Revealed: Billie Jean King's Total Wealth ( Updated) Net Worth 2026: Career Earnings & Assets

As one of the most talked-about figures, Billie Jean King has built a significant fortune. Our team analyzed the latest data to provide a clear picture of their income.

What is Billie Jean King's Net Worth?

Billie Jean King was born Billie Jean Moffitt on November 22, 1943, in Long Beach, California. She grew up in a conservative Methodist household with mother Betty (a homemaker), father Bill (a firefighter), and younger brother Randy. Billie Jean played basketball and softball during her youth, and at age 10, she played shortstop on a team that won the Long Beach softball championship. She began playing tennis at age 11 after her parents suggested that she play a more "ladylike" sport, and she bought her first racket with $8 she had saved up. King took free lessons from tennis professional Clyde Walker on Long Beach's free public courts, and one of those courts was later renamed the Billie Jean Moffitt King Tennis Center. Billie Jean attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School, then she enrolled at Los Angeles State College (which is now known as California State University, Los Angeles). She left college in 1964 to focus on her tennis career. Her family attended the Church of the Brethren, and when King was a teenager, the minister, former Olympic champion Bob Richards, asked her what she wanted to do with her life. Billie Jean replied, "Reverend, I'm going to be the best tennis player in the world."

Billie Jean and Randy grew up Dodgers fans as residents of Long Beach, California, during their childhood. King was angry at the Dodgers for many years for passing over her brother in the draft. When he was playing for the Giants, she became a Giants fan. Today she is, obviously, a Dodger fan again. King and Kloss are also minority owners of the Los Angeles Sparks WNBA team.

In September 2018, Billie Jean and her wife, Ilana Kloss, became minority owners of the Los Angeles Dodgers. King's brother, Randy Moffitt, was a professional baseball player who pitched 12 seasons for the San Francisco Giants. When Billie Jean attends Dodgers games today, she wears a Dodgers jersey with the number 17 to honor her brother. That was the number he chose for his jersey during his playing days. He chose that number because he was passed over by 17 teams in the MLB draft.

During her career, Billie Jean represented the U.S. in the Federation Cup and Wightman Cup several times, and she was a member of the U.S. team when it won nine Wightman Cups and seven Federation Cups. A vocal advocate for gender equality, 29-year-old King won the so-called "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match against 55-year-old Bobby Riggs in 1973. Billie Jean founded the Women's Sports Foundation and the Women's Tennis Association, and she served as the U.S. captain in the Federation Cup for three years.

In 1987, King was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame, and she received the Fed Cup Award of Excellence in 2010. In 2009, PresidentBarack Obamahonored her with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Billie Jean has published the books "Pressure Is a Privilege: Lessons I've Learned from Life and the Battle of the Sexes" (2008) and "All In: An Autobiography" (2021), and she executive produced the documentaries "The Battle of the Sexes" (2013) and "Althea" (2014). Billie Jean has appeared as herself on the TV series "Arli$$" (1999), "Ugly Betty" (2009), "Fresh Off the Boat" (2016), and "The Bold Type" (2020), and she was portrayed byEmma Stonein the 2017 film "Battle of the Sexes."

Billie Jean King is an American retired World No. 1 professional tennis player who has a net worth of $20 million. Considered one of the best tennis players of all time, King won 39 Grand Slam titles: 12 singles, 11 mixed doubles, and 16 women's doubles. She also took the singles title at the inaugural WTA Tour Championships.

King went pro in 1959 and competed in tennis tournaments while attending college. In 1961, Billie Jean and Karen Hantze Susman became the youngest duo to win the women's doubles title at Wimbledon. In 1966, King won the singles competition at Wimbledon for the first time, and she won again in 1967 and 1968. She also won the 1967 U.S. Open singles championship and the 1968 Australian Open singles title. She was ranked the world's #1 female tennis player in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1972, and 1974, and according to King's website, from 1961 to 1979, she won "a record 20 Wimbledon titles, 13 United States titles (including four singles), four French titles (one singles), and two Australian titles (one singles) for a total of 39 Grand Slam titles."

In summary, the total wealth of Billie Jean King reflects strategic moves.

Disclaimer: All net worth figures are estimates based on public data.