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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, power forwards, small forwards and point guards stacked up financially, and next we’ll check out the shooting guard position. All told, NBA teams have committed approximately $432,763,125 in salary this season to the men who man the two spot around the league. The average salary for a shooting guard this season is a respectable $3,934,210, with Kobe Bryant topping the list with a hefty $25,000,000 to help him ride off into the sunset at the end of the season.

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 shooting guards 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. Kobe Bryant (Lakers) — $25,000,000
2. Dwyane Wade (Heat) — $20,000,000
3. Jimmy Butler (Bulls) — $16,407,500
4. Wesley Matthews (Mavericks) — $16,407,500
5. James Harden (Rockets) — $15,756,438
6. Eric Gordon (Pelicans) — $15,514,031
7. Klay Thompson (Warriors) — $15,501,000
8. Khris Middleton (Bucks) — $14,700,000
9. Nicolas Batum (Hornets) — $13,125,306
10. Tyreke Evans (Pelicans) — $10,734,586
11. Monta Ellis (Pacers) — $10,300,000
12. DeMar DeRozan (Raptors) — $10,050,000
13. Danny Green (Spurs) — $10,000,000
14. Alec Burks (Jazz) — $9,463,484
15. Iman Shumpert (Cavaliers) — $8,988,765
16. Corey Brewer (Rockets) — $8,229,375
17. Arron Afflalo (Knicks) — $8,000,000
18. O.J. Mayo (Bucks) — $8,000,000
19. Avery Bradley (Celtics) — $7,730,000
20. Kevin Martin (Timberwolves) — $7,085,000
21. J.J. Redick (Clippers) — $7,085,000
22. Lou Williams (Lakers) — $7,000,000
23. Jodie Meeks (Pistons) — $6,270,000
24. Marco Belinelli (Kings) — $6,060,606
25. Gerald Henderson (Blazers) — $6,000,000
26. Andrew Wiggins (Timberwolves) — $5,758,680
27. Kyle Korver (Hawks) — $5,746,479
28. Bradley Beal (Wizards) — $5,694,674
29. Jamal Crawford (Clippers) — $5,675,000
30. Courtney Lee (Grizzlies) — $5,675,000
31. Victor Oladipo (Magic) — $5,192,520
32. Dion Waiters (Thunder) — $5,138,430
33. J.R. Smith (Cavaliers) — $5,000,000
34. Mike Miller (Nuggets) — $4,582,368 (This amount includes the $3,083,181 he is owed by the Blazers, who waived him)
35. Vince Carter (Grizzlies) — $4,088,019
36. Alan Anderson (Wizards) — $4,000,000
37. Mario Hezonja (Magic) — $3,741,480
38. Bojan Bogdanovic (Nets) — $3,425,510
39. Anthony Morrow (Thunder) — $3,344,000
40. K.J. McDaniels (Rockets) — $3,189,794
41. Ben McLemore (Kings) — $3,156,600
42. Randy Foye (Nuggets) — $3,135,000
43. Jeremy Lamb (Hornets) — $3,034,356
44. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (Pistons) — $2,891,760
45. Nik Stauskas (Sixers) — $2,869,440
46. Manu Ginobili (Spurs) — $2,814,000
47. Sonny Weems (Suns) — $2,814,000
48. C.J. McCollum (Blazers) — $2,525,160
49. Leandro Barbosa (Warriors) — $2,500,000
