1985-86 NBA Salaries [with thanks to Michael Siewenie for sending me the players' salaries info] Team Payrolls The salary cap for the 85-86 season was $4.23 million. Team Payroll 1. Los Angeles Lakers $8,579,750 2. New Jersey Nets $6,840,500 3. Philadelphia 76ers $6,825,500 4. New York Knicks $6,691,500 5. Boston Celtics $6,560,000 6. Seattle Supersonics $5,683,333 7. Los Angeles Clippers $4,745,000 8. Detroit Pistons $4,603,666 9. Chicago Bulls $4,486,000 10. Washington Bullets $4,381,383 11. Golden State Warriors $4,365,833 12. Houston Rockets $4,259,000 13. Phoenix Suns $4,189,500 14. San Antonio Spurs $4,052,846 15. Dallas Mavericks $4,052,346 16. Sacramento Kings $4,052,000 17. Cleveland Cavaliers $3,920,666 18. Portland Trailblazers $3,831,000 19. Indiana Pacers $3,758,200 20. Atlanta Hawks $3,671,250 21. Milwaukee Bucks $3,661,332 22. Denver Nuggets $3,425,500 23. Utah Jazz $2,914,500 0 players will earn $3 million or more 3 players will earn $2 to 3 million 10 players will earn $1 to 2 million The league minimum was $70,000 Average: $370,104 [296 players] Top 25 players 1. Magic Johnson (LAL) $2,500,000 2. Moses Malone (Phi) $2,145,000 3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (LAL) $2,030,000 4. Larry Bird (Bos) $1,800,000 5. Jack Sikma (Sea) $1,600,000 6. Julius Erving (Phi) $1,485,000 7. Patrick Ewing (NY) $1,250,000 8. Ralph Sampson (Hou) $1,165,500 9. Mitch Kupchak (LAL) $1,150,000 10. Otis Birdsong (NJ) $1,100,000 10. Marques Johnson (LAC) $1,100,000 12. Albert King (NJ) $1,035,000 13. Kevin McHale (Bos) $1,000,000 14. Wayman Tisdale (Ind) $987,000 15. Adrian Dantley (Uta) $950,000 16. Bill Cartwright (NY) $925,000 17. Buck Williams (NJ) $915,000 18. Sidney Moncrief (Mil) $884,000 19. Akeem Olajuwon (Hou) $882,500 20. Bernard King (NY) $874,000 21. Alex English (Den) $825,000 22. Darryl Dawkins (NJ) $808,000 23. George Gervin (Chi) $806,000 24. Joe Barry Carroll (GS) $800,000 24. Tom Chambers (Sea) $800,000 NBA SALARIES Atlanta Hawks Total: $3,671,250 Tree Rollins ................... 743,000 Dominique Wilkins .............. 585,000 Jon Koncak ..................... 475,250 Antoine Carr ................... 335,000 Kevin Willis ................... 298,000 Eddie Johnson .................. 275,000 Randy Wittman .................. 200,000 Cliff Levingston ............... 200,000 Scott Hastings ................. 180,000 Doc Rivers ..................... 170,000 Spud Webb ...................... 70,000 Lorenzo Charles ................ 70,000 John Battle .................... 70,000 Boston Celtics Total: $6,560,000 Larry Bird ..................... 1,800,000 Kevin McHale ................... 1,000,000 Dennis Johnson ................. 782,500 Robert Parish .................. 700,000 Danny Aigne .................... 550,000 Sly Williams ................... 450,000 Bill Walton .................... 425,000 Scott Wedman ................... 400,000 Greg Kite ...................... 150,000 Jerry Sichting ................. 125,000 Rick Carlisle .................. 90,000 Sam Vincent .................... 87,500 Chicago Bulls Total: $4,486,000 George Gervin .................. 806,000 Dave Corzine ................... 710,000 Michael Jordan ................. 630,000 Sidney Green ................... 350,000 Quintin Dailey ................. 325,000 Kyle Macy ...................... 305,000 Orlando Woolridge .............. 300,000 Eugene Banks ................... 225,000 Charles Oakley ................. 225,000 Jawann Oldham .................. 175,000 John Paxson .................... 175,000 Mike Smerk ..................... 135,000 Billy McKinney ................. 125,000 Cleveland Cavaliers Total: $3,920,666 World B. Free .................. 675,000 Mel Turpin ..................... 450,000 Lonnie Shelton ................. 420,000 Johnny Davis ................... 300,000 John Bagley .................... 300,000 Ben Poquette ................... 284,000 Keith Lee ...................... 271,666 Edgar Jones .................... 235,000 Phil Hubbard ................... 225,000 Roy Hinson ..................... 220,000 Ennis Whatley .................. 200,000 Mark West ...................... 150,000 Ronald Anderson ................ 115,000 Dirk Minniefield ............... 75,000 Dallas Mavericks Total: $4,052,346 Mark Aguirre ................... 626,240 Sam Perkins .................... 585,000 James Donaldson ................ 515,000 Rolando Blackman ............... 501,106 Detlef Schrempf ................ 290,000 Jay Vincent .................... 275,000 Dale Ellis ..................... 225,000 Bill Wennington ................ 220,000 Brad Davis ..................... 215,000 Wallace Bryant ................. 200,000 [released] Uwe Blab ....................... 200,000 Derek Harper ................... 200,000 Denver Nuggets Total: $3,425,500 Alex English ................... 825,000 Calvin Natt .................... 758,000 Danny Schayes .................. 350,000 Wayne Cooper ................... 300,000 T.R. Dunn ...................... 