Embiid joins Curry, other NBA stars in the $500 million income club originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
The NBA’s $500 million career earnings club continues to grow.
Joel Embiid signed a three-year, $192.9 million max contract extension on Friday, keeping the center with the Philadelphia 76ers through the 2028-29 season and raising his career salary to $515 million.
The 30-year-old center joins LeBron James ($584 million), Steph Curry ($532 million), Paul George ($519 million), and Kevin Durant ($508 million) as the fifth member of the exclusive list.
Although none of the five players have yet reached $500 million in salaries, all are under contracts that guarantee they will cross the threshold unless they decide to retire beforehand.
In August, Curry became the third member from the club after signing a one-year, $62.6 million contract extension with the Warriors through the 2026-27 NBA season.
If Curry had to retire after his current contract, the four-time NBA champion would have made a total of $532,677,168 in on-court earnings.
That said, Curry, like James and Lebron, tops the $1 billion mark when endorsements are included in their overall earnings.
In 2022, Curry was said to be in contention for juicy $1 billion lifetime contract with Under Armour.
With a record 11-year, $76 billion TV deal expected to cause parabolic salary cap growth in the coming years, players like Luka Dončić and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander are expected to join Curry and Co. with his upcoming supermax contract extension.
Certainly, none of them are against it.
