Mia Hamm Net Worth 2026: Endorsements, LAFC and Angel City Stakes

Mia Hamm’s net worth is about $40 million, according to a widely reported estimate that covers the household she shares with her husband, former MLB shortstop Nomar Garciaparra. No major financial outlet such as Forbes or Bloomberg has published its own figure for her, so treat that number as a rough guide rather than an audited total.

Mia Hamm: quick facts

Net worth

$40 Million

Source of wealth

Endorsements, club ownership

Profession

Soccer Player

Nationality

American

Place of birth

Selma, Alabama, United States

Date of birth

March 17, 1972 (age 54)

Hamm was the first true superstar of American women’s soccer. She scored 158 international goals, won two World Cups and two Olympic gold medals, and became one of the most marketable female athletes of the 1990s at a time when women’s soccer paid very little.

Her wealth comes less from playing salaries than from what came after: national endorsement deals with Nike, Gatorade and Mattel, books, speaking fees, and early ownership stakes in two Los Angeles clubs, LAFC and Angel City FC, that are now worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

Mia Hamm at a glance

• Net worth: about $40 million (widely reported household estimate, shared with Nomar Garciaparra)
• Born: March 17, 1972, in Selma, Alabama
• Full name: Mariel Margaret Hamm
• Profession: retired soccer player, club co-owner, author and foundation founder
• Teams: U.S. women’s national team (1987–2004), Washington Freedom of the WUSA (2001–2003), University of North Carolina
• Ownership: co-owner of LAFC (MLS) and Angel City FC (NWSL); former board member of A.S. Roma (2014–2020)
• Biggest paydays: endorsement deals with Nike, Gatorade, Mattel and others in the late 1990s and early 2000s
• Awards: FIFA World Player of the Year (2001, 2002), five straight U.S. Soccer Female Athlete of the Year awards (1994–1998), FIFA 100
• Spouse: Nomar Garciaparra (married 2003)

Her net worth by year is charted at the end of this article.

Where Mia Hamm’s money comes from

Source	Details	Estimate
Endorsements	Nike, Gatorade, Mattel (Soccer Barbie), Wheaties, Pepsi, Nabisco, PowerBar and others	Her largest income source as a player; deal values were never disclosed
Club ownership	Minority stakes in LAFC (since 2014) and Angel City FC (founding investor)	Stake sizes are private; the clubs are valued at about $1.28 billion and $280 million
Playing pay	U.S. national team salary and bonuses, WUSA salary and founder equity	Modest; national team pay was a few thousand dollars a month in the 1990s
Books and media	Two books, a video game, documentaries, TV work	Smaller share
Speaking	Keynotes, commencement speeches, corporate events	Ongoing income; fees not disclosed
Household	Husband Nomar Garciaparra’s MLB career and broadcasting	About $81.9 million in career MLB salary (Spotrac)

Playing pay and earnings

Hamm played before women’s soccer had big contracts. Her national team salary was small, and the first U.S. women’s pro league only began when she was 29. The table shows the pay figures that were publicly reported during her career.

Period	Team or deal	Reported pay
1990s to 1999	U.S. women’s national team	About $2,000 to $3,150 a month, according to ESPN
1999–2000	Players’ post-World Cup indoor tour	$1.2 million guarantee split equally, or about $60,000 per player
2000	New national team agreement	Minimum of $5,000 a month for top players through the Sydney Olympics, plus win bonuses
2000	Sydney Olympics bonus pool	Team pool of $100,000 for reaching the semifinals plus $300,000 for silver, shared by the squad
2001–2003	Washington Freedom (WUSA)	League salaries ranged from $25,000 to about $85,000; founding players also held equity

These numbers explain why Hamm’s fortune is built mostly on sponsorships and investments, not her soccer salaries. Today’s top players earn many times more; Forbes estimated in 2023 that Alex Morgan made about $7.1 million in a single year.

Early life

Mariel Margaret Hamm was born on March 17, 1972, in Selma, Alabama. She was the fourth of six children of Bill and Stephanie Hamm. She was born with a club foot and wore corrective shoes as a toddler.

Because her father served in the U.S. Air Force, the family moved often. Hamm first played soccer in Florence, Italy, and joined her first team at age five in Wichita Falls, Texas. Her adopted older brother, Garrett, was a big influence on her love of sport.

She later attended Lake Braddock Secondary School in Burke, Virginia, which won the 1989 state soccer title. By then she was already a national team player.

