It Will Cost You About $140k, Or $1,000 Per Character If You Want Lebron James To Tweet Your Product

According to Opendorse - a company that 'specializes in executing and monetizing digital and social media campaigns for athletes, NBA player Lebron James, who has about 23million followers on twitter, makes about $140k or $1k per character for each sponsored tweet. They say he has the highest media value of any U.S. athlete.

According to Opendorse, among the top five highest-paid athletes for sponsored tweets are;

1. Lebron James ($140,000)

2. Kevin Durant ($66,553),
3. Kobe Bryant ($42,389),
4. Floyd Mayweather ($34,924)
5. Dwight Howard ($34,290)