How much do professional basketball players make?

In 2015-16, the average NBA player makes $5.2 million, but that doesn’t mean most NBA players make that much. Look at it this way: Take a group of 1,000 people, and 999 of them have saved $30,000 and the other is Bill Gates. read more

The salary of a professional basketball player varies by team. Theaverage salary of a pro basketball player is $5.5 million. read more

By playing for one of the other basketball leagues across the globe, players can more easily earn $65,000 or more. Europe is a growing market that will often pay U.S. players $100,000 a season, while China's CBA has wooed players such as Wilson Chandler and J.R. Smith to play for between $1 and $3 million a year, tax free. read more