Houston Rockets career earnings
$1,674,058,890 across 31 careers, led by John Wall on $276,504,708.
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 3.8% of the money in the NBA file.
Houston Rockets at a glance
What the roster has been paid
- Career money
- $1,674,058,890
- Careers
- 31
- Per career
- $54,001,900
- Paid through 2026-27
- $1,674,058,890
- Still to be paid
- $0
- Rank
- 8 of 30 franchises
The Houston Rockets 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 Houston Rockets careers
Total contract money, 2001 to 2026
Every Houston Rockets career
Ranked by total contract money
| # | Player | Position | Seasons | Span | Still owed | Career earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | John Wall | Point Guard | 13 | 2010 to 2022 | - | $276,504,708$276.5m |
| 02 | Fred VanVleet | Point Guard | 10 | 2016 to 2025 | - | $209,987,718$210.0m |
| 03 | Tyson Chandler | Center | 19 | 2001 to 2019 | - | $187,736,398$187.7m |
| 04 | Dillon Brooks Paid in 2026-27 | Small Forward | 10 | 2017 to 2026 | - | $124,711,221$124.7m |
| 05 | Jeff Green | Power Forward | 17 | 2007 to 2024 | - | $100,311,260$100.3m |
| 06 | DeMarre Carroll | Small Forward | 13 | 2009 to 2021 | - | $81,803,491$81.8m |
| 07 | Kevin Porter Jr. Paid in 2026-27 | Point Guard | 8 | 2019 to 2026 | - | $71,449,193$71.4m |
| 08 | D.J. Augustin | Point Guard | 15 | 2008 to 2022 | - | $70,809,138$70.8m |
| 09 | Avery Bradley | Point Guard | 12 | 2010 to 2021 | - | $68,808,225$68.8m |
| 10 | Dante Exum | Point Guard | 8 | 2014 to 2023 | - | $47,266,524$47.3m |
| 11 | Thabo Sefolosha | Small Forward | 14 | 2006 to 2019 | - | $46,646,079$46.6m |
| 12 | Christian Wood | Power Forward | 7 | 2015 to 2022 | - | $45,235,548$45.2m |
| 13 | Jalen Green | Shooting Guard | 4 | 2021 to 2024 | - | $40,808,448$40.8m |
| 14 | Jabari Smith Jr. | Power Forward | 4 | 2022 to 2025 | - | $40,330,432$40.3m |
| 15 | Amen Thompson Paid in 2026-27 | Point Guard | 4 | 2023 to 2026 | - | $40,008,489$40.0m |
| 16 | Jock Landale Paid in 2026-27 | Center | 6 | 2021 to 2026 | - | $34,488,776$34.5m |
| 17 | Luc Richard Mbah a Moute | Power Forward | 12 | 2008 to 2019 | - | $30,421,788$30.4m |
| 18 | Jae’Sean Tate | Small Forward | 5 | 2020 to 2024 | - | $23,594,112$23.6m |
| 19 | David Nwaba | Shooting Guard | 8 | 2016 to 2023 | - | $22,434,646$22.4m |
| 20 | DJ Wilson | Power Forward | 5 | 2017 to 2021 | - | $18,415,823$18.4m |
| 21 | Tari Eason | Power Forward | 4 | 2022 to 2025 | - | $16,257,246$16.3m |
| 22 | Cam Whitmore Paid in 2026-27 | Small Forward | 4 | 2023 to 2026 | - | $15,595,310$15.6m |
| 23 | Alperen Sengun | Center | 4 | 2021 to 2024 | - | $15,550,974$15.6m |
| 24 | Aaron Holiday | Point Guard | 6 | 2018 to 2023 | - | $14,792,140$14.8m |
| 25 | Danuel House | Small Forward | 5 | 2016 to 2021 | - | $11,815,051$11.8m |
| 26 | Khyri Thomas | Shooting Guard | 6 | 2018 to 2023 | - | $9,111,399$9.1m |
| 27 | Chris Clemons | Point Guard | 3 | 2019 to 2021 | - | $5,408,497$5.4m |
| 28 | Michael Frazier | Shooting Guard | 3 | 2015 to 2020 | - | $1,623,497$1.6m |
| 29 | Anthony Lamb | Small Forward | 1 | 2021 | - | $1,489,068$1.5m |
| 30 | Cameron Oliver | Power Forward | 2 | 2017 to 2020 | - | $343,070 |
| 31 | Cam Reynolds | Forward | 2 | 2018 to 2020 | - | $300,621 |
Houston Rockets money by season
What these careers were paid, year by year
2023-24 is the biggest year on this chart at $152,718,652. 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 Houston Rockets player?
John Wall. His contracts are worth $276,504,708 across 13 seasons from 2010 to 2022.
What have Houston Rockets players earned in total?
$1,674,058,890 across 31 careers, an average of $54,001,900 each. That is 3.8% of every dollar in the NBA file.
How does that rank?
Houston Rockets is 8 of 30 franchises by total career money, behind Denver Nuggets on $1,925,521,385 and ahead of Atlanta Hawks on $1,622,343,214.
How many are still being paid?
5 of the 31 have a figure against the 2026-27 season.
Is this the Houston Rockets 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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