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Yao Ming Net Worth 2024, Age, Height, Weight, Biography, Wiki

Yao Ming Net Worth 2020
Celebrated Name/Nick Name: Yao Ming
Real Name/Birth Name: Yao Ming
Gender: Male
Age: 43 years old
Birth Date/Birthday: 12 September 1980
Birth Place: Shanghai, China
Nationality: Chinese
Ethnicity: Chinese
Height/How Tall: 2.29 m
Weight: 141 kg
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Marital Status: Married
Wife/Spouse (Name): Ye Li (m. 2007)
Children: Yao Qinlei
Dating/Girlfriend (Name): N/A
Is Yao Ming Gay? (Name of Partner): No
Does he have tattoos?: No
Smoking: No
Drinking: Yes
Profession: Basketball player
Net Worth in 2024: $135 million
Last Updated: March 2024

Yao Ming is a retired basketball player. He played for the CBA’s (Chinese Basketball Association) club- Shanghai Sharks and later for the NBA’s (National Basketball Association) Houston Rockets. He was the tallest active player during his final season in the NBA and the only non-American player to start All-Star voting in NBA.

Perhaps you know a thing or two about Yao Ming, however, how well do you know about him? For instance, how old is he? How about his height and weight, moreover his net worth? In another case, Yao Ming might be a stranger, fortunately for you we have compiled all you need to know about Yao Ming’s biography-wiki, his personal life, today’s net worth as of 2024, his age, height, weight, career, professional life, and more facts. Well, if your all set, here is what I know.

Early Life & Biography

Yao Ming
Yao Ming

Yao Ming was born in 1980 in Shanghai, China. He and Fang Fengdi are the only children 6.7 feet and 6.3 feet, respectively who were professional basketball players. His 0.5 kg weight was more than twice what an average Chinese baby weighs. Yao Ming started playing basketball at the age of nine and joined a junior school of sports. The doctors predicted he might grow to 2.21 m (7.3 feet) because he was 5.5 feet at the age of ten.

Yao practiced for ten hours each day to be accepted in CBA’s Shanghai Sharks junior team. He played for four years in the junior team and later Sharks senior club and sourced good points. He got an injury in the following season which affected his career. He claimed that breaking his leg for the second time reduced his jumping potential by four to six inches. Sharks made it to the final during his third and fourth, but the Bayi Rockets won both times. Yao scored 38.9 points to see his team win the title the following year.

Age, Height, Weight & Body Measurement

Yao Ming’s age is 43 years old as of today’s date 29th March 2024 having been born on 12 September 1980. Though, he is 2.29 m tall, he weighs about 141 kg.

Personal Life: Affair, Girlfriends, Wife, Kids

Yao has only dated one woman, Ye Li. He was aged 17 when he met the Chinese player of basketball. They married in 2007 and had their first daughter, Amy, was born three years later.

He wrote an autobiography and was subject of a documentary that he started filming due to his wildlife interest.
Yao was taking a tailored degree program in the Antai College of Economics and Management since and graduated in July 2018.

Career, Awards & Nominations

Yao began his career in China’s CBA where he played for five seasons for Shanghai Sharks. He played for the Chinese national team during the 2000 Olympics. He also played in FIBA World Champions and won three gold medals.

Yao was signed in 2002 by the Houston Rockets. In the third season of the same year, he was voted for to lead the Western Conference in All-Star Game. He carried Rockets on his back when they narrowly made the NBA playoffs the following year. Due to his impressive deft passing and soft shooting ability, he received all-star honors. During the 2004/2005 seasons and 2007/2009 seasons, he contributed much to the team’s appearance in playoffs.

Unfortunately, he broke his legs during the first seven years playing for the Rockets. His injury persisted and ended his 2008/2009 due to improper healing. It was such serious that he missed the whole season of 2009/10 NBA even after going for surgery.

Yao made his return early 2010/11 season and played five games only to get another injury of his ankle which made him benched for the rest of the season. He decided to retire from basketball in 2011.

He was initiated into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame five years later. In 2017, he turned out to be president of the (Chinese Basketball Association) CBA. Since 2009, he had served as the owner and president of the CBA’s Shanghai Sharks franchise.

Yao Ming’s Net Worth & Salary in 2024

Yao Ming Net Worth 2020

Yao made a fortune from professional basketball. As of 2024, His estimated net worth is $135 million. His wealth is still increasing after the endorsement of products like Garmin, McDonald’s, Coca-Cola, Apple and Visa among others.

He was the only player from Asia with such a massive impact in the NBA. Yao was the face of the NBA in spreading its popularity across many countries. He will always be celebrated for his determination and achievements in professional basketball worldwide.

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