Highest-Paid NBA Players — 2025-26

Name: NBA Player Salaries 2025-26
Creator: Dunkwise

Nominal salaries for the 2025-26 season, ranked highest to lowest. Nominal salaries (not inflation-adjusted). Merged from public open datasets; team attribution backfilled from player logs. Team totals are nominal sums of each player's salary — a waived or bought-out player still counts toward his final team, so a total is not a cap-sheet figure.

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Player salary rankings — 2025-26

#	Player	Team	2025-26 salary
1	Stephen Curry	GSW	$59,606,817
2	Nikola Jokic	DEN	$55,224,526
3	Joel Embiid	PHI	$55,224,526
4	Kevin Durant	HOU	$54,708,608
5	Jayson Tatum	BOS	$54,126,450
6	Jimmy Butler	GSW	$54,126,450
7	Anthony Davis	WAS	$54,126,450
8	Giannis Antetokounmpo	MIL	$54,126,450
9	Karl-Anthony Towns	NYK	$53,142,264
10	Devin Booker	PHX	$53,142,264
11	Jaylen Brown	BOS	$53,142,264
12	LeBron James	LAL	$52,627,153
13	Paul George	PHI	$51,666,090
14	Kawhi Leonard	LAC	$50,000,000
15	Zach LaVine	SAC	$47,499,660
16	Cade Cunningham	DET	$46,394,100
17	Jamal Murray	DEN	$46,394,100
18	Donovan Mitchell	CLE	$46,394,100
19	Evan Mobley	CLE	$46,394,100
20	Lauri Markkanen	UTA	$46,394,100
21	Trae Young	WAS	$46,394,100
22	Luka Doncic	LAL	$45,999,660
23	Anthony Edwards	MIN	$45,550,512
24	Pascal Siakam	IND	$45,550,512
25	Tyrese Haliburton	IND	$45,550,512
26	Domantas Sabonis	SAC	$42,336,000
27	OG Anunoby	NYK	$39,568,966
28	Darius Garland	LAC	$39,446,090
29	Zion Williamson	NOP	$39,446,090
30	James Harden	CLE	$39,446,090
31	Ja Morant	MEM	$39,446,090
32	Scottie Barnes	TOR	$38,661,700
33	Franz Wagner	ORL	$38,661,700
34	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	OKC	$38,333,050
35	Michael Porter	BKN	$38,333,050
36	Brandon Ingram	TOR	$38,095,238
37	Tyrese Maxey	PHI	$37,958,760
38	LaMelo Ball	CHA	$37,958,760
39	De'Aaron Fox	SAS	$37,096,620
40	Bam Adebayo	MIA	$37,096,620
41	Desmond Bane	ORL	$36,725,670
42	Kyrie Irving	DAL	$36,566,002
43	Khris Middleton	DAL	$35,086,419
44	Rudy Gobert	MIN	$35,000,000
45	Jalen Suggs	ORL	$35,000,000
46	Jaren Jackson Jr	UTA	$35,000,000
47	Jalen Brunson	NYK	$34,944,001
48	Alperen Sengun	HOU	$33,944,954
49	Jalen Green	PHX	$33,333,333
50	Immanuel Quickley	TOR	$32,500,000
51	Jrue Holiday	POR	$32,400,000
52	Jerami Grant	POR	$32,000,001
53	Jordan Poole	NOP	$31,848,215
54	Tyler Herro	MIA	$31,000,000
55	Julius Randle	MIN	$30,864,198
56	Dejounte Murray	NOP	$30,801,103
57	Kristaps Porzingis	GSW	$30,731,707
58	CJ McCollum	ATL	$30,666,666
59	Jalen Johnson	ATL	$30,000,000
60	Isaiah Hartenstein	OKC	$28,500,000
61	Andrew Wiggins	MIA	$28,223,215
62	Derrick White	BOS	$28,100,000
63	RJ Barrett	TOR	$27,705,357
64	Anfernee Simons	CHI	$27,678,571
65	Devin Vassell	SAS	$27,500,000
66	Tobias Harris	DET	$26,634,146
67	John Collins	LAC	$26,580,000
68	Draymond Green	GSW	$25,892,857
69	Deandre Ayton	POR	$25,550,814
70	Nic Claxton	BKN	$25,352,272
71	Myles Turner	MIL	$25,318,251
72	Fred VanVleet	HOU	$25,000,000
73	Josh Giddey	CHI	$25,000,000
74	Trey Murphy	NOP	$25,000,000
75	Miles Bridges	CHA	$25,000,000
76	Mikal Bridges	NYK	$24,900,000
77	DeMar DeRozan	SAC	$24,570,000
78	Jaden McDaniels	MIN	$24,393,104
79	Jonathan Kuminga	ATL	$23,799,569
80	De'Andre Hunter	SAC	$23,303,571
81	Aaron Gordon	DEN	$22,841,455
82	Kyle Kuzma	MIL	$22,560,605
83	Damian Lillard	MIL	$22,516,603
84	Dillon Brooks	PHX	$22,124,110
85	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	MEM	$21,621,500
86	Naz Reid	MIN	$21,551,724
87	Nikola Vucevic	BOS	$21,481,481
88	Cameron Johnson	DEN	$21,057,065
89	Norman Powell	MIA	$20,482,758
90	Jarrett Allen	CLE	$20,000,000
91	Jakob Poeltl	TOR	$19,500,000
92	Josh Hart	NYK	$19,472,240
93	Bradley Beal	PHX	$19,383,010
94	Jusuf Nurkic	UTA	$19,375,000
95	Harrison Barnes	SAS	$19,000,000
96	Collin Sexton	CHI	$18,975,000
97	Malik Monk	SAC	$18,797,619
98	Santi Aldama	MEM	$18,485,916
99	Rui Hachimura	LAL	$18,259,259
100	Alex Caruso	OKC	$18,102,100
101	Ivica Zubac	IND	$18,102,000
102	Andrew Nembhard	IND	$18,102,000
103	Zach Collins	CHI	$18,080,496
104	Keldon Johnson	SAS	$18,000,000
105	Patrick Williams	CHI	$18,000,000
106	Kevin Huerter	DET	$17,991,071
107	Luguentz Dort	OKC	$17,222,222
108	Grayson Allen	PHX	$16,875,000
109	Duncan Robinson	DET	$16,834,692
110	Klay Thompson	DAL	$16,666,667
111	Bogdan Bogdanovic	LAC	$16,020,000
112	Max Strus	CLE	$15,936,452
113	Terance Mann	BKN	$15,500,000
114	Paolo Banchero	ORL	$15,334,769
115	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	ATL	$15,161,800
116	Onyeka Okongwu	ATL	$15,000,000
117	Jonathan Isaac	ORL	$15,000,000
118	Isaiah Stewart	DET	$15,000,000
119	Marcus Smart	WAS	$14,786,855
120	Daniel Gafford	DAL	$14,386,320
121	Deni Avdija	POR	$14,375,000
122	PJ Washington	DAL	$14,152,174
123	Steven Adams	HOU	$14,130,434
124	Caris LeVert	DET	$14,104,000
125	Dennis Schroeder	CLE	$14,104,000
126	Dennis Schroder	CLE	$14,104,000
127	Obi Toppin	IND	$14,000,000
128	Corey Kispert	ATL	$13,975,000
129	Austin Reaves	LAL	$13,937,574
130	Herb Jones	NOP	$13,937,574
131	Herbert Jones	NOP	$13,937,574
132	Cooper Flagg	DAL	$13,825,920
133	Chet Holmgren	OKC	$13,731,368
134	Josh Green	CHA	$13,666,667
135	Grant Williams	CHA	$13,645,500
136	Bobby Portis	MIL	$13,445,754
137	Kelly Olynyk	SAS	$13,445,122
138	Victor Wembanyama	SAS	$13,376,695
139	Robert Williams III	POR	$13,285,713
140	Zaccharie Risacher	ATL	$13,197,720
141	Mitchell Robinson	NYK	$12,954,546
142	Coby White	CHA	$12,888,889
143	Dorian Finney-Smith	HOU	$12,700,000
144	Brandon Clarke	MEM	$12,500,000
145	Dylan Harper	SAS	$12,370,200
146	Isaiah Joe	OKC	$12,362,338
147	Jabari Smith	HOU	$12,350,392
148	Donte DiVincenzo	MIN	$11,990,000
149	Brandon Miller	CHA	$11,968,400
150	Alex Sarr	WAS	$11,808,240

