Top 10 NBA players who snagged $200M+ contracts with their teams for 2024-25 NBA season

The NBA’s second apron, ratified in April last year, has been implemented to give more parity to competition. Teams do not have the same flexibility before to spend and acquire players. The move was designed to blunt the advantage of big-market franchises and spread the talent around in the league.

Still, some players are getting the bag. Despite the salary cap restrictions and luxury tax thresholds, some of the biggest superstars in the league have signed over $200 million in contracts.

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Players with $200 million contracts heading into 2024-25 NBA season

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#1. Tyrese Maxey (5 years, $203.8 million)

Tyrese Maxey was a restricted free agent with the Philadelphia 76ers this offseason after his four-year, $12.5 million contract ran out. Once Sixers president of basketball operations Daryl Morey landed Paul George, he quickly took care of the team’s NBA All-Star point guard.

On Monday, Maxey signed a five-year, $203.8 million deal to keep him in Philly, unless traded, until the 2028-29 season. The former Kentucky guard’s contract is the eighth biggest in the NBA heading into the 2024-25 season.

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#2. LaMelo Ball (5 years, $203.8 million)

LaMelo Ball signed a designated rookie contract extension roughly a year ago. He signed a five-year, $203.8 million deal which will kick in next season. Ball’s first year will be in the Charlotte Hornets’ book for $35.1 million.

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