Utah Jazz career earnings
$1,109,618,586 across 30 careers, led by Jordan Clarkson on $138,798,627.
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 2.5% of the money in the NBA file.
Utah Jazz at a glance
What the roster has been paid
- Career money
- $1,109,618,586
- Careers
- 30
- Per career
- $36,987,286
- Paid through 2026-27
- $1,109,618,586
- Still to be paid
- $0
- Rank
- 22 of 30 franchises
The Utah Jazz 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 Utah Jazz careers
Total contract money, 2005 to 2026
Every Utah Jazz career
Ranked by total contract money
| # | Player | Position | Seasons | Span | Still owed | Career earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Jordan Clarkson | Shooting Guard | 12 | 2014 to 2025 | - | $138,798,627$138.8m |
| 02 | John Collins | Power Forward | 9 | 2017 to 2025 | - | $135,891,952$135.9m |
| 03 | Derrick Favors | Center | 13 | 2010 to 2022 | - | $130,730,734$130.7m |
| 04 | Hassan Whiteside | Center | 10 | 2010 to 2021 | - | $104,713,201$104.7m |
| 05 | Kelly Olynyk | Power Forward | 11 | 2013 to 2023 | - | $95,356,906$95.4m |
| 06 | Collin Sexton | Point Guard | 8 | 2018 to 2025 | - | $90,827,301$90.8m |
| 07 | Lauri Markkanen | Power Forward | 8 | 2017 to 2024 | - | $87,529,299$87.5m |
| 08 | Ersan Ilyasova | Power Forward | 14 | 2005 to 2020 | - | $82,510,414$82.5m |
| 09 | Talen Horton-Tucker | Shooting Guard | 5 | 2019 to 2023 | - | $33,140,147$33.1m |
| 10 | Kris Dunn | Point Guard | 8 | 2016 to 2023 | - | $30,824,951$30.8m |
| 11 | Taylor Hendricks Paid in 2026-27 | Power Forward | 4 | 2023 to 2026 | - | $25,351,580$25.4m |
| 12 | Keyonte George Paid in 2026-27 | Shooting Guard | 4 | 2023 to 2026 | - | $18,816,885$18.8m |
| 13 | Ochai Agbaji | Small Forward | 4 | 2022 to 2025 | - | $18,726,365$18.7m |
| 14 | Udoka Azubuike | Center | 5 | 2020 to 2024 | - | $15,969,770$16.0m |
| 15 | Emmanuel Mudiay | Point Guard | 5 | 2015 to 2019 | - | $15,757,145$15.8m |
| 16 | Walker Kessler | Center | 4 | 2022 to 2025 | - | $13,372,418$13.4m |
| 17 | Brice Sensabaugh Paid in 2026-27 | Small Forward | 4 | 2023 to 2026 | - | $12,576,077$12.6m |
| 18 | Luka Samanic | Power Forward | 5 | 2019 to 2023 | - | $10,910,102$10.9m |
| 19 | Nigel Williams-Goss | Point Guard | 4 | 2019 to 2022 | - | $7,028,878$7.0m |
| 20 | Vernon Carey Jr. | Center | 4 | 2020 to 2023 | - | $6,747,840$6.7m |
| 21 | Matt Thomas | Shooting Guard | 4 | 2019 to 2022 | - | $6,371,044$6.4m |
| 22 | Miye Oni | Shooting Guard | 4 | 2019 to 2022 | - | $6,371,044$6.4m |
| 23 | Simone Fontecchio | Small Forward | 2 | 2022 to 2023 | - | $6,250,000$6.3m |
| 24 | Elijah Hughes | Small Forward | 3 | 2020 to 2022 | - | $4,313,767$4.3m |
| 25 | Juwan Morgan | Small Forward | 3 | 2019 to 2021 | - | $4,133,213$4.1m |
| 26 | Jared Butler | Point Guard | 2 | 2021 to 2022 | - | $2,488,776$2.5m |
| 27 | Jarrell Brantley | Power Forward | 1 | 2021 | - | $1,669,178$1.7m |
| 28 | Nate Wolters | Point Guard | 3 | 2013 to 2016 | - | $1,462,538$1.5m |
| 29 | MaCio Teague | Point Guard | 1 | 2021 | - | $925,258 |
| 30 | Micah Potter | Center | 1 | 2021 | - | $53,176 |
Utah Jazz money by season
What these careers were paid, year by year
2023-24 is the biggest year on this chart at $139,100,093. 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 Utah Jazz player?
Jordan Clarkson. His contracts are worth $138,798,627 across 12 seasons from 2014 to 2025.
What have Utah Jazz players earned in total?
$1,109,618,586 across 30 careers, an average of $36,987,286 each. That is 2.5% of every dollar in the NBA file.
How does that rank?
Utah Jazz is 22 of 30 franchises by total career money, behind Cleveland Cavaliers on $1,141,929,980 and ahead of Charlotte Hornets on $1,107,966,791.
How many are still being paid?
3 of the 30 have a figure against the 2026-27 season.
Is this the Utah Jazz 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
Memphis Grizzlies · New York Knicks · Chicago Bulls · Brooklyn Nets · New Orleans Pelicans · Sacramento Kings · Boston Celtics · Cleveland Cavaliers · Charlotte Hornets · Oklahoma City Thunder · Washington Wizards · San Antonio Spurs · Toronto Raptors · Indiana Pacers · Detroit Pistons · Orlando Magic · All-time NBA earnings
Where to next
The seasons, the franchises and the rest of the league
Every season
- 2009-10 NBA payrolls
- 2010-11 NBA payrolls
- 2011-12 NBA payrolls
- 2012-13 NBA payrolls
- 2013-14 NBA payrolls
- 2014-15 NBA payrolls
- 2015-16 NBA payrolls
- 2016-17 NBA payrolls
- 2017-18 NBA payrolls
- 2018-19 NBA payrolls
- 2019-20 NBA payrolls
- 2020-21 NBA payrolls
- 2021-22 NBA payrolls
- 2022-23 NBA payrolls
- 2023-24 NBA payrolls
- 2024-25 NBA payrolls
- 2025-26 NBA payrolls
- 2026-27 NBA payrolls
Every franchise
- Los Angeles Lakers career earnings
- Los Angeles Clippers career earnings
- Golden State Warriors career earnings
- Milwaukee Bucks career earnings
- Phoenix Suns career earnings
- Miami Heat career earnings
- Denver Nuggets career earnings
- Houston Rockets career earnings
- Atlanta Hawks career earnings
- Minnesota Timberwolves career earnings
- Philadelphia 76ers career earnings
- Dallas Mavericks career earnings
- Portland Trail Blazers career earnings
- Memphis Grizzlies career earnings
- New York Knicks career earnings
- Chicago Bulls career earnings
- Brooklyn Nets career earnings
- New Orleans Pelicans career earnings
- Sacramento Kings career earnings
- Boston Celtics career earnings
- Cleveland Cavaliers career earnings
- Charlotte Hornets career earnings
- Oklahoma City Thunder career earnings
- Washington Wizards career earnings
- San Antonio Spurs career earnings
- Toronto Raptors career earnings
- Indiana Pacers career earnings
- Detroit Pistons career earnings
- Orlando Magic career earnings