The Richest Athletes in the World

Roger Staubach, Net Worth: $600 Million

Roger Staubach is a legendary quarterback who played eleven straight seasons with the Dallas Cowboys from 1969-1980. What makes Staubach unique is not that he was so successful that he was nicknamed “Captain America,” or even that he led the Cowboys to two Superbowl victories, but that he didn’t even begin playing professional football until the age of 27after he had left the US Navy team, the Midshipmen. After his retirement from the NFL, Staubach wisely turned his interests to the Texas real estate scene, which was beginning to boom. He and his family are set for life.