Memphis Grizzlies career earnings
$1,467,617,304 across 24 careers, led by Ja Morant on $236,850,290.
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 3.3% of the money in the NBA file.
Memphis Grizzlies at a glance
What the roster has been paid
- Career money
- $1,467,617,304
- Careers
- 24
- Per career
- $61,150,721
- Paid through 2026-27
- $1,335,676,934
- Still to be paid
- $131,940,370
- Rank
- 14 of 30 franchises
The Memphis Grizzlies 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 Memphis Grizzlies careers
Total contract money, 2006 to 2028
Every Memphis Grizzlies career
Ranked by total contract money
| # | Player | Position | Seasons | Span | Still owed | Career earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Ja Morant Paid in 2026-27 | Point Guard | 9 | 2019 to 2027 | $44.9m | $236,850,290$236.9m |
| 02 | Desmond Bane Paid in 2026-27 | Shooting Guard | 9 | 2020 to 2028 | $87.1m | $207,175,373$207.2m |
| 03 | Steven Adams | Center | 12 | 2013 to 2024 | - | $170,344,832$170.3m |
| 04 | Derrick Rose | Point Guard | 17 | 2008 to 2024 | - | $169,477,118$169.5m |
| 05 | Marcus Smart | Point Guard | 12 | 2014 to 2025 | - | $143,634,564$143.6m |
| 06 | Jaren Jackson Jr. | Power Forward | 8 | 2018 to 2025 | - | $133,567,473$133.6m |
| 07 | Rajon Rondo | Point Guard | 16 | 2006 to 2021 | - | $116,527,250$116.5m |
| 08 | Luke Kennard | Shooting Guard | 8 | 2017 to 2024 | - | $71,516,803$71.5m |
| 09 | Brandon Clarke Paid in 2026-27 | Power Forward | 8 | 2019 to 2026 | - | $62,152,560$62.2m |
| 10 | John Konchar Paid in 2026-27 | Shooting Guard | 7 | 2020 to 2026 | - | $27,495,000$27.5m |
| 11 | Ziaire Williams | Small Forward | 4 | 2021 to 2024 | - | $19,907,925$19.9m |
| 12 | Jake LaRavia | Power Forward | 4 | 2022 to 2025 | - | $14,763,367$14.8m |
| 13 | David Roddy | Power Forward | 4 | 2022 to 2025 | - | $12,985,886$13.0m |
| 14 | Josh Christopher | Shooting Guard | 4 | 2021 to 2024 | - | $11,463,215$11.5m |
| 15 | Santi Aldama | Center | 4 | 2021 to 2024 | - | $10,243,371$10.2m |
| 16 | Bruno Caboclo | Small Forward | 6 | 2014 to 2019 | - | $9,573,886$9.6m |
| 17 | Tim Frazier | Point Guard | 7 | 2014 to 2020 | - | $9,459,162$9.5m |
| 18 | Marko Guduric | Shooting Guard | 3 | 2019 to 2021 | - | $8,812,500$8.8m |
| 19 | Kenneth Lofton Jr. | Power Forward | 4 | 2022 to 2025 | - | $6,927,014$6.9m |
| 20 | Isaiah Todd | Power Forward | 4 | 2021 to 2024 | - | $6,899,694$6.9m |
| 21 | Xavier Tillman | Center | 4 | 2020 to 2023 | - | $6,531,283$6.5m |
| 22 | Jontay Porter | Power Forward | 4 | 2019 to 2022 | - | $6,047,933$6.0m |
| 23 | Daniel Oturu | Center | 3 | 2020 to 2022 | - | $4,335,547$4.3m |
| 24 | Yves Pons | Guard | 1 | 2021 | - | $925,258 |
Memphis Grizzlies money by season
What these careers were paid, year by year
2024-25 is the biggest year on this chart at $189,982,278. 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 Memphis Grizzlies player?
Ja Morant. His contracts are worth $236,850,290 across 9 seasons from 2019 to 2027.
What have Memphis Grizzlies players earned in total?
$1,467,617,304 across 24 careers, an average of $61,150,721 each. That is 3.3% of every dollar in the NBA file.
How does that rank?
Memphis Grizzlies is 14 of 30 franchises by total career money, behind Portland Trail Blazers on $1,503,821,238 and ahead of New York Knicks on $1,375,890,813.
How many are still being paid?
4 of the 24 have a figure against the 2026-27 season, and $131,940,370 is written into deals that run past it.
Is this the Memphis Grizzlies 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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