Largest rookie contracts in the NBA in 2025/26

Published by Statista Research Department, Jul 1, 2025

As the first pick of the NBA Draft for the 2025/26 season, Cooper Flagg of the Dallas Mavericks had the most valuable contract among that season's new batch of rookies. For the first year of Flagg's contract, the young man from Maine was guaranteed to earn

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million U.S. dollars. If the Mavericks decided to trigger Flagg's contract for a total of four years, the number one pick would earn
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Most valuable rookie contracts in the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 2025/26 (in million U.S. dollars)

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Statistic: Most valuable rookie contracts in the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 2025/26 (in million U.S. dollars)

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June 2025

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North America, United States

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2025/26

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