NBA Rookie Salary Scale – By Draft Year

Updated 1 year ago on August 19, 2021

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2017-18 – NBA ROOKIE SCALE

	1st Year	2nd Year	3rd Year	4th Year	Qualifying
Pick	Salary	Salary	Salary	Year Salary	Year Salary
1	5,855.20	6,949.90	8,121.00	26.10%	30.00%
2	5,238.80	6,218.30	7,266.10	26.20%	30.50%
3	4,704.50	5,584.00	6,525.00	26.40%	31.20%
4	4,241.70	5,034.60	5,882.90	26.50%	31.90%
5	3,841.00	4,559.10	5,327.30	26.70%	32.60%
6	3,488.60	4,140.90	4,838.70	26.80%	33.40%
7	3,184.70	3,780.10	4,417.00	27.00%	34.10%
8	2,917.60	3,463.10	4,046.50	27.20%	34.80%
9	2,681.90	3,183.30	3,719.70	27.40%	35.50%
10	2,547.70	3,024.10	3,533.50	27.50%	36.20%
11	2,420.40	2,872.90	3,357.00	32.70%	36.90%
12	2,299.40	2,729.40	3,189.30	37.80%	37.60%
13	2,184.40	2,592.90	3,029.80	42.90%	38.30%
14	2,075.30	2,463.20	2,878.40	48.10%	39.10%
15	1,971.30	2,339.90	2,734.10	53.30%	39.80%
16	1,872.90	2,223.00	2,597.70	53.40%	40.50%
17	1,779.20	2,111.90	2,467.60	53.60%	41.20%
18	1,690.30	2,006.30	2,344.40	53.80%	41.90%
19	1,614.10	1,915.90	2,238.80	54.00%	42.60%
20	1,549.50	1,839.20	2,149.00	54.20%	43.30%
21	1,487.50	1,765.70	2,063.20	59.30%	44.10%
22	1,428.10	1,695.10	1,980.70	64.50%	44.80%
23	1,371.00	1,627.30	1,901.50	69.70%	45.50%
24	1,316.20	1,562.20	1,825.60	74.90%	46.20%
25	1,263.50	1,499.70	1,752.50	80.10%	46.90%
26	1,221.60	1,450.00	1,694.30	80.30%	47.60%
27	1,186.30	1,408.20	1,645.50	80.40%	48.30%
28	1,179.10	1,399.60	1,635.30	80.50%	49.00%
29	1,170.50	1,389.30	1,623.40	80.50%	50.00%
30	1,162.10	1,379.30	1,611.80	80.50%	50.00%

2018-19 – NBA ROOKIE SCALE

	1st Year	2nd Year	3rd Year	4th Year	Qualifying
1	$6,813,200	$7,979,200	$8,359,300	26.10%	30.00%
2	$6,095,800	$7,139,200	$7,479,200	26.20%	30.50%
3	$5,474,200	$6,411,000	$6,716,400	26.40%	31.20%
4	$4,935,600	$5,780,300	$6,055,500	26.50%	31.90%
5	$4,469,400	$5,234,400	$5,483,600	26.70%	32.60%
6	$4,059,400	$4,754,100	$4,980,600	26.80%	33.40%
7	$3,705,700	$4,340,000	$4,546,600	27.00%	34.10%
8	$3,394,800	$3,975,900	$4,165,300	27.20%	34.80%
9	$3,120,700	$3,654,700	$3,828,900	27.40%	35.50%
10	$2,964,500	$3,471,900	$3,637,200	27.50%	36.20%
11	$2,816,300	$3,298,300	$3,455,500	32.70%	36.90%
12	$2,675,700	$3,133,600	$3,282,800	37.80%	37.60%
13	$2,541,800	$2,976,900	$3,118,700	42.90%	38.30%
14	$2,414,800	$2,828,100	$2,962,800	48.10%	39.10%
15	$2,293,900	$2,686,400	$2,814,300	53.30%	39.80%
16	$2,179,300	$2,552,300	$2,673,900	53.40%	40.50%
17	$2,070,300	$2,424,700	$2,540,000	53.60%	41.20%
18	$1,966,800	$2,303,500	$2,413,100	53.80%	41.90%
19	$1,878,200	$2,199,700	$2,304,500	54.00%	42.60%
20	$1,803,000	$2,111,600	$2,212,100	54.20%	43.30%
21	$1,730,800	$2,027,100	$2,123,700	59.30%	44.10%
22	$1,661,700	$1,946,200	$2,038,800	64.50%	44.80%
23	$1,595,400	$1,868,300	$1,957,400	69.70%	45.50%
24	$1,531,500	$1,793,700	$1,879,100	74.90%	46.20%
25	$1,470,200	$1,721,700	$1,803,900	80.10%	46.90%
26	$1,421,600	$1,664,700	$1,744,100	80.30%	47.60%
27	$1,380,500	$1,616,800	$1,693,700	80.40%	48.30%
28	$1,372,000	$1,606,900	$1,683,300	80.50%	49.00%
29	$1,362,000	$1,595,100	$1,671,000	80.50%	50.00%
30	$1,352,100	$1,583,500	$1,659,100	80.50%	50.00%

