NBA historical salary list! James Curry takes the top two! George Embiid makes the top five

Booker renewed his contract with the Suns in two years at $145 million, so Booker's total career salary reached $534 million, surpassing Paul George (519 million) and rising to the third place in NBA history. The first in history is James (584 million), Curry (536 million), and Embiid (515 million).

The sixth in history Durant (512 million), the seventh in history Dark Brow (498 million), the eighth in history Alexander (482 million), the ninth in history Antetokounmpo (472 million), and the tenth in history Tatum (470 million). Jokic's total salary in his career is US$427 million, and he will be able to sign US$292 million in four years next summer, and the total salary will exceed 700 million by then!

If ranked by the annual salary of a single season, Booker (75.47 million US dollars) ranked first in history, Alexander (75.41 million) ranked second in history, and Tatum (71.45 million) ranked third in history. Ranking by the total amount of a single contract, Tatum (5 years, US$315 million) ranked first in history, and Jaylen Brown (5 years, 304 million) ranked second in history.

Many people are curious, what will the next contract of Wenban Yama be? Will he become the first player in the NBA to earn $100 million a year? In the summer of 2026, Wenban Yama is eligible to renew the contract with the Spurs in advance, and can sign up to US$326 million for five years, of which the guaranteed amount is 271 million for five years. The new contract will expire in the summer of 2032.

If Wenban Yama can maintain her health and current level, by the time he renews his contract around 2032, his annual salary in a single season is expected to exceed $100 million. In the 1960s, Chamberlain and Russell paid $100,000 a year. In the 1979-80 season, Moses Malone and Bill Walton became the first pair of players in the NBA to earn $1 million a year. In the 1994-95 season, the Magic became the first player to earn $10 million an year, but this record was quickly greatly refreshed by Jordan. In the 1996-97 season, Jordan's annual salary was $30.14 million; in the 1997-98 season, his annual salary was $33.14 million. The salary cap of the 1997-98 season was only $26.9 million. How did Jordan renew his contract?

I believe this problem has troubled everyone for many years. The leader will briefly explain it here: 1. At that time, the Bulls had Jordan's "bird rights" and could renew their contracts on the hat; 2. There was no personal maximum salary limit at that time; 3. The team did not need to pay luxury tax at that time. As long as the boss is willing, he can even offer a 50 million annual salary to the team members with "bird rights"!

At that time, Jordan's annual salary was 123% of the salary cap, and Ewing's annual salary was 81.4% of the salary cap. During the labor-management negotiations in 1999, the NBA introduced the maximum salary rules (salary cap 25%-35%), and the starting salary of a super maximum salary contract can only account for 35% of the salary cap. In addition, the NBA has begun to implement a luxury tax system to completely end the "unlimited super hat renewal". In the 2019-20 season, Curry became the first NBA's 40 million man, with an annual salary of more than 20 years between Jordan's 30 million man. Although Jaylen Brown’s contract with Tatum is more than $300 million, their starting salary can only be 35% of the salary cap. NBA players have increased their salary in the past decade, mainly because of the sharp increase in salary cap.

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