Charlotte Hornets Team Payroll
2023-24 Salary Cap: $136,021,000 (Salary Cap History)
Largest Guarantee: LaMelo Ball ($215,350,635)
Color Key: Player Option, Team Option
Payroll
- italic - amount not fully guaranteed
| Salary | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Age | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 | Guaranteed | |
| Dāvis Bertāns | 31 | $17,000,000 | $16,000,000 | $28,000,000 | |||||
| Grant Williams | 25 | $12,405,000 | $13,025,250 | $13,645,500 | $14,265,750 | $53,341,500 | |||
| LaMelo Ball | 22 | $10,900,635 | $35,250,000 | $38,070,000 | $40,890,000 | $43,710,000 | $46,530,000 | $215,350,635 | |
| Brandon Miller | 21 | $10,880,400 | $11,424,600 | $11,968,800 | $15,104,626 | $22,305,000 | |||
| Miles Bridges | 26 | $7,921,300 | $7,921,300 | ||||||
| Vasilije Micić | 30 | $7,723,000 | $7,723,000 | $8,109,150 | $15,446,000 | ||||
| Cody Martin | 28 | $7,560,000 | $8,120,000 | $8,680,000 | $15,680,000 | ||||
| Nick Richards | 26 | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $10,000,000 | ||||
| Seth Curry | 33 | $4,000,000 | $4,000,000 | $8,000,000 | |||||
| Mark Williams | 22 | $3,908,160 | $4,094,280 | $6,276,531 | $8,002,440 | ||||
| Tre Mann | 23 | $3,191,400 | $4,908,373 | $8,099,773 | |||||
| Nick Smith Jr. | 20 | $2,463,960 | $2,587,200 | $2,710,680 | $4,890,067 | $5,051,160 | |||
| JT Thor | 21 | $1,836,096 | $1,988,598 | $1,836,096 | |||||
| Bryce McGowens | 21 | $1,719,864 | $2,019,699 | $2,187,451 | $1,719,864 | ||||
| Aleksej Pokusevski | 22 | $565,176 | $2,273,252 | $565,176 | |||||
| Amari Bailey | 20 | ||||||||
| Marques Bolden | 26 | ||||||||
| Leaky Black | 24 | ||||||||
| Kyle Lowry | 38 | $29,682,540 | $29,682,540 | ||||||
| James Bouknight | 23 | $4,570,080 | $4,570,080 | ||||||
| Kai Jones | 23 | $3,047,880 | $3,047,880 | ||||||
| Frank Ntilikina | 25 | $2,019,706 | $2,019,706 | ||||||
| Ish Smith | 35 | $2,019,706 | $2,019,706 | ||||||
| Team Totals | $138,414,903 | $118,414,252 | $96,648,112 | $75,150,443 | $43,710,000 | $46,530,000 | $442,658,856 | ||
Payroll Notes