Updated 10/17/2010
With all the hoopla and madness of the recent NBA free agency, it is always interesting to see what players ultimately get paid the most.
Like other sports, the NBA has their own salary rules and guidelines. Ultimately this make it so players who stay with their team and/or have been in the league longer are eligible to make more money than others. Moreover, thanks to bad general managers there are also players who are grossly overpaid.
In Miami, LeBron James ($14.5 million), Dwayne Wade ($14 million), and Chris Bosh ($14.5 million) all took less to play on the same team, which barely gets them into the top 20 highest paid NBA players.
Top 10 highest paid NBA players for 2010-11 season
Championships won are in parenthesizes.
- Kobe Bryant (5) – $24,806,250
- Rashard Lewis (0) – $20,514,000
- Kevin Garnet (1) – $18,800,000
- Tim Duncan (4) – $18,700,000
- Michael Redd (0) – $18,300,000
- Pau Gasol (2) – $17,822,187
- Andrei Kerilenko (0) – $17,822,187
- Yao Ming (0) – $17,686,100
- Gilbert Arenas (0) – $17,686,100
- Dirk Nowitski (0) – $17,300,000
Are there any players that surprised you who made this list… or didn’t?
Top 5 highest payrolls in NBA for 2010-11 season
Still updating as players are signed.
- Los Angeles Lakers – $95,218,987
- Orlando Magic – $89,855,582
- Dallas Mavericks – $85,761,280
- Boston Celtics – $83,317,155
- Denver Nuggets – $83,020,059