The Underpaid or Exploited in 2006-07

Value of a Win = Total Payroll in the NBA divided by Number of Regular Season Wins for All Teams

Difference in Values = Value of Wins – Salary 06-07

Salary data from USA Today

Value of Win set at $1,478,280

WP48 = Wins Produced per 48 minutes

Rank

Player

Team

Games

Played

Minutes

Played

Salary 06-07

Wins

Produced

Value of Wins

Difference

in Values

WP48

Experience

1

Dwight Howard

Orlando

82

3,023

$4,806,720

20.5

$30,296,334

$25,489,614

0.325

3

2

LeBron James

Cleveland

78

3,190

$5,828,089

17.4

$25,719,523

$19,891,434

0.262

4

3

Luol Deng

Chicago

82

3,071

$2,614,440

14.9

$21,965,134

$19,350,694

0.232

3

4

David Lee

New York

58

1,731

$926,040

13.6

$20,129,265

$19,203,225

0.378

2

5

Jason Kidd

New Jersey

80

2,933

$18,084,000

24.8

$36,605,603

$18,521,603

0.405

13

6

Steve Nash

Phoenix

76

2,682

$10,500,000

19.4

$28,731,358

$18,231,358

0.348

11

7

Marcus Camby

Denver

70

2371

$8,800,000

17.6

$25,970,049

$17,170,049

0.356

11

8

Emeka Okafor

Charlotte

67

2,329

$4,300,560

14.1

$20,823,961

$16,523,401

0.290

3

9

Al Jefferson

Boston

69

2,319

$1,618,320

12.2

$18,032,594

$16,414,274

0.252

3

10

Chris Paul

New Orleans/

Oklahoma City

64

2,353

$3,380,160

13.2

$19,565,556

$16,185,396

0.270

2

11

Kevin Martin

Sacramento

80

2,818

$1,002,840

11.6

$17,148,940

$16,146,100

0.198

3

12

Andre Iguodala

Philadelphia

76

3,062

$2,201,640

12.4

$18,341,915

$16,140,275

0.195

3

13

Carlos Boozer

Utah

74

2,557

$11,260,483

18.4

$27,185,815

$15,925,332

0.345

5

14

Tyson Chandler

New Orleans/

Oklahoma City

73

2,525

$9,150,000

16.9

$24,968,899

$15,818,899

0.321

6

15

Andris Biedrins

Golden State

82

2,382

$1,986,960

11.7

$17,238,717

$15,251,757

0.235

3

16

Josh Howard

Dallas

70

2,455

$1,667,603

10.9

$16,157,212

$14,489,609

0.214

4

17

Chris Bosh

Toronto

69

2,658

$4,235,220

12.6

$18,660,125

$14,424,905

0.228

4

18

Shawn Marion

Phoenix

80

3,010

$15,070,000

19.5

$28,757,614

$13,687,614

0.310

8

19

Dwyane Wade

Miami

51

1,931

$3,841,443

11.7

$17,314,061

$13,472,618

0.291

4

20

Chauncey Billups

Detroit

70

2,533

$6,364,000

13.3

$19,638,489

$13,274,489

0.252

10

21

Manu Ginobili

San Antonio

75

2,060

$8,245,374

14.1

$20,917,582

$12,672,208

0.330

5

22

Tim Duncan

San Antonio

80

2,726

$17,429,673

20.1

$29,766,941

$12,337,268

0.355

10

23

Dirk Nowitzki

Dallas

78

2,820

$15,101,622

18.0

$26,608,112

$11,506,490

0.306

9

24

Kirk Hinrich

Chicago

80

2,839

$3,192,000

9.9

$14,628,206

$11,436,206

0.167

4

25

Dikembe Mutombo

Houston

75

1,289

$2,100,000

9.0

$13,338,599

$11,238,599

0.336

16

 

 

AVERAGES

73.6

2,547

$6,548,287

15.1

$22,340,424

$15,792,137

0.285

6.0