NBA salaries, 2025-26

Who is the highest-paid NBA player in 2025-26?

Stephen Curry is the highest-paid NBA player in 2025-26 at $59.6 million, with the Golden State Warriors. The Cleveland Cavaliers pay the most to the players under contract, $212 million across 15; the Milwaukee Bucks the least, $120 million.

Highest-paid players, 2025-26

The 100 highest NBA salaries in 2025-26, largest first

1	Stephen Curry	GS	G	$59,606,817	2
2	Joel Embiid	PHI	C	$55,224,526	4
3	Nikola Jokic	DEN	C	$55,224,526	3
4	Kevin Durant	HOU	F	$54,708,609	3
5	Anthony Davis	WSH	F	$54,126,450	3
6	Giannis Antetokounmpo	MIA	F	$54,126,450	3
7	Jayson Tatum	BOS	F	$54,126,450	5
8	Jimmy Butler III	GS	F	$54,126,450	2
9	Karl-Anthony Towns	NY	C	$54,126,450	3
10	Luka Doncic	LAL	G	$54,126,450	3
11	Devin Booker	PHX	G	$53,142,264	3
12	Jaylen Brown	BOS	G	$53,142,264	4
13	LeBron James	LAL	F	$52,627,153	1
14	Paul George	PHI	F	$51,666,090	3
15	Kawhi Leonard	LAC	F	$50,000,000	2
16	Zach LaVine	SAC	G	$47,499,660	2
17	Cade Cunningham	DET	G	$46,394,100	5
18	Donovan Mitchell	CLE	G	$46,394,100	3
19	Evan Mobley	CLE	C	$46,394,100	5
20	Jamal Murray	DEN	G	$46,394,100	4
21	Lauri Markkanen	UTAH	F	$46,394,100	4
22	Trae Young	WSH	G	$46,394,100	2
23	Anthony Edwards	MIN	G	$45,550,512	4
24	Pascal Siakam	IND	F	$45,550,512	3
25	Tyrese Haliburton	IND	G	$45,550,512	4
26	Domantas Sabonis	SAC	F	$43,636,000	3
27	OG Anunoby	NY	F	$39,568,966	4
28	Darius Garland	LAC	G	$39,446,090	3
29	James Harden	CLE	G	$39,446,090	2
30	Ja Morant	MEM	G	$39,446,090	3
31	Zion Williamson	NO	F	$39,446,090	3
32	Franz Wagner	ORL	F	$38,661,750	5
33	Scottie Barnes	TOR	F	$38,661,750	5
34	Michael Porter Jr.	BKN	F	$38,333,050	2
35	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	OKC	G	$38,333,050	2
36	Brandon Ingram	TOR	F	$38,095,238	3
37	LaMelo Ball	MIN	G	$37,958,760	4
38	Tyrese Maxey	PHI	G	$37,958,760	4
39	Bam Adebayo	MIA	C	$37,096,620	4
40	De'Aaron Fox	SA	G	$37,096,620	5
41	Desmond Bane	ORL	G	$36,725,670	4
42	Kyrie Irving	DAL	G	$36,566,002	3
43	Jalen Suggs	ORL	G	$35,000,000	5
44	Jaren Jackson Jr.	UTAH	F	$35,000,000	5
45	Rudy Gobert	MIN	C	$35,000,000	3
46	Jalen Brunson	NY	G	$34,944,001	4
47	Alperen Sengun	HOU	C	$33,944,954	5
48	Khris Middleton	DAL	F	$33,926,296	1
49	Jalen Green	PHX	G	$33,548,499	3
50	Immanuel Quickley	TOR	G	$32,500,000	4
51	Jrue Holiday	POR	G	$32,400,000	3
52	Jerami Grant	POR	F	$32,000,000	3
53	Jordan Poole	NO	G	$31,848,215	2
54	Tyler Herro	MIL	G	$31,000,000	2
55	Julius Randle	BKN	F	$30,864,198	3
56	Dejounte Murray	NO	G	$30,801,103	3
57	Kristaps Porzingis	GS	C	$30,731,707	1
58	CJ McCollum	ATL	G	$30,666,666	1
59	Jalen Johnson	ATL	F	$30,000,000	5
60	Isaiah Hartenstein	OKC	C	$28,500,000	2
61	Andrew Wiggins	MIA	F	$28,223,214	2
62	Derrick White	BOS	G	$28,100,001	4
63	RJ Barrett	TOR	F	$27,705,357	2
64	Anfernee Simons	CHI	G	$27,678,571	1
65	Devin Vassell	SA	G	$27,000,000	4
66	Tobias Harris	DET	F	$26,634,146	1
67	John Collins	LAC	F	$26,580,000	1
68	Draymond Green	GS	F	$25,892,857	2
69	Nic Claxton	CHI	C	$25,352,272	3
70	Myles Turner	MIL	C	$25,318,251	4
71	Fred VanVleet	HOU	G	$25,000,000	2
72	Josh Giddey	CHI	G	$25,000,000	4
73	Miles Bridges	CHA	F	$25,000,000	2
74	Trey Murphy III	NO	F	$25,000,000	4
75	Mikal Bridges	NY	G	$24,900,000	5
76	Jaden McDaniels	MIN	F	$24,858,622	4
77	DeMar DeRozan	SAC	G	$24,570,000	2
78	De'Andre Hunter	SAC	F	$23,303,571	2
79	Aaron Gordon	DEN	F	$22,841,455	4
80	Jonathan Kuminga	ATL	F	$22,500,000	2
81	Dillon Brooks	PHX	F	$22,124,110	2
82	Kyle Kuzma	MIL	F	$21,810,605	2
83	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	MEM	G	$21,621,500	2
84	Naz Reid	CHA	C	$21,551,724	4
85	Nikola Vucevic	BOS	C	$21,481,481	1
86	Cameron Johnson	DEN	F	$21,057,065	2
87	Norman Powell	MIA	G	$20,482,758	1
88	Jarrett Allen	CLE	C	$20,000,000	4
89	Jakob Poeltl	TOR	C	$19,500,000	5
90	Josh Hart	NY	G	$19,472,240	3
91	Jusuf Nurkic	UTAH	C	$19,375,000	1
92	Collin Sexton	CHI	G	$19,170,000	1
93	Harrison Barnes	SA	F	$19,000,000	1
94	Malik Monk	SAC	G	$18,797,618	3
95	Santi Aldama	MEM	F	$18,485,916	3
96	Rui Hachimura	LAL	F	$18,259,259	1
97	Luguentz Dort	OKC	G	$18,222,222	2
98	Alex Caruso	OKC	G	$18,102,000	4
99	Andrew Nembhard	IND	G	$18,102,000	3
100	Ivica Zubac	IND	C	$18,102,000	1

