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The NBA's Highest-Paid Players 2014
#1 Kobe Bryant
Total earnings: $64.5 million
Salary: $30.5 million
Endorsements: $34 million
Bryant signed a two-year, $48.5 million contract extension in November that
will keep his on-court salary tops in the NBA.
#2 LeBron James
Total earnings: $61.1 million
Salary: $19.1 million
Endorsements: $42 million
The NBA's top pitchman counts Nike, McDonald's, Coca-Cola, Samsung and
Dunkin' Donuts among his partners.
#3 Derrick Rose
Total earnings: $38.6 million
Salary: $17.6 million
Endorsements: $21 million
Injuries have derailed Rose the past three seasons, but he receives his full
Bulls salary and income from a $185 million, 13-year Adidas deal.
#4 Kevin Durant
Total earnings: $31.8 million
Salary: $17.8 million
Endorsements: $14 million
The three-time scoring champ joined Jay Z's Roc Nation Sports in June as the
agency's first NBA client.
#5 Dwyane Wade
Total earnings: $30.7 million
Salary: $18.7 million
Endorsements: $12 million
Wade sells his own neckties and socks in addition to having endorsement deals
with Li-Ning, Gatorade, Hublot, Pepperidge Farm and Dove.
#6 Carmelo Anthony
Total earnings: $30.4 million
Salary: $21.4 million
Endorsements: $9 million
This summer Melo is expected to opt out of the final year of his $23.3
million Knicks contract, in return for a richer, long-term deal.
#7 Amar'e Stoudemire
Total earnings: $28.2 million
Salary: $21.7 million
Endorsements: $6.5 million
The six-time All-Star has one year left on the $99.7 million contract he
signed with the Knicks in July 2010.
#8 Dwight Howard
Total earnings: $26.5 million
Salary: $20.5 million
Endorsements: $6 million
Howard agreed to a four-year, $88 million free-agent contract with Houston in
July and still has a rich Adidas deal.
#9 Dirk Nowitzki
Total earnings: $23.2 million
Salary: $22.7 million
Endorsements: $500,000
Nowitzki's only endorsement agreement is with Nike. The former MVP has never
employed a sports agent.
#10 Chris Paul
Total earnings: $22.7 million
Salary: $18.7 million
Endorsements: $4 million
Paul inked a five-year, $107.3 million deal with the Clippers in July and was
elected president of the National Basketball Players Association a month
later.