John Madden – $200 Million

John Madden is a former American professional football player turned football coach. He has an estimated net worth of $200 million. He turned into coaching after not having made the active roster because of an early knee injury. Madden was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles during that time. He then coached the Oakland Raiders to victory in Super Bowl XI. Since then, he also became one of America’s popular football announcers. Before coaching Oakland Raiders, he had some short stretches coaching in California at Hancock Junior College from 1960 to 1964 and in San Diego afterward. In 1967, he landed a job as an assistant with the Oakland Raiders. He led the team in 1969 and stayed in through the 1978 season. His team won against the Minnesota Vikings, and he also holds the title as the highest winning percentage of any NFL coach. We bet he also made several investments in between coaching.

He retired from the broadcasting job in 2008. However, currently, he makes irregular radio appearances. Nowadays, people may only hear him for the long-running Madden NFL video game series. After he began his career in broadcasting, Madden has generated a lot of income. Although he had earned a good salary at the Oakland Raiders, sports networks like ABC provided him an annual wage of more than $5 million. Moreover, he had 4-year $32 million deal with Fox. Also, with NBC, he earned an annual $9.5 million in his late days there.