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NBA: highest paid players of the 2020/21 season
Updated: Oct 6
Recent developments in the NBA market, led some of them to change their shirts but in the 2020/21 season, they scored points to the sound of pharaonic salaries.
Who has earned the most in the 2020/21 season of the NBA, the most famous basketball league in the world?
A list full of names, undoubtedly undisputed talents and players who surprisingly have obtained such an important contract: here is the list published by Sky Sport:
75° | DENNIS SCHRODER, LOS ANGELES LAKERS - 15.5 millions of dollars
74° | JAMES JOHNSON, NEW ORLEANS PELICANS - 16.05 millions of dollars
73° | JOE HARRIS, BROOKLYN NETS - 16.07 millions of dollars
72° | CARIS LEVERT, INDIANA PACERS - 16.2 millions of dollars
71° | ERIC GORDON, HOUSTON ROCKETS | 16.86 millions of dollars
70° | ERIC BLEDSOE, NEW ORLEANS PELICANS | 16.87 millions of dollars
69° | RICKY RUBIO, MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES | 17 millions of dollars
68° | EVAN FOURNIER, BOSTON CELTICS | 17.1 millions of dollars
67° | GORGUI DIENG, MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES | 17.28 millions of dollars
66° | BOJAN BOGDANOVIC, UTAH JAZZ | 17.85 millions of dollars
62° | GORAN DRAGIC, MIAMI HEAT | 18 millions of dollars
62° | MYLES TURNER, INDIANA PACERS | 18 millions of dollars
62° | BOGDAN BOGDANOVIC, ATLANTA HAWKS | 18 millions of dollars
62° | CLINT CAPELA, ATLANTA HAWKS | 18 millions of dollars
61° | AARON GORDON, DENVER NUGGETS | 18.14 millions of dollars
60° | TERRY ROZIER, CHARLOTTE HORNETS | 18.9 millions of dollars
59° | TIM HARDAWAY JR., DALLAS MAVERICKS | 18.975 millions of dollars
58° | JERAMI GRANT, DETROIT PISTONS | 19.05 millions of dollars
57° | ZACH LAVINE, CHICAGO BULLS | 19.5 millions of dollars
56° | DANILO GALLINARI, ATLANTA HAWKS | 19.5 millions of dollars
55° | GARY HARRIS, ORLANDO MAGIC | 19.6 millions of dollars
54° | DOMANTAS SABONIS, INDIANA PACERS | 19.8 millions of dollars
53° | JULIUS RANDLE, NEW YORK KNICKS | 19.85 millions of dollars
52° | MALCOLM BROGDON, INDIANA PACERS | 20.7 millions of dollars
51° | VICTOR OLADIPO, MIAMI HEAT | 21millions of dollars
50° | FRED VANVLEET, TORONTO RAPTORS | 21.25 millions of dollars
49° | HARRISON BARNES, SACRAMENTO KINGS | 22.2 millions of dollars
48° | DRAYMOND GREEN, GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS | 22.24 millions of dollars
47° | LAMARCUS ALDRIDGE, SAN ANTONIO SPURS | 24 millions of dollars
46° | BUDDY HIELD, SACRAMENTO KINGS | 24.9 millions of dollars
45° | JAYLEN BROWN, BOSTON CELTICS | 25 millions of dollars
44° | JRUE HOLIDAY, MILWAUKEE BUCKS | 25.87 millions of dollars
43° | NIKOLA VUCEVIC, ORLANDO MAGIC | 26 millions of dollars
42° | RUDY GOBERT, UTAH JAZZ | 26.77 millions of dollars
40° | BRANDON INGRAM, NEW ORLEANS PELICANS | 27.28 millions of dollars
40° JAMAL MURRAY, DENVER NUGGETS | 27.28 millions of dollars
39° | AL HORFORD, OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER | 27.5 millions of dollars
38° | GIANNIS ANTETOKOUNMPO, MILWAUKEE BUCKS | 27.53 millions of dollars
37° | DEMAR DEROZAN, SAN ANTONIO SPURS | 27.74 millions of dollars
36° | OTTO PORTER, ORLANDO MAGIC | 28.49 millions of dollars
35° | GORDON HAYWARD, CHARLOTTE HORNETS | 28.5 millions of dollars
34° | D'ANGELO RUSSELL, MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES | 28.65 millions of dollars
32° | ANDRE DRUMMOND, CLEVELAND CAVALIERS | 28.75 millions of dollars
32° | BRADLEY BEAL, WASHINGTON WIZARDS | 28.75 millions of dollars
31° | CJ MCCOLLUM, PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS | 29.35 millions of dollars
28° | DEVIN BOOKER, PHOENIX SUNS | 29.47 millions of dollars
28° | KARL-ANTHONY TOWNS, MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES | 29.47 millions of dollars
28° | KRISTAPS PORZINGIS, DALLAS MAVERICKS | 29.47 millions of dollars
25° | JOEL EMBIID, PHILADELPHIA 76ERS | 29.54 millions of dollars
25° | ANDREW WIGGINS, GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS | 29.54 millions of dollars
25° | NIKOLA JOKIC, DENVER NUGGETS | 29.54 millions of dollars
24° | STEVEN ADAMS, NEW ORLEANS PELICANS | 29.59 millions of dollars
23° | KYLE LOWRY, TORONTO RAPTORS | 30.5 millions of dollars
21° | PASCAL SIAKAM, TORONTO RAPTORS | 30.56 millions of dollars
21° BEN SIMMONS, PHILADELPHIA 76ERS | 30.56 millions of dollars
20° | KEVIN LOVE, CLEVELAND CAVALIERS | 31.23 millions of dollars
19° | DAMIAN LILLARD, PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS | 31.63 millions of dollars
18° | ANTHONY DAVIS, LOS ANGELES LAKERS | 32.74 millions of dollars
17° | KHRIS MIDDLETON, MILWAUKEE BUCKS | 33.05 millions of dollars
16° | KYRIE IRVING, BROOKLYN NETS | 33.46 millions of dollars
15° | BLAKE GRIFFIN, DETROIT PISTONS | 33.9 millions of dollarsi (with buyout, now at BROOKLYN NETS)
14° | TOBIAS HARRIS, PHILADELPHIA 76ERS | 34.36 millions of dollars
11° | JIMMY BUTLER, MIAMI HEAT | 34.34 millions of dollars
11° | KAWHI LEONARD, L.A. CLIPPERS | 34.34 millions of dollars
11° | KEMBA WALKER, BOSTON CELTICS | 34.34 millions of dollars
10° | MIKE CONLEY, UTAH JAZZ | 34.5 millions of dollars
9° | KLAY THOMPSON, GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS | 35.4 millions of dollars
8° | PAUL GEORGE, L.A. CLIPPERS | 35.45 millions of dollars
7° | KEVIN DURANT, BROOKLYN NETS | 39.06 millions of dollars
6° | LEBRON JAMES, LOS ANGELES LAKERS | 39.2 millions of dollars
4° | JOHN WALL, HOUSTON ROCKETS | 41.25 millions of dollars
4° | JAMES HARDEN, BROOKLYN NETS | 41.25 millions of dollars
2° | RUSSELL WESTBROOK, WASHINGTON WIZARDS | 41.4 millions of dollars
2° | CHRIS PAUL, PHOENIX SUNS | 41.4 millions of dollars
1° | STEPHEN CURRY, GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS | 43 millions of dollars