Basketball salaries & payrolls
NBA team payrolls and player salaries, updated from Spotrac.
Biggest payrolls
Total basketball team spend
Highest career earnings
Total earned across every season we hold, converted at $1.33 and €1.17 where the source figure was not in dollars
Sixteen names of 775. The full NBA money list ranks every career on this site, and the same money is split by position, by franchise and by season further down this page.
The career earnings section
Every NBA career on this site counted by what it was paid: 775 careers, 18 season payrolls, 5 positions and 30 franchises
The NBA has paid £32.63bn to the players on this site between 1998-99 and 2026-27, 99.6% of it as base salary. A further £623.4m is signed for and not yet paid, which is a list of its own: these are guaranteed deals, so the money owed is money the franchises cannot take back.
Highest paid in the NBA
Top 25 of the 615 players we hold a figure for
What a player in the NBA actually earns
Across the 615 roster rows carrying a figure, of 623 in the NBA squad lists
Median $4.2m · average $10.7m · $6.56bn across the league
Where the money goes
Share of the NBA payroll by position
Peak earning years
Average NBA pay by age band
Rankings & league tables
Every NBA team
30 clubs · sortable
| TEAM | ON A DEAL | PAYROLL | AVERAGE | HIGHEST PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Clippers | 25 | $268,378,807 | $10,735,152 | Kawhi Leonard $50.3m |
| Atlanta Hawks | 24 | $265,070,753 | $11,044,615 | Jonathan Kuminga $35.0m |
| Toronto Raptors | 19 | $260,010,899 | $13,684,784 | Kawhi Leonard $50.3m |
| Denver Nuggets | 26 | $256,495,540 | $9,865,213 | Nikola Jokic $59.0m |
| Minnesota Timberwolves | 17 | $252,221,583 | $14,836,564 | Anthony Edwards $48.9m |
| Cleveland Cavaliers | 22 | $250,315,235 | $11,377,965 | Donovan Mitchell $50.1m |
| Golden State Warriors | 27 | $249,438,569 | $9,238,466 | Stephen Curry $62.6m |
| Phoenix Suns | 29 | $242,944,959 | $8,377,412 | Devin Booker $57.1m |
| Washington Wizards | 25 | $240,723,365 | $9,628,935 | Anthony Davis $58.5m |
| San Antonio Spurs | 19 | $233,623,383 | $12,295,968 | De'Aaron Fox $49.5m |
| New York Knicks | 17 | $228,933,535 | $13,466,679 | Karl-Anthony Towns $57.1m |
| Dallas Mavericks | 26 | $224,436,373 | $8,632,168 | Kyrie Irving $39.5m |
| Sacramento Kings | 23 | $223,013,583 | $9,696,243 | Zach LaVine $49.0m |
| Orlando Magic | 17 | $222,499,858 | $13,088,227 | Franz Wagner $41.8m |
| Philadelphia 76ers | 20 | $221,354,388 | $11,067,719 | Joel Embiid $58.0m |
| Miami Heat | 20 | $218,176,413 | $10,908,821 | Giannis Antetokounmpo $58.5m |
| Oklahoma City Thunder | 15 | $216,464,608 | $14,430,974 | Chet Holmgren $41.2m |
| New Orleans Pelicans | 23 | $215,123,967 | $9,353,216 | Zion Williamson $42.2m |
| Houston Rockets | 19 | $212,396,723 | $11,178,775 | Kevin Durant $43.9m |
| Indiana Pacers | 16 | $210,934,471 | $13,183,404 | Tyrese Haliburton $48.9m |
| Boston Celtics | 18 | $207,991,480 | $11,555,082 | Jayson Tatum $58.5m |
| Portland Trail Blazers | 21 | $205,996,284 | $9,809,347 | Ja Morant $42.2m |
| Los Angeles Lakers | 16 | $200,897,322 | $12,556,083 | Luka Doncic $49.5m |
| Milwaukee Bucks | 23 | $199,432,431 | $8,670,975 | Tyler Herro $33.0m |
| Utah Jazz | 18 | $190,272,500 | $10,570,694 | Jaren Jackson Jr. $49.0m |
| Detroit Pistons | 18 | $183,436,388 | $10,190,910 | Cade Cunningham $50.1m |
| Charlotte Hornets | 19 | $177,530,045 | $9,343,687 | Coby White $26.8m |
| Brooklyn Nets | 16 | $163,229,398 | $10,201,837 | Michael Porter Jr. $40.8m |
| Chicago Bulls | 15 | $163,000,867 | $10,866,724 | Josh Giddey $25.0m |
| Memphis Grizzlies | 22 | $159,672,824 | $7,257,856 | Jerami Grant $34.2m |
Every basketball player
837 players with a page of their own, A-Z