Jalen Smith

CHI · C · Age 26 · 6'8"

25-26 season · 53 GP · 20.7 MPG

C-

Overall

$9,000,000

25-26 salary

10.2

PPG

6.7

RPG

1.2

APG

0.5

SPG

0.8

BPG

60.8%

TS%

26-27 projection

BPM

0.6+1.3

range -1.9–3.2 · now -0.7

WS / 48

0.128+0.014

range 0.075–0.181 · now 0.114

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

Contract

Jalen Smith

VETERAN CONTRACTUFA

Jalen Smith signed a 3 year, $27,000,000 contract with the Chicago Bulls on Jul 8, 2024. The contract has a cap hit that ranges from $8,571,429 to $9,428,571.

Total value: $27,000,000
Guaranteed: $27,000,000 (100%)
AAV: $9,000,000
Length: 3 years
Avg cap %: 5.9%
Signing method: MLE
Signing team: CHI
Signed: July 8, 2024

Season	Option	Cap hit	% Cap	Base	Guaranteed	Likely inc.	Unlikely inc.
2024-25	—	$8,571,429	6.1%	$8,571,429	$8,571,429	$0	$0
2025-26current	—	$9,000,000	5.8%	$9,000,000	$9,000,000	$0	$0
2026-27	—	$9,428,571	5.7%	$9,428,571	$9,428,571	$0	$0

Cap hold 2027-28: $17,914,285

Updated 6/13/2026

Past contracts (2)

Smith's earlier deals — career earnings history

2022-23 – 2024-25VETERAN CONTRACT

Total $15,131,319AAV $5,043,773Avg cap 3.8%Length 2 - 3 yearsTeam INDVia Early-Bird ExceptionJuly 6, 2022

Season	Cap hit	% Cap	Base	Guaranteed
2022-23	$4,670,160	3.8%	$4,670,160	$4,670,160
2023-24	$5,043,773	3.7%	$5,043,773	$5,043,773
2024-25opted out	$5,417,386	3.9%	$5,417,386	$0

2020-21 – 2023-24ROOKIE SCALE CONTRACT

Total $19,328,334AAV $4,832,084Avg cap 4.0%Length 2 - 4 yearsTeam PHXVia Rookie ExceptionNovember 24, 2020

Season	Cap hit	% Cap	Base	Guaranteed
2020-21	$4,245,720	3.9%	$4,245,720	$4,245,720
2021-22	$4,458,000	4.0%	$4,458,000	$4,458,000
2022-23team declined	$4,670,160	3.8%	$4,670,160	$0
2023-24team declined	$5,954,454	4.4%	$5,954,454	$0

25-26 scorecard

Overall Impact

C-

PER16.6C-

BPM-0.7D

VORP0.4D

Win Shares2.6D

PIE10.9%C-

Net Rtg3.4B

Scoring & Efficiency

PPG10.2C-

TS%60.8%C+

eFG%58.4%C+

FG%48.3%D

3P%37.3%B

FT%74.2%C+

Corner 3FG%38.2%C

Playmaking

C-

APG1.2D

AST%8.5%D

TOV%10.6%B

Rebounding

C-

RPG6.7C-

ORB/G1.8D

TRB%17.2%B-

ORB%9.6%C-

Defense

SPG0.5D

BPG0.8C-

STL%1.0%D

BLK%3.3%C

DBPM-0.9D

Defensive WS1.1D

Def Rtg113.0C+

Style & Role

USG%19.0%

3PAr0.55

FTr0.23

Dunks28

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