Hoops Rumors is in the process of ranking the cap hit for each NBA player by position. I’ve already posted the point guard salary rankings for the 2014/15 campaign. The next spot on the hardwood that I’ll be looking at is the shooting guard position for the 2014/15 season.
All told, NBA teams have committed a total of $346,747,725 in cap hits this season to the men tasked with lighting up scoreboards around the league. The average hit for the two spot this season is a respectable $3,810,415, with Kobe Bryant of the Lakers topping the list with a healthy $23,500,000 to further pad his retirement fund.
It should be noted that teams won’t necessarily pay out every dollar listed here. There are quite a few players who have non-guaranteed or partially guaranteed contracts. Some of those players will be sweating it out all the way until January 7th. That’s when teams must waive players with no specific guarantee date written into their contracts to avoid having to guarantee their salaries for the rest of the season. Most salaries align with cap hits, but that’s not the case for a player like Jeremy Lin, who’s getting close to $15MM from the Lakers this season even though his cap hit is little more than half that amount, because of the contract he signed through the Gilbert Arenas Provision. In addition, incentive clauses that a player either triggers or fails to meet can leave a player with more or less money than his cap hit reflects.
Still, the purpose of this list is to show the relative pay scale by position, which is why all contracts are included in this post. The only deals which were omitted were for players who were already waived.
The league’s shooting guards are listed below, in descending order of salary:
- Kobe Bryant (Lakers) $23,500,000
- Dwyane Wade (Heat) $15MM
- Eric Gordon (Pelicans) $14,898,938
- James Harden (Rockets) $14,728,444
- Andre Iguodala (Warriors) $12,289,544
- DeMar DeRozan (Raptors) $10.1 MM
- Lance Stephenson (Hornets) $9MM
- Marcus Thornton (Celtics) $8,575,000
- Monta Ellis (Mavs) $8,360,000
- O.J. Mayo (Bucks) $8MM
- Arron Afflalo (Nuggets) $7.5MM
- Wesley Matthews (Blazers) $7,245,640
- Avery Bradley (Celtics) $7,191,011
- Manu Ginobili (Spurs) $7MM
- Kevin Martin (Wolves) $6,792,500
- J.J. Redick (Clippers) $6,792,500
- Jason Richardson (Sixers) $6,601,125
- Kyle Korver (Hawks) $6,253,531
- Jodie Meeks (Pistons) $6MM
- J.R. Smith (Cavs) $5,982,375
- Jason Terry (Rockets) $5,850,313
- Jamal Crawford (Clippers) $5,450,000
- Courtney Lee (Grizzlies) $5,450,000
- Victor Oladipo (Magic) $4,978,200
- Tony Allen (Grizzles) $4,831,461
- Corey Brewer (Wolves) $4,702,500
- Bradley Beal (Wizards) $4,505,280
- Ben Gordon (Magic) $4.5MM
- Jared Dudley (Bucks) $4,250,000
- C.J. Miles (Pacers) $4,205,000
- Dion Waiters (Thunder) $4,062,000
- Danny Green (Spurs) $4,025,000
- Vince Carter (Grizzlies) $3,911,981
- Gerald Green (Suns) $3,500,000
- Bojan Bogdanovic (Nets) $3,278,000
- Evan Turner (Celtics) $3,278,000
- Gary Neal (Hornets) $3,250,000
- Anthony Morrow (Thunder) $3.2MM
- Quincy Pondexter (Grizzlies) $3,146,068
- Klay Thompson (Warriors) $3,075,880
- Alec Burks (Jazz) $3,034,356
- Ben McLemore (Kings) $3,026,280
- Randy Foye (Nuggets) $3MM
- Marco Belinelli (Spurs) $2,873,750
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (Pistons) $2,772,480
- Nik Stauskas (Kings) $2,745,840
- Iman Shumpert (Cavs) $2,616,975
- Austin Rivers (Clippers) $2,439,840
- C.J. McCollum (Blazers) $2,421,000
- Jeremy Lamb (Thunder) $2,202,000
- Jimmy Butler (Bulls) $2,008,748
- Kent Bazemore (Hawks) $2MM
- Giannis Antetokounmpo (Bucks) $1,873,200
- Zoran Dragic (Suns) $1,706,250
- James Young (Celtics) $1,674,480
- Gary Harris (Nuggets) $1,519,200
- Evan Fournier (Magic) $1,483,920
- Willie Green (Magic) $1,448,490
- John Jenkins (Hawks) $1,412,920
- Jordan Adams (Grizzles) $1,344,120
- Alan Anderson (Nets) $1,276,061
- Tony Wroten (Sixers) $1,210,080
- Reggie Bullock (Suns) $1,200,720
- Andre Roberson (Thunder) $1,160,880
- P.J. Hairston (Hornets) $1,149,720
- Brandon Rush (Warriors) $1,145,685
- Archie Goodwin (Suns) $1,112,280
- C.J. Wilcox (Clippers) $1,109,760
- Toure’ Murry (Waived by Jazz) $1MM
- Garrett Temple (Wizards) $981,084
- E’Twaun Moore (Bulls) $948,163
- Leandro Barbosa (Warriors) $915,243
- Will Barton (Blazers) $915,243
- Jared Cunningham (Waived by Clippers) $915,243
- Chris Douglas-Roberts (Celtics) $915,243
- Wayne Ellington (Lakers) $915,243
- Francisco Garcia (Rockets) $915,243
- Rodney Stuckey (Pacers) $915,243
- Joe Harris (Cavs) $884,879
- Allen Crabbe (Blazers) $862,000
- Ian Clark (Jazz) $816,482
- Troy Daniels (Rockets) $816,482
- Justin Holiday (Warriors) $816,482
- Ricky Ledo (Mavs) $816,482
- Glen Rice Jr. (Waived by Wizards) $816,482
- Hollis Thompson (Sixers) $816,482
- Markel Brown (Nets) $507,336
- Andre Dawkins (Waived by Heat) $507,336
- Nick Johnson (Rockets) $507,336
- K.J. McDaniels (Sixers) $507,336
- Glenn Robinson III (Wolves) $507,336
Note: The Basketball Insiders salary pages were used in the creation of this post.