Brooklyn Nets career earnings
$1,356,353,870 across 31 careers, led by Blake Griffin on $255,764,829.
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 3.1% of the money in the NBA file.
Brooklyn Nets at a glance
What the roster has been paid
- Career money
- $1,356,353,870
- Careers
- 31
- Per career
- $43,753,351
- Paid through 2026-27
- $1,356,353,870
- Still to be paid
- $0
- Rank
- 17 of 30 franchises
The Brooklyn Nets 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 Brooklyn Nets careers
Total contract money, 2000 to 2026
Every Brooklyn Nets career
Ranked by total contract money
| # | Player | Position | Seasons | Span | Still owed | Career earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Blake Griffin | Power Forward | 13 | 2009 to 2021 | - | $255,764,829$255.8m |
| 02 | Ben Simmons | Point Guard | 9 | 2016 to 2024 | - | $203,356,689$203.4m |
| 03 | Jamal Crawford | Shooting Guard | 20 | 2000 to 2019 | - | $122,587,577$122.6m |
| 04 | Cameron Johnson Paid in 2026-27 | Small Forward | 8 | 2019 to 2026 | - | $109,466,410$109.5m |
| 05 | Mikal Bridges | Small Forward | 8 | 2018 to 2025 | - | $108,270,623$108.3m |
| 06 | Spencer Dinwiddie | Point Guard | 10 | 2014 to 2023 | - | $85,365,412$85.4m |
| 07 | Wilson Chandler | Small Forward | 13 | 2007 to 2019 | - | $78,188,527$78.2m |
| 08 | Dorian Finney-Smith | Power Forward | 10 | 2016 to 2025 | - | $72,321,973$72.3m |
| 09 | Tyler Johnson | Shooting Guard | 7 | 2014 to 2020 | - | $54,464,859$54.5m |
| 10 | Royce O'Neale | Small Forward | 7 | 2017 to 2023 | - | $39,711,220$39.7m |
| 11 | Lance Thomas | Small Forward | 9 | 2011 to 2019 | - | $23,936,444$23.9m |
| 12 | Dennis Smith Jr. | Point Guard | 7 | 2017 to 2023 | - | $23,360,347$23.4m |
| 13 | Nicolas Claxton | Center | 5 | 2019 to 2023 | - | $22,242,768$22.2m |
| 14 | Lonnie Walker IV | Shooting Guard | 6 | 2018 to 2023 | - | $21,110,620$21.1m |
| 15 | Noah Clowney Paid in 2026-27 | Power Forward | 4 | 2023 to 2026 | - | $15,146,274$15.1m |
| 16 | Dariq Whitehead Paid in 2026-27 | Shooting Guard | 4 | 2023 to 2026 | - | $14,709,752$14.7m |
| 17 | Dzanan Musa | Shooting Guard | 5 | 2018 to 2022 | - | $14,584,275$14.6m |
| 18 | Edmond Sumner | Shooting Guard | 6 | 2018 to 2023 | - | $11,012,912$11.0m |
| 19 | DeAndre' Bembry | Small Forward | 6 | 2016 to 2021 | - | $10,819,328$10.8m |
| 20 | Cameron Thomas | Shooting Guard | 4 | 2021 to 2024 | - | $10,455,849$10.5m |
| 21 | Day'Ron Sharpe | Center | 4 | 2021 to 2024 | - | $10,317,802$10.3m |
| 22 | Shabazz Napier | Point Guard | 6 | 2014 to 2019 | - | $10,032,283$10.0m |
| 23 | Justin Anderson | Shooting Guard | 5 | 2015 to 2019 | - | $7,353,080$7.4m |
| 24 | Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot | Shooting Guard | 5 | 2016 to 2020 | - | $6,926,682$6.9m |
| 25 | Rodions Kurucs | Small Forward | 4 | 2018 to 2021 | - | $6,864,767$6.9m |
| 26 | Alize Johnson | Power Forward | 5 | 2018 to 2022 | - | $6,462,006$6.5m |
| 27 | Treveon Graham | Shooting Guard | 5 | 2015 to 2019 | - | $5,089,040$5.1m |
| 28 | Bruce Brown | Shooting Guard | 3 | 2018 to 2020 | - | $3,830,624$3.8m |
| 29 | Reggie Perry | Center | 1 | 2021 | - | $1,489,068$1.5m |
| 30 | David Duke Jr. | Shooting Guard | 1 | 2021 | - | $925,258 |
| 31 | Mike James | Point Guard | 2 | 2017 to 2020 | - | $186,572 |
Brooklyn Nets money by season
What these careers were paid, year by year
2023-24 is the biggest year on this chart at $152,171,783. 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 Brooklyn Nets player?
Blake Griffin. His contracts are worth $255,764,829 across 13 seasons from 2009 to 2021.
What have Brooklyn Nets players earned in total?
$1,356,353,870 across 31 careers, an average of $43,753,351 each. That is 3.1% of every dollar in the NBA file.
How does that rank?
Brooklyn Nets is 17 of 30 franchises by total career money, behind Chicago Bulls on $1,356,774,980 and ahead of New Orleans Pelicans on $1,319,700,942.
How many are still being paid?
3 of the 31 have a figure against the 2026-27 season.
Is this the Brooklyn Nets 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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