College career at North Carolina

Hamm joined the University of North Carolina in 1989. The Tar Heels won NCAA titles in 1989, 1990, 1992 and 1993 with her in the lineup. She sat out the 1991 college season to prepare for the first Women’s World Cup.

She left Chapel Hill with ACC career records of 103 goals, 72 assists and 278 points. UNC retired her No. 19 jersey in 1994. She earned a degree in political science and returned in May 2025 as the university’s commencement speaker.

National team career

Hamm made her U.S. debut at just 15 years old in 1987, the youngest player in team history at the time. Over 17 years she played 276 games and scored 158 goals, a world record until Abby Wambach passed her in 2013. She still holds the team record of 144 assists.

• 1991 World Cup: champion, as the youngest player on the roster
• 1995 World Cup: bronze
• 1996 Olympics (Atlanta): gold
• 1999 World Cup: champion, in front of more than 90,000 fans at the Rose Bowl
• 2000 Olympics (Sydney): silver
• 2003 World Cup: bronze
• 2004 Olympics (Athens): gold, her final major tournament

She retired after a farewell tour, playing her last game on December 8, 2004, a 5–0 win over Mexico in Carson, California.

The 1999 World Cup and the fight over pay

The 1999 World Cup turned Hamm and her teammates into household names. It also exposed how little they were paid. Before 2000, national team players earned roughly $2,000 to $3,150 a month, according to ESPN.

Hamm and Julie Foudy were at the center of the talks with U.S. Soccer. The players also insisted that income from their post-World Cup tour be split equally, even though stars like Hamm could have demanded more. The new deal in early 2000 raised the minimum for top players to $5,000 a month and added bonuses, an early step in the long fight that ended in the team’s equal pay agreement in 2022.

WUSA and the Washington Freedom

Hamm was one of the 20 national team players who founded the Women’s United Soccer Association (WUSA), the first U.S. women’s pro league. The founders took equity stakes in the league, which paid salaries between $25,000 and about $85,000 when it launched in 2001.

She played for the Washington Freedom from 2001 to 2003. A knee injury cut short much of 2002, but in 2003 she scored 11 goals, led the team with 11 assists and won the league’s Founders Cup.

The WUSA folded in September 2003 after losing about $100 million, so the founders’ equity never paid off. Hamm’s likeness was later used in the logo of its successor, Women’s Professional Soccer.

Endorsements and brand deals

Hamm’s biggest earnings came from sponsors. In the late 1990s she was one of the few female team-sport athletes with true national endorsement power. Exact deal values were never made public.

• Nike: her longest and most important sponsor. In 1999 Nike named a building on its Oregon corporate campus after her.
• Gatorade: she starred with Michael Jordan in the famous “Anything You Can Do” commercial of the late 1990s, set to the Broadway song “Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better).” The two returned years later for a Gatorade Zero remake starring Abby Wambach and Usain Bolt.
• Mattel: she endorsed the first Soccer Barbie.
• Wheaties: she appeared on the cereal box after the 1999 World Cup.
• Other partners: Pepsi, Nabisco, Dreyer’s, Fleet Bank, Earthgrains, PowerBar and Pert Plus.

She also lent her name to Mia Hamm Soccer 64 (2000), a Nintendo 64 game that was the first to feature only female athletes. She later appeared in EA Sports FC 24.

Club ownership: LAFC, Angel City and Roma

After retiring, Hamm moved into team ownership. Her stakes are minority holdings and their size has never been disclosed, but the clubs have grown sharply in value.

Los Angeles FC

In October 2014, Major League Soccer awarded a new Los Angeles team to an ownership group that included Hamm and Garciaparra alongside Peter Guber, Magic Johnson and others. LAFC began play in 2018 and has since won the MLS Cup and Supporters’ Shield.

Sportico valued LAFC at about $1.28 billion in 2025, the highest of any MLS team. That is the same league where David Beckham built Inter Miami.

Angel City FC

Hamm was one of the founding investors in Angel City FC, the NWSL club launched in 2020 by a group led by Natalie Portman and other actors and athletes. In July 2024, Disney CEO Bob Iger and journalist Willow Bay bought control of the club for a record $250 million.

In 2025, Forbes named Angel City the NWSL’s most valuable team at $280 million. Hamm remains a co-owner, as the USGA noted when it named her honorary chair of the 2026 U.S. Girls’ Junior golf championship.

