1987-88 NBA Salaries [From the Detroit Free Press with thanks to Michael Siewenie for sending me the players' salaries info] Team Payrolls Team Payroll 1. Boston Celtics $9,283,833 2. Los Angeles Lakers $9,107,250 3. New York Knicks $7,458,766 4. Houston Rockets $7,015,666 5. Milwaukee Bucks $6,622,834 6. Atlanta Hawks $6,584,200 7. New Jersey Nets $6,372,516 8. Washington Bullets $6,342,500 9. Philadelphia 76ers $6,197,183 10. Los Angeles Clippers $6,110,708 11. Detroit Pistons $5,905,500 12. Denver Nuggets $5,897,791 13. Utah Jazz $5,780,000 14. Sacramento Kings $5,776,000 15. Phoenix Suns $5,202,100 16. Portland Trailblazers $5,190,386 17. Golden State Warriors $5,147,700 18. Seattle Supersonics $5,096,000 19. Chicago Bulls $5,014,330 20. Indiana Pacers $4,997,493 21. San Antonio Spurs $4,898,500 22. Dallas Mavericks $4,855,536 23. Cleveland Cavaliers $4,282,115 0 players will earn $3 million or more 5 players will earn $2 to 3 million 21 players will earn $1 to 2 million The league minimum was $75,000 Average: $459,204 [303 players] Top 25 players 1. Patrick Ewing (NY) $2,750,000 2. Magic Johnson (LAL) $2,500,000 3. Moses Malone (Was) $2,067,000 4. Robert Parish (Bos) $2,038,333 5. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (LAL) $2,000,000 6. Larry Bird (Bos) $1,800,000 7. Ralph Sampson (GS) $1,735,000 8. Jack Sikma (Mil) $1,600,000 9. Alex English (Den) $1,500,000 10. Dominique Wilkins (Atl) $1,460,000 11. Akeem Olajuwon (Hou) $1,452,666 12. Terry Cummings (Mil) $1,330,000 13. Joe Barry Carroll (Hou) $1,325,000 14. Buck Williams (NJ) $1,315,000 15. Kevin McHale (Bos) $1,300,000 16. Orlando Woolridge (NJ) $1,200,000 17. Bill Cartwright (NY) $1,135,000 18. Tree Rollins (Atl) $1,117,000 19. James Worthy (LAL) $1,100,000 20. Benoit Benjamin (LAC) $1,082,000 21. Sam Bowie (Por) $1,055,000 22. David Robinson (SA) $1,046,000 23. Maurice Cheeks (Phi) $1,000,000 23. Bernard King (Was) $1,000,000 23. Wayman Tisdale (Ind) $1,000,000 23. Mel Turpin (Uta) $1,000,000 NBA SALARIES Atlanta Hawks Total: $6,584,200 Dominique Wilkins .............. 1,460,000 Tree Rollins ................... 1,117,000 Chris Washburn ................. 777,200 Jon Koncak ..................... 675,000 Doc Rivers ..................... 450,000 Antoine Carr ................... 400,000 Kevin Willis ................... 395,000 Cliff Levingston ............... 350,000 Randy Wittman .................. 350,000 Spud Webb ...................... 225,000 Scott Hastings ................. 210,000 John Battie .................... 100,000 Leon Wood ...................... 75,000 Boston Celtics Total: $9,283,833 Robert Parish .................. 2,038,333 Larry Bird ..................... 1,800,000 Kevin McHale ................... 1,300,000 Jim Paxson ..................... 875,000 Artis Gilmore .................. 863,000 Dennis Johnson ................. 832,500 Danny Ainge .................... 625,000 Bill Walton .................... 425,000 Fred Roberts ................... 200,000 Dirk Minniefield ............... 100,000 Mark Acres ..................... 75,000 Reggie Lewis ................... 75,000 Brad Lohaus .................... 75,000 Chicago Bulls Total: $5,014,330 Michael Jordan ................. 845,000 Scottie Pippen ................. 725,000 Dave Corzine ................... 700,000 Horace Grant ................... 500,000 Charles Oakley ................. 465,000 Sam Vincent .................... 392,500 Brad Sellers ................... 381,830 Rory Sparrow ................... 325,000 John Paxson .................... 285,000 Mike Brown ..................... 220,000 Granville Waiters .............. 100,000 Elston Turner .................. 75,000 Cleveland Cavaliers Total: $4,282,115 Brad Daugherty ................. 887,500 Larry Nance .................... 625,000 Ron Harper ..................... 