Hakeem Olajuwon

Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon (born January 21, 1963) is a Nigerian-American former professional basketball player known as "the Dream." He played center for the Houston Rockets and then the Toronto Raptors in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1984 to 2002. In 1994 and 1995, he led the Rockets to back-to-back NBA titles. In 2008, Olajuwon was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, and in 2016, he was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame. He is widely regarded as one of the best centers of all time, as well as one of the greatest basketball players ever.

Olajuwon was a part of the United States national basketball team that won an Olympic gold medal in 1996, and he was named one of the NBA's 50 Greatest Players. Olajuwon was named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team in October 2021, recognizing him as one of the league's best players of all time. He is one of just four NBA players to record a quadruple-double and finished his career as the league's all-time leader in blocks (3,830).

With a net worth of $200 million, Hakeem Olajuwon ranks eighth in the list of richest basketball players.

Net worth: $200 million