Nathan Michael Lyon commonly known as Nathan Lyon is a cricketer who belongs to Australian origin. Nathan was born on 20th November, 1987. Lyon’s main role in cricket is bowling, he is an off spin bowler who can also bat quite well in the lower orders.
Lyon started his career as a bowler but over the years he became more of an all rounder. Lyon is the most successful test bowler Australia ever had. He took a total of 141 wickets in test matches. Lyon played his 100th test match for Australia in January, 2021.
Lyon is also a key player in the Big Bash League. He played for many domestic teams and performed outstandingly. With all this success, wealth followed him too.
In the year 2021 it is estimated that Lyon’s net worth is approximately USD 2.5 million.
Nathan Lyon’s primary source of income is domestic cricket. Over the years he played for many domestic teams and from them he pocketed a good amount of money. For each season Lyon charges around USD 195,600.
In 2010 -11 season Lyon helped his team Redbacks to win the Big Bash League and at that time he was the lead wicket taker. From that time on his life changed, he got selected for the national team and also he got some very good offers from various domestic teams.
In the year 2021he took his 600th wicket in first class cricket. Nathan Lyon is a key player for team Australia too. Nathan Lyon also holds a contract with the Australian cricket board according to which he gets USD 10K for each T20, USD 15K for each ODI and USD 20K for each Test match.
Also as an important player and the highest wicket taking spin bowler of all time he gets bonuses for good performances. Lyon also owns a bunch of high end real estates across Australia.