555,500 Phil Hubbard ................... 450,060 Kent Benson .................... 350,000 John Williams .................. 349,055 Dell Curry ..................... 250,000 Mike Sanders ................... 240,000 Craig Ehlo ..................... 175,000 Mark Price ..................... 175,000 Chris Dudley ................... 75,000 Johnny Rogers .................. 75,000 Kevin Henderson ................ 75,000 Dallas Mavericks Total: $4,855,536 Sam Perkins .................... 755,000 Mark Aguirre ................... 715,700 Rolando Blackman ............... 541,736 James Donaldson ................ 500,000 Derek Harper ................... 475,000 Roy Tarpley .................... 460,000 Detlef Schrempf ................ 390,000 Uwe Blab ....................... 260,000 Brad Davis ..................... 243,100 Bill Wennington ................ 240,000 Jim Farmer ..................... 175,000 Steve Alford ................... 100,000 Denver Nuggets Total: $5,897,791 Alex English ................... 1,500,000 Calvin Natt .................... 808,000 Wayne Cooper ................... 650,000 Fat Lever ...................... 457,500 Danny Schayes .................. 425,000 Jay Vincent .................... 415,625 Bill Hanzlik ................... 366,666 T.R. Dunn ...................... 350,000 Blair Rasmussen ................ 300,000 Maurice Martin ................. 225,000 Mike Evans ..................... 165,000 Michael Adams .................. 160,000 Michael Brooks ................. 75,000 Detroit Pistons Total: $5,905,500 Adrian Dantley ................. 950,000 Isiah Thomas ................... 750,000 William Bedford ................ 637,500 Vinnie Johnson ................. 633,000 Bill Laimbeer .................. 630,000 James Edwards .................. 600,000 Rick Mahorn .................... 575,000 Joe Dumars ..................... 400,000 John Salley .................... 335,000 Chuck Nevitt ................... 160,000 Dennis Rodman .................. 160,000 Ralph Lewis .................... 75,000 Golden State Warriors Total: $5,147,700 Ralph Sampson .................. 1,735,000 Chris Mullin ................... 800,000 Larry Smith .................... 600,000 Jerome Whitehead ............... 400,000 Tellis Frank ................... 353,000 Terry Teagle ................... 350,000 Steve Harris ................... 180,000 Rod Higgins .................... 150,000 Ben McDonald ................... 135,000 Dave Feitl ..................... 124,700 Otis Smith ..................... 95,000 Tony White ..................... 75,000 Dave Hoppen .................... 75,000 Winston Garland ................ 75,000 Houston Rockets Total: $7,015,666 Akeem Olajuwon ................. 1,452,666 Joe Barry Carroll .............. 1,325,000 Rodney McCray .................. 925,000 Sleepy Floyd ................... 625,000 Cedric Maxwell ................. 551,000 Robert Reid .................... 450,000 Purvis Short ................... 425,000 Jim Petersen ................... 367,000 Allen Leavell .................. 250,000 World Free ..................... 200,000 Buck Johnson ................... 195,000 Lester Conner .................. 175,000 Andre Turner ................... 75,000 Indiana Pacers Total: $4,997,493 Wayman Tisdale ................. 1,000,000 Herb Williams .................. 983,333 Steve Stipanovich .............. 710,000 Chuck Person ................... 565,660 John Long ...................... 375,000 Vern Fleming ................... 257,500 Reggie Miller .................. 254,000 Ron Anderson ................... 200,000 Stuart Gray .................... 200,000 Greg Dreiling .................. 180,000 Scott Skiles ................... 172,000 Clinton Wheeler ................ 100,000 Los Angeles Clippers Total: $6,110,708 Benoit Benjamin ................ 1,082,000 Norm Nixon ..................... 