Phoenix Suns career earnings
$2,048,365,896 across 25 careers, led by Kevin Durant on $499,843,653.
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 4.6% of the money in the NBA file.
Phoenix Suns at a glance
What the roster has been paid
- Career money
- $2,048,365,896
- Careers
- 25
- Per career
- $81,934,636
- Paid through 2026-27
- $1,983,439,496
- Still to be paid
- $64,926,400
- Rank
- 5 of 30 franchises
The Phoenix Suns 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 Phoenix Suns careers
Total contract money, 2007 to 2027
Every Phoenix Suns career
Ranked by total contract money
| # | Player | Position | Seasons | Span | Still owed | Career earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Kevin Durant | Small Forward | 19 | 2007 to 2025 | - | $499,843,653$499.8m |
| 02 | Bradley Beal Paid in 2026-27 | Shooting Guard | 15 | 2012 to 2026 | - | $428,874,362$428.9m |
| 03 | Devin Booker Paid in 2026-27 | Shooting Guard | 13 | 2015 to 2027 | $64.9m | $401,105,653$401.1m |
| 04 | Eric Gordon | Shooting Guard | 17 | 2008 to 2024 | - | $183,126,012$183.1m |
| 05 | Deandre Ayton | Center | 8 | 2018 to 2025 | - | $172,710,676$172.7m |
| 06 | Brandon Knight | Point Guard | 9 | 2011 to 2019 | - | $81,089,677$81.1m |
| 07 | E'Twaun Moore | Shooting Guard | 10 | 2011 to 2020 | - | $40,162,398$40.2m |
| 08 | Cameron Payne | Point Guard | 9 | 2015 to 2023 | - | $31,101,096$31.1m |
| 09 | Elfrid Payton | Point Guard | 8 | 2014 to 2021 | - | $29,356,044$29.4m |
| 10 | Langston Galloway | Shooting Guard | 7 | 2014 to 2020 | - | $28,941,768$28.9m |
| 11 | Torrey Craig | Small Forward | 7 | 2018 to 2024 | - | $20,927,429$20.9m |
| 12 | Frank Kaminsky | Center | 7 | 2015 to 2021 | - | $20,259,340$20.3m |
| 13 | Josh Okogie | Shooting Guard | 7 | 2018 to 2024 | - | $19,013,023$19.0m |
| 14 | Damion Lee | Shooting Guard | 8 | 2016 to 2024 | - | $12,211,076$12.2m |
| 15 | Keita Bates-Diop | Small Forward | 6 | 2018 to 2024 | - | $10,864,511$10.9m |
| 16 | Drew Eubanks | Center | 5 | 2020 to 2024 | - | $10,829,817$10.8m |
| 17 | Abdel Nader | Small Forward | 6 | 2017 to 2022 | - | $9,975,888$10.0m |
| 18 | Yuta Watanabe | Small Forward | 5 | 2020 to 2024 | - | $9,054,122$9.1m |
| 19 | Chimezie Metu | Center | 6 | 2018 to 2023 | - | $8,937,033$8.9m |
| 20 | Toumani Camara Paid in 2026-27 | Power Forward | 4 | 2023 to 2026 | - | $7,639,302$7.6m |
| 21 | Cheick Diallo | Power Forward | 5 | 2016 to 2020 | - | $6,903,890$6.9m |
| 22 | Jalen Lecque | Point Guard | 4 | 2019 to 2022 | - | $6,129,593$6.1m |
| 23 | Jordan Goodwin | Point Guard | 4 | 2021 to 2024 | - | $4,973,416$5.0m |
| 24 | Ishmail Wainright | Small Forward | 3 | 2021 to 2023 | - | $2,786,305$2.8m |
| 25 | Tariq Owens | Power Forward | 1 | 2020 | - | $1,549,812$1.5m |
Phoenix Suns money by season
What these careers were paid, year by year
2024-25 is the biggest year on this chart at $210,376,899. 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 Phoenix Suns player?
Kevin Durant. His contracts are worth $499,843,653 across 19 seasons from 2007 to 2025.
What have Phoenix Suns players earned in total?
$2,048,365,896 across 25 careers, an average of $81,934,636 each. That is 4.6% of every dollar in the NBA file.
How does that rank?
Phoenix Suns is 5 of 30 franchises by total career money, behind Milwaukee Bucks on $2,105,686,328 and ahead of Miami Heat on $1,989,440,988.
How many are still being paid?
3 of the 25 have a figure against the 2026-27 season, and $64,926,400 is written into deals that run past it.
Is this the Phoenix Suns 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
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