Former National Football League (NFL) quarterback Brett Favre. During his 20 years in the league, he has played for four different teams. Brett Favre has a net worth of almost $100 million thanks to his extensive NFL career and subsequent work as an NFL pundit. He was initially selected in the second round of the 1991 NFL Draft by the Atlanta Falcons as a backup and traded to the Green Bay Packers in the first round of the following year. He played for the Packers for 16 years, helping them defeat the New England Patriots to win the Super Bowl XXXI. He is the only athlete to have three straight victories in the Associated Press NFL Most Valuable Player Award (1995-1997). He led the league in throwing touchdowns two times (1995, 1998), passing yards four times (1995–1997, 2003), and completion percentage four times (1998). In 1995 and 1996, he won the Bert Bell award in back-to-back years.
What is Brett Favre’s Net Worth in 2023?
A $100 million net worth has been accumulated by Brett Favre over the course of his remarkable 20-year career as one of the top quarterbacks in the league and other activities outside of sports.
Brett Favre’s Salary
Brett signed a three-year, $1.4 million contract with the Atlanta Falcons to begin his professional football career in his first season. After being traded to the Green Bay Packers, he signed a 5-year, $19 million contract, which was later extended in 1997 for nearly $40 million, increasing his earnings. By 2001, Brett had agreed to another ten-year agreement with the Packers worth $100 million.
The overall value of the agreement with the New York Jets was $28 million. Over a period of 20 years, he received a total salary of around $140 million.
Brett Favre’s Endorsements
Brett was in high demand as a famous athlete to endorse and promote products for companies including Nike, Snapper, Remington hunting guns, Sears, Prilosec, Sensodyne, MasterCard, Wrangler denim, Bergstrom Automotive, and Hyundai, to name a few. Favre made about $7 million from these endorsement deals.
Brett Favre’s Investments
Brett Favre, who has experienced multiple concussions while playing, invested in Prevacus, a pharmaceutical company that is creating Prevasol, a concussion drug that the company hopes will be the first step in being able to prevent Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), a neurodegenerative disease linked to repeated blows to the head.
Brett Favre’s Other Sources of Income
In the 1991 NASCAR Busch Series, a stock car racing series, Favre competed alongside retired American race car driver Dale Jarret.
He was the proprietor of Brett Favre’s Steakhouse in Wisconsin, which later changed its name to Hall of Fame Chophouse. 2018 saw its closure.
Additionally, Favre serves as Sqor’s counsellor and ambassador. Sqor is a sports social media platform.
He served as Mississippi’s Oak Grove High School’s offensive coordinator in 2012.
Brett Favre’s House
After Hurricane Katrina hit Mississippi in 2005, Favre’s home in Hattiesburg was completely damaged. He currently dwells in a 465-acre house worth $17 million in Sumrall, Wisconsin.
Brett Favre’s Charity Work
In 1996, the Brett Favre Fourward Foundation was founded. In order to earn money for contributions to many charitable organisations in Mississippi and other states, Brett hosts annual golf tournaments, celebrity softball tournaments, and fundraisers. Deanna Tynes, Brett’s wife, established the Deanna Favre Hope Foundation after receiving a breast cancer diagnosis in 2004. The foundation helps women with breast imaging and diagnosis while also increasing awareness of the disease.
What’s Brett Favre doing now?
Brett Favre joined the NFL Network in 2011 to cover the Super Bowl XLVII pregame. He is currently travelling and enjoying retirement. In addition, he was a SiriusXM radio host.