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Current Contract
Walker Kessler signed a 4 year / $13,372,418 contract with the Utah Jazz, including $5,527,560 guaranteed, and an annual average salary of $3,343,105. In 2023-24, Kessler will earn a base salary of $2,831,160, while carrying a cap hit of $2,831,160 and a dead cap value of $2,831,160.
Contract: 4 yr(s) / $13,372,418 Average Salary: $3,343,105 Guaranteed at Signing $5,527,560 Signed Using: Entry Level/Rookie Free Agent: 2026 / RFA Year Age Status Base Salary Likely Incent. Unlikely Incent. Trade Bonus Cap Hit Pct of League Cap 2022-23 21 $2,696,400 - - - $2,696,400 2.18% 2023-24 22 $2,831,160 - - - $2,831,160 2.08% 2024-25 23 Club Exercised$2,965,920 - - - $2,965,920 2.04% 2025-26 24 Club $4,878,938 - - - $4,878,938 3.15% 2026 25 RFA Qualifying Offer: $7,064,702 Contract Notes:- 2024-25: Club Option (deadline 10/31/23, exercised 10/23/23)
- 2025-26: Club Option (deadline 10/31/24)
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Estimated Career Earnings
A look at the calculated cash earnings for Walker Kessler, including any upcoming years.
Year Team Awards Salary Signing Bonus Incentive Trade Kicker Total Cash 2022-23 $2,696,400 - - - $2,696,400 2023-24 $2,831,160 - - - $2,831,160 Est. Earnings
(2 seasons)$5,527,560 - - - $5,527,560 2024-25 $2,965,920 - - - $2,965,920 2025-26 $4,878,938 - - - $4,878,938 $13,372,418 - - - $13,372,418 Seasons Team Salary Signing Bonus Incentive Trade Kicker Total Cash 2 seasons $5,527,560 - - - $5,527,560 * earnings may include deduction of original cashed earned due to shortened season
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Transactions
Oct 23 2023Utah (UTA) exercised $2.97 million option for 2024-25Jul 9 2022Signed a 4 year $13.37 million Rookie Scale contract with Utah (UTH)Jul 6 2022Traded to Utah (UTA) from Minnesota (MIN) with Malik Beasley , Patrick Beverley , Jarred Vanderbilt , Leandro Bolmaro , 2023 1st round pick [top-12 protected, conveys to 2nd-round pick] , 2025 1st round pick [unprotected] , 2027 1st round pick [unprotected] , 2026 1st round pick [UTH right to swap] and 2029 1st round pick [top-5 protected] for Rudy GobertJun 24 2022Traded to Minnesota (MIN) from Memphis (MEM) with 2023 2nd round pick and TyTy Washington Jr. for Jake LaRaviaJun 23 2022Drafted by Memphis (MEM): Round 1 (#22 overall) -
Statistics
Season Team Games MPG FG% 3PT% FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PT Prod Pts 2023 UTA 61 23.49 0.655 0.211 0.593 2.61 5.05 7.66 0.90 0.46 2.46 1.03 8.23 23.57 2022 UTA 74 23.01 0.720 0.333 0.516 3.12 5.26 8.38 0.93 0.35 2.34 0.78 9.18 25.22 Totals 135 23.23 0.691 0.227 0.544 2.89 5.16 8.05 0.92 0.40 2.39 0.90 8.75 24.48