Yao Ming, a retired Chinese professional basketball player has a net worth in over $160 million. He was a former professional basketball player for the Shanghai Sharks as well as the Houston Rockets. With a height of 7 feet six inches, Yao was the tallest active player in the NBA in his final season in the league. On November 9 in 2007, more than 200 million people in China tuned in to watch Yao play a game against the Milwaukee Bucks which also featured an Chinese player named Yi Jianlian. It was the most watched game in NBA history. During the course of his NBA career, Yao was an eight-time All Star. He scored 9,247 pointsand scored 4,494 rebounds, and 920 blocks.His highest career salary came during his final season, when the Rockets paid Yao $17.6 million. In all, he earned $93 million as an NBA salary. In his fifth year as an Sharks player, Ming won the first CBA title. Yao was the only player to shoot all 21 finals shots in his final season as a player for Shanghai.
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