Here’s what every first-round pick in the 2023 NBA Draft will make next season
First-round selections in the NBA Draft are assigned a “scale” value depending on what pick they’re selected with. The first pick has the highest assigned value, the second pick has the second-highest assigned value, and so on.
Below is the first-year salary scale value for each first-round selection in the 2023 NBA Draft (based on the 2023-24 rookie scale chart provided by RealGM). Players can sign for as little as 80% or as much as 120% of the scale value of where they were selected. Rookie contracts last for four years, the last two being team-option years.
First pick: Victor Wembanyama, $10,132,300.
Second pick: Brandon Miller, $9,065,600.
Third pick: Scoot Henderson, $8,141,200.
Fourth pick: Amen Thompson, $7,340,000.
Fifth pick: Ausar Thompson, $6,646,800.
Sixth pick: Anthony Black, $6,037,000.
Seventh pick: Bilal Coulibaly, $5,511,000.
Eighth pick: Jarace Walker, $5,048,800.
Ninth pick: Taylor Hendricks, $4,640,900.
10th pick: Cason Wallace, $4,408,800.
11th pick: Jett Howard, $4,408,800.
12th pick: Dereck Lively II, $3,979,100.
13th pick: Gradey Dick, $3,780,000.
14th pick: Jordan Hawkins, $3,591,300.
15th pick: Kobe Bufkin, $3,411,400.
16th pick: Keyonte George, $3,241,000.
17th pick: Jalen Hood-Schifino, $3,078,800.
18th pick: Jaime Jaquez Jr., $2,925,000.
19th pick: Brandin Podziemski, $2,793,200.
20th pick: Cam Whitmore, $2,681,400.
21st pick: Noah Clowney, $2,574,200.
22nd pick: Dariq Whitehead, $2,471,300.
23rd pick: Kris Murray, $2,372,600.
24th pick: Olivier-Maxence Prosper, $2,277,800.
25th pick: Marcus Sasser, $2,186,400.
26th pick: Ben Sheppard, $2,114,000.
27th pick: Nick Smith Jr., $2,053,000.
28th pick: Brice Sensabaugh, $2,040,200.
29th pick: Julian Strawther, $2,025,600.
30th pick: Kobe Brown, $2,010,800.
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