New Orleans Pelicans career earnings
$1,319,700,942 across 23 careers, led by C.J. McCollum on $279,393,597.
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 3.0% of the money in the NBA file.
New Orleans Pelicans at a glance
What the roster has been paid
- Career money
- $1,319,700,942
- Careers
- 23
- Per career
- $57,378,302
- Paid through 2026-27
- $1,274,814,012
- Still to be paid
- $44,886,930
- Rank
- 18 of 30 franchises
The New Orleans Pelicans 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 New Orleans Pelicans careers
Total contract money, 2009 to 2027
Every New Orleans Pelicans career
Ranked by total contract money
| # | Player | Position | Seasons | Span | Still owed | Career earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | C.J. McCollum | Shooting Guard | 13 | 2013 to 2025 | - | $279,393,597$279.4m |
| 02 | Zion Williamson Paid in 2026-27 | Power Forward | 9 | 2019 to 2027 | $44.9m | $240,891,747$240.9m |
| 03 | Brandon Ingram | Small Forward | 9 | 2016 to 2024 | - | $181,622,592$181.6m |
| 04 | Jonas Valanciunas | Center | 12 | 2012 to 2023 | - | $135,756,944$135.8m |
| 05 | James Johnson | Power Forward | 13 | 2009 to 2021 | - | $79,380,652$79.4m |
| 06 | Cody Zeller | Center | 11 | 2013 to 2023 | - | $78,835,630$78.8m |
| 07 | Larry Nance Jr. | Power Forward | 10 | 2015 to 2024 | - | $71,691,598$71.7m |
| 08 | Herb Jones Paid in 2026-27 | Small Forward | 6 | 2021 to 2026 | - | $57,312,872$57.3m |
| 09 | Garrett Temple | Shooting Guard | 14 | 2009 to 2023 | - | $52,729,488$52.7m |
| 10 | Dyson Daniels | Point Guard | 4 | 2022 to 2025 | - | $25,059,949$25.1m |
| 11 | Jordan Hawkins Paid in 2026-27 | Shooting Guard | 4 | 2023 to 2026 | - | $20,599,055$20.6m |
| 12 | Darius Miller | Small Forward | 7 | 2012 to 2020 | - | $20,217,476$20.2m |
| 13 | Kira Lewis Jr. | Point Guard | 4 | 2020 to 2023 | - | $17,188,836$17.2m |
| 14 | Trey Murphy III | Small Forward | 4 | 2021 to 2024 | - | $14,779,415$14.8m |
| 15 | Didi Louzada | Small Forward | 5 | 2020 to 2024 | - | $7,809,368$7.8m |
| 16 | Willy Hernangomez | Center | 5 | 2016 to 2020 | - | $7,664,785$7.7m |
| 17 | Jose Alvarado | Point Guard | 4 | 2021 to 2024 | - | $6,888,212$6.9m |
| 18 | E.J. Liddell | Power Forward | 3 | 2023 to 2025 | - | $6,224,049$6.2m |
| 19 | Naji Marshall | Small Forward | 4 | 2020 to 2023 | - | $5,351,283$5.4m |
| 20 | Wenyen Gabriel | Power Forward | 3 | 2019 to 2021 | - | $4,829,057$4.8m |
| 21 | James Nunnally | Small Forward | 3 | 2013 to 2021 | - | $2,278,601$2.3m |
| 22 | Joshia Gray | Guard | 2 | 2017 to 2020 | - | $1,651,188$1.7m |
| 23 | Zylan Cheatham | Small Forward | 1 | 2020 | - | $1,544,548$1.5m |
New Orleans Pelicans money by season
What these careers were paid, year by year
2023-24 is the biggest year on this chart at $176,773,505. 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 New Orleans Pelicans player?
C.J. McCollum. His contracts are worth $279,393,597 across 13 seasons from 2013 to 2025.
What have New Orleans Pelicans players earned in total?
$1,319,700,942 across 23 careers, an average of $57,378,302 each. That is 3.0% of every dollar in the NBA file.
How does that rank?
New Orleans Pelicans is 18 of 30 franchises by total career money, behind Brooklyn Nets on $1,356,353,870 and ahead of Sacramento Kings on $1,184,999,628.
How many are still being paid?
3 of the 23 have a figure against the 2026-27 season, and $44,886,930 is written into deals that run past it.
Is this the New Orleans Pelicans 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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