Jabari Parker Net Worth

What is Jabari Parker's Net Worth?

Jabari Parker is an American professional basketball player who has a net worth of $20 million. Following one of the most dominant high school basketball careers in history and a successful season at Duke University, Jabari Parker had a relatively disappointing NBA career with such teams as the Milwaukee Bucks, Chicago Bulls, and Boston Celtics. He had better success after moving to European club play in 2023, first with FC Barcelona and then with Partizan Belgrade in 2025.

Early Life

Jabari Parker was born on March 15, 1995 in Chicago, Illinois to Folola and former NBA player Sonny. He is of Tongan descent through his mother and African-American descent through his father. Parker was raised in the LDS Church with his six siblings. He cultivated his basketball skills with his brother Christian on the court of their local LDS Church meeting house in the Hyde Park area. By the time he was in the fifth grade, Parker was six feet tall and was already receiving Division I scholarship offers.

High School Career

After graduating from Robert A. Black Magnet Elementary, Parker enrolled at the prestigious Simeon for high school. He was an immediate sensation there, becoming the first freshman ever to start on the Simeon varsity basketball team. Parker recorded an average of 19.3 points per game during the season as he helped Simeon win the IHSA Class 4A state championship. As a sophomore, he helped his team to a 30-2 record and a second consecutive IHSA Class 4A state championship. Parker had another incredible year at Simeon as a junior. In addition to setting a school single-game record with 40 points, he led his team to a Public League title and a third consecutive IHSA Class 4A state championship. Parker earned numerous honors for his junior season, including Gatorade Player of the Year awards at both the state and national levels as well as the Illinois Mr. Basketball award.

Coming into his senior season in 2012, Parker was the consensus number-one high school basketball player in the nation. He confirmed that status by averaging 20 points per game as a senior and leading Simeon to a fourth consecutive IHSA Class 4A state championship. For his senior season, Parker was again named Gatorade Player of the Year in Illinois as well as Illinois Mr. Basketball. He was also named a McDonald's All-American, the Morgan Wootten National Player of the Year, and a first-team Parade All-American.

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Collegiate Career

For college, Parker played with the Blue Devils at Duke University for one season, in 2013-14. During the season, he tied the record for most ACC Rookie of the Week honors, with ten, and set a new Duke freshman record for scoring average, with 19.1 points per game. Duke reached the 2014 NCAA tournament but was eliminated in the first round. Among his surfeit of collegiate honors, Parker was named ACC Freshman of the Year and USBWA National Freshman of the Year.

NBA Career

In the 2014 NBA draft, Parker was chosen by the Milwaukee Bucks with the second overall pick. He played just 25 games in his first season with the team due to an ACL tear that ended his season in December. Parker was more productive in the 2015-16 season, playing a career-high 76 games and starting a career-high 72 of them. However, disappointment found him again in the 2016-17 season as he suffered another ACL tear, limiting him to 51 games. He still managed to record a career-high average of 20.1 points per game that season. Parker spent one more season with the Bucks in 2017-18, but played in just 31 games. He then signed a two-year contract with the Chicago Bulls, but played just 39 games with that team before being traded to the Washington Wizards in February of 2019. Parker played 25 games with the Wizards to close out the 2018-19 season. He began the next season with the Atlanta Hawks and finished it with the Sacramento Kings. After being waived by the Kings in the spring of 2021, Parker signed with the Boston Celtics. He played 22 games in total with the Celtics before being waived in early 2022. In the summer of 2023, Parker returned to the Milwaukee Bucks to play in the NBA Summer League.

European Club Career

In August of 2023, Parker transitioned out of the NBA by signing with the Spanish club FC Barcelona. He finally found the success he had been lacking in the US, becoming a key player for Barcelona and leading the team to the semifinals of the 2023-24 Liga ACB playoffs. In the 2024-25 season, Parker had a landmark game against BC Andorra when he scored 34 points, the most for an FC Barcelona player in the Liga ACB in over a decade. After that season, Parker left Barcelona and signed with the Serbian club Partizan Belgrade.

United States National Team

Parker began representing the United States in basketball competition at the youth level. In 2011, he helped the US win gold at the FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship and was named MVP of the tournament. For his performance, Parker was named the USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year, making him the youngest-ever winner of that honor. He went on to lead the US to another gold, at the FIBA Under-17 World Championship, in 2012.

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