Boston Celtics career earnings
$1,150,724,854 across 20 careers, led by Al Horford on $285,136,768.
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 2.6% of the money in the NBA file.
Boston Celtics at a glance
What the roster has been paid
- Career money
- $1,150,724,854
- Careers
- 20
- Per career
- $57,536,243
- Paid through 2026-27
- $1,150,724,854
- Still to be paid
- $0
- Rank
- 20 of 30 franchises
The Boston Celtics 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 Boston Celtics careers
Total contract money, 2007 to 2026
Every Boston Celtics career
Ranked by total contract money
| # | Player | Position | Seasons | Span | Still owed | Career earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Al Horford | Center | 18 | 2007 to 2024 | - | $285,136,768$285.1m |
| 02 | Kristaps Porzingis | Power Forward | 11 | 2015 to 2025 | - | $235,197,782$235.2m |
| 03 | Jayson Tatum | Power Forward | 9 | 2017 to 2025 | - | $192,584,245$192.6m |
| 04 | Jaylen Brown | Small Forward | 8 | 2016 to 2023 | - | $129,477,985$129.5m |
| 05 | Derrick White | Point Guard | 8 | 2017 to 2024 | - | $77,664,369$77.7m |
| 06 | Jabari Parker | Power Forward | 8 | 2014 to 2021 | - | $57,547,225$57.5m |
| 07 | Robert Williams III | Center | 8 | 2018 to 2025 | - | $57,162,761$57.2m |
| 08 | Romeo Langford | Shooting Guard | 5 | 2019 to 2023 | - | $24,149,319$24.1m |
| 09 | Payton Pritchard | Point Guard | 5 | 2020 to 2024 | - | $16,408,740$16.4m |
| 10 | Robert Williams | Center | 5 | 2018 to 2022 | - | $14,593,471$14.6m |
| 11 | Luke Kornet | Center | 6 | 2018 to 2023 | - | $11,337,581$11.3m |
| 12 | Oshae Brissett | Small Forward | 5 | 2020 to 2024 | - | $9,432,770$9.4m |
| 13 | Vincent Poirier | Center | 3 | 2019 to 2021 | - | $8,399,009$8.4m |
| 14 | Jordan Walsh Paid in 2026-27 | Small Forward | 4 | 2023 to 2026 | - | $7,639,302$7.6m |
| 15 | Carsen Edwards | Point Guard | 4 | 2019 to 2022 | - | $6,382,557$6.4m |
| 16 | Sam Hauser | Small Forward | 4 | 2021 to 2024 | - | $5,971,943$6.0m |
| 17 | Ante Zizic | Center | 3 | 2017 to 2019 | - | $5,879,760$5.9m |
| 18 | Justin Champagnie | Small Forward | 2 | 2022 to 2023 | - | $2,781,137$2.8m |
| 19 | Tacko Fall | Center | 1 | 2021 | - | $1,489,065$1.5m |
| 20 | Tremont Waters | Point Guard | 1 | 2021 | - | $1,489,065$1.5m |
Boston Celtics money by season
What these careers were paid, year by year
2022-23 is the biggest year on this chart at $170,025,180. 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 Boston Celtics player?
Al Horford. His contracts are worth $285,136,768 across 18 seasons from 2007 to 2024.
What have Boston Celtics players earned in total?
$1,150,724,854 across 20 careers, an average of $57,536,243 each. That is 2.6% of every dollar in the NBA file.
How does that rank?
Boston Celtics is 20 of 30 franchises by total career money, behind Sacramento Kings on $1,184,999,628 and ahead of Cleveland Cavaliers on $1,141,929,980.
How many are still being paid?
1 of the 20 have a figure against the 2026-27 season.
Is this the Boston Celtics 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.
The franchises either side
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