NBA salaries, 2026-27

Who is the highest-paid NBA player in 2026-27?

Stephen Curry is the highest-paid NBA player in 2026-27 at $62.6 million, with the Golden State Warriors. The Oklahoma City Thunder pay the most to the players under contract, $251 million across 15; the Chicago Bulls the least, $86.1 million.

Highest-paid players, 2026-27

The 100 highest NBA salaries in 2026-27, largest first

1	Stephen Curry	GS	G	$62,587,158	1
2	Nikola Jokic	DEN	C	$59,033,114	2
3	Anthony Davis	WSH	F	$58,456,566	2
4	Giannis Antetokounmpo	MIL	F	$58,456,566	2
5	Jayson Tatum	BOS	F	$58,456,566	4
6	Joel Embiid	PHI	C	$58,100,000	3
7	Devin Booker	PHX	G	$57,078,728	4
8	Jaylen Brown	BOS	G	$57,078,728	3
9	Karl-Anthony Towns	NY	C	$57,078,728	2
10	Jimmy Butler III	GS	F	$56,832,773	1
11	Paul George	PHI	F	$54,126,380	2
12	Kawhi Leonard	LAC	F	$50,300,000	1
13	Cade Cunningham	DET	G	$50,105,628	4
14	Donovan Mitchell	CLE	G	$50,105,628	2
15	Evan Mobley	CLE	C	$50,105,628	4
16	Jamal Murray	DEN	G	$50,105,628	3
17	De'Aaron Fox	SA	G	$49,800,000	4
18	Bam Adebayo	MIA	C	$49,500,000	3
19	Luka Doncic	LAL	G	$49,500,000	3
20	Jaren Jackson Jr.	UTAH	F	$49,000,000	4
21	Trae Young	WSH	G	$48,967,380	1
22	Zach LaVine	SAC	G	$48,967,380	1
23	Anthony Edwards	MIN	G	$48,924,624	4
24	Pascal Siakam	IND	F	$48,924,624	2
25	Tyrese Haliburton	IND	G	$48,924,624	3
26	Lauri Markkanen	UTAH	F	$46,113,154	3
27	Domantas Sabonis	SAC	F	$45,472,000	2
28	Kevin Durant	HOU	F	$43,902,439	2
29	OG Anunoby	NY	F	$42,500,000	3
30	James Harden	CLE	G	$42,317,308	1
31	Darius Garland	LAC	G	$42,166,510	2
32	Ja Morant	MEM	G	$42,166,510	2
33	Zion Williamson	NO	F	$42,166,510	2
34	Franz Wagner	ORL	F	$41,754,690	4
35	Scottie Barnes	TOR	F	$41,754,690	4
36	Chet Holmgren	OKC	C	$41,500,000	5
37	Jalen Williams	OKC	G	$41,500,000	5
38	Paolo Banchero	ORL	F	$41,500,000	5
39	Michael Porter Jr.	BKN	F	$40,906,150	1
40	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	OKC	G	$40,806,150	5
41	LaMelo Ball	CHA	G	$40,770,520	3
42	Tyrese Maxey	PHI	G	$40,770,520	3
43	Brandon Ingram	TOR	F	$40,000,000	2
44	Desmond Bane	ORL	G	$39,446,090	3
45	Kyrie Irving	DAL	G	$39,416,562	2
46	Jalen Brunson	NY	G	$37,739,521	3
47	Rudy Gobert	MIN	C	$36,500,000	2
48	Jalen Green	PHX	G	$36,251,166	2
49	Alperen Sengun	HOU	C	$35,642,202	4
50	Jrue Holiday	POR	G	$34,800,000	2
51	Jerami Grant	POR	F	$34,206,897	2
52	Jordan Poole	NO	G	$34,044,642	1
53	Aaron Gordon	DEN	F	$33,658,037	3
54	Mikal Bridges	NY	G	$33,482,143	4
55	Julius Randle	MIN	F	$33,333,333	2
56	Tyler Herro	MIA	G	$33,000,000	1
57	Dejounte Murray	NO	G	$32,785,071	2
58	Immanuel Quickley	TOR	G	$32,500,000	3
59	Jalen Suggs	ORL	G	$32,400,000	4
60	Derrick White	BOS	G	$30,348,001	3
61	Andrew Wiggins	MIA	F	$30,169,643	1
62	Jalen Johnson	ATL	F	$30,000,000	4
63	RJ Barrett	TOR	F	$29,616,071	1
64	Isaiah Hartenstein	OKC	C	$28,500,000	1
65	Jarrett Allen	CLE	C	$28,000,000	3
66	Draymond Green	GS	F	$27,678,571	1
67	Devin Vassell	SA	G	$27,000,000	3
68	Trey Murphy III	NO	F	$27,000,000	3
69	Myles Turner	MIL	C	$26,584,164	3
70	Jaden McDaniels	MIN	F	$26,200,001	3
71	DeMar DeRozan	SAC	G	$25,740,000	1
72	Dyson Daniels	ATL	G	$25,000,000	4
73	Fred VanVleet	HOU	G	$25,000,000	1
74	Josh Giddey	CHI	G	$25,000,000	3
75	De'Andre Hunter	SAC	F	$24,910,714	1
76	Jonathan Kuminga	ATL	F	$24,300,000	1
77	Keegan Murray	SAC	F	$24,137,931	4
78	Jabari Smith Jr.	HOU	F	$23,643,411	5
79	Naz Reid	MIN	C	$23,275,862	4
80	Nic Claxton	BKN	C	$23,147,727	2
81	Cameron Johnson	DEN	F	$23,062,500	1
82	Miles Bridges	CHA	F	$22,826,087	1
83	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	MEM	G	$21,621,500	1
84	Christian Braun	DEN	G	$21,551,774	4
85	Malik Monk	SAC	G	$21,190,034	2
86	CJ McCollum	ATL	G	$21,000,000	1
87	Josh Hart	NY	G	$20,923,760	2
88	Kyle Kuzma	MIL	F	$20,345,152	1
89	Ivica Zubac	IND	C	$20,342,140	2
90	Shaedon Sharpe	POR	G	$20,089,286	4
91	Dillon Brooks	PHX	F	$19,992,727	1
92	P.J. Washington	DAL	F	$19,813,044	4
93	Alex Caruso	OKC	G	$19,550,160	3
94	Andrew Nembhard	IND	G	$19,550,160	2
95	Jakob Poeltl	TOR	C	$19,500,000	4
96	Luguentz Dort	OKC	G	$18,222,222	1
97	Grayson Allen	PHX	G	$18,125,000	2
98	Wendell Carter Jr.	ORL	C	$18,102,000	3
99	Toumani Camara	POR	F	$18,080,358	4
100	Patrick Williams	CHI	F	$18,000,000	3

