Detroit Pistons career earnings
$891,317,968 across 27 careers, led by Bojan Bogdanovic on $142,662,146.
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 2.0% of the money in the NBA file.
Detroit Pistons at a glance
What the roster has been paid
- Career money
- $891,317,968
- Careers
- 27
- Per career
- $33,011,777
- Paid through 2026-27
- $876,317,968
- Still to be paid
- $15,000,000
- Rank
- 29 of 30 franchises
The Detroit Pistons 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 Detroit Pistons careers
Total contract money, 2009 to 2027
Every Detroit Pistons career
Ranked by total contract money
| # | Player | Position | Seasons | Span | Still owed | Career earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Bojan Bogdanovic | Small Forward | 11 | 2014 to 2024 | - | $142,662,146$142.7m |
| 02 | Joe Harris | Shooting Guard | 10 | 2014 to 2023 | - | $91,755,507$91.8m |
| 03 | Alec Burks | Shooting Guard | 13 | 2011 to 2023 | - | $89,186,972$89.2m |
| 04 | Isaiah Stewart Paid in 2026-27 | Center | 8 | 2020 to 2027 | $15.0m | $75,098,193$75.1m |
| 05 | Marvin Bagley III | Power Forward | 7 | 2018 to 2024 | - | $73,102,717$73.1m |
| 06 | Wayne Ellington | Shooting Guard | 13 | 2009 to 2021 | - | $47,587,347$47.6m |
| 07 | Cade Cunningham | Point Guard | 4 | 2021 to 2024 | - | $45,599,089$45.6m |
| 08 | James Wiseman | Center | 4 | 2020 to 2023 | - | $39,619,840$39.6m |
| 09 | Ausar Thompson Paid in 2026-27 | Shooting Guard | 4 | 2023 to 2026 | - | $36,246,405$36.2m |
| 10 | Jaden Ivey | Shooting Guard | 4 | 2022 to 2025 | - | $32,951,083$33.0m |
| 11 | Monte Morris | Point Guard | 6 | 2018 to 2023 | - | $32,337,054$32.3m |
| 12 | Josh Jackson | Shooting Guard | 5 | 2017 to 2021 | - | $27,522,173$27.5m |
| 13 | Killian Hayes | Point Guard | 4 | 2020 to 2023 | - | $24,131,515$24.1m |
| 14 | Jahlil Okafor | Center | 7 | 2015 to 2021 | - | $21,542,618$21.5m |
| 15 | Jalen Duren | Center | 4 | 2022 to 2025 | - | $19,474,944$19.5m |
| 16 | Sekou Doumbouya | Small Forward | 4 | 2019 to 2022 | - | $15,682,651$15.7m |
| 17 | Rodney McGruder | Shooting Guard | 6 | 2016 to 2021 | - | $15,039,902$15.0m |
| 18 | Marcus Sasser Paid in 2026-27 | Point Guard | 4 | 2023 to 2026 | - | $13,464,823$13.5m |
| 19 | Frank Jackson | Point Guard | 6 | 2017 to 2022 | - | $10,111,220$10.1m |
| 20 | Justin Patton | Center | 4 | 2017 to 2020 | - | $9,981,883$10.0m |
| 21 | Deividas Sirvydis | Small Forward | 4 | 2020 to 2023 | - | $6,427,188$6.4m |
| 22 | Hamidou Diallo | Shooting Guard | 4 | 2018 to 2021 | - | $5,910,450$5.9m |
| 23 | Saben Lee | Point Guard | 3 | 2021 to 2023 | - | $5,143,840$5.1m |
| 24 | Tyler Cook | Power Forward | 4 | 2019 to 2022 | - | $4,673,229$4.7m |
| 25 | Isaiah Livers | Small Forward | 3 | 2021 to 2023 | - | $4,456,874$4.5m |
| 26 | Jordan Bone | Point Guard | 1 | 2020 | - | $1,549,812$1.5m |
| 27 | Stanley Umude | Guard | 1 | 2022 | - | $58,493 |
Detroit Pistons money by season
What these careers were paid, year by year
2023-24 is the biggest year on this chart at $137,087,754. 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 Detroit Pistons player?
Bojan Bogdanovic. His contracts are worth $142,662,146 across 11 seasons from 2014 to 2024.
What have Detroit Pistons players earned in total?
$891,317,968 across 27 careers, an average of $33,011,777 each. That is 2.0% of every dollar in the NBA file.
How does that rank?
Detroit Pistons is 29 of 30 franchises by total career money, behind Indiana Pacers on $923,957,074 and ahead of Orlando Magic on $867,126,824.
How many are still being paid?
3 of the 27 have a figure against the 2026-27 season, and $15,000,000 is written into deals that run past it.
Is this the Detroit Pistons 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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