Klay Thompson

Klay Thompson Basic Information

Stage Name:	Klay Thompson
Real Name:	Klay Alexander Thompson
Occupation:	American Professional Basketball Player
Date Of Birth/Age:	February 8, 1990 (34) Years Old
Place of Birth:	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Gender:	Male
Nationality:	American
Marital Status:	Single
Education:	Santa Margarita Catholic (Rancho Santa Margarita, California) Washington State
Height:	1.98 m
Net Worth:	$70M

Klay Thompson Biography

Klay Alexander Thompson, a professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA), was born in the United States on February 8, 1990. He is highly recognized as one of the best three-point shooters in NBA history. Thompson has won four NBA championships with the Warriors. He is a five-time NBA All-Star, has been selected to the NBA All-NBA Third Team twice, and once to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team. Additionally, he won gold medals with the American national team on their Olympic and World Cup squads in 2016 and 2014, respectively.

Golden State selected him with the 11th overall choice in the first round of the 2011 NBA draft. The NBA record of 484 three-pointers made by Thompson and teammate Stephen Curry in a single season in 2014 was broken the next season with 525 and again in 2015–16 with 678, earning the duo the moniker “the Splash Brothers.” In addition to playing a significant role in the Warriors’ 2017 and 2018 championships, Thompson assisted the Warriors in 2015 as they won their first NBA Championship since 1975.

Family

Parents

Father

Mychal George Thompson, a Bahamian-American sports analyst, and former professional basketball player, was born on January 30, 1955. Thompson, who was selected first overall in the 1978 NBA Draft, played center for the University of Minnesota and center and forward for the Portland Trail Blazers, San Antonio Spurs, and Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association.

Thompson won two NBA titles with the Lakers during their Showtime heyday in the 1980s. He is the father of baseball player Trayce Thompson and basketball players Klay Thompson and Mychel Thompson.

Mother

Klay’s mother is Julie Thompson. She played for two years for the University of Portland’s collegiate volleyball team and stood out in both track and field in college. The Portland gym is where Klay’s parents first met.

Siblings

Mychel Thompson 

Mychel Thompson, a former professional basketball player from the United States, was born on June 1, 1988. At Pepperdine University, he participated in collegiate basketball.

Trayce Nikolas Thompson

American professional baseball outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB), Trayce Nikolas Thompson, was born on March 15, 1991. Additionally, he has played for the San Diego Padres, Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics, and Chicago Cubs. Thompson also participated in the 2023 World Baseball Classic for the Great Britain National Team.

Children

Thompson has no kids yet.

Lifestyle

Girlfriend

Although Klay Thompson is not yet married, he sees Laura Harrier, an American actress and former model. Laura Ruth Harrier was born on March 28, 1990. After being found by a location scout at 17, she started modeling. When she relocated to New York City, she continued to model and was signed with companies like IMG Models and Wilhelmina Models.

She was the face of Garnier and modeled for several popular magazines and commercials for Urban Outfitters, Macy’s, and Steve Madden. Then, Harrier decided to pursue acting and enrolled at the William Esper Studio after appearing in several commercials and student films.

Net Worth

Klay Thompson has an estimated net worth of $70 million. Klay Thompson earned $31 million in salary and sponsorships between 2017 and 2018. In addition, Klay Thompson has endorsement deals with several businesses, including Panini, Body Armor, Gillette Bevel, and NERF.

Cars

Klay Thompson enjoys driving around in convertible automobiles. He has been seen driving his Lincoln Continental and BMW i8 convertible cars several times. However, he owns powerful SUVs such as the Mercedes-Benz G-Class and Range Rover Velar for added luxury and convenience.

House

Before helping the Warriors won the NBA title in 2015, Thompson paid $2.2 million for a 2,433-square-foot coastal house. Despite having enough money to buy a lavish home in Southern California, the four-time NBA champion purchased a beachfront property only 11 miles from Ladera Ranch, where he spent his formative years.

Trades

Klay has been playing for the Golden State Warriors since he inked a five-year deal with the team in 2011.

Points

Klay Thompson has put up a total of 14,156 points in his career.

Stats

While Klay Thompson was a member of the National Basketball Association, more than 645 regular-season games were played, and he averaged a score of 19.5 in those games. Klay Thompson has 2.3 assists and 3.5 rebounds as a consequence. Throughout the NBA playoffs, Klay Thompson participated in more than 120 games.

And as a result, his average score is 19.3, he has a 4.0-rebound average, and he has a 2.2-assist average. Klay Thompson played for Washington State in college from 2008 to 2011, appearing in 98 games. As a result, Thompson’s average score in this game is 17.9, and he also averages 2.6 assists and 4.8 rebounds.

Contract

Klay Thompson and the Warriors have reached a $190 million contract to keep him with the team through 2024. However, he missed a significant amount of time due to an injury and was paid $37,980,720 for the 2021–22 season. Then, in 2015, he signed a four-year, $69 million contract with the Warriors, earning an average of $17 million per year. Then, in 2019, he signed a five-year, $190 million contract with the Warriors, earning an average salary of $38 million per year. As of this writing, it is the third-largest contract in NBA history.

Injury

Thompson suffered a left anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury in Game 6 of the 2019 NBA Finals, forcing him to miss the 2019–20 season. In addition to cutting the 2020–21 season, Thompson also sustained a torn right Achilles tendon while recuperating from his knee injury. After being out for nearly 31 months, he started playing again in January 2022.