Nominal vs present value
Local display: $3.1m · Rebased to 2024 USD via US CPI-U
How the total breaks down
Club salary. Top European and Chinese club wages among women's highest.
Chinese endorsements. National brands paying for China's volleyball face.
Impact 93
- Matched Kim-scale commercial seasons for Chinese women's volleyball
- Proved Olympic and World MVPs unlocked Chinese sponsor stacks
- Kept Asia's club wage race hot through the late 2010s
Zhu Ting's peak confirmed Kim was not a one-off. Chinese and European clubs kept writing seven-figure cheques — and Chinese sponsors followed Olympic MVPs.
Zhu Ting's 2019 peak stacked elite club wages under Chinese endorsements for roughly $2.5 million — proof Asia's women's volleyball economy had depth beyond one Korean supernova.