Player salaries in the National Basketball Association (NBA) have increased substantially over the past few decades. The average annual salary for NBA players in the 2021-22 season was $7.9 million, representing an average annual growth of 8 percent from the 1990-91 season, when the average salary was $870,000. Patrick Ewing earned a league-best $4.25 million salary during the 1990-91 season, whereas Stephen Curry, James Harden, John Wall, Russell Westbrook, and Kevin Durant are due to make more than $42 million each in 2021-22.
A seven-time All-Star from Charlotte, North Carolina, Curry has spent his entire 13-year career with the Golden State Warriors and won three championships with the team. He’s also a two-time MVP and was named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team. Curry was selected by the Warriors seventh overall in the 2009 NBA Draft and signed a 5-year, $201 million contract with the team in 2017. He agreed to a 4-year, $215 million extension in August 2021 and was due to earn $45.8 million in salary in 2021-22. Curry will earn $59.6 million in salary during the final year of the contract in 2025-26.
Harden, meanwhile, was slated to earn $44.3 million in salary during the 2021-22 season. The nine-time All-Star and 2017-18 MVP’s salary has gradually increased since entering the league as a rookie with the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2009-10. Harden earned $4.1 million that season and, in October 2012, signed a 5-year, maximum-salary extension that increased his salary to $26.5 million by 2016-17. Harden has made more than $224 million in NBA salary and ranks among the top 15 all-time in that category.
Wall, who as of December had yet to play for the Rockets in 2021-22 as he sits out awaiting a trade, is tied with Harden for the second-highest salary in the league at $44.3 million. The five-time All-Star averaged 20.6 points, 6.9 assists, and 3.2 rebounds per game last year in his first season with the Rockets but was limited to only 40 games due to injury. He missed the entire 2019-20 season due to multiple injuries and was limited to 32 and 41 games, respectively, in the 2018-19 and 2017-18 seasons. Wall is in the final season of a 4-year, $170 million contract, but has a player option at $47.4 million for next season.
Westbrook, a two-time scoring leader and 2016-17 MVP, is making $44.2 million in his first season with the Los Angeles Lakers. The 14-year veteran is in the final year of a 5-year, $205 million contract signed with the Thunder in 2017, but has a $47 million player option for next season. Durant, meanwhile, is making $42 million this season with the Brooklyn Nets. He signed a 4-year, $164.3 million contract with the Warriors in July 2019 as part of a sign-and-trade with the Nets.
LeBron James, at $41.2 million, has the sixth-highest salary in the NBA for the 2021-22 season, but will make more money than any other player when factoring in off-court earnings. According to Forbes, James will earn an additional $70 million in endorsements and other ventures. In contrast, Curry and Durant will earn $47 million off the court this season.
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