Marv Albert’s net worth in 2022

Marv Albert is widely regarded as “the voice of basketball”. The retired sportscaster has been honored as a Hall of Famer by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame, and the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame for his work in the industry for nearly 60 years. In this article, however, we will take a look at Marv Albert’s net worth in 2022.

Marv Albert’s Net Worth in 2022 (estimate): $25 million

Marv Albert’s net worth in 2022 is valued at $25 million. This is agreed upon by multiple reputable sources such as Celebrity Net Worth.

Before we take a look at Marv Albert’s hall of fame career, let’s see where and how he started — from his humble beginnings to becoming “the voice of basketball”.

Marv Albert was born on June 12, 1941, in Brooklyn, New York, where he went to high school at Abraham Lincoln High School. His family owned a grocery store on Brighton Beach Avenue right between 3^rd and 4^th street, it was called “Aufrichtig”.

After graduating high school, he attended Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Public Communications from 1960 to 1963. In 1962, he served as the voice of the Triple-A Minor League Baseball team of the New York Mets called Syracuse Chiefs (now called Syracuse Mets).

He then transferred to New York University where he graduated in 1965.

Marv Albert got his start as a ballboy for the New York Knicks. On January 27, 1963, he worked his first Knicks game as a broadcaster on WCBS Radio as he was filling in for his mentor, Marty Glickman, who was away in Europe. The game was he covered was the New York Knicks vs the Boston Celtics at the Boston Garden.

From 1967 to 2004, Marv Albert served as the voice of the New York Knicks on radio and television. Unfortunately, he was let go by MSG Network and Cable Vision chairman James L. Dolan after he criticized the team’s poor play on-air in 2004.

Aside from his work for the New York Knicks, Marv Albert was the lead play-by-play announced for NBC Sports during their NBA on NBC broadcasts from 1990 to 2002. He called every NBA Finals during that time frame until Game 4 of the 2002 NBA Finals, which was the last NBA game on NBC.

In 1999, he also became the lead play-by-play commentator for the NBA games on TNT. This has become his primary commitment since NBC lost the NBA broadcasting rights to ABC and ESPN in 2002.

On April 17, 2002, Marv Albert and color analyst Mike Fratello were injured in a limo accident in Trenton, New Jersey. The accident happened after the duo called a game between the Indiana Pacers and Philadelphia 76ers on TNT.

Albert suffered facial lacerations, a concussion, and a sprained ankle. He was scheduled to call multiple games that week as the 2002 NBA Playoffs were about to start. Instead, Bob Costas filled in for him while he recovered and Marv Albert returned to call Game 1 of the Western Conference Semifinals between the Dallas Mavericks and the Sacramento Kings.

In 2005, Marv Albert became the lead play-by-play commentator for the New Jersey Nets as he started calling their games that are broadcasted on the YES Network. Unfortunately, Albert was demoted to secondary play-by-play after the Nets struggled during the 2009-2010 season. In 2011, he left the YES Network to join CBS Sports for their NFL and NCAA tournament coverage.

Aside from being the live play-by-play commentator, Marv Albert had a lot of basketball-related ventures throughout his hall of fame career.

He hosted a basketball-focused interview show on NBA TV, as well as the Dazzling Dunks and Basketball Bloopers VHS tape by NBA Entertainment in 1988.

Since 2003, Albert has lent his voice to provide the play-by-play voice on the NBA Live video game series by EA Sports. He had this role until NBA Live 10.

From 2011 to 2015, Marv Albert called multiple games for Turner Sports’ coverage of the NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship tournament.

In February 2016, Albert and Turner Sports announced that he would no longer call NCAA Tournament basketball games, claiming that calling four games in one day during the first round and a total of six games in three days in the first two rounds is too much for his 74-year-old voice to handle. He said that it felt it was a wiser move to go primarily to the NBA.

Marv Albert is famously known for his famous “Yes!” whenever a player makes a basket. The expression varies in volume and length depending on the situation on the court.

Aside from basketball, Marv Albert covered different sports during his 60-year career.

Since 1965, Albert also called games for another Madison Square Garden tenant, the New York Rangers of the NHL. He called the game via radio of the Rangers’ Stanley Cup victory in 1994. He also coined the nickname “Red Light” for former Rangers goaltender and radio analyst Sal Messina. During his tenure as a hockey commentator, Marv Albert’s signature phrase was “kick save and a beauty”.

Marv Albert also called American football games. From 1973 to 1976, he called the radio broadcasts of the New York Giants football games. He also called Monday Night Football games, playoff games, and every Super Bowl from 2002 to 2010 as the play-by-play voice of Westwood One’s radio network’s NFL coverage.

On June 4, 2010, he announced that he was leaving his NFL on Westwood One duties. The following year, Albert announced that he was joining CBS Sports to call play-by-play on their NFL broadcasts. On May 29, 2014, he stepped down from his NFL duties to focus more on basketball for TNT and CBS.

Marv Albert’s Honors and Awards:

• Six-time Cable ACE Award Winner
• 1997 Curt Gowdy Media Award – Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
• 1996 American Sportscasters Association Sportscaster of the Year (Play-by-Play)
• Emmy Award Winner – National Sports (5x), New York (3x)
• 2006 Nassau County Sports Hall of Fame Inductee
• 1992 National Jewish Museum Sports Hall of Fame Inductee
• Twenty-time New York State Sportscaster of the Year
• 2014 National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame Inductee
• 2017 WAER Hall of Fame Inductee

On May 17, 2021, Marv Albert announced that he will be retiring at the conclusion of the 2021 NBA Playoffs. The last game that he called was Game 6 of the 2021 NBA Eastern Conference Finals between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Atlanta Hawks.

“My 55 years of broadcasting the NBA has just flown by, and I’ve been fortunate to work with so many wonderful and talented people,” Albert said. “Now, I’ll have the opportunity to hone my gardening skills and work on my ballroom dancing.”

Marv Albert’s reported salary was around $2 million per year. Considering the experience and expertise that he brought, it seems fair that he received massive compensation for his skills.

With that being said, were you surprised about Marv Albert’s net worth in 2022? Should it be more considering that he has been in the business for nearly 60 years?