2015/16 Salary Rankings: Small Forwards

Hoops Rumors is in the process of ranking the cap hit for each NBA player by position. We already ran down how the league’s centers and power forwards stacked up financially, and next we’ll check out the small forward position. All told, NBA teams have committed a total of $449,009,117 in salary this season to the men who man the three spot around the league. The average cap hit for a small forward this season is a solid $4,359,312, with Joe Johnson topping the list with the exorbitant sum of $24,894,863 to account for on his year-end W-2 form.

It should be noted that teams won’t necessarily pay out every dollar listed here. There are quite a few players who have non-guaranteed or partially guaranteed contracts. Some of those players will be sweating it out until January 7th. That’s when teams must waive players with no specific guarantee date written into their contracts to avoid having to guarantee their salaries for the rest of the season. In addition, incentive clauses that a player either triggers or fails to meet can leave a player with more or less money than his cap hit reflects.

Still, the purpose of this list is to show the relative pay scale by position, which is why all contracts are included in this post. The league’s small forwards are listed below, in descending order of salary. Please note that the official roster for each team was used for determining what position we listed each player under, and some of the players below may spend time at other spots on the hardwood:

  1. Joe Johnson (Nets) — $24,894,863
  2. LeBron James (Cavaliers) — $22,970,500
  3. Carmelo Anthony (Knicks) — $22,875,000
  4. Kevin Durant (Thunder) — $20,158,622
  5. Paul George (Pacers) — $17,120,106
  6. Kawhi Leonard (Spurs) — $16,407,500
  7. Tobias Harris (Magic) — $16,000,000
  8. Gordon Hayward (Jazz) — $15,409,570
  9. Chandler Parsons (Mavericks) — $15,361,500
  10. Danilo Gallinari (Nuggets) — $14,000,000
  11. DeMarre Carroll (Raptors) — $13,600,000
  12. Rudy Gay (Kings) — $12,403,101
  13. Andre Iguodala (Warriors) — $11,710,456
  14. Wilson Chandler (Nuggets) — $10,449,438
  15. Luol Deng (Heat) — $10,151,612
  16. Gerald Wallace (Waived by Sixers) — $10,105,855
  17. Jeff Green (Grizzlies) — $9,450,000
  18. Lance Stephenson (Clippers) — $9,000,000
  19. Trevor Ariza (Rockets) — $8,193,030
  20. Al-Farouq Aminu (Trail Blazers) — $8,042,895
  21. Jae Crowder (Celtics) — $6,796,117
  22. Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (Hornets) — $6,331,404
  23. Martell Webster (Waived by Wizards) — $5,613,500
  24. P.J. Tucker (Suns) — $5,500,000
  25. Tony Allen (Grizzlies) — $5,168,000
  26. Chase Budinger (Pacers) — $5,000,000
  27. Otto Porter (Wizards) — $4,662,960
  28. Mike Dunleavy (Bulls) — $4,500,000
  29. Kyle Singler (Thunder) — $4,500,000
  30. C.J. Miles (Pacers) — $4,394,225
  31. Thabo Sefolosha (Hawks) — $4,000,000
  32. Harrison Barnes (Warriors) — $3,873,398
  33. Steve Novak (Thunder) — $3,750,001
  34. Terrence Ross (Raptors) — $3,553,917
  35. Matt Barnes (Grizzlies) — $3,542,500
  36. Will Barton (Nuggets) — $3,533,333
  37. Evan Turner (Celtics) — $3,425,510
  38. Quincy Pondexter (Pelicans) — $3,382,023
  39. Paul Pierce (Clippers) — $3,376,000
  40. Maurice Harkless (Trail Blazers) — $2,894,059
  41. Stanley Johnson (Pistons) — $2,841,960
  42. Omri Casspi (Kings) — $2,836,186
  43. Justise Winslow (Heat) — $2,481,720
  44. Doug McDermott (Bulls) — $2,380,440
  45. Danny Granger (Waived by Pistons) — $2,170,465
  46. Joe Ingles (Jazz) — $2,150,000
  47. Shabazz Muhammad (Timberwolves) — $2,056,920
  48. T.J. Warren (Suns) — $2,041,080
  49. Perry Jones III (Waived by Celtics) — $2,038,206
  50. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Bucks) — $1,953,960
  51. Kelly Oubre (Wizards) — $1,920,240
  52. Sam Dekker (Rockets) — $1,646,400
  53. Lance Thomas (Knicks) — $1,636,842
  54. Sergey Karasev (Nets) — $1,599,840
  55. Tony Snell (Bulls) — $1,535,880
  56. Bruno Caboclo (Raptors) — $1,524,000
  57. Caron Butler (Kings) — $1,499,187
  58. Rasual Butler (Spurs) — $1,499,187
  59. Richard Jefferson (Cavaliers) — $1,499,187
  60. James Jones (Cavaliers) — $1,499,187
  61. Metta World Peace (Lakers) — $1,499,187
  62. Tayshaun Prince (Timberwolves) — $1,499,187
  63. Solomon Hill (Pacers) — $1,358,880
  64. Gerald Green (Heat) — $1,356,146
  65. Alonzo Gee (Pelicans) — $1,320,000
  66. Luc Mbah a Moute (Clippers) — $1,270,964
  67. Brandon Rush (Warriors) — $1,270,964
  68. Reggie Bullock (Pistons) — $1,252,440
  69. Marcus Thornton (Rockets) — $1,185,784
  70. Chris Copeland (Bucks) — $1,150,000
  71. Damjan Rudez (Timberwolves) — $1,149,500
  72. Kyle Anderson (Spurs) — $1,142,879
  73. Josh Huestis (Thunder) — $1,140,240
  74. Kevon Looney (Warriors) — $1,131,960
  75. Luke Babbitt (Pelicans) — $1,100,602
  76. Jeremy Evans (Mavericks) — $1,100,602
  77. Wesley Johnson (Clippers) — $1,100,602
  78. Robert Covington (Sixers) — $1,000,000
  79. Chris Johnson (Jazz) — $981,348
  80. Allen Crabbe (Trail Blazers) — $947,276
  81. Damien Inglis (Bucks) — $855,000
  82. Cleanthony Early (Knicks) — $845,059
  83. Jerami Grant (Sixers) — $845,059
  84. Devyn Marble (Magic) — $845,059
  85. James Michael McAdoo (Warriors) — $845,059
  86. JaKarr Sampson (Sixers) — $845,059
  87. Kostas Papanikolaou (Nuggets) — $800,321
  88. Michael Beasley (Waived by Suns via stretch provision) — $777,778
  89. Anthony Brown (Lakers) — $700,000
  90. Darrun Hilliard (Pistons) — $600,000
  91. Maurice Ndour (Mavericks) — $525,094
  92. Branden Dawson (Clippers) — $525,093
  93. Lamar Patterson (Hawks) — $525,093
  94. Melvin Ejim (Waived by Magic) — $150,000
  95. Thanasis Antetokounmpo (Waived by Knicks) — $75,000
  96. Darion Atkins (Waived by Knicks) — $75,000
  97. J.J. O’Brien (Waived by Jazz) — $75,000
  98. Quincy Miller (Waived by Nets) — $50,000
  99. E.J. Singler (Waived by Jazz) — $50,000
  100. Jamil Wilson (Waived by Mavericks) — $50,000
  101. Vince Hunter (Waived by Kings) — $30,000
  102. Malcolm Miller (Waived by Celtics) — $25,000
  103. Axel Toupane (Waived by Raptors) — $25,000

The Basketball Insiders salary pages were used in the creation of this post.

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