The typical Golden State Warriors player makes $3.8 million a year. The highest paid Warriors player makes $15.5 million and the lowest makes $290,000. As a team, the Warriors make $201 million per year total from TV, tickets, licensing and other sources.
The tables below show all the Warriors money facts, including how much money the Warriors make by game, by year and by player. The Warriors will make about $4.1 million in bonuses if they win the NBA Championship this year, but that’s nothing compared to how a Finals win can boost a team’s earning power in future years.
The average Warriors player salary is $5.9 million, but that number is skewed by high-paid players like Klay Thompson with $15.5 million or Draymond Green with $14.3 million. The typical Warriors player doesn’t do much worse than average, with a salary of $3.8 million. Of the 15 players on the Warriors roster, seven make less than that. Power forward Anderson Varejao is the lowest paid Warrior and earns a comparatively low $290,000 per year.
Golden State Warriors Money Facts
How Much Money Do the Warriors Make? | |
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How much money the Warriors make per game (team) | $1,675,000 |
How much money the Warriors make per game (average money per player) | $49,372 |
How much money the Warriors make per year (team) | $201,000,000 |
How much money the Warriors make if they win finals (whole team bonus) | $4,100,000 |
How much money the Warriors make if they lose a game | $1,675,000 |
Average Warriors player salary | $5,924,600 |
Typical (median) Warriors salary | $3,815,000 |
Highest paid Warriors player | $15,501,000 |
Lowest paid Warriors player | $289,755 |
Most underpaid Warriors player | Stephen Curry ($11,370,786) |
Total money all Warriors players made in 2015-2016 | $88,868,997 |
How much the Warriors are worth (Forbes estimate) | $1.9 billion |
Also see: How Much Money Does an NBA Player Make?
Golden State Warriors Salary List
Golden State Warriors Salaries | ||
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Warriors Player | Position | Salary (Cap) |
Klay Thompson | Shooting Guard | $15,501,000 |
Draymond Green | Small Forward | $14,260,870 |
Andrew Bogut | Center | $13,800,000 |
Andre Iguodala | Shooting Guard | $11,710,456 |
Stephen Curry | Point Guard | $11,370,786 |
Shaun Livingston | Point Guard | $5,543,725 |
Harrison Barnes | Small Forward | $3,873,398 |
Marreese Speights | Center | $3,815,000 |
Leandro Barbosa | Shooting Guard | $2,500,000 |
Festus Ezeli | Center | $2,008,748 |
Brandon Rush | Shooting Guard | $1,270,964 |
Kevon Looney | Small Forward | $1,131,960 |
Ian Clark | Shooting Guard | $947,276 |
James McAdoo | Small Forward | $845,059 |
Anderson Varejao | Power Forward | $289,755 |
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How Much Money Do the Warriors Make if they Win Finals?
The third and perhaps the best answer to the question, “How much money do the Warriors make if they win finals” concerns their future earning power. A finals win traditionally carries higher future player salaries. It also improves ticket sales, endorsement deals and sales of merchandise. Take a look at just the team’s valuation. In 2010, owners Peter Gruber and Joe Lacob bought the Warriors for $450 million. According to Forbes, the team is now worth $1.9 billion. Their 2015 Championship win is very probably responsible for nearly half that gain.
How much the players benefited from the 2015 NBA finals win is difficult to estimate. However, it’s not unlikely that salaries and endorsement deals could climb by 60% or more. For a comparison, check out our article on how much money NFL players make if they win the Super Bowl. In that article, we show data on five past Super Bowl Winners who saw their earnings climb by 67% to 200% after a Super Bowl win. How much would that translate to for the Warriors’ players? Take a look at Stephen Curry as an example. Curry’s current salary is $11.4 million. A 30% bump to his salary would put him in range of $15 million. A similar endorsement boost would push him up to over $30 million a year.
Will a huge earnings boost apply if the Warriors win their second championship in a row? It’s hard to say. In some ways the law of diminishing returns applies for consecutive wins. A championship win in one year may cause a 30% rise in player earnings. It may cause a similar boost to ticket sales and sales of merchandise. A second win may come across financially as preaching to the choir. The extra earnings may already be priced in to some extent. That said, there’s something to be said for the increased fervor around a team that seems unstoppable. It’s possible another championship win in 2016 could inflate the Warriors earnings once again.
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Average Warriors Player Salary
Average Warriors player salary | $5,924,600 |
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Typical (median) Warriors salary | $3,815,000 |
Highest paid Warriors player | $15,501,000 |
Lowest paid Warriors player | $289,755 |
1. Klay Thompson: $15,501,000
Klay Thompson Money Info | |
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Salary | $15,501,000 |
Money per game | $129,175 |
Money per point | $8,753 |
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2. Draymond Green: $14,260,870
Draymond Green Money Info | |
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Salary | $14,260,870 |
Money per game | $118,841 |
Money per point | $12,609 |
Apparently, Green likes to celebrate Warriors wins by dumping water on legendary point guard Stephen Curry’s head. The video below shows a little post game horseplay between the two players.
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3. Andrew Bogut: $13,800,000
Andrew Bogut Money Info | |
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Salary | $13,800,000 |
Money per game | $115,000 |
Money per point | $36,800 |
Related: Dwyane Wade Net Worth
4. Andre Iguodala: $11,710,456
The fourth highest Warriors money maker is Andre Iguodala with $11.7 million a year. The 6’6″ 32 year old NBA small forward and shooting guard makes about $97,000 a game. With 457 points so far this season, he makes $25,625 every time he scores a point. Iguodala signed in 2004 with the Philadelphia 76ers. He was traded to the Denver Nuggets in 2012 and signed with the Warriors in 2013. His current contract is a $48,000,000 four-year deal that gives him about $12 million a year. He has earned over $107 million in salary money so far in his career. He has been fined only $8,000 in his career. That’s low with $2,000 per foul for only four technical fouls. Iguodala was the NBA Finals MVP in 2015 and an NBA All-Star in 2012.
Andre Iguodala Money Info | |
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Salary | $11,710,456 |
Money per game | $97,587 |
Money per point | $25,625 |
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5. Stephen Curry: $11,370,786
Curry injured his ankle in game one of NBA finals against the Houston Rockets. It’s unclear exactly how serious the injury is as of 4/20/16. An MRI didn’t show anything worrying, but Curry had said the injury was tender. Also, Coach Steve Kerr said he didn’t like the way Curry was moving during the game two warmup. So far the remainder of the Warriors roster seems to be taking up the slack just fine with a game two win against the Rockets.
Stephen Curry Money Info | |
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Salary | $11,370,786 |
Money per game | $94,757 |
Money per point | $4,788 |
Related: Stephen Curry Net Worth
Interested in learning more about NBA salaries? Check out our article on how much money an NBA player makes. It’s got all the info on NBA player salary, from average and median salary data to the salaries of the top ten NBA players. We’ve also got data on the total NBA salary purse and how it’s grown over the years.
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