Born Brendon Barrie McCullum on the 27th December 1981, in Dunedin, Otago New Zealand, he is a cricket player, best known to the world for scoring the fastest test century of all time. He is one of the most successful cricket players in New Zealand, and in a career that has spanned 15 years, he has posted a number of records and has captained all four format international teams of New Zealand.
Have you ever wondered how rich Brendon McCullum is, as of early 2018? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that McCullum’s net worth is as high as $8 million, an amount earned through his successful sporting career, active since the late ‘90s.
Brendon McCullum Net Worth $8 Million
Brendon is the son of the famous cricket player Stuart McCullum. He has an older brother, Nathan, who also went on to have a successful career in cricket. He was educated at King’s High School, and soon after matriculation started his career in cricket.
He played for his hometown team in Otago from 1999 until 2003, and again from 2007 until 2015. He was also a part of Canterbury from 2003 to 2006 and spent the 2006 season playing for Glamorgan in ‘English” county cricket. Aside from New Zealand teams, Brendon has also played for Chennai Super Kings for 2014-2015 seasons of the Indian Premier League, which only increased his net worth, and has been a part of the Lahore Qalandars since 2017 of the Pakistan Super League, further increasing his wealth. Furthermore, Brendon has joined Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 2018 season of the Indian Premier League, which will also add a considerable amount to his net worth.
Since his official debut, Brendon has been recruited for test, first-class ODI, T20 and list A cricket games, and has captained teams in all four formats. To speak of his international career, Brendon made his debut for New Zealand on the 17th January 2002 in a one day international (ODI) match against Australia. Since then he has played in 260 ODI matches, scoring 6083 runs, with a 30.41 batting average. He has played 101 test matches for his nation, and has scored 6453 runs with a batting average of 38.64. He has won numerous Man of the Match awards, and Man of the Series awards in ODI and Twenty20 International matches. He is one of the most admired cricketers, for his ability to score runs quickly in all levels of the game, and is still in high demand for the shorter forms of the game.
During his extremely successful career, Brendon has set a number of records; in 2014 he became the first New Zealander to score a triple hundred in a Test, 302 runs against India, and the same year also became the first New Zealander to score 1000 test runs in a calendar year, while back in 2012 he was the first batsman to score two hundreds in T20l games.
When it comes to his personal life, Brendon has been married to Ellissa since 2003; the couple has two children together.