225,000 Blair Rasmussen ................ 202,500 Fat Lever ...................... 185,000 Bill Hanzlik ................... 175,000 Elston Turner .................. 125,000 Mike Evans ..................... 125,000 Willie White ................... 85,000 Pete Williams .................. 70,000 Detroit Pistons Total: $4,603,666 Kelly Tripucka ................. 971,000 Isiah Thomas ................... 750,000 Bill Laimbeer .................. 630,000 Vinnie Johnson ................. 491,666 Rick Mahorn .................... 411,000 John Long ...................... 350,000 Kent Benson .................... 315,000 Earl Cureton ................... 210,000 Joe Dumars ..................... 170,000 Tony Campbell .................. 155,000 Mike Gibson .................... 80,000 Chuck Nevitt ................... 70,000 Golden State Warriors Total: $4,365,833 Joe Barry Carroll .............. 800,000 Purvis Short ................... 545,000 Larry Smith .................... 525,000 Greg Ballard ................... 520,833 Chris Mullin ................... 500,000 Jerome Whitehead ............... 405,000 Sleepy Floyd ................... 250,000 Lester Conner .................. 200,000 Pete VerHoeven ................. 185,000 Terry Teagle ................... 150,000 Gary Plummer ................... 110,000 [released] Geoff Huston ................... 90,000 Peter Thibeaux ................. 85,000 Houston Rockets Total: $4,259,000 Ralph Sampson .................. 1,165,500 Akeem Olajuwon ................. 882,500 Rodney McCray .................. 495,000 Robert Reid .................... 400,000 John Lucas ..................... 231,000 Lewis Lloyd .................... 215,000 Allen Leavell .................. 200,000 Steve Harris ................... 160,000 Mitchell Wiggins ............... 155,000 Granville Waiters .............. 125,000 Jim Petersen ................... 125,000 Craig Ehlo ..................... 105,000 Indiana Pacers Total: $3,758,200 Wayman Tisdale ................. 987,000 Steve Stipanovich .............. 530,000 Clark Kellogg .................. 476,000 Bill Barnett ................... 294,000 Herb Williams .................. 275,000 Quinn Buckner .................. 223,000 Clint Richardson ............... 205,000 Vern Flemming .................. 200,000 Terence Stansbury .............. 160,000 Bill Martin .................... 150,000 Stuart Gray .................... 143,200 Dwayne McClain ................. 115,000 Los Angeles Clippers Total: $4,745,000 Marques Johnson ................ 1,100,000 Norm Nixon ..................... 650,000 Benoit Benjamin ................ 575,000 Cedric Maxwell ................. 505,000 Derek Smith .................... 375,000 Junior Bridgeman ............... 350,000 Michael Cage ................... 250,000 Kurt Nimphus ................... 225,000 Lancaster Gordon ............... 200,000 Jay Murphy ..................... 130,000 Franklin Edwards ............... 100,000 Jamaal Wilkes .................. 75,000 Dale Wilkinson ................. 70,000 Rory White ..................... 70,000 Jim Thomas ..................... 70,000 Los Angeles Lakers Total: $8,579,750 Magic Johnson .................. 2,500,000 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ............ 2,030,000 Mitch Kupchak .................. 1,150,000 James Worthy ................... 550,000 Maurice Lucas .................. 475,000 Kurt Rambis .................... 450,000 Byron Scott .................... 420,000 Michael Cooper ................. 366,000 Mike McGee ..................... 275,000 Larry Spriggs .................. 135,000 A.C. Green ..................... 128,750 Ronnie Lester .................. 100,000 Milwaukee Bucks Total: $3,661,332 Sidney Moncrief ................ 884,000 Terry Cummings ................. 633,000 Paul Mokeski ................... 370,000 Alton Lister ................... 300,000 Paul Pressey ................... 242,000 Mike Dunleavy .................. 200,000 [released] Randy Breuer ................... 182,000 Jerry Reynolds ................. 175,332 Ricky Pierce ................... 150,000 Kenny Fields ................... 145,000 Craig Hodges ................... 115,000 Mark McNamara .................. 100,000 [released] Charles Davis .................. 90,000 Jeff Lamp ...................... 75,000 New Jersey Nets Total: $6,840,500 Otis Birdsong .................. 1,100,000 Albert King .................... 1,035,000 Buck Williams .................. 915,000 Darryl Dawkins ................. 808,000 Michael Ray Richardson ......... 750,000 Mike Gminski ................... 700,000 Mike O'Koren ................... 400,000 Kelvin Ransey .................. 317,500 Darwin Cook .................... 275,000 Mickey Johnson ................. 200,000 Jeff Turner .................... 200,000 George Johnson ................. 70,000 Bobby Cattage .................. 70,000 New York Knicks Total: $6,691,500 Patrick Ewing .................. 1,250,000 Bill Cartwright ................ 925,000 Bernard King ................... 