Yahoo Sports The highest-paid Los Angeles Lakers players ever
No team has had as many superstars suit up for them as the Los Angeles Lakers, who have had a who’s who of all-time greats don the purple and gold in the past.
Even so, not all of them have made the big bucks as Lakers.
The late, great Kobe Bryant is the runaway No. 1 player in this ranking of the highest-paid L.A. Lakers players ever. LeBron James and Anthony Davis moved quickly on this list with their new contracts.
Below, you can check out the highest-paid Lakers ever.
Kobe Bryant: $328,237,108
Money per game: $209,602
Highest Laker salary: $30,453,000 in 2013-14 (No. 1 in the NBA that season)
Lakers stats: 25.0 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 4.7 apg, 1.4 spg, 44.7 FG% in 20 seasons
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LeBron James: $197,966,106
Shaquille O'Neal: $144,749,716
Money per game: $227,593
Highest Laker salary: $24,749,999 in 2003-04 (No. 2 in the NBA that season)
Overall career earnings: $292,198,327
Lakers stats: 27.0 ppg, 11.8 rpg, 3.1 apg, 2.5 bpg, 57.5 FG%, 53.3 FT% in eight seasons
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Anthony Davis: $133,177,099
Money per game: $564,309
Highest Laker salary: $37,980,720 in 2022-23 (No. 15 in the NBA that season)
Overall career earnings: $227,701,628
Lakers stats: 24.6 ppg, 10.1 rpg, 3.0 apg, 2.1 bpg, 52.4 FG%, 28.1 3P% in four seasons
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Pau Gasol: $112,521,353
Money per game: $215,558
Highest Laker salary: $19,285,850 in 2013-14 (No. 8 in the NBA that season)
Overall career earnings: $219,784,441
Lakers stats: 17.8 ppg, 9.8 rpg, 3.5 apg, 1.4 spg, 52.0 FG% in seven seasons
Russell Westbrook: $77,747,711
Money per game: $598,059
Highest Laker salary: $44,211,146 in 2021-22 (No. 4 in the NBA that season)
Overall career earnings: $338,836,512
Lakers stats: 17.4 ppg, 6.9 rpg, 7.2 apg, 1.0 spg, 43.4 FG%, 29.7 3P% in two seasons
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Lamar Odom: $77,459,717
Money per game: $164,457
Highest Laker salary: $14,148,596 in 2008-09 (No. 32 in the NBA that season)
Overall career earnings: $115,967,658
Lakers stats: 13.7 ppg, 9.5 rpg, 3.7 apg, 0.9 bpg, 49.1 FG%, 33.0 3P% in seven seasons
Luol Deng: $64,544,067
Money per game: $1,132,352
Highest Laker salary: $18,000,000 in 2016-17 (No. 33 in the NBA that season)
Overall career earnings: $163,520,376
Lakers stats: 7.5 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 1.3 apg, 38.7 FG%, 30.9 3P% in two seasons.
Andrew Bynum: $49,987,258
Money per game: $107,268
Highest Laker salary: $14,900,000 in 2011-12 (No. 27 in the NBA that season)
Overall career earnings: $73,460,260
Lakers stats: 11.7 ppg, 7.8 rpg, 1.2 apg, 1.6 bpg, 56.6 FG% in seven seasons
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Brian Grant: $42,417,734
Money per game: $614,749
Highest Laker salary: $14,848,080 in 2006-07 (No. 24 in the NBA that season)
Overall career earnings: $109,842,052
Lakers stats: 3.8 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 0.5 apg, 0.3 bpg, 49.3 FG% in one season
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Kentavious Caldwell-Pope: $37,885,176
Money per game: $154,004
Highest Laker salary: $17,745,894 in 2017-18 (No. 56 in the NBA that season)
Overall career earnings: $49,880,815
Lakers stats: 11.4 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 1.7 apg, 1.0 spg, 43.8 FG%, 36.9 3P% in three seasons
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Derek Fisher: $37,509,167
