The Underpaid in 2007-08

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

Chris Paul

New Orleans

80

3,006

$3,615,960

0.406

25.4

$42,445,569

$38,829,609

2

Dwight Howard

Orlando

82

3,088

$6,061,274

0.382

24.6

$41,103,226

$35,041,952

3

Jose Calderon

Toronto

82

2,484

$2,471,604

0.309

16.0

$26,691,006

$24,219,402

4

Marcus Camby

Denver

79

2,758

$11,250,000

0.365

21.0

$35,063,042

$23,813,042

5

Andris Biedrins

Golden State

76

2,078

$2,636,696

0.334

14.5

$24,160,931

$21,524,235

6

Deron Williams

Utah

82

3,059

$4,010,640

0.238

15.2

$25,400,425

$21,389,785

7

LeBron James

Cleveland

75

3,027

$13,041,250

0.321

20.2

$33,835,252

$20,794,002

8

David Lee

New York

81

2,356

$990,600

0.259

12.7

$21,212,868

$20,222,268

9

Al Jefferson

Minnesota

82

2,919

$2,480,885

0.217

13.2

$22,072,655

$19,591,770

10

Monta Ellis

Golden State

81

3,071

$770,610

0.177

11.4

$18,978,466

$18,207,856

11

Tyson Chandler

New Orleans

79

2,783

$10,250,000

0.281

16.3

$27,242,681

$16,992,681

12

Manu Ginobili

San Antonio

74

2,299

$9,079,811

0.324

15.5

$25,897,173

$16,817,362

13

Chauncey Billups

Detroit

78

2,522

$10,000,000

0.304

16.0

$26,659,059

$16,659,059

14

Andre Iguodala

Philadelphia

82

3,242

$2,804,889

0.172

11.6

$19,445,599

$16,640,710

15

Steve Nash

Phoenix

81

2,780

$11,375,000

0.289

16.7

$27,990,428

$16,615,428