Roger Staubach still has a net worth of $600 million after selling his lucrative real estate business, placing the Dallas Cowboys legend ahead of Tom Brady on the NFL rich list
11:58 ET, 27 Mar 2026
Roger Staubach is the richest living NFL player, valued at $600 million
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Roger Staubach is the richest person to have played in the NFL, valued at $600 million(Image: Getty)
Two-time Super Bowl champion Roger Staubach has a stunning net worth of $600 million, making him the most valuable living NFL player ahead of Tom Brady and Fran Tarkenton.
Late NFL star Jerry Richardson remains the most financially successful player of all time, having reached billionaire status before passing away in 2023. While many fans assume that Tom Brady is the wealthiest player, Staubach still ranks No. 1.
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Staubach's NFL earnings totaled under $1 million across his 11-year career, during which he won two Super Bowl championships with the Cowboys. However, Staubach's generational net worth came after he retired from football.
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The former NFL quarterback retired after the 1979 season, but years earlier, he began planning for the future. Staubach founded a real estate company in 1977 after working during the offseason to build experience before starting The Staubach Company.
"I couldn't have retired at my age and just played golf," Staubach told DMagazine. "First of all, they didn't pay quarterbacks what they do today.
"And I was 37 with three kids. I kept thinking about [what would happen] if some linebacker takes off my head and I can't play anymore."
Staubach maintains a close relationship with the Cowboys and Jerry Jones
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Staubach maintains a close relationship with the Cowboys and Jerry Jones(Image: George Walker/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Staubach continued to build his real estate business after retiring, investing all his time and energy in it for the next three decades. On July 11, 2008, The Staubach Company was sold to Jones Lang LaSalle for $613 million.
Aged 72, Staubach received a check for generational wealth, and his decades of graft paid off. In addition to the exchange, Staubach and his children's trust would gross more than $100 million from the sale by 2013.
Staubach also took half of his payment in stocks and continued to serve as the executive chairman before retiring in 2018. Once the sale was completed, Staubach attempted to compare the feeling of winning a Super Bowl to receiving $600 million for his business.
Staubach was also awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Donald Trump
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Staubach was also awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Donald Trump(Image: Getty)
"The feeling you have when winning a Super Bowl is fantastic, and the feeling I had when we accomplished having somebody else want to buy our company is still a great feeling," he said. "They’re different feelings, but they’re similar in a lot of ways.
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"But it’s a longer process over 30 years building The Staubach Co., and I just got lucky to come to the Dallas Cowboys." Staubach's story inspired NBA star Grant Hill, the son of former Cowboys champion Calvin Hill, who was teammates with the real estate mogul.
Hill has now transitioned into real estate and other business ventures since retiring in 2013. "He was a family friend who named me. I was nameless for three days. Watching him transition and build a business; and just to see guys who’ve done it and done it at a high level and also have done it quietly under the radar," Hill said of Staubach to Scoop B.
"Staubach was really the guy for me back when even before I got into the NBA. Being aware of the different careers as a player, but also as a business person."