Atlanta Hawks career earnings
$1,622,343,214 across 25 careers, led by Trae Young on $241,295,349.
Every man on the roster, ranked by what his contracts have been worth across his whole career rather than by what this franchise is paying him now. It comes to 3.7% of the money in the NBA file.
Atlanta Hawks at a glance
What the roster has been paid
- Career money
- $1,622,343,214
- Careers
- 25
- Per career
- $64,893,729
- Paid through 2026-27
- $1,590,835,710
- Still to be paid
- $31,507,504
- Rank
- 9 of 30 franchises
The Atlanta Hawks squad page carries the current roster and what each man is paid this season. What follows is the other question: what those same men have earned across every season of their careers.
The fifteen richest Atlanta Hawks careers
Total contract money, 1998 to 2027
Every Atlanta Hawks career
Ranked by total contract money
| # | Player | Position | Seasons | Span | Still owed | Career earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Trae Young Paid in 2026-27 | Point Guard | 9 | 2018 to 2026 | - | $241,295,349$241.3m |
| 02 | Dejounte Murray Paid in 2026-27 | Point Guard | 12 | 2016 to 2027 | $31.5m | $184,584,477$184.6m |
| 03 | Vince Carter | Shooting Guard | 22 | 1998 to 2019 | - | $172,046,271$172.0m |
| 04 | Bogdan Bogdanovic Paid in 2026-27 | Shooting Guard | 10 | 2017 to 2026 | - | $148,466,913$148.5m |
| 05 | Clint Capela | Center | 11 | 2014 to 2024 | - | $130,443,968$130.4m |
| 06 | De'Andre Hunter Paid in 2026-27 | Small Forward | 8 | 2019 to 2026 | - | $121,659,869$121.7m |
| 07 | Tristan Thompson | Center | 11 | 2011 to 2021 | - | $115,914,333$115.9m |
| 08 | Louis Williams | Shooting Guard | 17 | 2005 to 2021 | - | $85,698,368$85.7m |
| 09 | Patty Mills | Point Guard | 15 | 2009 to 2023 | - | $81,520,846$81.5m |
| 10 | Gorgui Dieng | Center | 9 | 2013 to 2021 | - | $71,660,739$71.7m |
| 11 | Solomon Hill | Small Forward | 9 | 2013 to 2021 | - | $56,164,397$56.2m |
| 12 | Tony Snell | Shooting Guard | 9 | 2013 to 2021 | - | $52,663,234$52.7m |
| 13 | Onyeka Okongwu | Center | 5 | 2020 to 2024 | - | $37,239,633$37.2m |
| 14 | Kobe Bufkin Paid in 2026-27 | Point Guard | 4 | 2023 to 2026 | - | $19,801,203$19.8m |
| 15 | A.J. Griffin | Small Forward | 4 | 2022 to 2025 | - | $17,106,137$17.1m |
| 16 | Bruno Fernando | Center | 7 | 2019 to 2025 | - | $15,482,666$15.5m |
| 17 | Omari Spellman | Power Forward | 5 | 2018 to 2022 | - | $14,478,673$14.5m |
| 18 | Saddiq Bey | Small Forward | 4 | 2020 to 2023 | - | $13,030,303$13.0m |
| 19 | Jalen Johnson | Small Forward | 4 | 2021 to 2024 | - | $12,888,585$12.9m |
| 20 | Garrison Mathews | Shooting Guard | 4 | 2021 to 2024 | - | $8,230,253$8.2m |
| 21 | Mouhamed Gueye Paid in 2026-27 | Power Forward | 4 | 2023 to 2026 | - | $7,639,302$7.6m |
| 22 | Vit Krejci | Point Guard | 4 | 2021 to 2024 | - | $6,313,470$6.3m |
| 23 | Brandon Goodwin | Point Guard | 3 | 2019 to 2021 | - | $4,351,322$4.4m |
| 24 | Tyrese Martin | Small Forward | 2 | 2022 to 2023 | - | $2,737,645$2.7m |
| 25 | Johnny Hamilton | Center | 1 | 2021 | - | $925,258 |
Atlanta Hawks money by season
What these careers were paid, year by year
2024-25 is the biggest year on this chart at $161,398,663. A roster assembled recently draws a spike rather than a run: the chart follows the men who are here now, wherever they were paid it.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the highest paid Atlanta Hawks player?
Trae Young. His contracts are worth $241,295,349 across 9 seasons from 2018 to 2026.
What have Atlanta Hawks players earned in total?
$1,622,343,214 across 25 careers, an average of $64,893,729 each. That is 3.7% of every dollar in the NBA file.
How does that rank?
Atlanta Hawks is 9 of 30 franchises by total career money, behind Houston Rockets on $1,674,058,890 and ahead of Minnesota Timberwolves on $1,601,765,905.
How many are still being paid?
6 of the 25 have a figure against the 2026-27 season, and $31,507,504 is written into deals that run past it.
Is this the Atlanta Hawks payroll?
No. It is career money carried by the current roster: everything each man's contracts have been worth across every season, at this franchise or anywhere else. A payroll is one season and this is every one of them.
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