A.S. Roma

Hamm served on the board of directors of Italian club A.S. Roma from 2014 to 2020. She is also a global ambassador for FC Barcelona.

Books, media and speaking

Hamm has written two books for HarperCollins:

• Go for the Goal: A Champion’s Guide to Winning in Soccer and Life (1999), part memoir and part training guide
• Winners Never Quit! (2004), a children’s picture book about learning to lose

She was the subject of the HBO documentary Dare to Dream (2005) and has worked as a TV soccer analyst. She is also a busy paid speaker. In 2026 she was the keynote speaker at the Central California Women’s Conference.

Real estate

Hamm and Garciaparra have kept a low profile with their homes. Their best-documented purchases are in Manhattan Beach, in the South Bay area of Los Angeles.

Property	Year	Reported price
Manhattan Beach, California, five-bedroom home (4,450 sq ft)	2016	About $2.2 million
Second Manhattan Beach property a few blocks away	Earlier	Not reported

The 2016 house was listed at about $2.6 million and sold to the couple for $2.2 million, according to the Los Angeles Times as reported by Fox News. It has vaulted ceilings, a home office and a master suite with a fireplace. Reports at the time said it was their second home in the area.

Personal life

Hamm’s first marriage was to Christian Corry, a Marine Corps helicopter pilot she met in college. They divorced in 2001.

She married Boston Red Sox shortstop Nomar Garciaparra on November 22, 2003, in Goleta, California. Garciaparra was a six-time All-Star who earned about $81.9 million in MLB salary, according to Spotrac. He later worked as a TV analyst. You can compare other sports fortunes on our athletes net worth page.

The couple have three children: twin daughters Ava and Grace, born in March 2007, and a son, Garrett, born in January 2012. Hamm has said her family is her greatest achievement. In recent years she has also become a keen golfer and is a member of Old Chatham Golf Club in Durham, North Carolina.

Philanthropy

Hamm started the Mia Hamm Foundation in 1999, two years after her brother Garrett died from complications of the rare blood disease aplastic anemia.

• It helps families who need bone marrow or cord blood transplants and runs donor registration drives.
• It has funded programs at UNC Health Care and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.
• It supports sports opportunities for girls and young women.
• It hosts a yearly celebrity soccer game in Los Angeles to raise money.

She also served on the board of the National Soccer Hall of Fame and has long backed equal pay for women’s players.

How Mia Hamm compares

Player	Estimated net worth	Main source
Mia Hamm	About $40 million (household)	Endorsements, club stakes, husband’s MLB career
Megan Rapinoe	About $5 million	Salary, endorsements, media
Abby Wambach	About $4 million	Endorsements, books, speaking
Alex Morgan	About $3 million	Salary, endorsements, business ventures

Figures are widely reported estimates cited by GOBankingRates in August 2023 and may be out of date. Hamm’s figure includes Garciaparra’s wealth. Forbes estimated that Morgan earned $7.1 million and Rapinoe $7 million in 2023, so the newer players’ net worths have likely grown since then.

Frequently asked questions

How much is Mia Hamm worth?

About $40 million, according to a widely reported estimate that includes her husband, Nomar Garciaparra. No major financial outlet has published its own figure.

How did Mia Hamm make her money?

Mostly from endorsements with Nike, Gatorade, Mattel and others, plus books, speaking and ownership stakes in LAFC and Angel City FC. Her playing salaries were small.

Does Mia Hamm own a soccer team?

Yes. She is a minority co-owner of LAFC in MLS (since 2014) and a founding co-owner of Angel City FC in the NWSL. She also sat on A.S. Roma’s board from 2014 to 2020.

How much did Mia Hamm get paid on the national team?

Before 2000, U.S. women’s players earned about $2,000 to $3,150 a month. A new deal in 2000 raised the minimum for top players to $5,000 a month plus bonuses.

Who is Mia Hamm married to?

Former MLB star Nomar Garciaparra. They married in 2003 and have three children.

How many goals did Mia Hamm score?

158 goals in 276 games for the U.S., a world record until Abby Wambach broke it in 2013.

Sources: ESPN, Sportico (MLS team values, 2025), Forbes (NWSL team values, June 2025; highest-paid soccer players, July 2023), Spotrac, GOBankingRates (August 2023), Fox News / Los Angeles Times, Village Voice, Washingtonian, USGA, University of North Carolina, Wikipedia. All net worth figures are estimates.