How much do basketball players get paid?

Of the 379 active players in the league, nine players had salaries of $507,336, which is the minimum under the collective bargaining agreement between the league and the players union. This is in stark contrast to Kobe Bryant, making $23.5 million for the 2014-2015 season to be the highest paid player in the league. read more

Looking at NBA money from a salary standpoint, the NBA paid players $1.9 billion in 2011 on nearly $4 billion in revenue. By 2013, total player salary money had climbed to $2 billion, but NBA revenue jumped to $4.6 billion. In 2015 the NBA paid players $2.3 billion on an estimated $5 billion in revenue. read more