Charlotte Hornets career earnings
$1,107,966,791 across 27 careers, led by Gordon Hayward on $268,384,749.
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 2.5% of the money in the NBA file.
Charlotte Hornets at a glance
What the roster has been paid
- Career money
- $1,107,966,791
- Careers
- 27
- Per career
- $41,035,807
- Paid through 2026-27
- $1,017,086,791
- Still to be paid
- $90,880,000
- Rank
- 23 of 30 franchises
The Charlotte Hornets 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 Charlotte Hornets careers
Total contract money, 2010 to 2028
Every Charlotte Hornets career
Ranked by total contract money
| # | Player | Position | Seasons | Span | Still owed | Career earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Gordon Hayward | Small Forward | 14 | 2010 to 2023 | - | $268,384,749$268.4m |
| 02 | LaMelo Ball Paid in 2026-27 | Point Guard | 9 | 2020 to 2028 | $90.9m | $241,496,275$241.5m |
| 03 | Terry Rozier | Point Guard | 11 | 2015 to 2025 | - | $160,484,983$160.5m |
| 04 | Bismack Biyombo | Center | 10 | 2011 to 2020 | - | $85,350,819$85.4m |
| 05 | Kelly Oubre Jr. | Small Forward | 8 | 2015 to 2022 | - | $62,851,988$62.9m |
| 06 | Brandon Miller Paid in 2026-27 | Small Forward | 4 | 2023 to 2026 | - | $49,378,426$49.4m |
| 07 | Ishmael Smith | Point Guard | 13 | 2010 to 2022 | - | $44,713,089$44.7m |
| 08 | Cody Martin | Small Forward | 7 | 2019 to 2025 | - | $35,760,580$35.8m |
| 09 | Miles Bridges | Small Forward | 5 | 2018 to 2023 | - | $24,004,441$24.0m |
| 10 | Nick Richards | Center | 6 | 2020 to 2025 | - | $19,300,602$19.3m |
| 11 | James Bouknight | Shooting Guard | 4 | 2021 to 2024 | - | $19,151,217$19.2m |
| 12 | Mark Williams | Center | 4 | 2022 to 2025 | - | $18,001,011$18.0m |
| 13 | PJ Washington | Power Forward | 4 | 2019 to 2022 | - | $17,639,505$17.6m |
| 14 | Kai Jones | Power Forward | 4 | 2021 to 2024 | - | $13,421,215$13.4m |
| 15 | Nick Smith Jr. Paid in 2026-27 | Point Guard | 4 | 2023 to 2026 | - | $12,651,907$12.7m |
| 16 | Wesley Iwundu | Small Forward | 5 | 2017 to 2021 | - | $7,448,462$7.4m |
| 17 | Bryce McGowens | Shooting Guard | 4 | 2022 to 2025 | - | $7,002,014$7.0m |
| 18 | JT Thor | Power Forward | 4 | 2021 to 2024 | - | $6,638,212$6.6m |
| 19 | Brad Wanamaker | Point Guard | 3 | 2018 to 2020 | - | $4,443,805$4.4m |
| 20 | Ray Spalding | Power Forward | 3 | 2018 to 2020 | - | $3,328,819$3.3m |
| 21 | Kobi Simmons | Point Guard | 3 | 2018 to 2023 | - | $2,175,616$2.2m |
| 22 | Grant Riller | Point Guard | 1 | 2021 | - | $1,489,065$1.5m |
| 23 | Nate Darling | Shooting Guard | 1 | 2021 | - | $1,489,065$1.5m |
| 24 | D.J. Carton | Point Guard | 1 | 2021 | - | $925,258 |
| 25 | Joe Chealey | Point Guard | 1 | 2019 | - | $163,356 |
| 26 | Xavier Sneed | Shooting Guard | 2 | 2021 to 2022 | - | $147,312 |
| 27 | Marcus Paige | Point Guard | 1 | 2016 | - | $125,000 |
Charlotte Hornets money by season
What these careers were paid, year by year
2023-24 is the biggest year on this chart at $116,580,181. 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 Charlotte Hornets player?
Gordon Hayward. His contracts are worth $268,384,749 across 14 seasons from 2010 to 2023.
What have Charlotte Hornets players earned in total?
$1,107,966,791 across 27 careers, an average of $41,035,807 each. That is 2.5% of every dollar in the NBA file.
How does that rank?
Charlotte Hornets is 23 of 30 franchises by total career money, behind Utah Jazz on $1,109,618,586 and ahead of Oklahoma City Thunder on $1,091,753,087.
How many are still being paid?
3 of the 27 have a figure against the 2026-27 season, and $90,880,000 is written into deals that run past it.
Is this the Charlotte Hornets 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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