Highest-Paid NBA Players 2026: Curry Is Basketball’s First $200 Million Man

Stephen Curry was the NBA’s first unanimous MVP, in 2016. The first player to lead the league in 3-pointers four times, then five times, then six and seven and eight times. The first player to launch 10,000 attempts from beyond the arc—and the first to drain 4,000 of them. But for all of the ways the Golden State Warriors’ 38-year-old sharpshooter has transformed basketball, he is just as much of a game-changer financially. Already the first NBA player with a $40 million salary (in 2019-20) and a $50 million salary (2023-24), Curry is set to cross the $60 million threshold this season, banking $62.6 million on the court. Meanwhile, after spli (Source: Forbes | Region: Global)