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Current Contract
Zion Williamson signed a 4 year / $44,271,137 contract with the New Orleans Pelicans, including $44,271,137 guaranteed, and an annual average salary of $11,067,784. In 2022-23, Williamson will earn a base salary of $13,534,817, while carrying a cap hit of $13,534,817 and a dead cap value of $13,534,817.
Contract: 4 yr(s) / $44,271,137 Average Salary: $11,067,784 Guaranteed at Signing $20,002,920 Signed Using: Entry Level/Rookie Free Agent: 2023 / RFA Year Age Base Salary Likely Incent. Unlikely Incent. Trade Bonus Cap Hit 2019-20 19 $9,757,440 - - - $9,757,440 2020-21 20 $10,245,480 - - - $10,245,480 2021-22 21 $10,733,400 - - - $10,733,400 Rookie Extension Eligible (25% Cap Max): 5 year, $186M (2023-27), Year 1 Salary = $32.03M
2022-23 22 $13,534,817 - - - $13,534,817 2023-24 23 QO: $17,595,263 - - - Hold: $33,821,250 2023 24 RFA Contract Notes:- 2021-22 Club Option (deadline 10/31/20, exercised)
- 2022-23 Club Option (deadline 10/31/21, exercised 10/13/21)
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Estimated Career Earnings
A look at the calculated cash earnings for Zion Williamson, including any upcoming years.
Year Team Awards Salary Signing Bonus Incentive Trade Kicker Total Cash 2019-20* $9,147,600 - - - $9,147,600 2020-21 $10,245,480 - - - $10,245,480 2021-22 $10,733,400 - - - $10,733,400 Est. Earnings
(3 seasons)$30,126,480 - - - $30,126,480 2022-23 $13,534,817 - - - $13,534,817 $43,661,297 - - - $43,661,297 Seasons Team Salary Signing Bonus Incentive Trade Kicker Total Cash 3 seasons $30,126,480 - - - $30,126,480 * earnings may include deduction of original cashed earned due to shortened season
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Transactions
Oct 13 2021New Orleans (NOP) exercised $13.53 million option for 2022-23Dec 18 2020New Orleans (NOP) exercised $10.7 million option for 2021-22Jul 1 2019Signed a 4 year $44.27 million rookie scale contract with New Orleans (NOP)Jun 20 2019Drafted by New Orleans (NOP): Round 1 (#1 overall) -
Statistics
Season Team Games MPG FG% 3PT% FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PT Prod Pts 2021 NO 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 nan nan nan nan nan nan nan nan nan 2020 NO 61 33.2 0.611 0.294 0.698 2.74 4.49 7.23 3.70 0.93 0.64 2.74 27.00 41.64 2019 NO 24 27.83 0.583 0.429 0.640 2.67 3.58 6.25 2.08 0.67 0.38 2.46 22.50 32.75 Totals 85 31.68 0.604 0.333 0.683 2.72 4.24 6.95 3.25 0.86 0.56 2.66 25.73 39.13