Chicago Bulls career earnings
$1,356,774,980 across 20 careers, led by Zach LaVine on $301,588,248.
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.
Chicago Bulls at a glance
What the roster has been paid
- Career money
- $1,356,774,980
- Careers
- 20
- Per career
- $67,838,749
- Paid through 2026-27
- $1,356,774,980
- Still to be paid
- $0
- Rank
- 16 of 30 franchises
The Chicago Bulls 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 Chicago Bulls careers
Total contract money, 2009 to 2026
Every Chicago Bulls career
Ranked by total contract money
| # | Player | Position | Seasons | Span | Still owed | Career earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Zach LaVine Paid in 2026-27 | Shooting Guard | 13 | 2014 to 2026 | - | $301,588,248$301.6m |
| 02 | DeMar DeRozan | Small Forward | 15 | 2009 to 2023 | - | $257,609,827$257.6m |
| 03 | Nikola Vucevic | Center | 15 | 2011 to 2025 | - | $214,338,639$214.3m |
| 04 | Andre Drummond | Center | 12 | 2012 to 2023 | - | $145,098,705$145.1m |
| 05 | Lonzo Ball | Point Guard | 8 | 2017 to 2024 | - | $112,926,665$112.9m |
| 06 | Coby White | Point Guard | 7 | 2019 to 2025 | - | $59,799,820$59.8m |
| 07 | Patrick Williams | Small Forward | 5 | 2020 to 2024 | - | $45,075,168$45.1m |
| 08 | Alex Caruso | Shooting Guard | 7 | 2016 to 2024 | - | $42,358,125$42.4m |
| 09 | Tomas Satoransky | Shooting Guard | 6 | 2016 to 2021 | - | $38,375,000$38.4m |
| 10 | Jevon Carter | Point Guard | 8 | 2018 to 2025 | - | $35,723,912$35.7m |
| 11 | Cristiano Felicio | Power Forward | 6 | 2015 to 2020 | - | $32,889,948$32.9m |
| 12 | Dalen Terry | Shooting Guard | 4 | 2022 to 2025 | - | $15,451,758$15.5m |
| 13 | Denzel Valentine | Shooting Guard | 5 | 2016 to 2020 | - | $14,368,471$14.4m |
| 14 | Tony Bradley | Center | 6 | 2017 to 2022 | - | $12,301,787$12.3m |
| 15 | Ryan Arcidiacono | Point Guard | 5 | 2016 to 2021 | - | $10,236,883$10.2m |
| 16 | Javonte Green | Shooting Guard | 4 | 2019 to 2022 | - | $5,845,002$5.8m |
| 17 | Carlik Jones | Point Guard | 4 | 2021 to 2024 | - | $4,484,309$4.5m |
| 18 | Marko Simonovic | Center | 3 | 2021 to 2023 | - | $4,324,872$4.3m |
| 19 | Ayo Dosunmu | Shooting Guard | 2 | 2021 to 2022 | - | $2,488,776$2.5m |
| 20 | Adam Mokoka | Shooting Guard | 1 | 2021 | - | $1,489,065$1.5m |
Chicago Bulls money by season
What these careers were paid, year by year
2020-21 is the biggest year on this chart at $162,543,432. 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 Chicago Bulls player?
Zach LaVine. His contracts are worth $301,588,248 across 13 seasons from 2014 to 2026.
What have Chicago Bulls players earned in total?
$1,356,774,980 across 20 careers, an average of $67,838,749 each. That is 3.1% of every dollar in the NBA file.
How does that rank?
Chicago Bulls is 16 of 30 franchises by total career money, behind New York Knicks on $1,375,890,813 and ahead of Brooklyn Nets on $1,356,353,870.
How many are still being paid?
1 of the 20 have a figure against the 2026-27 season.
Is this the Chicago Bulls 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
The same table, 16 other franchises
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