985,000 Michael Cage ................... 810,000 Larry Drew ..................... 600,000 Reggie Williams ................ 600,000 Mike Woodson ................... 375,000 Darnell Valentine .............. 300,000 Joe Wolf ....................... 283,708 Earl Cureton ................... 265,000 Ken Norman ..................... 250,000 Greg Kite ...................... 200,000 Quintin Dailey ................. 135,000 Steve Burtt .................... 75,000 Claude Gregory ................. 75,000 Eric White ..................... 75,000 Los Angeles Lakers Total: $9,107,250 Magic Johnson .................. 2,500,000 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ............ 2,000,000 James Worthy ................... 1,100,000 Mychal Thompson ................ 712,000 Michael Cooper ................. 676,500 Byron Scott .................... 600,000 Kurt Rambis .................... 525,000 Billy Thompson ................. 230,000 A.C. Green ..................... 218,750 Mike Smrek ..................... 200,000 Wes Matthews ................... 120,000 Milt Wagner .................... 75,000 Jeff Lamp ...................... 75,000 Tony Campbell .................. 75,000 Milwaukee Bucks Total: $6,622,834 Jack Sikma ..................... 1,600,000 Terry Cummings ................. 1,330,000 Sidney Moncrief ................ 784,000 Paul Pressey ................... 750,000 John Lucas ..................... 600,000 Paul Mokeski ................... 350,000 Randy Breuer ................... 312,500 Jay Humphries .................. 290,000 Ricky Pierce ................... 225,000 Jerry Reynolds ................. 181,334 Larry Krystkowiak .............. 125,000 John Stroeder .................. 75,000 New Jersey Nets Total: $6,372,516 Buck Williams .................. 1,315,000 Orlando Woolridge .............. 1,200,000 Tim McCormick .................. 675,000 Otis Birdsong .................. 500,000 John Bagley .................... 475,000 Roy Hinson ..................... 420,000 Dennis Hopson .................. 400,850 Pearl Washington ............... 310,000 Keith Lee ...................... 301,666 Kevin McKenna .................. 150,000 Tony Brown ..................... 135,000 Chris Engler ................... 125,000 Dallas Comegys ................. 115,000 Mike O'Koren ................... 100,000 Dudley Bradley ................. 75,000 Duane Washington ............... 75,000 New York Knicks Total: $7,458,766 Patrick Ewing .................. 2,750,000 Bill Cartwright ................ 1,135,000 Pat Cummings ................... 712,000 Sidney Green ................... 700,000 Kenny Walker ................... 575,000 Louis Orr ...................... 450,000 Trent Tucker ................... 325,000 Johnny Newman .................. 275,000 Gerald Wilkins ................. 246,666 Mark Jackson ................... 115,100 Rick Carlisle .................. 100,000 Sedric Toney ................... 75,000 Philadelphia 76ers Total: $6,197,183 Maurice Cheeks ................. 1,000,000 Charles Barkley ................ 822,500 Andrew Toney ................... 700,000 Cliff Robinson ................. 682,600 Mike Gminski ................... 675,000 Danny Vranes ................... 517,000 Albert King .................... 370,000 Gerald Henderson ............... 339,250 Ben Coleman .................... 275,000 David Wingate .................. 258,333 Christian Welp ................. 257,500 Bob Thornton ................... 125,000 Mark McNamara .................. 100,000 David Henderson ................ 75,000 Phoenix Suns Total: $5,202,100 Walter Davis ................... 750,000 Armon Gilliam .................. 700,000 Alvan Adams ................... 675,000 Eddie Johnson .................. 675,000 Kevin Johnson .................. 536,100 Mark West ...................... 