Payroll by team, 2025-26

NBA 2025-26: what each club pays the players under contract, largest first

1	CLE	15	$211,979,653	Donovan Mitchell ($46.4 million)
2	NY	16	$211,191,730	Karl-Anthony Towns ($54.1 million)
3	GS	13	$202,969,788	Stephen Curry ($59.6 million)
4	HOU	13	$197,821,324	Kevin Durant ($54.7 million)
5	LAL	15	$194,234,383	Luka Doncic ($54.1 million)
6	MIN	14	$191,421,392	Anthony Edwards ($45.6 million)
7	ORL	15	$189,534,129	Franz Wagner ($38.7 million)
8	PHI	12	$188,686,547	Joel Embiid ($55.2 million)
9	BOS	12	$187,052,708	Jayson Tatum ($54.1 million)
10	MIA	12	$184,547,051	Giannis Antetokounmpo ($54.1 million)
11	OKC	15	$184,428,131	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander ($38.3 million)
12	IND	15	$183,718,404	Tyrese Haliburton ($45.6 million)
13	SAC	12	$183,534,442	Zach LaVine ($47.5 million)
14	LAC	13	$183,175,477	Kawhi Leonard ($50 million)
15	NO	15	$182,146,811	Zion Williamson ($39.4 million)
16	TOR	13	$181,972,856	Scottie Barnes ($38.7 million)
17	CHI	14	$180,660,966	Anfernee Simons ($27.7 million)
18	DEN	14	$176,819,031	Nikola Jokic ($55.2 million)
19	DAL	14	$173,302,958	Kyrie Irving ($36.6 million)
20	ATL	15	$170,153,449	CJ McCollum ($30.7 million)
21	DET	14	$163,530,092	Cade Cunningham ($46.4 million)
22	POR	15	$161,581,322	Jrue Holiday ($32.4 million)
23	PHX	14	$160,041,537	Devin Booker ($53.1 million)
24	WSH	14	$157,424,036	Anthony Davis ($54.1 million)
25	SA	11	$157,100,934	De'Aaron Fox ($37.1 million)
26	UTAH	13	$150,936,278	Lauri Markkanen ($46.4 million)
27	MEM	15	$142,926,683	Ja Morant ($39.4 million)
28	BKN	14	$131,338,800	Michael Porter Jr. ($38.3 million)
29	CHA	15	$128,794,300	Miles Bridges ($25 million)
30	MIL	14	$119,883,104	Tyler Herro ($31 million)

Salaries as ESPN files them, for players on a roster now. A team's total is the players it has under contract, not its salary-cap figure: dead money and cap holds are not counted.