Aaron Gordon

DEN · PF · Age 30 · 6'8"

25-26 season · 36 GP · 27.9 MPG

Overall

$22,841,455

25-26 salary

16.2

PPG

5.8

RPG

2.7

APG

0.6

SPG

0.3

BPG

62.0%

TS%

26-27 projection

BPM

-0.1-1.8

range -2.7–2.4 · now 1.7

WS / 48

0.115-0.038

range 0.062–0.168 · now 0.153

Bands are the projected range for 26-27. See the full projections.

Contract

Aaron Gordon

VETERAN EXTENSIONUFA

Aaron Gordon signed a 3-4 year, $91,440,001 contract with the Denver Nuggets on Sep 27, 2021. The contract has a cap hit that ranges from $19,690,909 to $22,841,455.

Total value: $91,440,001
Guaranteed: $86,640,001 (95%)
AAV: $22,860,000
Length: 3 - 4 years
Avg cap %: 15.8%
Signing method: Bird Exception
Signing team: DEN
Signed: September 27, 2021

Season	Option	Cap hit	% Cap	Base	Guaranteed	Likely inc.	Unlikely inc.
2022-23	—	$19,690,909	15.9%	$19,690,909	$19,690,909	$0	$1,200,000
2023-24	—	$22,266,182	16.4%	$21,266,182	$21,266,182	$1,000,000	$200,000
2024-25	—	$22,841,455	16.2%	$22,841,455	$22,841,455	$0	$1,200,000
2025-26current	player opt ✓	$22,841,455	14.8%	$22,841,455	$22,841,455	$0	$1,200,000

Cap hold 2026-27: $34,262,183

Updated 6/13/2026

Signed extension (1)

Gordon's signed-but-not-yet-started deals

2026-27 – 2028-29VETERAN EXTENSION

Total $109,052,040AAV $36,350,680Avg cap 18.9%Length 2 - 3 yearsTeam DENVia Bird ExceptionOctober 21, 2024

Season	Cap hit	% Cap	Base	Guaranteed
2026-27	$31,978,037	19.3%	$31,978,037	$31,978,037
2027-28	$34,536,280	19.0%	$34,536,280	$34,536,280
2028-29player opt	$37,094,523	18.5%	$37,094,523	$37,094,523

Past contracts (2)

Gordon's earlier deals — career earnings history

2018-19 – 2021-22VETERAN CONTRACT

Total $80,000,000AAV $20,000,000Avg cap 17.7%Length 4 yearsTeam ORLVia Bird ExceptionJuly 6, 2018

Season	Cap hit	% Cap	Base	Guaranteed
2018-19	$21,590,909	21.2%	$21,590,909	$21,590,909
2019-20	$19,863,636	18.2%	$19,863,636	$19,863,636
2020-21	$18,136,364	16.6%	$18,136,364	$18,136,364
2021-22	$16,409,091	14.6%	$16,409,091	$16,409,091

2014-15 – 2017-18ROOKIE SCALE CONTRACT

Total $18,019,460AAV $4,504,865Avg cap 5.6%Length 2 - 4 yearsTeam ORLVia Rookie ExceptionJuly 2, 2014

Season	Cap hit	% Cap	Base	Guaranteed
2014-15	$3,992,040	6.3%	$3,942,040	$3,942,040
2015-16	$4,171,680	6.0%	$4,121,680	$4,121,680
2016-17team opt ✓	$4,351,320	4.6%	$4,351,320	$4,351,320
2017-18team opt ✓	$5,504,420	5.6%	$5,504,420	$5,504,420

25-26 scorecard

Overall Impact

PER18.5A-

BPM1.7B+

VORP0.9C+

Win Shares3.2C+

PIE11.7%B+

Net Rtg12.7A+

Scoring & Efficiency

PPG16.2B

TS%62.0%A-

eFG%57.4%B

FG%49.7%B

3P%38.9%B+

FT%76.7%C-

Corner 3FG%44.7%B

Playmaking

APG2.7B-

AST%13.7%C+

TOV%7.5%A

Rebounding

B+

RPG5.8B+

ORB/G1.4B

TRB%11.6%B+

ORB%6.0%B

Defense

SPG0.6D

BPG0.3D

STL%1.0%D

BLK%0.9%D

DBPM-1.2D

Defensive WS0.7D

Def Rtg112.0B

Style & Role

USG%21.9%

3PAr0.39

FTr0.41

Dunks42

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