New York Knicks career earnings
$1,375,890,813 across 27 careers, led by Kemba Walker on $194,838,117.
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 3.1% of the money in the NBA file.
New York Knicks at a glance
What the roster has been paid
- Career money
- $1,375,890,813
- Careers
- 27
- Per career
- $50,958,919
- Paid through 2026-27
- $1,375,890,813
- Still to be paid
- $0
- Rank
- 15 of 30 franchises
The New York Knicks 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 York Knicks careers
Total contract money, 2008 to 2026
Every New York Knicks career
Ranked by total contract money
| # | Player | Position | Seasons | Span | Still owed | Career earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Kemba Walker | Point Guard | 12 | 2011 to 2022 | - | $194,838,117$194.8m |
| 02 | Julius Randle | Power Forward | 12 | 2014 to 2025 | - | $188,472,762$188.5m |
| 03 | Evan Fournier | Shooting Guard | 13 | 2012 to 2024 | - | $164,384,369$164.4m |
| 04 | R.J. Barrett Paid in 2026-27 | Shooting Guard | 8 | 2019 to 2026 | - | $142,596,275$142.6m |
| 05 | Jalen Brunson | Point Guard | 8 | 2018 to 2025 | - | $110,024,217$110.0m |
| 06 | Taj Gibson | Power Forward | 13 | 2009 to 2021 | - | $80,638,543$80.6m |
| 07 | Courtney Lee | Shooting Guard | 12 | 2008 to 2019 | - | $74,993,988$75.0m |
| 08 | Mitchell Robinson | Center | 8 | 2018 to 2025 | - | $66,413,588$66.4m |
| 09 | Donte DiVincenzo Paid in 2026-27 | Shooting Guard | 9 | 2018 to 2026 | - | $64,295,178$64.3m |
| 10 | Nerlens Noel | Center | 11 | 2013 to 2023 | - | $54,896,564$54.9m |
| 11 | Josh Hart | Shooting Guard | 7 | 2017 to 2023 | - | $46,274,114$46.3m |
| 12 | Marcus Morris | Power Forward | 9 | 2011 to 2019 | - | $43,303,419$43.3m |
| 13 | Kevin Knox | Small Forward | 5 | 2018 to 2022 | - | $26,202,242$26.2m |
| 14 | Frank Ntilikina | Point Guard | 5 | 2017 to 2021 | - | $25,417,182$25.4m |
| 15 | Isaiah Hartenstein | Center | 6 | 2018 to 2023 | - | $22,655,097$22.7m |
| 16 | Luca Vildoza | Point Guard | 4 | 2020 to 2023 | - | $13,125,000$13.1m |
| 17 | Quentin Grimes | Shooting Guard | 4 | 2021 to 2024 | - | $11,128,042$11.1m |
| 18 | Immanuel Quickley | Point Guard | 4 | 2020 to 2023 | - | $10,803,948$10.8m |
| 19 | Isaiah Roby | Power Forward | 5 | 2019 to 2023 | - | $9,197,868$9.2m |
| 20 | Jericho Sims | Center | 3 | 2022 to 2024 | - | $5,658,206$5.7m |
| 21 | Norvel Pelle | Power Forward | 4 | 2019 to 2022 | - | $4,913,425$4.9m |
| 22 | Miles McBride | Point Guard | 3 | 2021 to 2023 | - | $4,324,872$4.3m |
| 23 | DaQuan Jeffries | Shooting Guard | 4 | 2020 to 2023 | - | $4,126,848$4.1m |
| 24 | Theo Pinson | Shooting Guard | 3 | 2018 to 2021 | - | $2,849,143$2.8m |
| 25 | Kenny Wooten | Power Forward | 1 | 2021 | - | $1,650,158$1.7m |
| 26 | Jared Harper | Point Guard | 2 | 2020 to 2021 | - | $1,588,085$1.6m |
| 27 | Jacob Toppin | Small Forward | 1 | 2023 | - | $1,119,563 |
New York Knicks money by season
What these careers were paid, year by year
2022-23 is the biggest year on this chart at $195,528,929. 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 York Knicks player?
Kemba Walker. His contracts are worth $194,838,117 across 12 seasons from 2011 to 2022.
What have New York Knicks players earned in total?
$1,375,890,813 across 27 careers, an average of $50,958,919 each. That is 3.1% of every dollar in the NBA file.
How does that rank?
New York Knicks is 15 of 30 franchises by total career money, behind Memphis Grizzlies on $1,467,617,304 and ahead of Chicago Bulls on $1,356,774,980.
How many are still being paid?
2 of the 27 have a figure against the 2026-27 season.
Is this the New York Knicks 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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