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Comparing max salaries across the WNBA and NBA, players make upwards of 80x as much in the NBA, AFTER taking into consideration season lengths.
You read that right - NBA players and their work on the court are valued EIGHTY TIMES as much as WNBA players' equal amount of work.
You read that right - NBA players and their work on the court are valued EIGHTY TIMES as much as WNBA players' equal amount of work.
82 NBA Games vs 36 WNBA Games (Planned Increase before COVID)
Highest Paid 2020 NBA Salary - Steph Curry = over $40m
Highest Paid 2020 WNBA Salary - $215,000 (paid to Bonner, Della Donne, Meesseman, Cambage, Griner, Diggins-Smith, and Bird)
Highest Paid 2020 NBA Salary - Steph Curry = over $40m
Highest Paid 2020 WNBA Salary - $215,000 (paid to Bonner, Della Donne, Meesseman, Cambage, Griner, Diggins-Smith, and Bird)
Directly comparing 17th year Champs in Lebron James and Sue Bird:
James - over $37m
Bird - $215,000
James' on-court work valued more than 75x that of Bird.
James - over $37m
Bird - $215,000
James' on-court work valued more than 75x that of Bird.
If each player would to have played every game of their respective regular seasons, Lebron would be paid over $450,000 per, with Bird at under $6,000 per.
As in, two GAMES for Lebron are the financial equivalent of two SEASONS of Bird's salary.
PLUS an extra ~$20k to boot.
PLUS an extra ~$20k to boot.
Sometimes it's important to recognize how ridiculous all of this is in actual numbers. You can incorporate skewed arguments about viewership, profit, and investment, but there's no way in hell NBA players should be getting paid 80x that of WNBA players. It's insane.
