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The salaries of the 1990s are nowhere near what players enjoy today, even after adjusting for inflation. Still, in that decade there were some absolute outliers relative to what most players were making.
The most outstanding example is the year Michael Jordan won his fifth NBA title. In that 1996-97 season, he earned more than $30 million. That amount represented 3.75 percent of the total NBA salary expenditure that year. If Air Jordan played under those same conditions today, he would have earned almost 200 million dollars in the 2024-25 season!
Below, take a look at the most outlier NBA salaries since 1990, which is as far as our data goes back.
1. 1996-97 Michael Jordan
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Actual salary: $30,140,000
Percentage of NBA salary expenditure: 3.75 percent
That 3.75 percent would amount to a salary of $196.6 million in $2024-25
2. 1997-98 Michael Jordan
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Actual salary: $33,140,000
Percentage of NBA salary expenditure: 3.49 percent
That 3.49 percent would amount to a salary of $183.2 million in $2024-25
3. 1995-96 Patrick Ewing
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Actual salary: $18,724,000
Percentage of NBA salary expenditure: 2.59 percent
That 2.59 percent would amount to a salary of $135.5 million in $2024-25
4. 1994-95 Magic Johnson
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Actual salary: $14,660,000
Percentage of NBA salary expenditure: 2.45 percent
That 2.45 percent would amount to a salary of $128.4 million in $2024-25
5. 1997-98 Patrick Ewing
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Actual salary: $20,500,000
Percentage of NBA salary expenditure: 2.16 percent
That 2.16 percent would amount to a salary of $113.3 million in $2024-25
6. 1991-92 Larry Bird
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Actual salary: $7,070,000
Percentage of NBA salary expenditure: 1.91 percent
That 1.91 percent would amount to a salary of $100.3 million in $2024-25
7. 1996-97 Horace Grant
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Actual salary: $14,857,000
Percentage of NBA salary expenditure: 1.85 percent
That 1.85 percent would amount to a salary of $96.9 million in $2024-25
8. 1998-99 Patrick Ewing
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Actual salary: $18,500,000
Percentage of NBA salary expenditure: 1.73 percent
That 1.73 percent would amount to a salary of $90.7 million in $2024-25
9. 2003-04 Kevin Garnett
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Actual salary: $28,000,000
Percentage of NBA salary expenditure: 1.67 percent
That 1.67 percent would amount to a salary of $87.8 million in $2024-25
10. 2004-05 Shaquille O'Neal
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Actual salary: $27,696,430
Percentage of NBA salary expenditure: 1.56 percent
That 1.56 percent would amount to a salary of $81.9 million in $2024-25
11. 2002-03 Kevin Garnett
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Actual salary: $25,200,000
Percentage of NBA salary expenditure: 1.51 percent
That 1.51 percent would amount to a salary of $79.1 million in $2024-25
12. 1997-98 Horace Grant
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Actual salary: $14,285,714
Percentage of NBA salary expenditure: 1.51 percent
That 1.51 percent would amount to a salary of $79.0 million in $2024-25
13. 2003-04 Shaquille O'Neal
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Actual salary: $24,749,999
Percentage of NBA salary expenditure: 1.48 percent
That 1.48 percent would amount to a salary of $77.6 million in $2024-25
14. 1990-91 Patrick Ewing
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Actual salary: $4,250,000
Percentage of NBA salary expenditure: 1.45 percent
That 1.45 percent would amount to a salary of $75.9 million in $2024-25
15. 2013-14 Kobe Bryant
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Actual salary: $30,453,000
Percentage of NBA salary expenditure: 1.44 percent
That 1.44 percent would amount to a salary of $75.4 million in $2024-25
16. 2001-02 Kevin Garnett
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Actual salary: $22,400,000
Percentage of NBA salary expenditure: 1.44 percent
That 1.44 percent would amount to a salary of $75.3 million in $2024-25
17. 2002-03 Shaquille O'Neal
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Actual salary: $23,571,429
Percentage of NBA salary expenditure: 1.41 percent
That 1.41 percent would amount to a salary of $74.0 million in $2024-25
18. 1998-99 Shaquille O'Neal
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Actual salary: $15,000,000
Percentage of NBA salary expenditure: 1.40 percent
That 1.40 percent would amount to a salary of $73.5 million in $2024-25
19. 1996-97 Reggie Miller
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Actual salary: $11,250,000
Percentage of NBA salary expenditure: 1.40 percent
That 1.40 percent would amount to a salary of $73.4 million in $2024-25
20. 1998-99 David Robinson
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Actual salary: $14,841,000
Percentage of NBA salary expenditure: 1.39 percent
That 1.39 percent would amount to a salary of $72.7 million in $2024-25
21. 2001-02 Shaquille O'Neal
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Actual salary: $21,428,572
Percentage of NBA salary expenditure: 1.37 percent
That 1.37 percent would amount to a salary of $72.1 million in $2024-25
22. 1997-98 Shaquille O'Neal
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Actual salary: $12,857,143
Percentage of NBA salary expenditure: 1.36 percent
That 1.36 percent would amount to a salary of $71.1 million in $2024-25
23. 1995-96 Clyde Drexler
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Actual salary: $9,810,000
Percentage of NBA salary expenditure: 1.35 percent
That 1.35 percent would amount to a salary of $71.0 million in $2024-25
24. 1992-93 David Robinson
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Actual salary: $5,720,000
Percentage of NBA salary expenditure: 1.33 percent
That 1.33 percent would amount to a salary of $69.9 million in $2024-25
25. 1996-97 Shaquille O'Neal
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Actual salary: $10,714,000
Percentage of NBA salary expenditure: 1.33 percent
That 1.33 percent would amount to a salary of $69.9 million in $2024-25
This article originally appeared on Hoops Hype: The most outlier NBA salaries on record
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