50. Evan Fournier (Magic) — $2,288,205
51. Zach LaVine (Timberwolves) — $2,148,360
52. Devin Booker (Suns) — $2,127,840
53. Kent Bazemore (Hawks) — $2,000,000
54. James Young (Celtics) — $1,749,840
55. Rashad Vaughn (Bucks) — $1,733,040
56. Zoran Dragic (Waived by Celtics) — $1,706,250
57. Gary Harris (Nuggets) — $1,587,480
58. Wayne Ellington (Nets) — $1,500,000
59. Jason Terry (Rockets) — $1,499,187
60. Justin Anderson (Mavericks) — $1,449,000
61. Jordan Adams (Grizzlies) — $1,404,600
62. Sasha Vujacic (Knicks) — $1,356,146
63. Rodney Hood (Jazz) — $1,348,440
64. Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (Nets) — $1,335,480
65. Tim Hardaway Jr. (Hawks) — $1,304,520
66. Andre Roberson (Thunder) — $1,210,800
67. P.J. Hairston (Hornets ) — $1,201,440
68. Archie Goodwin (Suns) — $1,160,160
69. C.J. Wilcox (Clippers) — $1,159,680
70. R.J. Hunter (Celtics) — $1,148,640
71. Ian Clark (Warriors) — $1,131,960
72. Garrett Temple (Wizards) — $1,100,602
73. Glenn Robinson III (Pacers) — $1,100,000
74. James Anderson (Kings) — $1,015,421
75. E’Twaun Moore (Bulls) — $1,015,421
76. John Jenkins (Mavericks) — $981,349
77. Jared Cunningham (Cavaliers) — $981,348
78. Allen Crabbe (Blazers) — $947,276
79. Troy Daniels (Hornets) — $947,276
80. Justin Holiday (Hawks) — $947,276
81. Hollis Thompson (Sixers) — $947,276
82. Wayne Ellington (Waived by Kings via the stretch provision) — $882,630
83. Markel Brown (Nets) — $845,059
84. James Ennis (Grizzlies) — $845,059
85. Joe Harris (Cavaliers) — $845,059
86. Nick Johnson (Waived by Nuggets) — $845,059
87. JaKarr Sampson (Sixers) — $845,059
88. Carlos Delfino (Waived by the Clippers via stretch provision) — $650,000
89. Norman Powell (Raptors) — $650,000
90. Pat Connaughton (Blazers) — $625,093
91. Aaron Harrison (Hornets) — $525,093
92. Josh Richardson (Heat) — $525,093
93. Jonathon Simmons (Spurs) — $525,093
94. Richard Hamilton — $333,333 (Waived by Bulls via stretch provision)
95. Jamaal Franklin (Waived by Grizzlies via stretch provision) — $163,297
96. Jordan Sibert (Waived by Magic) — $100,000
97. Elliot Williams (Waived by Hornets) — $80,000
98. Treveon Graham (Waived by Jazz) — $75,000
99. Terran Petteway (Waived by Hawks) — $75,000
100. Wesley Saunders (Waived by Knicks) — $75,000
101. Adonis Thomas (Waived by Pistons via stretch provision) — $60,000
102. Michael Frazier (Waived by Lakers) — $50,000
103. Marshall Henderson (Waived by Kings) — $25,000
104. Levi Randolph (Waived by Celtics) — $25,000
105. Corey Walden (Waived by Celtics) — $25,000
106. Dahntay Jones (Waived by Nets) — $17,637
107. Jabari Brown (Waived by Lakers) — $9,942
108. Jordan McRae (Waived by Sixers) — $6,178
109. Terran Petteway (Waived by Pacers) — $6,178
110. J.P. Tokoto (Waived by Sixers) — $3,089

