Denver Nuggets career earnings
$1,925,521,385 across 21 careers, led by Nikola Jokic on $426,640,075.
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 4.4% of the money in the NBA file.
Denver Nuggets at a glance
What the roster has been paid
- Career money
- $1,925,521,385
- Careers
- 21
- Per career
- $91,691,495
- Paid through 2026-27
- $1,862,679,683
- Still to be paid
- $62,841,702
- Rank
- 7 of 30 franchises
The Denver Nuggets 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 Denver Nuggets careers
Total contract money, 2006 to 2027
Every Denver Nuggets career
Ranked by total contract money
| # | Player | Position | Seasons | Span | Still owed | Career earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Nikola Jokic Paid in 2026-27 | Center | 13 | 2015 to 2027 | $62.8m | $426,640,075$426.6m |
| 02 | Michael Porter Jr. Paid in 2026-27 | Small Forward | 9 | 2018 to 2026 | - | $194,181,008$194.2m |
| 03 | Paul Millsap | Power Forward | 15 | 2006 to 2020 | - | $189,898,867$189.9m |
| 04 | Aaron Gordon | Power Forward | 12 | 2014 to 2025 | - | $180,417,984$180.4m |
| 05 | DeAndre Jordan | Center | 16 | 2008 to 2023 | - | $174,286,584$174.3m |
| 06 | Jamal Murray | Point Guard | 9 | 2016 to 2024 | - | $172,485,909$172.5m |
| 07 | Reggie Jackson | Point Guard | 14 | 2011 to 2024 | - | $154,525,194$154.5m |
| 08 | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | Shooting Guard | 12 | 2013 to 2024 | - | $118,636,943$118.6m |
| 09 | Will Barton | Small Forward | 11 | 2012 to 2022 | - | $80,385,923$80.4m |
| 10 | Austin Rivers | Point Guard | 10 | 2012 to 2021 | - | $54,453,395$54.5m |
| 11 | JaMychal Green | Power Forward | 9 | 2014 to 2022 | - | $49,998,634$50.0m |
| 12 | Justin Holiday | Shooting Guard | 11 | 2012 to 2023 | - | $38,331,417$38.3m |
| 13 | Christian Braun | Shooting Guard | 4 | 2022 to 2025 | - | $13,769,157$13.8m |
| 14 | Julian Strawther Paid in 2026-27 | Small Forward | 4 | 2023 to 2026 | - | $12,484,731$12.5m |
| 15 | Zeke Nnaji | Power Forward | 4 | 2020 to 2023 | - | $11,802,681$11.8m |
| 16 | Peyton Watson | Shooting Guard | 4 | 2022 to 2025 | - | $11,267,516$11.3m |
| 17 | Vlatko Cancar | Power Forward | 6 | 2019 to 2024 | - | $10,958,092$11.0m |
| 18 | Facundo Campazzo | Point Guard | 3 | 2020 to 2022 | - | $10,400,000$10.4m |
| 19 | Jalen Pickett Paid in 2026-27 | Point Guard | 4 | 2023 to 2026 | - | $8,227,882$8.2m |
| 20 | Hunter Tyson Paid in 2026-27 | Small Forward | 4 | 2023 to 2026 | - | $7,639,302$7.6m |
| 21 | Shaquille Harrison | Point Guard | 5 | 2017 to 2021 | - | $4,730,091$4.7m |
Denver Nuggets money by season
What these careers were paid, year by year
2022-23 is the biggest year on this chart at $231,681,048. 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 Denver Nuggets player?
Nikola Jokic. His contracts are worth $426,640,075 across 13 seasons from 2015 to 2027.
What have Denver Nuggets players earned in total?
$1,925,521,385 across 21 careers, an average of $91,691,495 each. That is 4.4% of every dollar in the NBA file.
How does that rank?
Denver Nuggets is 7 of 30 franchises by total career money, behind Miami Heat on $1,989,440,988 and ahead of Houston Rockets on $1,674,058,890.
How many are still being paid?
5 of the 21 have a figure against the 2026-27 season, and $62,841,702 is written into deals that run past it.
Is this the Denver Nuggets 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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