412,000 Craig Hodges ................... 325,000 James Bailey ................... 300,000 Jeff Cook ...................... 175,000 Bernard Thompson ............... 150,000 Tyrone Corbin .................. 125,000 Kenny Gattison ................. 110,000 Winston Crite .................. 100,000 Jeff Hornacek .................. 94,000 Ron Moore ...................... 75,000 Portland Trailblazers Total: $5,190,386 Sam Bowie ...................... 1,055,000 Kiki Vandeweghe ................ 961,000 Steve Johnson .................. 650,000 Maurice Lucas .................. 395,500 Clyde Drexler .................. 350,000 Terry Porter ................... 251,700 Caldwell Jones ................. 250,000 Jerry Sichting ................. 250,000 Charles Jones .................. 200,520 Ronnie Murphy .................. 191,666 Jerome Kersey .................. 190,000 Kevin Duckworth ................ 175,000 Richard Anderson ............... 150,000 Michael Holton ................. 120,000 Sacramento Kings Total: $5,776,000 Derek Smith .................... 900,000 Reggie Theus ................... 800,000 LaSalle Thompson ............... 636,000 Kenny Smith .................... 600,000 Joe Kleine ..................... 575,000 Terry Tyler .................... 475,000 Mike McGee ..................... 350,000 Ed Pinckney .................... 347,500 Otis Thorpe .................... 337,500 Jawann Oldham .................. 280,000 Harold Pressley ................ 240,000 Conner Henry ................... 120,000 Michael Jackson ................ 115,000 San Antonio Spurs Total: $4,898,500 David Robinson ................. 1,046,000 Mike Mitchell .................. 750,000 David Greenwood ................ 700,000 Alvin Robertson ................ 425,000 Johnny Dawkins ................. 330,000 Kurt Nimphius .................. 310,000 Walter Berry ................... 287,500 Frank Brickowski ............... 240,000 Jon Sundvoid ................... 200,000 Greg Anderson .................. 185,000 Petur Gudmundsson .............. 175,000 Ed Nealy ....................... 100,000 Pete Myers ..................... 75,000 Ricky Wilson ................... 75,000 Seattle Supersonics Total: $5,096,000 Tom Chambers ................... 950,000 Xavier McDaniel ................ 875,000 Alton Lister ................... 835,000 Clemon Johnson ................. 502,000 Derrick McKey .................. 355,000 Olden Polynice ................. 350,000 Dale Ellis ..................... 325,000 Sedale Threatt ................. 270,000 Russ Schoene ................... 250,000 Danny Young .................... 130,000 Nate McMillan .................. 129,000 Kevin Williams ................. 125,000 Utah Jazz Total: $5,780,000 Mel Turpin ..................... 1,000,000 Kelly Tripucka ................. 971,000 Karl Malone .................... 835,000 Darrell Griffith ............... 685,000 Mark Eaton ..................... 625,000 Thurl Bailey ................... 549,000 Rickey Green ................... 312,000 John Stockton .................. 278,000 Bobby Hansen ................... 200,000 Marc Iavaroni .................. 175,000 Bart Kofoed .................... 75,000 Scott Roth ..................... 75,000 Washington Bullets Total: $6,342,500 Moses Malone ................... 2,067,000 Bernard King ................... 1,000,000 Jeff Malone .................... 600,000 Terry Catledge ................. 410,000 Darrell Walker ................. 400,000 Frank Johnson .................. 325,000 John Williams .................. 308,000 Muggsy Bogues .................. 250,000 Charles Jones .................. 250,000 Mark Alarie .................... 232,500 Manute Bol ..................... 200,000 Jay Murphy ..................... 150,000 Steve Colter ................... 150,000 ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html