Beal is entering the first season of a two-year, $71.76 million extension he signed back in October of 2019. Wizards All-Star Bradley Beal has the 18th-highest salary at $34,502,129. All four players are starting a new contract this season. Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo, Los Angeles Clippers forwards Kawhi Leonard and Paul George, and Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard round out the top 10, each with a salary of $39,344,900.
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KD had the ability to become a free agent next offseason, but opted to re-sign with Brooklyn in August on a four-year, $194.22 million extension. Kevin Durant is the sixth and final player who will earn at least $40 million in 2021-22 with a salary of $40,918,900. The next time he’ll be eligible to hit free agency is in the summer of 2023. on a four-year deal, LeBron James re-upped with the Lakers on a two-year, $85.66 million extension before the 2020-21 campaign. The King comes in at fifth with a salary of $41,180,544. He has a player option for $47.1 million next season, and like Wall, it’d be surprising if he didn’t pick it up. Following his 2016-17 MVP season, Westbrook signed a five-year, supermax contract worth $206.8 million with the Oklahoma City Thunder. New Laker Russell Westbrook, who was traded for Wall ahead of last season, has the fourth-highest salary at $44,211,146. Wall and Harden each have a player option worth $47.37 million for next season, but only Wall is likely to accept it since he wouldn’t fetch anything close to that figure on the open market.Ī pair of Los Angeles Lakers trail Wall and Harden. Of course, they’re no longer with the teams they inked those deals with, as Wall has gone from Washington to Houston and Harden from Houston to Brooklyn.
Both guards signed four-year, $171.13 million designated veteran player extensions in July of 2017. John Wall and James Harden went from being tied for the fourth-highest salary last season to tied for the second-highest this year at $44,310,840. Curry will also clear $400 million in career earnings by the time it’s up. With that deal, he’s currently projected to become the NBA’s first $50-million-per-year player in 2023-24 and will be making just shy of $60 million in the final year of it at age 37. The contract that’s kept him as the NBA’s highest earner is a five-year, $201.16 million designated veteran player extension he signed in July of 2017.Ĭurry is in the final year of that “supermax” deal, but he’s already locked down his next contract of four years and $215.35 million. The three-time NBA champion will make a league-high $45,780,966 in base salary this season ( via Spotrac).
Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry has been the NBA’s highest-paid player for the past four seasons.Īnd he won’t be relinquishing that title in 2021-22.
Where Beal ranks among highest-paid NBA players originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington
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