Seven players who signed contracts with NBA teams this past summer have still yet to take the floor for their teams during the regular season this year, even as we near the midway point. It’s not uncommon for players to miss time because of injury, but it’s especially frustrating for teams and their fans when recent signees aren’t producing any on-court dividends. Still, for a few teams, encouraging news has surfaced.

Alan Anderson was on the floor shooting 3-pointers while the Wizards practiced Thursday, a sign of progress as he continues to recover from a pair of left ankle surgeries, notes Jorge Castillo of The Washington Post (Twitter link). The Warriors sent rookie Kevon Looney on a D-League rehab assignment Monday as he makes his way back from August hip surgery. Nets first-round pick Chris McCullough recently began practicing with teammates on a limited basis.

Injury isn’t always the reason why signees don’t play. Josh Huestis is healthy, but he still hasn’t seen any playing time this season for the Thunder, who’ve kept him on D-League assignment much of the year. It’s essentially an extension of last season, when the Thunder stashed him in the D-League, though this time around he’s drawing an NBA salary. His numbers at the D-League level don’t suggest he’ll give the Thunder much return on their investment any time soon, as Nate Duncan of Sports Illustrated’s “The Cauldron” blog notes via Twitter.

Pacers rookie Rakeem Christmas has also been healthy and has played on D-League assignment, but while his numbers haven’t been eye-popping, he’s averaging a fairly proficient 16.0 points and 7.8 rebounds in 32.6 minutes per game. He’s also a second-round pick in his first pro season, unlike Huestis, who’s in his second season after having been a first-round pick in 2014. Undrafted Kings signee Duje Dukan has also played in the D-League but not the NBA, but he’s suffered a tibial bone contusion that will cost him a few weeks.

Here’s a look at the 2015 offseason signees who’ve yet to make their debuts this season, with their respective contract information in parentheses:

• Alan Anderson, Wizards (one year, $4MM)
• Rakeem Christmas, Pacers (four years, $4.3MM)
• Duje Dukan, Kings (two years, $1,399,729)
• Mike Dunleavy, Bulls (three years, $14,512,500)
• Josh Huestis, Thunder (four years, $5,817,886)
• Kevon Looney, Warriors (four years, $5,775,721)
• Chris McCullough, Nets (four years, $5,817,886)

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

Thursday was the final day for NBA teams to waive players who had any non-guaranteed salary without it becoming guaranteed, and few took advantage of the opportunity to retain flexibility. Only six players hit waivers this week, meaning dozens of others have their full-season salaries locked in.

Below is a team-by-team look at what each team did with contracts that included non-guaranteed salary entering this week. Note that the salaries listed are the amount the team pays. Some of those players are veterans of more than two seasons who are on minimum-salary contracts that are partially funded by the league, so they earn more than the figure listed. Also, note that not all the salary that was partially guaranteed is listed. That’s because most of the players with partial guarantees had already earned more than those amounts by virtue of sticking on their respective rosters as long as they had.

Bucks

• No non-guaranteed contracts

Bulls

• Kept Cameron Bairstow ($845,059 — $425K had been partially guaranteed)
• Kept Cristiano Felicio ($525,093)

Cavaliers

• Kept Jared Cunningham ($947,276)

Celtics

• No non-guaranteed contracts

Clippers

• Kept Luc Mbah a Moute ($947,276)

Grizzlies

• Kept James Ennis ($845,059)
• Kept JaMychal Green ($845,059)
• Waived Ryan Hollins ($596,227)

Hawks

• Kept Mike Muscala ($947,276)
• Kept Lamar Patterson ($525,093)

Heat

• No non-guaranteed contracts

Hornets

• Kept Aaron Harrison ($525,093)

Jazz

• Kept Chris Johnson ($981,348)
• Kept Jeff Withey ($947,276)
• Waived Elijah Millsap ($845,059)

Kings

• Kept Eric Moreland ($845,059)

Knicks

• Kept Langston Galloway ($845,059 — $440K had been partially guaranteed)

Lakers

• Kept Metta World Peace ($947,276)
• Kept Tarik Black ($845,059)
• Kept Marcelo Huertas ($525,093)

Magic

• No non-guaranteed contracts

Mavericks

• Kept JaVale McGee ($1,270,964 — $750K had been partially guaranteed)

Nets

• Kept Donald Sloan ($947,276)

Nuggets

• Waived Kostas Papanikolaou ($800,321 — $350K had been partially guaranteed)

Pacers

• No non-guaranteed contracts

Pelicans

• Kept Toney Douglas ($1,164,858)

