Jalen Brunson

NYK · PG · Age 29 · 6'2"

25-26 season · 74 GP · 35.0 MPG

Overall

$34,944,001

25-26 salary

26.0

PPG

3.3

RPG

6.8

APG

0.8

SPG

0.1

BPG

58.0%

TS%

26-27 projection

BPM

2.0-1.1

range -0.6–4.5 · now 3.1

WS / 48

0.150-0.013

range 0.097–0.203 · now 0.163

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

Contract

Jalen Brunson

VETERAN EXTENSIONUFA

Jalen Brunson signed a 3-4 year, $156,549,124 contract with the New York Knicks on Jul 12, 2024. The contract has a cap hit that ranges from $34,944,001 to $43,330,561.

Total value: $156,549,124
Guaranteed: $156,549,124 (100%)
AAV: $39,137,281
Length: 3 - 4 years
Avg cap %: 22.3%
Signing method: Bird Exception
Signing team: NYK
Signed: July 12, 2024

Season	Option	Cap hit	% Cap	Base	Guaranteed	Likely inc.	Unlikely inc.
2025-26current	—	$34,944,001	22.6%	$34,944,001	$34,944,001	$0	$0
2026-27	—	$37,739,521	22.8%	$37,739,521	$37,739,521	$0	$0
2027-28	—	$40,535,041	22.3%	$40,535,041	$40,535,041	$0	$0
2028-29	player opt	$43,330,561	21.6%	$43,330,561	$43,330,561	$0	$0

Cap hold 2029-30: $64,995,842

Updated 6/13/2026

TRADE KICKER : 15% of the remaining Base Salary

Past contracts (2)

Brunson's earlier deals — career earnings history

2022-23 – 2025-26VETERAN CONTRACT

Total $104,000,000AAV $26,000,000Avg cap 18.9%Length 3 - 4 yearsTeam NYKVia Cap RoomJuly 12, 2022

Season	Cap hit	% Cap	Base	Guaranteed
2022-23	$27,733,332	22.4%	$27,733,332	$27,733,332
2023-24	$26,346,666	19.4%	$26,346,666	$26,346,666
2024-25	$24,960,001	17.8%	$24,960,001	$24,960,001
2025-26opted out	$24,960,001	16.1%	$24,960,001	$0

2018-19 – 2021-22ROOKIE CONTRACT

Total $6,112,770AAV $1,528,193Avg cap 1.4%Length 4 yearsTeam DALVia Cap RoomJuly 16, 2018

Season	Cap hit	% Cap	Base	Guaranteed
2018-19	$1,230,000	1.2%	$1,230,000	$1,230,000
2019-20	$1,416,852	1.3%	$1,416,852	$1,416,852
2020-21	$1,663,861	1.5%	$1,663,861	$1,663,861
2021-22	$1,802,057	1.6%	$1,802,057	$1,802,057

25-26 scorecard

Overall Impact

PER20.1A

BPM3.1A

VORP3.3A

Win Shares8.8A+

PIE13.5%A

Net Rtg6.1B+

Scoring & Efficiency

B-

PPG26.0A

TS%58.0%B-

eFG%53.3%C

FG%46.7%B

3P%36.9%B-

FT%84.1%B-

Corner 3FG%40.9%B-

Playmaking

A-

APG6.8A

AST%31.3%A

TOV%9.5%A-

Rebounding

RPG3.3C+

ORB/G0.4D

TRB%5.3%D

ORB%1.3%F

Defense

SPG0.8C-

BPG0.1D

STL%1.1%F

BLK%0.3%F

DBPM-0.9D

Defensive WS2.2B+

Def Rtg114.1C-

Style & Role

USG%30.4%

3PAr0.36

FTr0.28

Dunks0

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