Real current-year NBA contract salaries paired with each player's APEX-implied salary.
APEX Salary is directional and ignores NBA CBA max/min rules — read it as a relative-value signal, not a contract prediction.
Only players with 2,000+ career minutes at an NBA-listed position appear here. Rookies and limited-role players populate as their minutes accumulate.
| # | Player | Team | Pos | Age | Current Salary↓ | APEX Salary | Difference | Value | APEX Score | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kawhi Leonard | LAC | W | 34 | $50M | $57M | +$7M | Fair Value | +5.5 | Second Team |
| 2 | Darius Garland | LAC | G | 26 | $42M | $28M | −$14M | Weak Value | +2.5 | Starter |
| 3 | Bradley Beal | LAC | W | 32 | $25M Player Option | $4M | −$21M | Weak Value | -0.3 | Rotation Player |
| 4 | Bogdan Bogdanović | LAC | W | 33 | $16M Team Option | $25M | +$9M | Fair Value | +2.4 | Starter |
| 5 | Derrick Jones Jr. | LAC | W | 29 | $10M | $17M | +$7M | Fair Value | +1.9 | Starter |
| 6 | Brook Lopez | LAC | C | 38 | $9M Team Option | $11M | +$2M | Fair Value | +0.9 | Starter |
| 7 | Isaiah Jackson | LAC | W | 24 | $7M | $7M | $0M | Fair Value | +0.4 | Rotation Player |
| 8 | Nicolas Batum | LAC | W | 37 | $6M Team Option | $13M | +$7M | Fair Value | +1.2 | Starter |
| 9 | Kris Dunn | LAC | G | 32 | $6M | $15M | +$9M | Fair Value | +1.4 | Starter |
| 10 | Yanic Konan Niederhäuser | LAC | C | 23 | $3M | — | — | — | -3.3 | Reserve |
| 11 | Jordan Miller | LAC | G | 26 | $2M | — | — | — | -1.9 | Reserve |
| 12 | Cam Christie | LAC | G | 20 | $2M | — | — | — | -2.8 | Reserve |
| 13 | Kobe Sanders | LAC | W | 24 | $2M Team Option | — | — | — | +1.4 | Starter |
| 14 | John Collins | LAC | W | 28 | Free Agent | $7M | — | — | +0.4 | Rotation Player |
| 15 | Bennedict Mathurin | LAC | W | 24 | Free Agent | $3M | — | — | -1.2 | Reserve |
| 16 | TyTy Washington Jr. | LAC | G | 24 | — | — | — | — | -2.8 | Reserve |