Pistons

• No non-guaranteed contracts

Raptors

• No non-guaranteed contracts

Rockets

• No non-guaranteed contracts

Sixers

• Kept Robert Covington ($1MM)
• Kept Hollis Thompson ($947,276)
• Kept Ish Smith ($947,276)
• Kept JaKarr Sampson ($845,059)
• Kept T.J. McConnell ($525,093)
• Waived Christian Wood ($525,093)

Spurs

• Kept Matt Bonner ($947,276 — $749,594 had been partially guaranteed)
• Kept Rasual Butler ($947,276)

Suns

• Waived Cory Jefferson ($845,059)
• Waived Bryce Cotton ($700,902)

Thunder

• No non-guaranteed contracts

Timberwolves

• No non-guaranteed contracts

Trail Blazers

• Kept Tim Frazier ($845,059)
• Kept Cliff Alexander ($525,093)
• Kept Luis Montero ($525,093)

Warriors

• Kept Ian Clark ($947,276 — $473,636 had been partially guaranteed)
• Kept James Michael McAdoo ($845,059)

Wizards

• No non-guaranteed contracts

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

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, power forwards and small forwards stacked up financially, and next we’ll check out the point guard position. All told, NBA teams have committed a total of $478,273,888 in salary this season to the men who make the offenses go around the league. The average salary for a point guard this season is a solid $4,469,849 with Chris Paul topping the list with the more than respectable amount of $21,468,696 to account for on his year-end W-2 form.

