Top 10 celebrity billionaires by salary %

Celebreties with a net worth that currently exceeds 1 billion US Dollars, ranked by percentage of net worth earned from career. It's quite clear that fame itself earns them way more money than the salary of the job they are actually famous for.

10. Selena Gomez net worth: 1.3B (career: 20M)
9. Michael Jordan net worth: 3.2B (career: 94M)
8. Magic Johnson net worth: 1.2B (career: 40M)
7. Jay-Z net worth: 2.5B (career: 90M)
6. Tiger Woods net worth: 1.3B (career: 120M)
5. Rihanna net worth: 1.7B (career: 300M)
4. Lebron James net worth: 1.2B (career: 480M)
3. Lionel Messi net worth: 1.3B (career: 650M)
2. Taylor Swift net worth: 1.3B (career: 700M)
1. Kim Kardashian net worth: 1.7B (career: 1.7B)

The following celebrities were disqualified from the list because they are no longer a billionaire, the billionaire claim was not verifiable or were mostly a TV/movie/musical director and/or producer: Roger Federer, Kanye West, Tyler Perry, Ryan Reynolds, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Peter Jackson, Oprah Winfrey.