OG Anunoby is now an NBA champion with a fortune built on one of the league’s biggest contracts.
The London-born forward signed a five-year, $212.5 million deal with the New York Knicks in 2024, fully guaranteed, at an average of $42.5 million per season. For 2025-26 alone he is earning roughly $39.6 million. According to Spotrac, his career NBA earnings have already passed $138 million — and that was before he became the face of the Knicks’ first championship since 1973.
The timing is why everyone is searching his name. In Game 4 of the 2026 NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs, Anunoby converted a tip-in with 1.2 seconds left to cap a 29-point comeback, the largest in Finals history, and a 107-106 win. New York went on to beat San Antonio 4-1. Anunoby averaged 21.2 points, 4.8 rebounds, 1.4 steals, and 1.4 blocks across the series.
Where Does OG Anunoby’s Money Actually Come From?
The overwhelming majority of his wealth is salary. His current contract is the third he has signed since the Toronto Raptors drafted him 23rd overall in 2017, and it dwarfs his earlier deals. That puts him in rare company among NBA wings — for context on how the league’s pay scale works, see our breakdown of NBA salaries and the players who earn the most.
On top of the base salary, the championship brings a direct cash bonus. NBA title winners split a league-wide playoff pool, and the share for a champion runs into six figures per player — we explain exactly how that money is divided in our guide to the 2026 NBA playoff bonus pool.
Then there is the endorsement engine, which just shifted into a higher gear. Anunoby was the first player to wear Skechers during an NBA Finals, debuting bespoke “Foreman” and “NYC Blue” models. After his Game 4 heroics, Skechers confirmed he will receive his first signature shoe — only the second the brand has ever produced for an NBA player, after Joel Embiid. Bloomberg reported the Finals win delivered a direct marketing boost to Skechers, and Anunoby has also moved to trademark his own logo and signed a prediction-market endorsement deal.
How OG Anunoby Built His Fortune
Anunoby’s path is unusual for an NBA millionaire. He was born on July 17, 1997, in London, England, to Nigerian parents; his father was a university professor, and the family settled in Jefferson City, Missouri. He played college basketball at Indiana before turning pro.
His first taste of winning came early: he was a rotation piece on the Raptors team that won the 2019 NBA title. A December 2023 trade sent him to New York, where his two-way defense made him a cornerstone — and earned him that nine-figure 2024 extension. His teammate and Finals MVP Jalen Brunson took a famously team-friendly deal, a contrast we cover in our look at Jalen Brunson’s Knicks contract and the $113 million he left on the table. Anunoby, by comparison, secured the full market rate.
What Is OG Anunoby’s Net Worth in 2026?
This is where caution matters. Unlike his contract, which is documented dollar-for-dollar on Spotrac, Anunoby’s overall net worth is an estimate, and the figures float. Public trackers place it anywhere between roughly $25 million and $60 million, depending on how they treat taxes, agent fees, and lifestyle spending. None of those numbers comes from an audited source.
What is verifiable is the trajectory. With nearly $40 million coming in this season, a guaranteed contract running through the late 2020s, a new signature shoe line, and the marketing halo of a championship tip-in that will be replayed for decades, Anunoby’s earning power in 2026 is firmly on the rise — even if the exact net-worth headline is, for now, an educated guess.
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