Lots of the NBA’s highest-paid gamers are on contracts thought-about maximum-salary offers, however the 2024/25 salaries for these gamers range considerably relying on when the participant signed his contract and the way a lot NBA expertise he has. That’s why a participant like Stephen Curry will earn practically $22MM greater than Deandre Ayton in ’24/25 regardless of each gamers technically being on max offers.
When a participant indicators a maximum-salary contract, he doesn’t essentially earn the NBA max for every season of that contract — he earns the max in yr one, then will get a sequence of equivalent annual raises. In Curry’s case, his 2024/25 wage truly exceeds this yr’s most, for the reason that annual cap will increase since he started incomes the max haven’t saved tempo together with his annual 8% raises.
Listed beneath, with some assist from Spotrac‘s wage knowledge, are the highest 50 highest-paid NBA gamers for the 2024/25 season. The gamers on this listing don’t essentially have the contracts with the most important general worth. This high 50 solely considers the present league yr, with the participant’s ’24/25 base wage listed.
Moreover, we’ve famous gamers who may probably enhance their earnings by way of incentives or commerce bonuses. We didn’t add these notes for gamers like Curry or Jaylen Brown, who’ve commerce bonuses however are already incomes the utmost — their salaries for this season can’t enhance past their max.
Listed below are the NBA’s 50 highest-paid gamers for the 2024/25 season:
- Stephen Curry, Warriors: $55,761,216
- Joel Embiid, Sixers: $51,415,938
Nikola Jokic, Nuggets: $51,415,938 - Bradley Beal, Suns: $50,203,930
- Kevin Durant, Suns: $49,856,021
- Durant can earn one other $1,323,000 in seemingly incentives.
- Devin Booker, Suns: $49,205,800
Jaylen Brown, Celtics: $49,205,800
Paul George, Sixers: $49,205,800
Kawhi Leonard, Clippers: $49,205,800
Karl-Anthony Cities, Timberwolves: $49,205,800 - Jimmy Butler, Warmth: $48,798,677 (15% commerce kicker)
- Giannis Antetokounmpo, Bucks: $48,787,676 (15% commerce kicker)
Damian Lillard, Bucks: $48,787,676 - LeBron James, Lakers: $48,728,845 (15% commerce kicker)
- Rudy Gobert, Timberwolves: $43,827,586
- Anthony Davis, Lakers: $43,219,440 (15% commerce kicker)
- Zach LaVine, Bulls: $43,031,940 (15% commerce kicker)
Luka Doncic, Mavericks: $43,031,940
Trae Younger, Hawks: $43,031,940 - Fred VanVleet, Rockets: $42,846,615
- Anthony Edwards, Timberwolves: $42,176,400
Tyrese Haliburton, Pacers: $42,176,400
Lauri Markkanen, Jazz: $42,176,400
Pascal Siakam, Pacers: $42,176,400 - Ben Simmons, Nets: $40,338,144
- Kyrie Irving, Mavericks: $40,000,000 (15% commerce kicker)
- Irving can earn one other $1,000,000 in seemingly incentives and $1,000,000 in unlikely incentives.
- Domantas Sabonis, Kings: $39,200,000
- Sabonis can earn one other $1,300,000 in seemingly incentives and $1,300,000 in unlikely incentives.
- Darius Garland, Cavaliers: $36,725,670
Ja Morant, Grizzlies: $36,725,670
Zion Williamson, Pelicans: $36,725,670 - OG Anunoby, Knicks: $36,637,932 (15% commerce kicker)
- Brandon Ingram, Pelicans: $36,016,200 (15% commerce kicker)
Jamal Murray, Nuggets: $36,016,200 - Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Thunder: $35,859,950
Michael Porter Jr., Nuggets: $35,859,950 - Donovan Mitchell, Cavaliers: $35,410,310
- LaMelo Ball, Hornets: $35,147,000
Tyrese Maxey, Sixers: $35,147,000 - Jayson Tatum, Celtics: $34,848,340 (15% commerce kicker)
Bam Adebayo, Warmth: $34,848,340
De’Aaron Fox, Kings: $34,848,340 - Desmond Bane, Grizzlies: $34,005,250 (15% commerce kicker)
- Bane can earn one other $1,141,750 in unlikely incentives.
- Deandre Ayton, Path Blazers: $34,005,126
- James Harden, Clippers: $33,653,846 (15% commerce kicker)
- CJ McCollum, Pelicans: $33,333,333
- Immanuel Quickley, Raptors: $32,500,000
- Quickley can earn one other $2,500,000 in unlikely incentives.
- Khris Middleton, Bucks: $31,000,000
- Middleton can earn one other $666,667 in seemingly incentives and $2,333,334 in unlikely incentives.
- Isaiah Hartenstein, Thunder: $30,000,000
Jrue Vacation, Celtics: $30,000,000 - Jerami Grant, Path Blazers: $29,793,104
The cutoff level for this yr’s top-50 listing very practically reached $30MM for the primary time in NBA historical past. And it’s truly doable that cutoff will exceed $30MM by the point the season concludes.
A handful of gamers who simply missed the highest 50 have the flexibility to earn greater than Grant’s $29.8MM base wage in the event that they obtain sure efficiency incentives in the course of the coming season.
Listed below are the gamers who may break into the highest 50 by season’s finish:
- Jordan Poole, Wizards: $29,651,786
- Poole can earn one other $3,750,000 in unlikely incentives.
- Devin Vassell, Spurs: $29,347,826
- Vassell can earn one other $2,391,303 in unlikely incentives.
- Tyler Herro, Warmth: $29,000,000
- Herro can earn one other $2,500,000 in unlikely incentives.
- Julius Randle, Knicks: $27,561,600 (15% commerce kicker)
- Randle can earn one other $1,378,080 in seemingly incentives and $1,378,080 in unlikely incentives.
- Dejounte Murray, Pelicans: $24,799,600
- Murray earned a further $4,017,535 by way of a commerce bonus on high of his base wage; he can even earn one other $699,999 in seemingly incentives and $1,399,998 in unlikely incentives.