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 point guards 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. Chris Paul (Clippers) — $21,468,696
2. Derrick Rose (Bulls) — $20,093,064
3. Russell Westbrook (Thunder) — $16,744,218
4. Kyrie Irving (Cavaliers) — $16,407,500
5. John Wall (Wizards) — $15,851,950
6. Goran Dragic (Heat) — $14,783,000
7. Reggie Jackson (Pistons) — $13,913,044
8. Eric Bledsoe (Suns) — $13,500,000
9. Brandon Knight (Suns) — $13,500,000
10. Tony Parker (Spurs) — $13,437,500
11. Ricky Rubio (Timberwolves) — $12,700,000
12. Ty Lawson (Rockets) — $12,404,496
13. Kyle Lowry (Raptors) — $12,000,000
14. Kemba Walker (Hornets) — $12,000,000
15. Stephen Curry (Warriors) — $11,370,786
16. Deron Williams (Mavericks) — $10,853,761 [Includes the $5,474,787 he will be paid by the Nets, who waived him via the stretch provision).
17. Jrue Holiday (Pelicans) — $10,595,507
18. Mike Conley (Grizzlies) — $9,588,426
19. Rajon Rondo (Kings) — $9,500,000
20. Brandon Jennings (Pistons) — $8,344,497
21. George Hill (Pacers) — $8,000,000
22. Jeff Teague (Hawks) — $8,000,000
23. Jose Calderon (Knicks) — $7,402,812
24. Cory Joseph (Raptors) — $7,000,000
25. Rodney Stuckey (Pacers) — $7,000,000
26. Isaiah Thomas (Celtics) — $6,912,869
27. Greivis Vasquez (Bucks) — $6,600,000
28. Patrick Beverley (Rockets) — $6,486,486
29. Jarrett Jack (Nets) — $6,300,000
30. Shaun Livingston (Warriors) — $5,543,725
31. D’Angelo Russell (Lakers) — $5,103,120
32. Darren Collison (Kings) — $5,013,559
33. C.J. Watson (Magic) — $5,000,000
34. Jameer Nelson (Nuggets) — $4,345,000
35. Mario Chalmers (Grizzlies) — $4,300,000
36. J.J Barea (Mavericks) — $4,290,000
37. Damian Lillard (Trail Blazers) — $4,236,287
38. Devin Harris (Mavericks) — $4,053,446
39. Raymond Felton (Mavericks) — $3,950,313
40. Dante Exum (Jazz) — $3,777,720
41. Patty Mills (Spurs) — $3,578,947
42. Marcus Smart (Celtics) — $3,431,040
43. Austin Rivers (Clippers) — $3,110,796
44. Emmanuel Mudiay (Nuggets) — $3,105,240
45. Norris Cole (Pelicans) — $3,036,927
46. D.J. Augustin (Thunder) — $3,000,000
47. Jerryd Bayless (Bucks) — $3,000,000
48. Kirk Hinrich (Bulls) — $2,854,940
49. Brian Roberts (Hornets) — $2,854,940
50. Trey Burke (Jazz) — $2,658,240
51. Elfrid Payton (Magic) — $2,505,720
52. Shelvin Mack (Hawks) — $2,433,333
53. Michael Carter-Williams (Bucks) — $2,399,040
54. Aaron Brooks (Bulls) — $2,250,000
55. Tony Wroten (Waived by Sixers) — $2,179,353
56. Steve Blake (Pistons) — $2,170,465
57. Ramon Sessions (Wizards) — $2,170,465
58. Beno Udrih (Heat) — $2,170,465
59. Kendall Marshall (Sixers) — $2,144,772
60. Jeremy Lin (Hornets) — $2,139,000
61. Gary Neal (Wizards) — $2,139,000
62. Mo Williams (Cavaliers) — $2,100,000
63. Cameron Payne (Thunder) — $2,021,520
64. Terry Rozier (Celtics) — $1,824,360
65. Toney Douglas (Pelicans) — $1,764,858 (Includes the $600,000 he is owed by the Pacers, who waived him)
66. Dennis Schröder (Hawks) — $1,763,400
67. Tyler Ennis (Bucks) — $1,662,360
68. Jerian Grant (Knicks) — $1,572,360
69. Delon Wright (Raptors) — $1,509,360
70. Shane Larkin (Nets) — $1,500,000
71. Andre Miller (Timberwolves) — $1,499,187
72. Ronnie Price (Suns) — $1,499,187
73. Pablo Prigioni (Clippers) — $1,421,348 (Includes the $440,000 he is owed by the Nuggets, who waived him)
74. Shabazz Napier (Magic) — $1,294,440
75. Tyus Jones (Timberwolves) — $1,282,080
76. Matthew Dellavedova (Cavaliers) — $1,147,276
77. Ish Smith (Sixers) — $1,100,602
78. Donald Sloan (Nets) — $1,015,421
79. Joseph Young (Pacers) — $1,007,026
80. Isaiah Canaan (Sixers) — $947,276
81. Ray McCallum (Spurs) — $947,276
82. Seth Curry (Kings) — $947,276
83. Raul Neto (Jazz) — $900,000
84. Jordan Clarkson (Lakers) — $845,059
85. Spencer Dinwiddie (Pistons) — $845,059
86. Tim Frazier (Trail Blazers) — $845,059
87. Langston Galloway (Knicks) — $845,059
88. Tyler Johnson (Heat) — $845,059
89. Russ Smith (Waived by Grizzlies) — $845,059
90. Pierre Jackson (Waived by Sixers) — $750,000
91. Bryce Cotton (Waived by Suns) — $700,902
92. Jimmer Fredette (Waived by Sixers and Pelicans) — $579,388
93. Marcelo Huertas (Lakers) — $525,093
94. T.J. McConnell (Sixers) — $525,093
95. Jordan Farmar (Waived by Clippers via stretch provision) — $510,922
96. Gal Mekel (Waived by Mavericks) — $315,759
97. Scottie Wilbekin (Waived by Sixers) — $200,000
98. Phil Pressey (Waived by Sixers and Jazz) — $195,027
99. Keith Appling (Waived by Magic) — $100,000
100. Erick Green (Waived by Nuggets) — $100,000
101. Ryan Boatright (Waived by Nets) — $75,000
102. Lorenzo Brown (Waived by the Timberwolves) — $75,000
103. Travis Trice (Waived by the Knicks) — $50,000
104. Nate Robinson (Waived by Pelicans) — $44,094
105. Shannon Scott (Waived by Raptors) — $25,000
106. Eric Atkins (Waived by Jazz) — $6,178