How much does Bill Simmons make a year?

Bill Simmons receives an average of $7 million per year from his career as a sports analyst, author, podcaster, and former sports writer. Bill Simmons earns a monthly income of $300,000.

Bill Simmons first gained attention with his website as “The Boston Sports Guy” and was recruited by ESPN in 2001, where he eventually operated the website Grantland and worked until 2015.

At ESPN, he wrote for ESPN.com, hosted his own podcast on ESPN.com titled The B.S. Report, and was an analyst for two years on NBA Countdown.

Bill Simmons founded The Ringer, a sports and pop culture website and podcast network, in 2016 and serves as its CEO.

Bill Simmons was an only child and grew up in Marlborough and Brookline, Massachusetts, before moving to Stamford, Connecticut, to live with his mother after his parents divorced when he was 13.

As a child, Bill Simmons read David Halberstam’s book The Breaks of the Game, which he credited as the single most formative development in his sportswriting career.