💰 Highest Paid NBA Players 2025-26

📑 Table of Contents

└ LeBron James └ Stephen Curry └ Kevin Durant └ Giannis Antetokounmpo └ Nikola Jokic

LeBron James

$48.7M

The first active NBA billionaire. $500M+ from Nike alone. SpringHill Entertainment. Part-owner of multiple businesses. The most commercially successful athlete in NBA history.

Stephen Curry

$55.8M

The highest-paid player in NBA history by salary. Under Armour deal worth $215M. Changed basketball AND the shoe market.

Kevin Durant

$51.2M

Boardroom investments worth $300M+. Invested in Coinbase pre-IPO. One of the smartest investor-athletes in sports.

Giannis Antetokounmpo

$48.8M

From selling trinkets on the streets of Athens to a $228M supermax contract. The most inspiring rags-to-riches story in modern sports.

Nikola Jokic

$51.4M

The $270M man. Signed the richest contract in NBA history. Still looks like he'd rather be racing horses in Serbia.