Portland Trail Blazers career earnings
$1,503,821,238 across 31 careers, led by Damian Lillard on $449,910,157.
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 3.4% of the money in the NBA file.
Portland Trail Blazers at a glance
What the roster has been paid
- Career money
- $1,503,821,238
- Careers
- 31
- Per career
- $48,510,363
- Paid through 2026-27
- $1,467,407,448
- Still to be paid
- $36,413,790
- Rank
- 13 of 30 franchises
The Portland Trail Blazers 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 Portland Trail Blazers careers
Total contract money, 2010 to 2027
Every Portland Trail Blazers career
Ranked by total contract money
| # | Player | Position | Seasons | Span | Still owed | Career earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Damian Lillard Paid in 2026-27 | Point Guard | 15 | 2012 to 2026 | - | $449,910,157$449.9m |
| 02 | Jerami Grant Paid in 2026-27 | Power Forward | 14 | 2014 to 2027 | $36.4m | $241,698,410$241.7m |
| 03 | Jusuf Nurkic | Center | 12 | 2014 to 2025 | - | $129,395,180$129.4m |
| 04 | Anfernee Simons | Shooting Guard | 8 | 2018 to 2025 | - | $110,041,591$110.0m |
| 05 | Enes Kanter | Center | 11 | 2011 to 2021 | - | $106,290,535$106.3m |
| 06 | Evan Turner | Small Forward | 10 | 2010 to 2019 | - | $97,261,585$97.3m |
| 07 | Meyers Leonard | Center | 8 | 2012 to 2019 | - | $50,742,479$50.7m |
| 08 | Matisse Thybulle | Shooting Guard | 7 | 2019 to 2025 | - | $45,588,127$45.6m |
| 09 | Scoot Henderson Paid in 2026-27 | Point Guard | 4 | 2023 to 2026 | - | $44,363,603$44.4m |
| 10 | Nassir Little Paid in 2026-27 | Small Forward | 8 | 2019 to 2026 | - | $38,672,353$38.7m |
| 11 | Ben McLemore | Small Forward | 9 | 2013 to 2021 | - | $30,891,878$30.9m |
| 12 | Shaedon Sharpe | Shooting Guard | 4 | 2022 to 2025 | - | $27,340,903$27.3m |
| 13 | Derrick Jones Jr. | Small Forward | 6 | 2016 to 2021 | - | $22,977,952$23.0m |
| 14 | Mario Hezonja | Shooting Guard | 6 | 2015 to 2020 | - | $21,889,921$21.9m |
| 15 | Kris Murray Paid in 2026-27 | Power Forward | 4 | 2023 to 2026 | - | $14,284,524$14.3m |
| 16 | TJ Leaf | Power Forward | 5 | 2017 to 2021 | - | $12,889,260$12.9m |
| 17 | Keon Johnson | Shooting Guard | 4 | 2021 to 2024 | - | $12,517,291$12.5m |
| 18 | Rondae Hollis-Jefferson | Small Forward | 6 | 2015 to 2020 | - | $9,519,526$9.5m |
| 19 | Harry Giles | Center | 4 | 2017 to 2020 | - | $8,162,919$8.2m |
| 20 | Caleb Swanigan | Power Forward | 3 | 2017 to 2019 | - | $5,239,080$5.2m |
| 21 | Rayan Rupert | Shooting Guard | 3 | 2023 to 2025 | - | $5,233,097$5.2m |
| 22 | Jabari Walker | Small Forward | 3 | 2022 to 2024 | - | $4,757,344$4.8m |
| 23 | Greg Brown III | Power Forward | 3 | 2021 to 2023 | - | $4,324,872$4.3m |
| 24 | CJ Elleby | Small Forward | 3 | 2020 to 2022 | - | $4,313,767$4.3m |
| 25 | Jeenathan Williams | Shooting Guard | 2 | 2022 to 2023 | - | $1,772,508$1.8m |
| 26 | Trendon Watford | Small Forward | 1 | 2022 | - | $1,576,305$1.6m |
| 27 | Keljin Blevins | Guard | 1 | 2021 | - | $1,474,611$1.5m |
| 28 | Jaylen Adams | Point Guard | 2 | 2018 to 2019 | - | $500,210 |
| 29 | Skylar Mays | Shooting Guard | 2 | 2021 to 2022 | - | $150,305 |
| 30 | Justin Minaya | Forward | 1 | 2022 | - | $35,096 |
| 31 | Chance Comanche | Center | 1 | 2022 | - | $5,849 |
Portland Trail Blazers money by season
What these careers were paid, year by year
2025-26 is the biggest year on this chart at $180,900,483. 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 Portland Trail Blazers player?
Damian Lillard. His contracts are worth $449,910,157 across 15 seasons from 2012 to 2026.
What have Portland Trail Blazers players earned in total?
$1,503,821,238 across 31 careers, an average of $48,510,363 each. That is 3.4% of every dollar in the NBA file.
How does that rank?
Portland Trail Blazers is 13 of 30 franchises by total career money, behind Dallas Mavericks on $1,557,596,953 and ahead of Memphis Grizzlies on $1,467,617,304.
How many are still being paid?
5 of the 31 have a figure against the 2026-27 season, and $36,413,790 is written into deals that run past it.
Is this the Portland Trail Blazers 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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