Team payroll rankings — 2025-26

#	Team	2025-26 payroll
1	Cleveland Cavaliers	$239,602,450
2	New York Knicks	$210,207,544
3	Golden State Warriors	$205,944,524
4	New Orleans Pelicans	$201,976,447
5	Los Angeles Lakers	$197,265,956
6	Philadelphia 76ers	$196,529,602
7	Houston Rockets	$195,636,462
8	Minnesota Timberwolves	$195,453,848
9	Los Angeles Clippers	$195,327,496
10	Washington Wizards	$195,123,364
11	Sacramento Kings	$194,077,855
12	Boston Celtics	$190,715,573
13	Indiana Pacers	$189,752,728
14	Denver Nuggets	$189,606,164
15	Orlando Magic	$188,969,216
16	Phoenix Suns	$187,672,355
17	Oklahoma City Thunder	$186,496,218
18	Toronto Raptors	$185,258,650
19	Dallas Mavericks	$184,269,766
20	San Antonio Spurs	$184,118,004
21	Atlanta Hawks	$183,451,359
22	Chicago Bulls	$183,096,271
23	Detroit Pistons	$181,385,123
24	Portland Trail Blazers	$180,389,297
25	Charlotte Hornets	$177,759,340
26	Milwaukee Bucks	$176,341,171
27	Utah Jazz	$164,698,243
28	Miami Heat	$160,216,934
29	Brooklyn Nets	$149,169,639
30	Memphis Grizzlies	$149,056,595