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NBA · 5 POSITIONS

NBA career earnings by position

$44,176,457,429 across 758 careers, the Point Guard the biggest single position at $10,370,389,556.

Every career in the league filed by the job it was paid to do. A man counts once, at the position he is listed at now, so the totals answer which seat on the roster the money goes to rather than how any one career moved between them.

TOTAL $44.18bn
BIGGEST $10.37bn
POSITIONS 5
CAREERS 758
TOP THREE HOLD 65.2%

The richest positions

Career money earned by the players on them

Top three hold 65.2%

Point Guard $10.37bn Shooting Guard $9.54bn Power Forward $8.90bn Center $8.49bn Small Forward $6.88bn

Every position ranked

Total career money, and what it comes to per career

5 positions

# Position Careers Per career Top earner Span Career money
01 Point Guard 150 $69.1m Stephen Curry 2005 to 2028 $10,370,389,556$10.37bn
02 Shooting Guard 192 $49.7m Bradley Beal 1998 to 2028 $9,536,910,529$9.54bn
03 Power Forward 140 $63.6m LeBron James 2003 to 2027 $8,897,527,571$8.90bn
04 Center 123 $69.0m Nikola Jokic 2001 to 2027 $8,490,703,017$8.49bn
05 Small Forward 153 $45.0m Kevin Durant 2004 to 2026 $6,880,926,756$6.88bn

Per career is the total divided by the number of careers in it, and it reorders the table: Point Guard pays $69,135,930 a career, against a ranking by total that is led by Point Guard.

Frequently asked questions

Which NBA position earns the most?

Point Guard, $10,370,389,556 across 150 careers, an average of $69,135,930 each.

How is a position total worked out?

Every career filed at that position, added together. A man counts once, at the position he is listed at now, so a career that moved between two jobs sits entirely under the second one.

Which position pays the best per career?

Point Guard, $69,135,930 per career across 150 of them.

Which position is bottom?

Small Forward, $6,880,926,756 across 153 careers.

Why are some positions missing?

A position needs 10 careers before it gets a page, because below that a ranking is a list with a rank printed beside it. 17 of the 775 careers on record sit outside the 5 positions here.

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