From 2.5M to 40M: The Highest Paid Players Per Season in The NBA (1984-2020)

A timeline history of the highest-paid NBA players since the salary cap was introduced in 1984, the late David Stern's first full season as commissioner of the NBA.  

The letter after each player's name represents the player's position (C - center, PF - power forward, SF - small forward, PG - point guard, and SG - shooting guard).

Sources:  www.espn.com/nba/salarieshttps://hoopshype.com/salaries/players/The Patricia Bender archive Data presented on seasons 1986/7 and 1989/90 is based on our own online research (no sufficient data in the sources above)

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