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NBA Draft Earnings TrackerNBA Draft Earnings Tracker

Highest earnings per round and pick for the NBA Draft.

Highest Earnings per Round

Round Year Player Draft Team Position College Earnings
1 2003 LeBron James CLE PF St. Vincent–St. Mary High School $431,859,107
2 2012 Khris Middleton DET SF Texas A&M $194,368,452


Highest Earnings per Pick

Pick Year Player Draft Team Position College Earnings
1 2003 LeBron James CLE PF St. Vincent–St. Mary High School $431,859,107
2 2007 Kevin Durant OKC SF Texas $350,297,591
3 2009 James Harden OKC SG Arizona State $301,660,574
4 2005 Chris Paul NOH PG Wake Forest $359,109,419
5 2008 Kevin Love MEM PF California-Los Angeles $265,818,402
6 2012 Damian Lillard POR PG Weber State $233,708,358
7 2009 Stephen Curry GSW PG Davidson $302,806,362
8 2006 Rudy Gay HOU SF Connecticut $174,781,320
9 2010 Gordon Hayward UTA SF Butler $236,884,749
10 2010 Paul George IND SG Fresno State $259,692,078
11 2011 Klay Thompson GSW SG Washington State $222,944,784
12 2013 Steven Adams OKC C Pittsburgh $145,144,832
13 2015 Devin Booker PHX SG Kentucky $130,516,653
14 2011 Marcus Morris Sr. HOU SF Kansas $89,249,640
15 2011 Kawhi Leonard IND SF San Diego State $230,926,127
16 2011 Nikola Vucevic PHI C Southern California $154,338,639
17 2009 Jrue Holiday PHI SG California-Los Angeles $219,128,885
18 2010 Eric Bledsoe OKC PG Kentucky $128,052,507
19 2011 Tobias Harris CHA PF Tennessee $209,233,355
20 2012 Evan Fournier DEN SG $126,527,226
21 2006 Rajon Rondo PHX PG Kentucky $115,777,250
22 2008 Courtney Lee ORL SG Western Kentucky $74,196,509
23 2002 Tayshaun Prince DET SF Kentucky $80,448,048
24 2006 Kyle Lowry MEM PG Villanova $245,366,160
25 2008 Nicolas Batum HOU SF $187,412,357
26 2008 George Hill SAS PG IUPUI $112,353,436
27 2013 Rudy Gobert DEN C $176,207,582
28 2001 Tony Parker SAS PG $165,843,436
29 2011 Cory Joseph SAS PG Texas $71,183,160
30 2011 Jimmy Butler CHI SF Marquette $218,065,231
31 2001 Gilbert Arenas GSW SG Arizona $163,475,636
32 2012 Tomas Satoransky WAS SG $44,926,724
33 2010 Hassan Whiteside SAC C Marshall $102,311,664
34 2012 Jae Crowder CLE SF Marquette $65,978,835
35 2008 DeAndre Jordan LAC C Texas A&M $171,090,136
36 2016 Malcolm Brogdon MIL PG Virginia $87,532,562
37 2018 Gary Trent Jr. SAC SG Duke $37,335,624
38 2011 Chandler Parsons HOU SF Florida $126,998,919
39 2012 Khris Middleton DET SF Texas A&M $194,368,452
40 2005 Monta Ellis GSW SG Lanier High School (MS) $103,387,740
41 2014 Nikola Jokic DEN C $150,517,445
42 2009 Patrick Beverley LAL PG $78,831,398
43 2004 Trevor Ariza NYK SF California-Los Angeles $116,874,668
44 2013 Mike Muscala DAL C Bucknell $24,125,766
45 2008 Goran Dragic SAS PG $154,378,483
46 2009 Danny Green CLE SG North Carolina $103,403,518
47 2006 Paul Millsap UTA PF Louisiana Tech $192,540,558
48 2007 Marc Gasol LAL C $181,665,456
49 2005 Andray Blatche WAS C South Kent School $46,264,434
50 2011 LaVoy Allen PHI PF Temple $15,439,356
51 2003 Kyle Korver NJN SG Creighton $83,721,338
52 2017 Edmond Sumner NOP PG Xavier $8,772,969
53 2009 Nando De Colo SAS PG $6,520,500
54 2018 Shake Milton DAL SG Southern Methodist $6,901,390
55 2009 Patty Mills POR PG Saint Mary's $74,717,896
56 2005 Amir Johnson DET C Westchester High School (CA) $78,383,687
57 2005 Marcin Gortat PHX C $93,766,877
58 2016 Abdel Nader BOS SF Iowa State $7,815,888
59 2019 Dewan Hernandez TOR C Miami $842,166
60 2011 Isaiah Thomas SAC PG Washington $35,512,375