In the summer of 20 17, Curry signed a five-year contract with Warriors for 20100000 dollars, becoming the first 200 million Mr. in NBA history, with an average annual salary of 40 million dollars and a starting salary of 34.68 million dollars. But in fact, this is just a book salary. If I tell you, what Curry actually got was only $65,438+05.26 million. In contrast, James' salary is $33.29 million, which is 6.5438+0.39 million lower than Curry's, but the actual salary is $654.38 +0.67 million, which is 6.5438+0.48 million higher than Curry's. Would you believe it?

Why on earth is this? Let's look at science and see why.

Do you know that James' salary is $654.38 +0.48 million higher than Curry's?

How is the player's salary constituted?

When the salaries of players are announced every season, we always have questions: how much can these people get?

To understand this problem, we need to know the salary composition of a player. After the player gets the total salary, he needs to deduct various taxes, including federal tax, state tax and city tax (taking Lori as an example, Canada needs to pay city tax), brokerage fee (assuming 3%) and 40 1K (American ordinary pension insurance account, with an annual ceiling of 18000 USD).

At the same time, the deduction of deposit can not be ignored. Specifically, the NBA official will first deduct 10% of the player's salary and put it into the escrow account. If the player's final income fails to exceed 5 1% of the total income of 30 teams in the league, the escrow fee will be refunded. But if the player's final income exceeds this ratio, the money will be confiscated by the government.

At the same time, in addition to the deducted fees, the players also have money, which are the refund of the third-party custody fee last season and the compensation of the league price difference (according to the labor agreement, if the total salary of the players cannot reach a fixed proportion of basketball-related income, the NBA needs to return the compensation price difference to the players' union for distribution to the players).

Take Curry for example. In the new season, Curry's total book salary is $34.68 million. The third-party custody fee of 10% (USD 3.468 million), the federal tax of 336 1% (USD 65,438 +0 1.65 million) and the state tax of1.84% need to be deducted. 0.05% ($65,438+08,000) of 4,065,438+0K, plus the refund of hosting fee ($605,000) and alliance compensation ($65,438+077) for the 2065,438+06-65,438+07 season. The final salary is $654.38+052,600, which is only 44.0438+0% of the book salary. No wonder Wizards guard Bradley Bill also said on social networking sites: "Everyone has to pay taxes, and our actual salary is far from as high as the signing amount."

It should be noted that only the salary income of players is discussed here, and the endorsement income of players is not considered. So according to this calculation formula, how much money can hundreds of millions of gentlemen in NBA actually get?

The black box part is: the list of local taxes deducted from the salary of Curry and James.

1, Curry (Warrior)

Book salary ranks 1, and actual salary ranks third.

After ending the four-year 44 million child labor contract, Curry finally got a five-year super-fat contract of 20 1 10,000. Curry's salary in the new season is $34.68 million, which exceeds Jordan's annual salary of 33 1.998. However, if converted according to inflation, Jordan's salary today is 50 million dollars.

2. James (Knight)

The book salary ranks second, and the actual salary ranks 1.

James' total income this season is $33.29 million, but after deducting a series of payments, he can get $654.38+06.74 million, accounting for 50.29% of the book salary. The actual salary is higher than Curry's, which is the highest salary in the league. In addition, LeBron can complete a five-year $207 million contract renewal with the Cavaliers next summer, or sign a four-year maximum salary. In addition to the salary received by the NBA, James also signed a lifetime contract with Nike, and his wealth increased by $654.38 billion. In the field of business investment, James J.S.Wong is also very insightful. He also gained a lot by investing in Beats by Dre headphones.

3. millsap (Nuggets)

The book salary ranks third, and the actual salary ranks second.

Millsap's book salary in the new season reached $30.77 million, ranking third in the league, while his actual salary was $654.38+$05.56 million, accounting for 50.58% of the book salary, which also made him surpass Curry and rank second in the league. Millsap's salary in the first three seasons of his career was $26,543,800+. Now in the career 12 season, his annual salary has increased by 15 times.

4. Hayward (Celtic)

The book salary ranks fourth and the actual salary ranks seventh.

Hayward signed a four-year contract of $654.38 and $28 million this summer. The book salary in the new season is $29.73 million, and the actual salary is $654.38+$0.475 million, accounting for 496.5438+0% of the book salary. At present, the state tax paid by Hayward is 4.56%, but the bad news is that Massachusetts is planning to increase the tax rate from 5% to 9% from next year's 65438+ 10.

5. Griffin (Clipper)

The book salary ranks fifth, and the actual salary ranks ninth.

Griffin signed a five-year contract of $65,438 +0.7 1 billion this summer. The book salary in the new season is $29,565,438+3,000, and the actual salary is $65,438+4,230, accounting for 48.23% of the total salary. Like Curry, he also suffered state tax losses, reaching 1.3%.