Payroll by team, 2026-27

NBA 2026-27: what each club pays the players under contract, largest first

1	OKC	15	$250,574,372	Chet Holmgren ($41.5 million)
2	CLE	11	$221,786,086	Donovan Mitchell ($50.1 million)
3	ORL	11	$214,692,268	Franz Wagner ($41.8 million)
4	DEN	9	$205,482,976	Nikola Jokic ($59 million)
5	NY	9	$205,460,626	Karl-Anthony Towns ($57.1 million)
6	SAC	10	$203,141,373	Zach LaVine ($49 million)
7	IND	14	$200,752,774	Pascal Siakam ($48.9 million)
8	NO	14	$196,214,389	Zion Williamson ($42.2 million)
9	TOR	12	$190,258,649	Scottie Barnes ($41.8 million)
10	HOU	9	$184,925,541	Kevin Durant ($43.9 million)
11	PHI	9	$178,169,026	Joel Embiid ($58.1 million)
12	BOS	10	$178,042,488	Jayson Tatum ($58.5 million)
13	GS	8	$178,027,757	Stephen Curry ($62.6 million)
14	MIN	7	$175,446,660	Anthony Edwards ($48.9 million)
15	ATL	11	$174,088,971	Jalen Johnson ($30 million)
16	POR	12	$169,929,263	Jrue Holiday ($34.8 million)
17	WSH	13	$168,658,289	Anthony Davis ($58.5 million)
18	MIA	11	$162,736,931	Bam Adebayo ($49.5 million)
19	PHX	11	$161,973,426	Devin Booker ($57.1 million)
20	LAC	12	$155,845,160	Kawhi Leonard ($50.3 million)
21	SA	9	$152,768,565	De'Aaron Fox ($49.8 million)
22	CHA	13	$148,402,017	LaMelo Ball ($40.8 million)
23	DAL	10	$146,663,016	Kyrie Irving ($39.4 million)
24	MIL	8	$143,158,500	Giannis Antetokounmpo ($58.5 million)
25	UTAH	10	$137,856,956	Jaren Jackson Jr. ($49 million)
26	DET	11	$134,856,300	Cade Cunningham ($50.1 million)
27	MEM	13	$126,418,203	Ja Morant ($42.2 million)
28	BKN	12	$120,798,770	Michael Porter Jr. ($40.9 million)
29	LAL	9	$92,569,354	Luka Doncic ($49.5 million)
30	CHI	8	$86,066,151	Josh Giddey ($25 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.