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The figures are staggering, with NBA's average player salary clocking in at $5.15 million, $1.85 million more than players in Major League Baseball who average close to $3.2 million a year. Major League Soccer rounds out the bottom of the list, with players making a relatively meager average salary of $0.16 million.
For NBA Developmental League players who arenât on a regular NBA contract, salaries are divided into two tiers, with the upper tier earning $26,000 and the lower tier earning $19,500. In contrast, Lebron James is the highest paid player in the NBA, earning just under $31 million for the 2016-2017 season. The median salary of players in the NBA system is $2.2 million, less than half of the mean average.