Deandre Ayton

LAL · C · Age 27 · 7'0"

25-26 season · 72 GP · 27.2 MPG

Overall

$8,104,000

25-26 salary

12.5

PPG

8.0

RPG

0.8

APG

0.6

SPG

1.0

BPG

67.6%

TS%

26-27 projection

BPM

-0.8+0.1

range -3.4–1.8 · now -0.9

WS / 48

0.133-0.019

range 0.080–0.186 · now 0.152

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

Contract

Deandre Ayton

VETERAN CONTRACTUFA

Deandre Ayton signed a 2 year, $16,208,000 contract with the Los Angeles Lakers on Jul 6, 2025. The contract has a cap hit of $8,104,000.

Total value: $16,208,000
Guaranteed: $16,208,000 (100%)
AAV: $8,104,000
Length: 2 years
Avg cap %: 5.1%
Signing method: MLE
Signing team: LAL
Signed: July 6, 2025

Season	Option	Cap hit	% Cap	Base	Guaranteed	Likely inc.	Unlikely inc.
2025-26current	—	$8,104,000	5.2%	$8,104,000	$8,104,000	$0	$0
2026-27	player opt	$8,104,000	4.9%	$8,104,000	$8,104,000	$0	$0

Cap hold 2027-28: $10,535,200

Updated 6/13/2026

Past contracts (2)

Ayton's earlier deals — career earnings history

2022-23 – 2025-26POST-ROOKIE FREE-AGENT CONTRACTMax

Total $132,929,128AAV $33,232,282Avg cap 24.0%Length 4 yearsTeam PHXVia Bird ExceptionJuly 15, 2022

Season	Cap hit	% Cap	Base	Guaranteed
2022-23	$30,913,750	25.0%	$30,913,750	$30,913,750
2023-24	$32,459,438	23.9%	$32,459,438	$32,459,438
2024-25	$34,005,126	24.2%	$34,005,126	$34,005,126
2025-26waived	$35,550,814	23.0%	$35,550,814	$35,550,814

2018-19 – 2021-22ROOKIE SCALE CONTRACT

Total $40,379,230AAV $10,094,808Avg cap 9.3%Length 2 - 4 yearsTeam PHXVia Rookie ExceptionJuly 2, 2018

Season	Cap hit	% Cap	Base	Guaranteed
2018-19	$8,165,160	8.0%	$8,165,160	$8,165,160
2019-20	$9,562,920	8.8%	$9,562,920	$9,562,920
2020-21team opt ✓	$10,018,200	9.2%	$10,018,200	$10,018,200
2021-22team opt ✓	$12,632,950	11.2%	$12,632,950	$12,632,950

25-26 scorecard

Overall Impact

PER18.2B-

BPM-0.9D

VORP0.6D

Win Shares6.2B

PIE11.7%C+

Net Rtg0.1C

Scoring & Efficiency

B+

PPG12.5B

TS%67.6%A

eFG%67.1%A

FG%67.1%A

3P%——

FT%64.5%D

Corner 3FG%——

Playmaking

APG0.8F

AST%4.5%F

TOV%11.1%B

Rebounding

B-

RPG8.0B-

ORB/G2.6B-

TRB%17.2%B-

ORB%11.5%B-

Defense

C-

SPG0.6D

BPG1.0C+

STL%1.0%D

BLK%3.3%C

DBPM-0.9D

Defensive WS2.2B-

Def Rtg115.5D

Style & Role

USG%16.7%

3PAr0.00

FTr0.23

Dunks123

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