6. John Elway – $145 million
John Elway is a former American football quarterback for Denver Broncos. After his retirement, he returned to the team as the General Manager and Executive Vice President of Football Operations.
As a quarter back, Elway was paid around $162,000 per week ($212,000 today). Then, he used the money he earned to build his own business empire.
Elway owns several businesses, such as two restaurants in Colorado named ‘Elways’ and seven car dealerships (two of them are Toyota Scion’s). He is definitely making a lot more money than he did as a player. His estimated net worth is $145 million today.
Throughout his entire football career, Elway made 300 touchdowns and 226 interceptions. He brought the Broncos to win the Super Bowl twice in 1998 (XXXII) and 1999 (XXXIII).
