NBA’s Top 50 Highest-Paid Players For 2024/25

Many of the NBA’s highest-paid players are on contracts considered maximum-salary deals, but the 2024/25 salaries for those players vary significantly depending on when the player signed his contract and how much NBA experience he has. That’s why a player like Stephen Curry will earn nearly $22MM more than Deandre Ayton in ’24/25 despite both players technically being on max deals.

When a player signs a maximum-salary contract, he doesn’t necessarily earn the NBA max for each season of that contract — he earns the max in year one, then gets a series of identical annual raises. In Curry’s case, his 2024/25 salary actually exceeds this year’s maximum, since the annual cap increases since he began earning the max haven’t kept pace with his annual 8% raises.

Listed below, with some help from Spotrac‘s salary data, are the top 50 highest-paid NBA players for the 2024/25 season. The players on this list don’t necessarily have the contracts with the largest overall value. This top 50 only considers the current league year, with the player’s ’24/25 base salary listed.

Additionally, we’ve noted players who could potentially increase their earnings via incentives or trade bonuses. We didn’t add those notes for players like Curry or Jaylen Brown, who have trade bonuses but are already earning the maximum — their salaries for this season can’t increase beyond their max.

Here are the NBA’s 50 highest-paid players for the 2024/25 season:

1. Stephen Curry, Warriors: $55,761,216
2. Joel Embiid, Sixers: $51,415,938
   Nikola Jokic, Nuggets: $51,415,938
4. Bradley Beal, Suns: $50,203,930
5. Kevin Durant, Suns: $49,856,021
   • Durant can earn another $1,323,000 in likely incentives.
6. Devin Booker, Suns: $49,205,800
   Jaylen Brown, Celtics: $49,205,800
   Paul George, Sixers: $49,205,800
   Kawhi Leonard, Clippers: $49,205,800
   Karl-Anthony Towns, Timberwolves: $49,205,800
11. Jimmy Butler, Heat: $48,798,677 (15% trade kicker)
12. Giannis Antetokounmpo, Bucks: $48,787,676 (15% trade kicker)
    Damian Lillard, Bucks: $48,787,676
14. LeBron James, Lakers: $48,728,845 (15% trade kicker)
15. Rudy Gobert, Timberwolves: $43,827,586
16. Anthony Davis, Lakers: $43,219,440 (15% trade kicker)
17. Zach LaVine, Bulls: $43,031,940 (15% trade kicker)
    Luka Doncic, Mavericks: $43,031,940
    Trae Young, Hawks: $43,031,940
20. Fred VanVleet, Rockets: $42,846,615
21. Anthony Edwards, Timberwolves: $42,176,400
    Tyrese Haliburton, Pacers: $42,176,400
    Lauri Markkanen, Jazz: $42,176,400
    Pascal Siakam, Pacers: $42,176,400
25. Ben Simmons, Nets: $40,338,144
26. Kyrie Irving, Mavericks: $40,000,000 (15% trade kicker)
    • Irving can earn another $1,000,000 in likely incentives and $1,000,000 in unlikely incentives.
27. Domantas Sabonis, Kings: $39,200,000
    • Sabonis can earn another $1,300,000 in likely incentives and $1,300,000 in unlikely incentives.
28. Darius Garland, Cavaliers: $36,725,670
    Ja Morant, Grizzlies: $36,725,670
    Zion Williamson, Pelicans: $36,725,670
31. OG Anunoby, Knicks: $36,637,932 (15% trade kicker)
32. Brandon Ingram, Pelicans: $36,016,200 (15% trade kicker)
    Jamal Murray, Nuggets: $36,016,200
34. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Thunder: $35,859,950
    Michael Porter Jr., Nuggets: $35,859,950
36. Donovan Mitchell, Cavaliers: $35,410,310
37. LaMelo Ball, Hornets: $35,147,000
    Tyrese Maxey, Sixers: $35,147,000
39. Jayson Tatum, Celtics: $34,848,340 (15% trade kicker)
    Bam Adebayo, Heat: $34,848,340
    De’Aaron Fox, Kings: $34,848,340
42. Desmond Bane, Grizzlies: $34,005,250 (15% trade kicker)
    • Bane can earn another $1,141,750 in unlikely incentives.
43. Deandre Ayton, Trail Blazers: $34,005,126
44. James Harden, Clippers: $33,653,846 (15% trade kicker)
45. CJ McCollum, Pelicans: $33,333,333
46. Immanuel Quickley, Raptors: $32,500,000
    • Quickley can earn another $2,500,000 in unlikely incentives.
47. Khris Middleton, Bucks: $31,000,000
    • Middleton can earn another $666,667 in likely incentives and $2,333,334 in unlikely incentives.
48. Isaiah Hartenstein, Thunder: $30,000,000
    Jrue Holiday, Celtics: $30,000,000
50. Jerami Grant, Trail Blazers: $29,793,104

The cutoff point for this year’s top-50 list very nearly reached $30MM for the first time in NBA history. And it’s actually possible that cutoff will exceed $30MM by the time the season concludes.

A handful of players who just missed the top 50 have the ability to earn more than Grant’s $29.8MM base salary if they achieve certain performance incentives during the coming season.

Here are the players who could break into the top 50 by season’s end:

• Jordan Poole, Wizards: $29,651,786
  • Poole can earn another $3,750,000 in unlikely incentives.
• Devin Vassell, Spurs: $29,347,826
  • Vassell can earn another $2,391,303 in unlikely incentives.
• Tyler Herro, Heat: $29,000,000
  • Herro can earn another $2,500,000 in unlikely incentives.
• Julius Randle, Knicks: $27,561,600 (15% trade kicker)
  • Randle can earn another $1,378,080 in likely incentives and $1,378,080 in unlikely incentives.
• Dejounte Murray, Pelicans: $24,799,600
  • Murray earned an additional $4,017,535 via a trade bonus on top of his base salary; he can also earn another $699,999 in likely incentives and $1,399,998 in unlikely incentives.