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FORMULA 1
- PVF
- OLYMPICS
Of the NBA Top-100 Contract AAV (Average Annual Value) of All-Time through the 2021-22 season, 14 players have won an NBA Championship. These contracts include AAVs of $20M+ and contract lengths of 1 year through 5 years.
With the recent championship for the Golden State Warriors, Stephen Curry becomes the first $40M AAV contract with an NBA Championship in addition to becoming the first player with an AAV of $20M+ to win two championships within the same contract.
LeBron James and Kevin Durant are the other two other players to have contracts with an AAV of $20M+ and with NBA championships, but they did so under two different contract structures.
- Contract: 5 year, $201.2M
- AAV: $40.2M (Rank #11)
- Championship within contract: 2 with GSW (2017-18, 2021-22)
- Note: Championships came in the first and fifth years of the contract.
- Contract: 5 year, $189.9M
- AAV: $37.98M (Rank #12)
- Championship within contract: 1 with GSW (2021-22)
- Note: Championship came in the third year of the contract.
- Contract: 5 year, $1177.5M
- AAV: $35.5M (Rank #11)
- Championship within contract: 1 with MIL (2020-21)
- Note: Championship came in the second year of the contract.
- Contract: 3 year, $100M
- AAV: $33.3M (Rank #7)
- Championship within contract: 1 with TOR (2018-19)
- Note: Championship came in the second year of the contract.
- Contract: 3 year, $99.9M
- AAV: $33.2M (Rank #1)
- Championship within contract: 1 with CLE (2016-17)
- Note: Championship came in the first year of the contract.
- Contract: 4 year $153.3M
- AAV: $38.3M (Rank #7)
- Championship within contract: 1 with LAL (2019-20)
- Note: Championship came in the second year of the contract.
- Contract: 5 year, $147.7M
- AAV: $29.5M (Rank #35)
- Championship within contract: 1 with GSW (2021-22)
- Note: Championship came in the fourth year of the contract. Wiggins was acquired by Golden State via trade for D’Angelo Russell during the second year of the contract.
- Contract: 2 year, $54.3M
- AAV: $27.1M (Rank #8)
- Championship within contract: 1 with GSW (2016-17)
- Note: Championship came in the first year of the contract. Durant declined a Player Option for the 2017-18 season and then signed a new 2 year $51.25M contract with Golden State in free agency.
- Contract: 2 year, $51.25M
- AAV: $25.6M (Rank #15)
- Championship within contract: 1 with GSW (2017-18)
- Note: Championship came in the first year of the contract. Durant declined a Player Option for the 2018-19 season and then signed a new 2 year $61.5M contract with Golden State in free agency.
- Contract: 5 year, $127.2M
- AAV: $25.4M (Rank #35)
- Championship within contract: 1 with LAL (2019-20)
- Note: Championship came in the fourth year of the contract. Davis declined a Player Option for 2020-21 season and then signed a 5 year $189.9M contract with Los Angeles in free agency.
- Contract: 5 year, $126M
- AAV: $25.2M (Rank #40)
- Championship within contract: 1 with MIL (2020-21)
- Note: Championship came in the fourth year of the contract. Milwaukee acquired Holiday from New Orleans on 11/24/20. Holiday declined a Player Option for the 2021-22 season and signed a 4 year $134.99M contract extension with Milwaukee on 4/4/21.
- Contract: 4 year, $100M
- AAV: $25M (Rank #41)
- Championship within contract: 1 with MIL (2020-21)
- Note: Championship came in the fourth year of the contract. Antetokounmpo had signed a 5 year $228.2M contract extension with Milwaukee prior to the 2020-21 season.
- Contract: 4 year, $99.7M
- AAV: $24.9M (Rank #45)
- Championship within contract: 1 with GSW (2021-22)
- Note: Championship came in the second year of the contract.
- Contract: 3 year $65M
- AAV: $21.7M (Rank #35)
- Championship within contract: 1 with TOR (2018-19)
- Note: Championship came in the second year of the contract.
- Contract: 5 year, $101M
- AAV: $20.2M (Rank #1)
- Championship within contract: 1 with MIA (2005-06)
- Note: Championship came in the first year of the contract.
- Contract: 4 year, $80M
- AAV: $20M (Rank #2)
- Championship within contract: 1 with DAL (2010-11)
- Note: Championship came in the first year of the contract.
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- Michael Ginnitti NFL, MLB
- Keith Smith NBA
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