The National Basketball Association (NBA) is the men’s professional basketball league in North America. Many highly skilled basketball players play in the NBA and make loads of many doing so.

Here is the top 10 highest-paid NBA players who feature in the 2014 list of top 100 highest paid athletes 2014 released by Forbes.

1) LeBron James ($72.3 million)

This immensely talented athlete is 3^rd in the list of top 100 highest paid athletes. He made $19.3 million through salary and winnings; and $53 million through endorsements. He is married and has two children.