Maya Moore Net Worth

What is Maya Moore's Net Worth and Salary?

Maya Moore is an American former professional basketball player who has a net worth of $1 million.

Widely considered one of the greatest female basketball players of all time, Maya Moore won two consecutive NCAA championships with the UConn Huskies, four WNBA championships with the Minnesota Lynx, two EuroLeague titles, two Olympic gold medals, and two FIBA Women's World Cups, among numerous other honors. She was selected for the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2024 and the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2025.

Contracts, Salaries & Career Earnings

Maya Moore played in the WNBA during an era when even the league's biggest stars earned relatively modest salaries compared with modern professional athletes. After being selected #1 overall by the Minnesota Lynx in the 2011 WNBA Draft, Moore spent her entire WNBA career with the franchise, playing from 2011 through 2018 before stepping away from basketball in 2019.

Moore's total WNBA salary earnings were likely under $1 million. Her early rookie-scale seasons would have paid in the low-to-mid five figures annually, while her later veteran seasons likely put her near the league maximum, which was still only around six figures per year during much of her prime. Including base salaries, playoff bonuses, championship bonuses, and award-related incentives, her total WNBA compensation was probably in the range of $600,000 to $750,000.

The larger money in Moore's playing career likely came from outside the WNBA. Like many elite women's basketball players of her era, she played overseas during WNBA offseasons, including stints with Ros Casares Valencia in Spain, Shanxi Flame in China, and UMMC Ekaterinburg in Russia. Top overseas clubs historically paid far more than WNBA teams, and Moore was one of the most valuable players in the world during that period.

Moore also earned endorsement income. In 2011, after being drafted #1 overall, she became the first female basketball player signed to Jordan Brand. That partnership was especially notable because it placed her in one of basketball's most prestigious endorsement families while she was still at the beginning of her professional career. Between WNBA salary, overseas contracts, endorsement income, Olympic bonuses, appearances, and sponsorships, Moore likely earned several million dollars in gross career income before taxes, agent fees, expenses, and charitable commitments.

Early Life and High School

Maya Moore was born on June 11, 1989 in Jefferson City, Missouri. She is the daughter of Kathryn Moore and absentee father Mike Dabney, through whom she has two half-sisters named Ashley and Olivia. Moore was educated at Moreau Heights Elementary School and Creekland Middle School before attending Collins Hill High School in Georgia. A huge star on the Eagles basketball team at Collins Hill, Moore had a 125-3 record over her four-year high school career. She helped her team reach four consecutive state championship games, winning three of them, and in 2007 helped Collins Hill win the national championship title. Moore left Collins Hill as the school's all-time leader in points, rebounds, assists, and steals. She earned numerous honors for her high school career, including the Morgan Wootten Player of the Year award, the Gatorade National Player of the Year award, and two Naismith Prep Player of the Year awards.

Georgia Metros

While still in high school, Moore played for the Georgia Metros 16U Nike Travel Team in 2005 and 2006. She helped the team achieve a combined 73-6 record over those two seasons and led the team to four national championships.

Collegiate Career

For college, Moore played four seasons with the University of Connecticut Huskies. She was an instant sensation as a freshman, setting multiple UConn freshman records and helping the Huskies win the Big East title. Moore became the first freshman ever to be named Big East Player of the Year. Among her other honors, she was named USBWA National Freshman of the Year. She had another stupendous season as a sophomore, when she led the Huskies to an undefeated 39-0 season and won her second consecutive Big East Player of the Year award. Moore then helped the Huskies win the 2009 NCAA championship title. She racked up several honors for her sophomore season, including the AP Player of the Year award, Naismith College Player of the Year award, John R. Wooden Award, and the Wade Trophy.

Moore helped the Huskies achieve a second consecutive undefeated season in 2010 en route to a second consecutive NCAA championship title. She was named the most outstanding player of the tournament and won another Wade Trophy. Moore finished her UConn career on a high note as a senior in 2011. In addition to recording career highs in scoring, assists, and steals, she became the first player in school history to reach 3,000 career points. Moore earned her second Naismith College Player of the Year award, second USBWA Women's National Player of the Year award, and her third consecutive Wade Trophy. UConn made it to the 2011 Final Four but was upset by Notre Dame. An exceptional student athlete, Moore graduated from UConn with a 3.7 GPA, garnering her the Elite 88 Award.

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Minnesota Lynx

In the 2011 WNBA draft, Moore was chosen by the Minnesota Lynx with the first overall pick. Just like in college, she was an immediate success on the team, leading the Lynx to a franchise-best season record en route to the WNBA championship title. The Lynx made it back to the WNBA Finals in 2012 but fell to the Indiana Fever. Moore didn't let the same thing happen again in 2013. That season, she led the Lynx to a 26-8 record, a sweep of the playoffs, and another WNBA championship title. She was named the WNBA Finals MVP. Moore continued her success in 2014, when she scored a career-high 48 points and posted a career-high average of 23.9 points per game. She was subsequently named the WNBA's MVP. However, the Lynx failed to reach the WNBA Finals. The team bounced back in 2015 to win its third WNBA championship in five years.

In 2016, Moore helped the Lynx achieve a new franchise-best 28-6 season record. Back in the WNBA Finals, the team faced the Los Angeles Sparks. During Game 1 of the Finals, Moore broke Diana Taurasi's record for the most career points scored in WNBA Finals history. Ultimately, the Sparks defeated the Lynx. The tables turned in 2017 when the Lynx faced a rematch with the Sparks in the WNBA Finals, this time winning in five games. This gave the Lynx a record-tying four WNBA championship titles. The team had a much less successful 2018 season, failing to reach the WNBA Finals. Following that disappointment, Moore sat out the entirety of both the 2019 and 2020 seasons so she could prioritize family and other work. She continued her hiatus from the WNBA through 2022 so she could focus on social justice advocacy related to the American justice system. In early 2023, Moore announced that she was officially retiring from professional basketball.

European and Chinese Teams

During her WNBA career, Moore also played for European and Chinese basketball teams. From 2011 to 2012, she played with the Spanish team Ros Casares Valencia, which she helped win both the EuroLeague and Spanish domestic league titles in 2012. Next, from 2012 to 2016, Moore played with the Chinese team Shanxi Flame, which had just entered the Women's Chinese Basketball Association when she joined. Moore helped Shanxi win three consecutive Chinese championship titles. She went on to play with the Russian team UMMC Ekaterinburg in 2018, and with the team won her second career EuroLeague title.

United States National Team

Moore first represented the United States at the youth level. In 2006, she won gold at the FIBA Under-18 Americas Championship, and the next year she claimed gold at the FIBA Under-19 World Championship. With the senior US national women's team, Moore won gold at both the 2010 and 2014 FIBA World Championships for Women. She also won gold with the US women at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics.

Personal Life

During her hiatus from basketball in 2019 and 2020, Moore fought for the release of wrongfully convicted prisoner Jonathan Irons, who was serving a 50-year sentence that started when he was 16. Irons was released in 2020 and the pair got married. They had a son, Jonathan Jr., in 2022. The following year, the couple published the book "Love and Justice: A Story of Triumph on Two Different Courts."

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