NBA’s Top 10 Highest Paid Players In 19/20

6 years ago - Sportingbase

The NBA is known for having some of the highest paid athletes in the world and with the skill sets these players show week in and week out it’s hard to say they don’t deserve it. Here’s a look at the top 10 for the 19/20 season.

The 19/20 salary cap for each team is set at $99,093,000 but when you add in what players make including endorsements then you come up with a top 10 that looks like this.

10. Damian Lillard – $43.8M

Damian Lillard

Age: 29
Team: Portrtland Trailblazers
Position: Point Guard
Games Played: 549
Ave Points: 23.5

In the offseason, Kyrie Irving inked a four-year, $136.5 million deal with the Brooklyn Nets. The six-time All-Star’s contract includes a 15 percent trade kicker and a 2022 player option.

9. Giannis Antetokounmpo – $45.8M

Giannis Antetokounmpo

Age: 24
Team: Milwaukee Bucks
Position: Guard / Forward
Games Played: 465
Ave Points: 18.8

One of the biggest bargains in the league, the MVP is in the third season of a four-year, $100 million deal with the Milwaukee Bucks.

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8. Chris Paul – $46.5M

Chris Paul

Age: 34
Team: Oklahoma City Thunder
Position: Point Guard
Games Played: 950
Ave Points: 18.5

Chris Paul finds himself tied with Westbrook for second on the ranking of the NBA’s highest-paid players for the second year in a row. In fact, Paul and Westbrook will switch teams for the new NBA season, as the two players were traded for each other in the mega-deal between Houston and Oklahoma City over the summer. Paul’s four-year, $159.7 million contract expires in 2022.

7. Klay Thompson – $47.7M

Klay Thompson

Age: 29
Team: Golden State Warriors
Position: Shooting Guard
Games Played: 615
Ave Points: 19.5

The Warriors sharpshooter recently inked a five-year, $189.9 million extension with Golden State.

6. Kyrie Irving – $51.7M

Kyrie Irving

Age: 27
Team: Brooklyn Nets
Position: Point Guard
Games Played: 508
Ave Points: 22.2

In the offseason, Kyrie Irving inked a four-year, $136.5 million deal with the Brooklyn Nets. The six-time All-Star’s contract includes a 15 percent trade kicker and a 2022 player option.

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5. James Harden – $55.2M

James Harden

Age: 30
Team: Houston Rockets
Position: Guard
Games Played: 765
Ave Points: 24.3

Another former league MVP, Harden is entering his 11th season in the NBA and the first year of a four-year, $171.1 million contract extension he signed with the Rockets in 2017 (the new deal extends a previous contract he signed in 2016 that paid him an average annual salary of $29.5 million).

4. Russell Westbrook – $56.5M

Russell Westbrook

Age: 30
Team: Houston Rockets
Position: Point Guard
Games Played: 821
Ave Points: 23.0

Houston acquired Westbrook in a trade with the Oklahoma City Thunder in July. The All-Star guard had previously signed a five-year, $206.8 million contract extension with his previous team in 2017 that leaves him tied for the second-best annual salary in 2019 behind Curry, according to Spotrac.

3. Kevin Durant – $73.2M

Kevin Durant

Age: 31
Team: Brooklyn Nets
Position: Forward
Games Played: 849
Ave Points: 27.0

Durant left Golden State to sign a four-year contract worth $164.3 million with the Nets in the 2019 offseason despite the fact that he’ll miss the entire upcoming season due to a torn Achilles tendon suffered during the 2019 playoffs. He’s set to make over $42 million in the final year of the contract, which expires in 2023.

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2. Stephen Curry – $85.2M

Stephen Curry

Age: 31
Team: Golden State Warriors
Position: Point Guard
Games Played: 694
Ave Points: 23.5

The former MVP, who has won three championships with the Warriors since 2015, signed a five-year contract worth $201.2 million with the team in 2017. The deal pays Curry an average annual salary of more than $40 million, with the annual value eventually increasing to more than $45 million by 2021.

1. Lebron James – $92.4M

Lebron James

Age: 34
Team: Los Angeles Lakers
Position: Forward
Games Played: 1,200
Ave Points: 27.2

The four-time MVP took his talents to the Lakers in 2018, signing a four-year deal worth $153.3 million overall. James will have earned more than $387 million in total salary over his career by the time his current contract expires in 2022, which will give him the highest all-time contract earnings in NBA history.

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