Saina had recently signed a contract of Rs40 crore, approximately[h=1]$7.4 mln deal[/h]http://india.nydailynews.com/newsarticle/505a1864c3d4ca4e6d000000/india-s-nehwal-signs-7-4-mln-deal So,I am curious that how much would Lee Chong Wei or Lin Dan earn normally.....
Got an article here....don't if the numbers are correct or not.... http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/mint-it-like-badminton/487022/
Please search the Malaysian Prof Players thread. Every year, there's a report on LCW's (&Nicol David) estimated earnings. It's more than MYR1 million a year for LCW. LD is reported to earn more
according to the article he earns 4,981,680.00 or about MYR5 million a year or about 1,617,031.72 US dollars in an year.....and lin dan about 2,315,295.42 US Dollars in an year...
Wow. With that much moola LD doesn't just need someone to count his money; he needs someone to count the people who are needed to count his money.
so Lee chong wei-1.6 to 1.7 million US dollars Lin dan-2.3 to 2.4 million US dollars Saina Nehwal-2.4 to 2.5 million US dollars
Quite a lot more I think, LCW and LD are covered by a lot of personal endorsements ..... Taufik too, especially when he was in his prime during Olympic and World Champion days. In fact, it is said that Taufik's net worth is even more than LCW or LD. Yup, the top echelons do get paid well - but it takes a lot to be at the top.
1 or 2 million US dollars is really that not much for the top 2 players of a sport in the world. In another thread discussing players' car, I remember some people said both LCW and LD have multiple expensive sport cars like Ferrari's, Lamborghini's.... especially they are way more expensive in China because of import tax. I would expect their earnings should be in the 7 digits level.
Professional badminton is like a monopoly/duopoly. You only get the $$$ if you're at the very top and winning series after series. This is largely because of the "quality" gap between the best player and a top player where you hardly see anyone out of the Top 5 winning any event. For LCW, LD & TH...their national hero statuses will guarantee them many big money personal and business contracts
With his political connections, I'm thinking that some of the properties like those supercars that he's had are given to him as gifts. My statement is possibly pretty correct. Any doubters?
what about other backup shuttlers, like misbun ramdan, iskandar, darren, cwf, tan chun seang ? what's the figure like for them ? anyone knows ?