Datuk Lee Chong Wei Income

 Datuk Lee Chong Wei Income

There is no secret that one of the most richest sports man in Malaysia is Datuk Lee Chong Wei. If Safee Sali  earned RM2 million from Pelita Jaya for 2 years contract, I guess Datuk Lee Chong Wei income is much more than that if you look into number of tournament that he has won and also other way of sponsorship.

Datuk Lee Chong Wei Source of Income

Lets see where are the income come from :

1.     Fix monthly income from the government

2.     Cash money from the tournament winning and bonuses

3.     Allowance or whatever they call it for  Badminton World Federation (WBF) ranking

4.     Sponsorship deals mainly Yonex

5.      Brand ambassadors from 100Plus, Maxis, Samsung etc

6.     Income from Lee Chong Wei Sports Arena

7.     He received RM3,000 a month as a lifetime pension beginning in August 2008 after Silver medal in Olympic 2008

8.     His badminton academy, autobiography, comics, and property investments.

Top Badminton Players Earning Prize Money 2012

Ranking Player Earnings

1.     Chong Wei Lee $118,300

2.     Dan Lin $74,650

3.     Jin Chen $29,320

4.     Kenichi Tago $26,275

5.     Sho Sasaki $20,285

6.     Pengyu Du $14,938

7.     Simon Santoso $14,700

8.     Hyun Il Lee $13,745

9.     Jan O Jorgensen $10,578

10. Long Chen $9,713

Top Badminton Players Earning Prize Money 2011

Based on badzine.net, the top earners in the Badminton Games in 2011 is Lee Chong Wei with an incomeestimated USD267,350. Datuk Lee Chong Wei income/earning doesn’t include on image royalty etc.

Top 5 Highest Earning Players:

1.     Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia/MS) US$267,350

2.     Wang Yihan (China/WS) US$265,575

3.     Zhao Yunlei (China/WD/XD) US$235,128

4.     Lin Dan (China/MS) US$219,500

5.     Yu Yang (China/WD/XD) US$194,381

The above figure was also confirmed by ESPN in their Best-paid athletes in 31 sports report. Datuk Lee Chong Wei listed highest under Badminton category with year 2011 income of USD267,350. But the figure is well below from other famous sports like golf, F1 etc.

Datuk Lee Chong Wei Reward and income pre Olympic London 2012.

·         For Olympic Beijing 2008, Lee received RM300,000  as a reward for his silver medal effort from Malaysia government.

·         On March 16, 2011, Lee received Permodalan Nasional Berhad shares worth MYR100,000 from Najib Tun razak soon after his triumph in the All England Open.

Datuk Lee Chong Wei Reward and income after Olympic London 2012

The reward for 2012

·         The Star Media Group is proud to present our two inspiring athletes Datuk Lee Chong Wei and Pandelela Rinong Pamg RM100,000 each for their sterling efforts which brought our nation together.

·         RM300,000 from the National Sports Council’s Incentive Scheme

·         RM200,000 from the Malaysian government in the form of Amanah Saham Wawasan.

·         RM100,000 from Perbadanan Bekalan Air Holdings Bhd (PBA)

·         RM100,000 from The Star Publications (M) Berhad

Based on all data above, we believed that Datuk Lee Chong Wei income is in the range RM2 million to RM5 million a year .