As the 2016 Rio Olympics are coming to an end this week, there is buzz about this year’s Team USA star champions like competitive swimmer Katie Ledecky who racked up five Olympic medals during this year's Games alone. Fans are asking about Ledecky’s net worth, after seeing her turn to Olympian Michael Phelps, for assistance in wearing more than one medal at a time.

Katie Ledecky Net Worth

Money Nation predicted that Ledecky could have made $1 million a year in endorsements, starting in 2013 when she won her gold medals in the Barcelona World Championships. Yet, Ledecky makes less than $70,000 being that she is supposed to compete for the Stanford University Women’s Swim team, under NCAA.

The 19-year-old chose to swim for the university instead of going pro. Had she been a professional swimmer, she would have made a little over $2 million.

Given her amateur status, she is not allowed to sign any endorsement deals or receive a professional sports salary if she wants to swim for Stanford University when she enrolls there in the fall.

Ledecky also has to give back any money she earned at the 2016 Rio Olympics that exceeds her swimming expenses, as per NCAA rules.

But a simple Google search will tell you that the 6-foot-tall American swimmer has a net worth of $3 million.

Katie Ledecky on Cover of Sports Illustrated

Ledecky, named Swimmer of the Year for 2013-2014, is on the cover of the August issue of “Sports Illustrated.”

She is standing next to Michael Phelps who has his arms around her and American Artistic Gymnast Simone Biles.

Katie Ledecky and Michael Phelps Medals

Ledecky won a second gold medal for the 2016 Rio Olympics, in the 200m freestyle competition on Tuesday. Before racking up her second gold medal for the Rio Games in a close race, Phelps did the same. He won a second gold medal for the 2016 Rio Olympics in the 200m butterfly competition that same day, winning by less than a few seconds.

NPR dubbed Ledecky "the future of swimming," and Phelps, a part of the past.

The two biggest names in American swimmers history did not stop there, winning medals throughout the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Now, Ledecky owns 14 medals while Phelps added his 25th Olympic medal at the Rio Games.

Will Ledecky own 25 Olympic medals by the time she reaches Phelps’ age?

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