Here’s what every first-round pick in the 2025 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 2025 NBA draft (based on the 2025-26 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: Cooper Flagg (Duke), Dallas Mavericks, $11,521,600.
Second pick: Dylan Harper (Rutgers), San Antonio Spurs, $10,308,600.
Third pick: VJ Edgecombe (Baylor), Philadelphia 76ers, $9,257,400.
Fourth pick: Kon Knueppel (Duke), Charlotte Hornets, $8,346,400.
Fifth pick: Ace Bailey (Rutgers), Utah Jazz, $7,558,200.
Sixth pick: Tre Johnson (Texas), Washington Wizards, $6,864,700.
Seventh pick: Jeremiah Fears (Oklahoma), New Orleans Pelicans, $6,266,700.
Eighth pick: Egor Demin (BYU), Brooklyn Nets, $5,741,000.
Ninth pick: Collin Murray-Boyles (South Carolina), Toronto Raptors, $5,277,100.
10th pick: Khaman Maluach (Duke), Houston Rockets (traded to Phoenix Suns), $5,013,400.
11th pick: Cedric Coward (Washington State), Portland Trail Blazers (traded to Memphis Grizzlies), $4,762,600.
12th pick: Noa Essengue (France), Chicago Bulls, $4,524,600.
13th pick: Derik Queen (Maryland), Atlanta Hawks (traded to New Orleans Pelicans), $4,298,300.
14th pick: Carter Bryant (Arizona), San Antonio Spurs, $4,083,600.
15th pick: Thomas Sorber (Georgetown), Oklahoma City Thunder, $3,879,200.
16th pick: Yang Hansen (China), Memphis Grizzlies (traded to Portland Trail Blazers), $3,685,300.
17th pick: Joan Beringer (France), Minnesota Timberwolves, $3,500,900.
18th pick: Walter Clayton Jr. (Florida), Washington Wizards (traded to Utah Jazz), $3,326,100.
19th pick: Nolan Traoré (France), Brooklyn Nets, $3,176,300.
20th pick: Kasparas Jakučionis (Illinois), Miami Heat, $3,049,000.
21st pick: Will Riley (Illinois), Utah Jazz (traded to Washington Wizards), $2,927,100.
22nd pick: Drake Powell (North Carolina), Atlanta Hawks (traded to Brooklyn Nets), $2,810,200.
23rd pick: Asa Newell (Georgia), New Orleans Pelicans (traded to Atlanta Hawks), $2,697,900.
24th pick: Nique Clifford (Colorado State), Oklahoma City Thunder (traded to Sacramento Kings), $2,590,100.
25th pick: Jase Richardson (Michigan State), Orlando Magic, $2,486,100.
26th pick: Ben Saraf (Israel), Brooklyn Nets, $2,403,800.
27th pick: Danny Wolf (Michigan), Brooklyn Nets, $2,334,400.
28th pick: Hugo González (Spain), Boston Celtics, $2,319,900.
29th pick: Liam McNeeley (UConn), Phoenix Suns (traded to Charlotte Hornets), $2,303,300.
30th pick: Yanic Konan Niederhauser (Penn State), Los Angeles Clippers, $2,286,500.
This story was originally published June 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM.
