Liz Cambage has long made her mark as one of the most recognizable female basketball players to date. Earning multiple WNBA and WNBL accolades alike, the WNBA single-game scoring record holder has proven herself as one hell of a basketball powerhouse. Let's dig into Liz Cambage's net worth in 2022.
Liz Cambage's Net Worth in 2022 (Estimate): $1 million
Liz Cambage's net worth in 2022 is $1 million. This is according to numerous outlets, including Idol Net Worth.
Cambage was born on August 18, 1991, in London, England. After her Nigerian father and Australian mother separated when she was only three months, Cambage moved with her mother Julia to Australia. After spending a bit of time in New South Wales, 10-year-old Cambage later moved to Melbourne. During that period, she stood out due to her skin color and frame; Cambage recalled that the mostly white environment had made her “feel like a freakish monster.”
Her mother then suggested that she play basketball as a way to make friends, despite a young Liz only ever expressing interest in piano and violin and never in sports. Unsurprisingly, Cambage would later tell ABC.net.au‘s Natashia Thiele that she initially hated the game and was bad at it:
“I absolutely hated playing basketball because I was such a chubby lazy kid, but it was a good idea by my [mom] I guess. … My first coach, he put a lot of effort into me, I guess. Thinking about how bad it was back then.”
Clearly, the future WNBA star found her place within the sport. By 2007, Cambage was playing junior basketball for the Women's National Basketball League team Dandenong Rangers. During the later part of the 2007-08 season, she then played under scholarship for the Australian Institute of Sports' WNBL team. In 2011, WNBA team Tulsa Shock selected Cambage with the 2nd overall pick. The 6'9″ center then expressed her reluctance to play for them, saying that her main goal in the WNBA to improve her game, not be made a franchise player. She last donned their uniform during the 2013 regular season, where she logged in 16.3 points and 2.4 blocks per game.
From 2012 until 2016, Cambage also played in China and left her mark with almost unbelievable career averages of 30.5 points, 10.8 rebounds, and 1.9 blocks per game over her three-year stint. This would, obviously, go on to help to add to Liz Cambage's net worth in 2022.
After a five-year absence, the 6'9″ powerhouse returned to the WNBA. She had her best year yet with the Dallas Wings, leading the league with 23 points per game and having career highs with season averages of 9.7 rebounds, 2.3 assists, and scoring 58.9% from the field. Despite Cambage's performance, Dallas quickly lost in the first round after finishing as the No. 8 seed. Cambage requested a trade shortly after, and was sent to the Las Vegas Aces. There, she'd again earn another All-Star selection.
Cambage also became a known fixture in her country’s national team. She has won several medals representing Australia in international play, including a bronze in the 2012 Olympics, a silver in the 2018 FIBA World Cup, and a gold in the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
In 2021, Cambage was again named to the national team. This time, it was for the highly anticipated Tokyo Olympics. However, fans were taken aback when she suddenly withdrew less than two weeks before the tournament. Although the Aussie center initially cited mental health issues, word quickly got out that 2018 WNBA scoring leader reportedly called the Nigerian team players racial slurs during closed-door practice. As Fox Sports reported that a number of the Nigerian players went forward and confirmed the incident, Cambage put out an apology through a now-deleted Instagram post, though she denied the other allegations.
The issue had recently resurfaced as after the four-time WNBA All-Star signed to the high-profile Los Angeles Sparks for a one-year, $170,000 deal. This is notably much lower than her last earnings with Dallas, which Spotrac reports to be at $221,450. However, Cambage told The New York Times that this next chapter in her career, dubbed by fans as “Liz Angeles,” was worth it.
“I'm at a point where I'm too old to be in places I don't want to be. I've got into a place where I make so much money off the floor that I can take a pay cut to wherever I want to be here in the league. … I had been living someone else's dream, chasing that for a minute. But now I've realized that this has always been my dream, being here in L.A. and playing here.”
With that said, were you at all stunned by Liz Cambage's net worth in 2022?
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