Liz Cambage is a towering basketball sensation who has lorded over the courts, sending ripples in an entirely different field-OnlyFans. This former WNBA star sent fans into a frenzy and social media abuzz with her sudden revelation that what she had made on the subscription-based site during her first week there had outweighed what she made throughout her time with the WNBA. The audacious move pushes Cambage back into the limelight, but this time, it’s not about her jump shot stealing the show.
Cambage retired from the WNBA in 2022 to take a step back for personal growth away from the Los Angeles Sparks.
“It was time for me to heal and find myself again,”
Cambage said in an interview. After an average of 15.8 points and 7.5 rebounds per game throughout her professional basketball career, Australian star Cambage decided to try something new.
She says joining OnlyFans was about showing a different side of her personality. “Basketball was a part of me, but it wasn’t all of me,” she says. The platform’s personalized content powerhouse has allowed her to connect with fans on her terms, posting fashion-forward, artistic, and suggestive imagery that reflects her love for modeling and all things creative.
Cambage‘s revelation has once again stirred the debate about pay disparities in professional sports. She was one of the best-paid players in the league during her time in the WNBA, with a salary of $221,450 in her best-earning season. However, this is a drop in the ocean compared to what her male counterparts earn in the NBA.
OnlyFans success highlighted female athletes’ financial woes.
“It’s wild to even think I made more in a week than I did playing years in the league,”
Cambage admits. While fans and commentators have debated whether her basketball fame helped her gain subscribers, she sees it differently.
“This is about ownership of my brand and celebrating who I am,”
she says.
Many fans saluted her initiative: “Good for her- she’s putting herself out there, taking charge in her life. She’s out here making all that bank and living her absolute best life”. Others framed pay inequality in women’s sports because Cambage pointed out the gaps that must be addressed.
Some were skeptical of this and suggested that her WNBA fame probably propelled her to OnlyFans success: “Would she have made that much without having had a basketball career?” asked one skeptic.
Cambage, however, takes the reactions in stride:
“Not everyone will understand my choices, and that’s okay. I’m here to live my truth,” she responded.
Outside of basketball and OnlyFans, Cambage has always pursued her more artistic interests: She DJs and models and has carved out a polymathic career that showcases her love of music, fashion, and self-expression. Cambage’s OnlyFans page curates all things Liz: glamorous photoshoots, high-fashion looks, and personal peeks into a life well-lived off the court.
”I want my followers to see a real, creative me,” she explained.
By marrying aspects of artistry with authenticity, Cambage has crafted a simultaneously intimate and empowering space.
While Cambage isn’t contemplating returning to professional athletics at this time, she used her platform to be outspoken on issues like women’s equality and representation in sports. That transition from basketball to content creation opened a new lane of conversation about how little women can earn in sports and how those women sometimes have to consider different career paths.
“I’m not closing any doors, but right now, I’m focusing on building something new,” Cambage said.
Her path from WNBA star to content creator has been anything but linear, but Liz Cambage has never been one to color inside the lines. Dominating the court or in front of the camera, she remains a force to be reckoned with: bold, unapologetic, and unafraid to forge her path.