6.loli (Raptors)

The book salary ranks sixth, and the actual salary ranks 10.

Before Lori 1 1 earned $65 million a season, but this year, he signed a three-year contract with the Ministry of Security and divided it into $93 million. But Canada in Lori needs to collect 53.5% tax. In the end, Lori paid 32.67% tax because he got a partial deduction in the United States.

7. Conley (grizzly bear)

The book salary ranks seventh, and the actual salary ranks fourth.

Last summer, Conley signed a five-year contract with a total value of $6,543.8+53 billion, setting a record for the contract at that time. Last season, his performance of averaging 20.5 points and shooting 40% proved that this contract is not too outrageous. In the new season, Conley's book salary was $28.53 million, and actually got $6.5438+0.525 million, accounting for 53.47% of the book salary. This ratio is high enough. There is no state tax in Tennessee, so Conley's salary can rank fourth in the league.

8. Wesbrook (Thunder)

Book salary ranks eighth, and actual salary ranks sixth.

Shao Wei had the right to complete a five-year contract extension with Thunder in advance, which amounted to 207 million yuan, but he refused the contract. In fact, Shao Wei already has his own home in Los Angeles. 20 15 February, 15, he spent $4.65 million to buy a mansion. The former owner is kourtney kardashian's boyfriend Dixie. In the new season, Shao Wei's book publishing contract is $28.53 million. Considering the low state tax, he finally got $654.38+047,700, ranking sixth in the league in salary.

9. Harden (Rocket)

Book salary ranks ninth, and actual salary ranks fifth.

Harden signed a four-year contract extension with the Rockets this summer, with $654.38+69 million. However, this contract will take effect in the 2065.438+09-20 season, and he still has two years' original contract of $59 million to execute. In the new season, Harden's book salary is $28.3 million, and his actual salary is $65,438 +0.5 1.4 million, accounting for 53.5 1% of the total salary, ranking fifth. Like Conley, Harden also benefited from the state tax exemption policy in Texas. Considering that he also signed a contract of 65438+200 million with Adidas, Beard is the real winner in life.

10, Horford (Celtic)

Book salary ranking 10, actual salary ranking 8.

Horford signed a four-year1.1.300 million contract with Celtic last year. Last season, he averaged 14 points and 7 rebounds. Many fans also complained about this contract, but considering the continuous premium of players' contracts, Horford's contract looks much more pleasing to the eye this year.

Pre-alliance 10 high salary rearrangement.

Through the above introduction, it is not difficult to see that the salary of players is far from as high as the actual contract, and it is very lucky to be able to exceed half.

List of pre-tax and hand-paid salaries of the top ten league players

The difference in salary ratio between players mainly depends on the national tax. The highest proportion of total salary is Harden of Rockets and Conley of Grizzlies. Harden's salary accounts for 53.5438+0% of the book salary, and Conley's salary accounts for 53.47% of the book salary.

The most affected by state tax/city tax is Lori of Raptors, whose actual salary only accounts for 4 1.96% of the total salary. No wonder it is difficult for this team to recruit real superstars. California's high tax burden has also lowered the income of Curry, Griffin and others.

Finally, according to the price, they are James (654.38+067400 USD), millsap (654.38+055600 USD), Curry (654.38+052600 USD), Conley (654.38+052500 USD) and Harden (654.38+052500 USD).

Calculated, the average real salary of 10 players before the league was14.88 million. The Warriors' Iguodala signed a contract with the team for three years this summer, with a new season salary of1481000000, ranking 74th in the league salary list. In the eyes of fans, the top-paid contract player of 30-40 million actually gets the same price as the book salary of a "super sixth person".

The book salary of the first garage in the League is $654.38+052,600, which is exactly the same as the book salary of Nets center mozgov ($654.38+052,800).

Tax rate distribution map of the state where the NBA team is located

Tax distribution map of States in the United States (California is the only region where the tax rate exceeds 10%)

The salary income of star players is closely related to the national tax. In this regard, you can also learn about the tax rate distribution map of the States and countries where NBA teams are located.

Among them, Florida, Texas and Tennessee are exempt from income tax. California is the only region in the United States where the tax rate exceeds 65,438+00%. Canada imposes a city tax, and the tax rate is surprisingly high. Seven states have tax rates of 2.5-4.9%, six states have tax rates of 5-7.4% and five states have tax rates of 7.5-9.9%.

Therefore, players from Spurs, Rockets and Mavericks in Texas, Heat and Magic in Florida and Grizzlies in Tennessee can all be exempted from state taxes, while warriors, Lakers, Clippers and Kings in California have to bear huge tax burdens, while the Raptors in Canada are even worse. It seems that under the same salary, team selection is also a technical job.