The Overpaid in 2007-08

Minimum 1,000 minutes played

WP48 = Wins Produced per 48 minutes

Salary data from Patricia Bender’s website

Value of Win set at $1,671,230

Rank

Player Name

Team

Games

Minutes

Played

Player Salary

WP48

Wins

Produced

Value of

Wins

Difference

between

Salary and

Value of Wins

1

Jermaine O'Neal

Indiana

42

1,206

$19,728,000

-0.017

-0.4

-$712,693

-$20,440,693

2

Andrea Bargnani

Toronto

78

1,861

$4,838,880

-0.146

-5.7

-$9,457,832

-$14,296,712

3

Jason Collins

Memphis-New Jersey

74

1,172

$6,100,000

-0.192

-4.7

-$7,834,527

-$13,934,527

4

Mark Blount

Miami

69

1,542

$7,901,040

-0.079

-2.6

-$4,264,705

-$12,165,745

5

Eddy Curry

New York

59

1,530

$8,947,543

-0.060

-1.9

-$3,203,733

-$12,151,276

6

Boris Diaw

Phoenix

82

2,308

$9,000,000

-0.035

-1.7

-$2,773,647

-$11,773,647

7

Larry Hughes

Chicago-Cleveland

68

2,020

$12,000,084

0.012

0.5

$841,194

-$11,158,890

8

Wally Szczerbiak

Cleveland-Seattle

75

1,736

$12,775,000

0.032

1.2

$1,952,300

-$10,822,700

9

Shaquille O'Neal

Miami-Phoenix

61

1,748

$20,000,000

0.153

5.6

$9,333,914

-$10,666,086

10

Bobby Simmons

Milwaukee

70

1,521

$9,280,000

-0.022

-0.7

-$1,188,874

-$10,468,874

11

Andres Nocioni

Chicago

82

2,021

$8,500,000

-0.027

-1.2

-$1,931,432

-$10,431,432

12

Tracy McGrady

Houston

66

2,440

$19,014,187

0.107

5.4

$9,055,585

-$9,958,602

13

Rashard Lewis

Orlando

81

3,076

$14,880,000

0.049

3.1

$5,228,433

-$9,651,567

14

Jeff Green

Seattle

80

2,253

$3,058,200

-0.082

-3.8

-$6,416,798

-$9,474,998

15

Kenyon Martin

Denver

71

2,159

$13,250,000

0.050

2.3

$3,788,221

-$9,461,779