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Current Contract
Zion Williamson signed a 5 year / $197,230,450 contract with the New Orleans Pelicans, including $197,230,450 guaranteed, and an annual average salary of $39,446,090. In 2023-24, Williamson will earn a base salary of $34,005,250, while carrying a cap hit of $34,005,250 and a dead cap value of $34,005,250.
Contract: 5 yr(s) / $197,230,450 Average Salary: $39,446,090 Guaranteed at Signing $197,230,450 Signed Using: Designated Rookie Extension/Bird Free Agent: 2028 / UFA Year Age Status Base Salary Likely Incent. Unlikely Incent. Trade Bonus Cap Hit Pct of League Cap 2023-24 23 $34,005,250 - - - $34,005,250 25.00% 2024-25 24 PART-GTD $36,725,670 - - - $36,725,670 26.05% 2025-26 25 NON-GTD $39,446,090 - - - $39,446,090 25.43% 2026-27 26 NON-GTD $42,166,510 - - - $42,166,510 24.72% 2027-28 27 NON-GTD $44,886,930 - - - $44,886,930 23.92% 2028 28 UFA Contract Notes:- No All-NBA: $193M (25%)
- All-NBA: $231M (30%)
- Contract details per The Athletic/Mike Vorkunov (12/21/23)
- Guaranteed seasons became non-guaranteed due to games played clause:
- 2024-25: 50% guaranteed, fully guaranteed 1/7/25
- 2025-26: non-guaranteed, fully guaranteed 7/15/25
- 2026-27: non-guaranteed, fully guaranteed 7/15/26
- 2027-28: non-guaranteed, fully guaranteed 7/15/27
- Guarantee triggers exist if certain criteria has been met:
- 20% of 2025-26 salary becomes guaranteed if passes all six of his weigh-in checkpoints during the 2024-25 season
- 40% of 2025-26 salary becomes guaranteed if plays >= 41 games during 2024-25 season, additional 20% if plays >= 51 games, remaining 20% if plays >= 61 games.
- Salaries for 2026-27 and 2027-28 seasons can be re-guaranteed if above metrics are hit the season prior
- Further protections via:
- Weight must be less than 295 lbs; body fat monitored
- Injury sustained to right foot
- Guaranteed seasons became non-guaranteed due to games played clause:
Sources: Spotrac
Previous Contracts
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2019-2022Entry Level
Contract: 4 yr(s) / $44,271,137 Average Salary: $11,067,784 Guaranteed at Signing $20,002,920 Signed Using: Entry Level/Rookie -
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 2022-23 $13,534,817 - - - $13,534,817 2023-24 $34,005,250 - - - $34,005,250 Est. Earnings
(5 seasons)$77,666,547 - - - $77,666,547 2024-25 $36,725,670 - - - $36,725,670 2025-26 $39,446,090 - - - $39,446,090 2026-27 $42,166,510 - - - $42,166,510 2027-28 $44,886,930 - - - $44,886,930 $240,891,747 - - - $240,891,747 Seasons Team Salary Signing Bonus Incentive Trade Kicker Total Cash 5 seasons $77,666,547 - - - $77,666,547 * earnings may include deduction of original cashed earned due to shortened season
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Transactions
Dec 19 2022Fined $2,000 for technical foul during MIL-NOP gameNov 28 2022Fined $2,000 for technical foul during OKC-NOP gameJul 6 2022Signed a 5 year $197.23 million Designated Rookie contract extension with New Orleans (NOP) - includes 30% cap languageOct 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) -
Fines & Suspensions
A look at the reported fines & suspensions for Zion Williamson, and the financial implications.
Date Team Category Games Susp. Forfeited Reason 03/10/2024 Technical Foul $2,000 for technical foul during NOP-ATL game 01/02/2024 Technical Foul $2,000 for technical foul during BKN-NOP game 11/27/2023 Technical Foul $2,000 for technical foul during NOP-UTA game 12/19/2022 Technical Foul $2,000 for technical foul during MIL-NOP game 11/28/2022 Technical Foul $2,000 for technical foul during OKC-NOP game - $10,000 -
Statistics
Season Team Games MPG FG% 3PT% FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PT Prod Pts 2023 NO 62 31.05 0.586 0.357 0.702 1.74 4.08 5.82 5.02 0.97 0.61 2.71 22.76 37.72 2022 NO 29 32.97 0.608 0.368 0.714 2.00 4.97 6.97 4.59 1.10 0.55 3.41 26.00 41.13 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 176 31.67 0.599 0.346 0.695 2.26 4.30 6.56 4.09 0.94 0.58 2.80 24.73 38.96