2019-20 – NBA ROOKIE SCALE

	1st Year	2nd Year	3rd Year	4th Year	Qualifying
1	$8,046,300	$8,448,600	$8,850,900	26.10%	30.00%
2	$7,199,100	$7,559,100	$7,919,200	26.20%	30.50%
3	$6,465,000	$6,788,200	$7,111,500	26.40%	31.20%
4	$5,828,900	$6,120,300	$6,411,800	26.50%	31.90%
5	$5,278,300	$5,542,200	$5,806,200	26.70%	32.60%
6	$4,794,100	$5,033,800	$5,273,700	26.80%	33.40%
7	$4,376,400	$4,595,300	$4,814,000	27.00%	34.10%
8	$4,009,300	$4,209,800	$4,410,300	27.20%	34.80%
9	$3,685,500	$3,869,800	$4,054,100	27.40%	35.50%
10	$3,501,000	$3,676,000	$3,851,200	27.50%	36.20%
11	$3,326,000	$3,492,300	$3,658,800	32.70%	36.90%
12	$3,160,000	$3,317,900	$3,475,900	37.80%	37.60%
13	$3,001,800	$3,152,000	$3,302,100	42.90%	38.30%
14	$2,851,900	$2,994,400	$3,137,100	48.10%	39.10%
15	$2,709,000	$2,844,500	$2,979,900	53.30%	39.80%
16	$2,573,800	$2,702,400	$2,831,300	53.40%	40.50%
17	$2,445,000	$2,567,400	$2,689,300	53.60%	41.20%
18	$2,322,800	$2,438,900	$2,555,000	53.80%	41.90%
19	$2,218,200	$2,329,000	$2,440,100	54.00%	42.60%
20	$2,129,300	$2,235,900	$2,342,200	54.20%	43.30%
21	$2,044,100	$2,146,300	$2,248,700	59.30%	44.10%
22	$1,962,400	$2,060,700	$2,158,800	64.50%	44.80%
23	$1,884,100	$1,978,200	$2,072,500	69.70%	45.50%
24	$1,808,700	$1,899,200	$1,989,500	74.90%	46.20%
25	$1,736,200	$1,822,900	$1,910,100	80.10%	46.90%
26	$1,678,800	$1,762,600	$1,846,700	80.30%	47.60%
27	$1,630,400	$1,711,900	$1,793,400	80.40%	48.30%
28	$1,620,400	$1,701,400	$1,782,300	80.50%	49.00%
29	$1,608,500	$1,689,000	$1,769,300	80.50%	50.00%
30	$1,596,900	$1,676,600	$1,756,700	80.50%	50.00%

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