874,000 Pat Cummings ................... 612,500 Rory Sparrow ................... 500,000 James Bailey ................... 500,000 Marvin Webster ................. 450,000 Louis Orr ...................... 425,000 Trent Tucker ................... 300,000 Ernie Grunfeld ................. 275,000 Darrell Walker ................. 265,000 Ken Bannister .................. 105,000 Gerald Wilkins ................. 70,000 Fred Cofield ................... 70,000 Bob Thornton ................... 70,000 Philadelphia 76ers Total: $6,825,500 Moses Malone ................... 2,145,000 Julius Erving .................. 1,485,000 Andrew Toney ................... 710,000 Bobby Jones .................... 500,000 Charles Barkley ................ 437,500 Clemon Johnson ................. 412,000 Maurice Cheeks ................. 395,000 Leon Wood ...................... 253,000 Terry Catledge ................. 150,000 Sedale Threatt ................. 113,000 Paul Thompson .................. 85,000 Greg Stokes .................... 70,000 Voise Winters .................. 70,000 Phoenix Suns Total: $4,189,500 Walter Davis ................... 680,000 Alvan Adams .................... 600,000 James Edwards .................. 500,000 Larry Nance .................... 500,000 Rick Robey ..................... 475,000 Ed Pinckney .................... 300,000 Jay Humphries .................. 222,500 Georgi Glouchkov ............... 175,000 Charles Jones .................. 150,000 Rod Foster ..................... 137,000 Nick Vanos ..................... 125,000 [released] Bernard Thompson ............... 120,000 [released] Charles Pittman ................ 105,000 Mike Sanders ................... 100,000 Portland Trailblazers Total: $3,831,000 Kiki Vandeweghe ................ 751,750 Mychal Thompson ................ 595,000 Jim Paxson ..................... 500,000 Clyde Drexler .................. 420,000 Sam Bowie ...................... 400,000 Kenny Carr ..................... 272,250 Darnell Valentine .............. 265,000 Caldwell Jones ................. 157,500 Terry Porter ................... 151,000 Steve Colter ................... 112,500 Ken Johnson .................... 106,000 Jerome Kersey .................. 100,000 Sacramento Kings Total: $4,052,000 Larry Drew ..................... 600,000 Reggie Theus ................... 485,000 Joe Kleine ..................... 450,000 Terry Tyler .................... 450,000 Mike Woodson ................... 375,000 LaSalle Thompson ............... 352,000 Mark Olberding ................. 347,500 Eddie Johnson .................. 325,000 Otis Thorpe .................... 297,500 Rich Kelley .................... 200,000 Michael Adams .................. 85,000 Carl Henry ..................... 85,000 San Antonio Spurs Total: $4,052,846 Mike Mitchell .................. 700,000 Artis Gilmore .................. 669,000 David Greenwood ................ 600,000 Steve Johnson .................. 600,000 Johnny Moore ................... 350,000 Alvin Robertson ................ 233,750 Alfredrick Hughes .............. 177,830 Jon Sunvold .................... 176,000 Jeff Cook ...................... 150,566 Mark Iavaroni .................. 120,000 Mike Brittain .................. 105,000 Tyrone Corbin .................. 85,700 Wes Mathews .................... 85,000 Seattle Supersonics Total: $5,683,333 Jack Sikma ..................... 1,600,000 Tom Chambers ................... 800,000 Xavier McDaniel ................ 525,000 Reggie King .................... 500,000 Al Wood ........................ 450,000 Ricky Sobers ................... 425,000 Danny Vranes ................... 400,000 Gerald Henderson ............... 350,000 Tim McCormick .................. 228,333 Rod Higgins .................... 190,000 Danny Young .................... 75,000 Michael Phelps ................. 70,000 George Johnson ................. 70,000 Utah Jazz Total: $2,914,500 Adrian Dantley ................. 950,000 Mark Eaton ..................... 445,000 Thurl Bailey ................... 260,000 Rickey Green ................... 250,000 Karl Malone .................... 225,000 Jeff Wilkins ................... 214,500 John Stockton .................. 150,000 Steve Hayes .................... 100,000 Fred Roberts ................... 100,000 Robert Hansen .................. 80,000 Pace Mannion ................... 70,000 Carey Scurry ................... 70,000 Washington Bullets Total: $4,381,383 Gus Williams ................... 790,000 Jeff Ruland .................... 783,000 Dan Roundfield ................. 759,250 Cliff Robinson ................. 500,000 Frank Johnson .................. 255,000 Kenneth Green .................. 245,633 Jeff Malone .................... 231,000 Tom McMillen ................... 215,000 Thomas Sewell .................. 150,000 Manute Bol ..................... 137,500 Darren Daye .................... 120,000 Dudley Bradley ................. 100,000 Charles Jones .................. 95,000 ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html