NBA salary evolution: Jordan is the first person to earn 30 million yuan in annual salary, and the annual salary of SGA will reach 75 million yuan in 30-31 season

Today, basketball media Pisou Na Linha | NBA posted a post about the evolution of NBA players' salaries.

According to statistics, the 1946-47 season was the first season of the NBA. Joe Falkes was the highest-paid player at that time and received an annual salary of "up to" $8,000!

The first player to earn $50,000 an annual salary was Wilt Chamberlain, who became the highest salary in the league with a salary of $65,000 in the 1960-61 season.

The first player to earn $100,000 per year is Bill Russell, who is the league's salary king in the 1965-66 season.

The first player to earn $500,000 per year is Ernie DiGregorio, who is the league's salary king in the 1973-74 season.

In the 1979-80 season, Moses Malone and Bill Walton became the first players to earn $1 million in annual salary!

Larry Bird was the first player to earn more than $5 million annually, and his annual salary in the 1991-92 season reached $7 million.

In the 1994-95 season, Johnson, the "Magic" who tried to return to the league, became the first player in NBA history to earn more than $10 million a year.

The records in the following years were constantly refreshed: Patrick Ewing's annual salary exceeded $15 million in the 1995-96 season, while Michael Jordan reached $30 million in the 1996-97 season.

It is worth mentioning that after Jordan's second retirement, the league has never had a contract of this level again, and it was not until Kobe Bryant finally broke this record again in the 2012-13 season.

Jordan's salary in the last two years at the Bulls was very special. By the way, this is also the only two seasons in Jordan's career that he has become the highest-paid player in the league.

Apart from Jordan, the first player to earn more than $20 million per year is Kevin Garnett (2001-02 season). The next year, he became the first player to have an annual salary of over $25 million!

Since then, Stephen Curry has become the first player to have an annual salary of 35 million, 40 million, 45 million, 50 million and 55 million US dollars. He will also become the first player to have an annual salary of more than 60 million US dollars in the 2026-27 season!

Joel Embiid, Jason Tatum and Shea Gilgers Alexander will be the first players to earn more than $65 million in the 2028-29 season.

Tatum and Alexander will be the first players to earn more than $70 million in the 2029-30 season.

Alexander will become the first player to earn more than $75 million in the 2030-31 season.

source:bong da 7m