The Overpaid in 2008-09

WP48 = Wins Produced per 48 minutes

Minimum Minutes = 2,000

Salary data from USA Today

Value of Win set at $1,755,325

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Rank

Player Name

Team

Games

Games

Started

Minutes

Played

WP48

Wins

Produced

Annual Salary

Value of Wins

Difference

between

Salary and

Value of Wins

1

Jermaine O'Neal

Miami-Toronto

68

61

2,027

-0.037

-1.6

$21,372,000

-$2,728,580

-$24,100,580

2

Allen Iverson

Denver-Detroit

57

53

2,093

0.037

1.6

$20,840,625

$2,828,268

-$18,012,357

3

Al Harrington

Golden State-New York

73

56

2,546

-0.010

-0.5

$9,226,550

-$948,091

-$10,174,641

4

Kenyon Martin

Denver

66

66

2,111

0.067

2.9

$14,431,818

$5,169,423

-$9,262,395

5

Peja Stojakovic

New Orleans

61

59

2,089

0.044

1.9

$12,528,000

$3,339,303

-$9,188,697

6

Baron Davis

LA Clippers

65

60

2,248

0.032

1.5

$11,250,000

$2,625,901

-$8,624,099

7

Rasheed Wallace

Detroit

66

63

2,123

0.073

3.2

$13,680,000

$5,684,998

-$7,995,002

8

Jamal Crawford

Golden State-New York

65

65

2,479

0.023

1.2

$8,640,000

$2,049,842

-$6,590,158

8

Richard Hamilton

Detroit

67

51

2,279

0.052

2.5

$10,812,500

$4,303,745

-$6,508,755

9

Al Thornton

LA Clippers

71

67

2,654

-0.047

-2.6

$1,776,240

-$4,523,704

-$6,299,944

10

Richard Jefferson

Milwaukee

82

82

2,939

0.064

3.9

$13,200,000

$6,917,686

-$6,282,314

11

Shaquille O'Neal

Phoenix

75

75

2,252

0.167

7.9

$20,000,000

$13,789,385

-$6,210,615

12

Rashard Lewis

Orlando

79

79

2,859

0.099

5.9

$16,447,871

$10,331,266

-$6,116,605

13

Sebastian Telfair

Minnesota

75

43

2,095

-0.049

-2.2

$2,300,000

-$3,783,453

-$6,083,453

14

Andrea Bargnani

Toronto

78

59

2,453

-0.006

-0.3

$5,176,440

-$543,262

-$5,719,702

15

Carmelo Anthony

Denver

66

66

2,277

0.125

5.9

$14,410,581

$10,420,899

-$3,989,682

16

Spencer Hawes

Sacramento

77

51

2,259

-0.021

-1.0

$2,180,760

-$1,753,305

-$3,934,065

17

Stephen Jackson

Golden State

59

59

2,339

0.049

2.4

$7,140,000

$4,178,940

-$2,961,060

18

Beno Udrih

Sacramento

73

72

2,270

0.034

1.6

$5,585,000

$2,854,735

-$2,730,265

19

Boris Diaw

Charlotte-Phoenix

81

59

2,754

0.065

3.7

$9,000,000

$6,512,911

-$2,487,089

20

Ryan Gomes

Minnesota

82

76

2,614

0.012

0.6

$3,500,000

$1,133,321

-$2,366,679