Miami Heat career earnings
$1,989,440,988 across 23 careers, led by Jimmy Butler on $364,461,262.
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 4.5% of the money in the NBA file.
Miami Heat at a glance
What the roster has been paid
- Career money
- $1,989,440,988
- Careers
- 23
- Per career
- $86,497,434
- Paid through 2026-27
- $1,989,440,988
- Still to be paid
- $0
- Rank
- 6 of 30 franchises
The Miami Heat 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 Miami Heat careers
Total contract money, 2003 to 2026
Every Miami Heat career
Ranked by total contract money
| # | Player | Position | Seasons | Span | Still owed | Career earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Jimmy Butler | Small Forward | 15 | 2011 to 2025 | - | $364,461,262$364.5m |
| 02 | Kyle Lowry | Point Guard | 18 | 2006 to 2023 | - | $275,048,700$275.0m |
| 03 | Kevin Love | Center | 17 | 2008 to 2024 | - | $273,681,665$273.7m |
| 04 | Bam Adebayo | Center | 9 | 2017 to 2025 | - | $176,800,192$176.8m |
| 05 | Edrice Adebayo | Power Forward | 9 | 2017 to 2025 | - | $176,800,192$176.8m |
| 06 | Goran Dragic | Point Guard | 14 | 2008 to 2021 | - | $150,945,814$150.9m |
| 07 | Tyler Herro Paid in 2026-27 | Shooting Guard | 8 | 2019 to 2026 | - | $136,961,324$137.0m |
| 08 | Duncan Robinson | Small Forward | 8 | 2018 to 2025 | - | $93,001,634$93.0m |
| 09 | Udonis Haslem | Power Forward | 19 | 2003 to 2021 | - | $68,099,795$68.1m |
| 10 | Josh Richardson | Shooting Guard | 10 | 2015 to 2024 | - | $62,342,595$62.3m |
| 11 | Markieff Morris | Power Forward | 11 | 2011 to 2021 | - | $50,169,716$50.2m |
| 12 | Dewayne Dedmon | Center | 12 | 2013 to 2024 | - | $48,163,550$48.2m |
| 13 | Thomas Bryant | Center | 8 | 2017 to 2024 | - | $34,200,710$34.2m |
| 14 | Caleb Martin | Small Forward | 6 | 2019 to 2024 | - | $23,296,612$23.3m |
| 15 | Jaime Jaquez Jr. Paid in 2026-27 | Small Forward | 4 | 2023 to 2026 | - | $16,997,141$17.0m |
| 16 | Nikola Jovic | Small Forward | 4 | 2022 to 2025 | - | $11,501,537$11.5m |
| 17 | Chris Silva | Forward | 4 | 2019 to 2022 | - | $7,545,608$7.5m |
| 18 | KZ Okpala | Small Forward | 4 | 2019 to 2022 | - | $6,371,044$6.4m |
| 19 | Haywood Highsmith | Forward | 3 | 2021 to 2023 | - | $4,202,476$4.2m |
| 20 | Orlando Robinson | Center | 2 | 2023 to 2024 | - | $3,922,462$3.9m |
| 21 | Omer Yurtseven | Center | 3 | 2020 to 2022 | - | $3,260,161$3.3m |
| 22 | Kyle Alexander | Forward | 1 | 2020 | - | $1,549,812$1.5m |
| 23 | Jamaree Bouyea | Point Guard | 1 | 2022 | - | $116,986 |
Miami Heat money by season
What these careers were paid, year by year
2021-22 is the biggest year on this chart at $226,511,172. 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 Miami Heat player?
Jimmy Butler. His contracts are worth $364,461,262 across 15 seasons from 2011 to 2025.
What have Miami Heat players earned in total?
$1,989,440,988 across 23 careers, an average of $86,497,434 each. That is 4.5% of every dollar in the NBA file.
How does that rank?
Miami Heat is 6 of 30 franchises by total career money, behind Phoenix Suns on $2,048,365,896 and ahead of Denver Nuggets on $1,925,521,385.
How many are still being paid?
2 of the 23 have a figure against the 2026-27 season.
Is this the Miami Heat 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
Los Angeles Lakers · Los Angeles Clippers · Golden State Warriors · Milwaukee Bucks · Phoenix Suns · Denver Nuggets · Houston Rockets · Atlanta Hawks · Minnesota Timberwolves · Philadelphia 76ers · Dallas Mavericks · Portland Trail Blazers · Memphis Grizzlies · Indiana Pacers · Detroit Pistons · Orlando Magic · All-time NBA earnings
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