The highest-paid NBA players of all time

Thanks to the NBA’s skyrocketing TV contracts and smaller rosters, a basketball career can be quite lucrative compared to other major sports.

This is especially true for the stars of today and the athletes who played a large chunk of their careers between the late 1990s and the 2011 lockout. Those years led to some large contracts for players we might not consider among the all-time greats.

10. Pau Gasol — $215.0 million

Seasons: 18

Highest single-season salary: $19.3 million

Championships: 2

All-Star Games: 6

NBA First-team All-NBA: 0

9. Chris Paul ― $222.5 million

Seasons: 13

Highest single-season salary: $35.7 million

Championships: 0

All-Star Games: 9

NBA First-team All-NBA: 4

8. Dwight Howard — $234.5 million

Seasons: 15

Highest single-season salary: $23.2 million

Championships: 0

All-Star Games: 8

NBA First-team All-NBA: 5

7. Carmelo Anthony ― $238.3 million

Seasons: 16

Highest single-season salary: $26.2 million

Championships: 0

All-Star Games: 10

NBA First-team All-NBA: 0

6. Tim Duncan ― $240.1 million

Seasons: 19

Highest single-season salary: $22.2 million

Championships: 5

All-Star Games: 15

NBA First-team All-NBA: 10

5. Dirk Nowitzki ― $251.6 million

Seasons: 21

Highest single-season salary: $25.0 million

Championships: 1

All-Star Games: 13

NBA First-team All-NBA: 4

4. LeBron James ― $269.5 million

Seasons: 16

Highest single-season salary: $35.7 million

Championships: 3

All-Star Games: 14

NBA First-team All-NBA: 12

3. Shaquille O’Neal ― $286.3 million

Seasons: 19

Highest single-season salary: $27.7 million

Championships: 4

All-Star Games: 15

NBA First-team All-NBA: 8

2. Kobe Bryant ― $323.3 million

Seasons: 20

Highest single-season salary: $30.5 million

Championships: 5

All-Star Games: 18

NBA First-team All-NBA: 11

1. Kevin Garnett ― $334.3 million

Seasons: 21

Highest single-season salary: $28 million

Championships: 1

All-Star Games: 15

NBA First-team All-NBA: 4

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