franchise to $445 million.

Highest-Grossing Movies

Here’s a complete list of James Cameron’s ten highest-grossing movies:

1. Avatar – $2.92 billion (2009)
2. Avatar: The Way of Water – $2.32 billion (2022)
3. Titanic – $2.26 billion (1997)
4. Gravity – $773 million (2013)
5. Terminator 2: Judgment Day – $521 million (1991)
6. Terminator Genisys – $441 million (2015)
7. Pacific Rim – $411 million (2013)
8. Alita: Battle Angel – $405 million (2019)
9. True Lies – $379 million (1994)
10. Apollo 13 – $355 million (1995)

Introduction

J.J. Watt is an American former professional NFL defensive end with an estimated net worth of $70 Million. 

Over twelve NFL seasons with the Houston Texans and Arizona Cardinals, Watt made 449 tackles, 137 assists, and 114.5 sacks. He earned about $129.7 million from salary and bonuses, averaging $10.81 million annually before accounting for additional off-field income.

Quick Facts

• Earned $129.7 million during his NFL career
• Peak annual earnings of $15.5 million in 2020
• The most lucrative contract was a 6-year, $100 million deal with the Houston Texans.

Net Worth History

We first tracked J.J. Watt’s net worth in 2020, when it was estimated at $10 million. We believe this figure was significantly underestimated at the time, considering Watt had already earned $85.2 million from the NFL. Although he has since retired, he continued to play for three more years in the league, earning an additional $44.5 million. 

Watt also typically earned $7 million/year from endorsement income, which could have increased his career earnings to roughly $200 million. Based on more recent estimations, J.J. Watt’s net worth is approximately $70 Million.

NFL Salary

In 2011, J.J. Watt signed a four-year rookie contract with the Houston Texans worth $11.2 million. The deal was fully guaranteed and included a $6.7 million signing bonus. Watt earned $7 million for his first NFL season.

In 2014, Watt signed a new six-year contract worth $100 million with the Houston Texans. The deal was guaranteed $30.9 million at signing, $51.9 million overall, and included a $10 million signing bonus.

From 2014 to 2020, Watt consistently earned over $10 million/year, with his highest single-year earnings being $19.9 million in 2015, due to a $10 million restructuring bonus. For his last two years in the league with the Cardinals, Watt earned $14.5 million/year.

J.J. Watt’s lifetime NFL earnings amount to $129.7 million.

Endorsements

Throughout his career, J.J. Watt typically earned an estimated $7 million per year off the field from lucrative brand deals. In several of these years, his earnings from endorsements and sponsors accounted for roughly one-third of his overall income. One of the most significant contributors to this income was his multi-year contract with Reebok in 2015, which reportedly made him the fifth-highest endorsed player in the NFL, according to Forbes. Although the value of his Reebok contract was never publicly disclosed, it’s highly likely that he earned somewhere between $1 million and $3 million annually from the deal.

The remainder of Watt’s off-field income was generated through brand deals that included:

• American Family Insurance
• Bose
• Ford
• Gatorade
• Mizzen+Main
• NRG Energy
• Papa John’s
• Reese’s
• Verizon

These sponsorship agreements typically involved Watt serving as an ambassador for the brand and starring in television commercials, as well as ad campaigns. When he signed on as an ambassador for Mizzie+Main in 2015, he was also given a small ownership stake in the company, although the exact percentages have never been disclosed. 

Burnley F.C. Investment

In May 2023, J.J. Watt and his wife acquired a minority stake in the English Premier League soccer club, Burnley F.C. Watt has long been a fan of soccer and was excited to have a greater involvement in the sport. However, it’s unknown how much the couple invested or the percentage they own. The club was previously valued at £200 million in 2020, when ALK acquired an 84% majority stake for £170 million.

Real Estate

In February 2016, J.J. Watt and his wife, Kealia Watt, purchased a 7,773-square-foot, five-bedroom home in Houston, Texas, through their Ranch Gage Trust. In October 2021, they listed the property for sale with an asking price of $5.7 million.

The price was reduced to $5 million in early 2022, and two months later, it sold for an undisclosed sum. After assessing the property tax records, we could estimate that the couple originally paid between $3 million and $3.5 million for the property.

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