Plans are already on for the next season of the world’s most lucrative basketball league, the NBA, and as expected, another money-spinning campaign is coming. Top players are expected to rake in millions of dollars in base salaries from the respective franchises as the competition for the lucrative championship kicks in.
There is a weird sensation about how much NBA players, or athletes in general, make in a year. Everybody wants to know the details and a lot of people are talking about it.
Some deserve their respective salaries more than others, but that’s not for us to decide. Here are the best earning players (NBA salary alone) of the upcoming 2023-24 season:
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Stephen Curry – $51,915,615
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Kevin Durant – $47,649,433
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Nikola Jokic – $47,607,350
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LeBron James – $47,607,350
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Joel Embiid – $47,607,350
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Bradley Beal – $46,741,590
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Paul George – $45,640,084
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Kawhi Leonard – $45,640,084
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Giannis Antetokounmpo – $45,640,084
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Damian Lillard – $45,640,084
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Jimmy Butler – $45,183,960
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Klay Thompson – $43,219,440