1. NBA Players’ Salaries
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2. Index Top 10 NBA Players’ Salaries NBA Team Salaries
Top 40 NBA Players by Nationlity
NBA Players Nationalities
International Players
Years Played per Player
Top 10 Players Points Per Game
Salary Cap Boost

3. Top 40
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4. NBA Team Salaries
Team
Sum of Salary of Top Players
Atlanta Hawks
$43,252,308
Boston Celtics
$26,540,100
Brooklyn Nets
$21,165,675
Charlotte Hornets
$20,869,566
Chicago Bulls
$40,752,209
Cleveland Cavaliers
$69,767,188
Dallas Mavericks
$42,145,838
Detroit Pistons
$17,200,000
Golden State Warriors
$16,663,575
Houston Rockets
$18,735,364
Indiana Pacers
$18,314,532
LA Clippers
$43,009,666
Los Angeles Lakers
$18,000,000
Memphis Grizzlies
$69,822,525
Miami Heat
$23,741,060
Milwaukee Bucks
$17,145,838
New Orleans Pelicans
$22,116,750
New York Knicks
$62,882,632
Oklahoma City Thunder
Orlando Magic
$34,000,000
Portland Trail Blazers
$59,221,868
Sacramento Kings
$16,957,900
San Antonio Spurs
$38,213,068
Utah Jazz
$16,073,140
Washington Wizards
$39,074,650
Grand Total
$812,811,290
With the NBA’s salary cap increasing by $22 million this summer, the league’s top 10 highest-paid players list has equal parts new, old, and surprising faces. The NBA’s new television rights deal (tied with the agreed upon revenue split between the players’ union and owners in the collective bargaining agreement) begins in the upcoming season and the extra revenue lifted the salary cap from $72 million to $94 million for every team.
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5. Top 40 NBA Players by Nationality
Rank
Name
Nationality
Foreign 1
LeBron James
USA No 2
Mike Conley 3
Al Horford 4
Dirk Nowitzki
Germany 5
Carmelo Anthony 6
Damian Lillard 7
Chris Bosh 8
Dwyane Wade 9
Dwight Howard 10
Chris Paul 11
Chandler Parsons 12
Bradley Beal 13
Anthony Davis 14
Derrick Rose 15
Marc Gasol
Spain 16
Brook Lopez 17
Kevin Love 18
Nicolas Batum
France 19
LaMarcus Aldridge 20
Blake Griffin 21
Paul Millsap 22
Ryan Anderson 23
Allen Crabbe 24
Paul George 25
Luol Deng 26
Kawhi Leonard 27
Kyrie Irving 28
Jimmy Butler 29
Tobias Harris 30
Enes Kanter
Turkey 31
Greg Monroe 32
Wesley Matthews 33
Evan Fournier 34
Bismack Biyombo
Congo 35
Joakim Noah 36
John Wall 37
DeMarcus Cousins 38
Klay Thompson 39
Evan Turner 40
Gordon Hayward
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6. NBA Players Nationalities
In the National Basketball Association foreign NBA players are also known as international players—are those who were born outside of the United States. Players who were born in U.S. overseas territories, such as Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam, are considered international players even if they are U.S. citizens. In some borderline cases, the NBA takes into consideration whether a player desires to be identified as international.
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7. International Players
As of the 2015–16 season, Canada has produced the most foreign players, with 32. From European countries, Serbia has produced 25 players. Brazil is the leading South American contributor with a total of 17 players. Nigeria has produced the most NBA players of any African nation with 14 players, while Australia has produced a total of 18 players.
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8. Years Played per Player
NBA Players come into the league most oftenly at a very young age and stay in the league for most of, if not all of their careers. The NBA offers very high salaries, as well as high quality of basketball facilities, trainings, and coaching, which players cannot find in almost anywhere else in the world.
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10. NBA Players Top 10 Average Points
Rank
Name
Average Points scored per game 1
LeBron James
29.5 2
Mike Conley
26.0 3
Al Horford
24.5 4
Dirk Nowitzki
27.0 5
Carmelo Anthony
30.2 6
Damian Lillard
28.6 7
Chris Bosh 8
Dwyane Wade
26.8 9
Dwight Howard 10
Chris Paul
The average points per game per player in the NBA is 10 points. Over 10 points per game in the NBA is impressive, and over 20 points per game is even great. The best players in the league achieve marks much higher, with averages of over 25, or even 30 points per game. Occasionally, these best players have outburst performances of over 40 or 50… and sometimes even 60 points in a single game!
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11. Salary Cap Boost
There's going to be a massive, one-time increase in the NBA's salary cap when the league's new television deal kicks in before the season, Brian Windhorst of ESPN reports.
The current cap is $66.3 million. By our math, it will jump to $88.8 million in — the biggest single-year increase in league history.
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