The Highest-Paid NBA Player on Every Team

You can page through NBA statistics to see which players are leading the league in scoring, rebounding and more — if you want a stat, the NBA is tracking it.

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But GOBankingRates wanted to check a different kind of number, to see which players are bringing in the most money from each franchise, and how much of the team’s salary cap is devoted to that player.

The average highest-paid player is 29 years old, with a base salary of $30,586,862. That accounts to 23.81% of total cap space — all spent on that one player.

That’s an average, of course, and teams devote different amounts to their highest-paid players. The Pistons are paying Jerami Grant just 16.6% of their total cap space, while the Phoenix Suns are giving Chris Paul a whopping 32.54%.

Read on to see each franchise’s highest-paid player.

• Age: 32
• Position: Power forward
• Base Salary: $19.5 million
• Cap Figure: $19.5 million
• % of Total Cap Space Spent on Highest-Paid Player: 16.93%

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• Age: 30
• Position: Point guard
• Base Salary: $34,379,100
• Cap Figure: $34,379,100
• % of Total Cap Space Spent on Highest-Paid Player: 26.1%

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• Age: 31
• Position: Shooting guard
• Base Salary: $41,254,920
• Cap Figure: $41,254,920
• % of Total Cap Space Spent on Highest-Paid Player: 24.85%

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• Age: 30
• Position: Small forward
• Base Salary: $28.5 million
• Cap Figure: $28.5 million
• % of Total Cap Space Spent on Highest-Paid Player: 26.56%

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• Age: 29
• Position: Center
• Base Salary: $26 million
• Cap Figure: $26 million
• % of Total Cap Space Spent on Highest-Paid Player: 20.56%

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• Age: 32
• Position: Power forward
• Base Salary: $31,258,256
• Cap Figure: $31,258,256
• % of Total Cap Space Spent on Highest-Paid Player: 24.94%

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• Age: 25
• Position: Power forward
• Base Salary: $29,467,800
• Cap Figure: $29,467,800
• % of Total Cap Space Spent on Highest-Paid Player: 23.45%

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• Age: 25
• Position: Center
• Base Salary: $28,542,009
• Cap Figure: $29,542,010
• % of Total Cap Space Spent on Highest-Paid Player: 23.03%

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• Age: 26
• Position: Power forward
• Base Salary: $19.05 million
• Cap Figure: $19.05 million
• % of Total Cap Space Spent on Highest-Paid Player: 16.6%

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• Age: 32
• Position: Point guard
• Base Salary: $43,006,362
• Cap Figure: $43,006,362
• % of Total Cap Space Spent on Highest-Paid Player: 25.49%

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• Age: 30
• Position: Point guard
• Base Salary: $41,254,920
• Cap Figure: $41,254,920
• % of Total Cap Space Spent on Highest-Paid Player: 32.32%

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• Age: 27
• Position: Point guard
• Base Salary: $20.7 million
• Cap Figure: $20.7 million
• % of Total Cap Space Spent on Highest-Paid Player: 16.17%

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• Age: 30
• Position: Shooting guard
• Base Salary: $35,450,412
• Cap Figure: $35,450,412
• % of Total Cap Space Spent on Highest-Paid Player: 25.96%

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• Age: 35
• Position: Small forward
• Base Salary: $39,219,565
• Cap Figure: $39,219,565
• % of Total Cap Space Spent on Highest-Paid Player: 28.74%

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• Age: 28
• Position: Center
• Base Salary: $15 million
• Cap Figure: $15 million
• % of Total Cap Space Spent on Highest-Paid Player: 11.42%

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• Age: 31
• Position: Small forward
• Base Salary: $34,379,100
• Cap Figure: $34,379,100
• % of Total Cap Space Spent on Highest-Paid Player: 26.07%

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• Age: 29
• Position: Small forward
• Base Salary: $33,051,724
• Cap Figure: $33,051,724
• % of Total Cap Space Spent on Highest-Paid Player: 25.16%

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• Age: 24
• Position: Center
• Base Salary: $29,467,800
• Cap Figure: $29,467,800
• % of Total Cap Space Spent on Highest-Paid Player: 22.33%

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• Age: 27
• Position: Center
• Base Salary: $27,528,088
• Cap Figure: $27,528,088
• % of Total Cap Space Spent on Highest-Paid Player: 21.14%

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• Age: 25
• Position: Power forward
• Base Salary: $18.9 million
• Cap Figure: $18.9 million
• % of Total Cap Space Spent on Highest-Paid Player: 19.77%

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• Age: 34
• Position: Power forward
• Base Salary: $27.5 million
• Cap Figure: $27.5 million
• % of Total Cap Space Spent on Highest-Paid Player: 27.21%

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• Age: 32
• Position: Small forward
• Base Salary: $28,489,238
• Cap Figure: $28,489,238
• % of Total Cap Space Spent on Highest-Paid Player: 24.95%

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• Age: 28
• Position: Small forward
• Base Salary: $34,358,850
• Cap Figure: $34,358850
• % of Total Cap Space Spent on Highest-Paid Player: 23.63%

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• Age: 35
• Position: Point guard
• Base Salary: $41,358,814
• Cap Figure: $41,358,814
• % of Total Cap Space Spent on Highest-Paid Player: 32.54%

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• Age: 30
• Position: Point guard
• Base Salary: $31,626,953
• Cap Figure: $31,626,353
• % of Total Cap Space Spent on Highest-Paid Player: 24.35%

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• Age: 27
• Position: Shooting guard
• Base Salary: $24,201,834
• Cap Figure: $24,701,834
• % of Total Cap Space Spent on Highest-Paid Player: 20.72%

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• Age: 31
• Position: Shooting guard
• Base Salary: $27,739,975
• Cap Figure: $27,739,975
• % of Total Cap Space Spent on Highest-Paid Player: 21.97%

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• Age: 26
• Position: Power forward
• Base Salary: $30,559,200
• Cap Figure: $30,559,200
• % of Total Cap Space Spent on Highest-Paid Player: 24.03%

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• Age: 32
• Position: Point guard
• Base Salary: $34,502,132
• Cap Figure: $34,502,132
• % of Total Cap Space Spent on Highest-Paid Player: 25.38%

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• Age: 31
• Position: Point guard
• Base Salary: $41,358,814
• Cap Figure: $41,358,814
• % of Total Cap Space Spent on Highest-Paid Player: 31.93%

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Photo Disclaimer: Please note photos are for representational purposes only and may not reflect the player’s current team.

Methodology: For this piece GOBankingRates used Spotrac’s National Basketball League (NBA) team financials for the 2020-2021 season to find the highest-paid player on every NBA team in terms of cap hit. For each team, GOBankingRates found (1) the name of the highest-paid player in terms of cap hit; (2) the player’s age; (3) position played; (4) base salary; (5) total cap hit; and (6) percent of team’s total cap is accounted for by the player’s salary. All data was collected on and up to date as of March 29, 2021.