The Underpaid 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

Chris Paul

New Orleans

78

78

3,002

0.451

28.2

$4,574,189

$49,534,661

$44,960,472

2

LeBron James

Cleveland

81

81

3,054

0.436

27.8

$14,410,581

$48,747,970

$34,337,389

3

Rajon Rondo

Boston

80

80

2,642

0.313

17.2

$1,315,080

$30,244,711

$28,929,631

4

Dwight Howard

Orlando

79

79

2,821

0.378

22.2

$13,041,250

$39,046,624

$26,005,374

5

Dwyane Wade

Miami

79

79

3,048

0.350

22.2

$14,410,581

$39,028,793

$24,618,212

6

Brandon Roy

Portland

78

78

2,903

0.253

15.3

$3,084,240

$26,822,339

$23,738,099

7

Troy Murphy

Indiana

73

73

2,482

0.369

19.1

$10,126,984

$33,481,129

$23,354,145

8

David Lee

New York

81

74

2,824

0.240

14.1

$1,788,033

$24,821,382

$23,033,349

8

Paul Millsap

Utah

76

38

2,290

0.229

10.9

$797,581

$19,139,757

$18,342,176

9

Gerald Wallace

Charlotte

71

71

2,669

0.283

15.7

$9,500,000

$27,580,744

$18,080,744

10

Mike Miller

Minnesota

73

47

2,356

0.282

13.9

$9,128,575

$24,331,793

$15,203,218

11

Ramon Sessions

Milwaukee

79

39

2,173

0.198

9.0

$711,517

$15,745,401

$15,033,884

12

Deron Williams

Utah

68

68

2,505

0.209

10.9

$5,069,449

$19,108,838

$14,039,389

13

Luis Scola

Houston

82

82

2,488

0.189

9.8

$3,150,000

$17,170,783

$14,020,783

14

Jamario Moon

Miami-Toronto

80

60

2,068

0.194

8.4

$711,517

$14,701,881

$13,990,364

15

Kevin Durant

Oklahoma City

74

74

2,885

0.175

10.5

$4,484,040

$18,453,996

$13,969,956

16

Jason Kidd

Dallas

81

81

2,886

0.329

19.8

$21,372,000

$34,770,136

$13,398,136

17

Ronnie Brewer

Utah

81

80

2,605

0.156

8.5

$1,834,680

$14,858,326

$13,023,646

18

Jose Calderon

Toronto

68

68

2,333

0.236

11.5

$7,348,018

$20,151,544

$12,803,526

19

Dominic McGuire

Washington

79

57

2,072

0.174

7.5

$711,517

$13,200,991

$12,489,474

20

Al Horford

Atlanta

67

67

2,242

0.201

9.4

$4,023,720

$16,460,350

$12,436,630