Jonas Valančiūnas

DEN · C · Age 34 · 6'11"

25-26 season · 65 GP · 13.4 MPG

Overall

$10,395,000

25-26 salary

8.7

PPG

5.1

RPG

1.2

APG

0.2

SPG

0.6

BPG

63.0%

TS%

26-27 projection

BPM

-0.3-0.3

range -2.9–2.3 · now 0.0

WS / 48

0.136-0.026

range 0.083–0.189 · now 0.162

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

Contract

Jonas Valančiūnas

VETERAN CONTRACTUFA

Jonas Valanciunas signed a 3 year, $30,295,000 contract with the Sacramento Kings on Jul 6, 2024. The contract has a cap hit that ranges from $9,900,000 to $10,395,000.

Total value: $30,295,000
Guaranteed: $20,295,000 (67%)
AAV: $10,098,333
Length: 3 years
Avg cap %: 6.6%
Signing method: MLE
Signing team: SAC (Sign & Trade: WAS)
Signed: July 6, 2024

Season	Option	Cap hit	% Cap	Base	Guaranteed	Likely inc.	Unlikely inc.
2024-25	—	$9,900,000	7.0%	$9,900,000	$9,900,000	$0	$0
2025-26current	—	$10,395,000	6.7%	$10,395,000	$10,395,000	$0	$0
2026-27	—	$10,000,000	6.0%	$10,000,000	$0	$0	$0

Cap hold 2027-28: $19,000,000

Updated 6/13/2026

CONTRACT NOTE: Signed as bird, but then traded and SAC using MLE.

Past contracts (4)

Valančiūnas's earlier deals — career earnings history

2022-23 – 2023-24VETERAN EXTENSION

Total $30,135,000AAV $15,067,500Avg cap 11.6%Length 2 yearsTeam NOPVia Bird ExceptionOctober 20, 2021

Season	Cap hit	% Cap	Base	Guaranteed
2022-23	$14,700,000	11.9%	$14,700,000	$14,700,000
2023-24	$15,435,000	11.3%	$15,435,000	$15,435,000

2019-20 – 2021-22VETERAN CONTRACT

Total $45,000,000AAV $15,000,000Avg cap 13.6%Length 3 yearsTeam MEMVia Bird ExceptionJuly 7, 2019

Season	Cap hit	% Cap	Base	Guaranteed
2019-20	$16,000,000	14.7%	$16,000,000	$16,000,000
2020-21	$15,000,000	13.7%	$15,000,000	$15,000,000
2021-22	$14,000,000	12.5%	$14,000,000	$14,000,000

2016-17 – 2019-20ROOKIE SCALE EXTENSION

Total $64,000,000AAV $16,000,000Avg cap 15.8%Length 3 - 4 yearsTeam TORVia Bird ExceptionAugust 20, 2015

Season	Cap hit	% Cap	Base	Guaranteed
2016-17	$14,382,023	15.3%	$14,382,023	$14,382,023
2017-18	$15,460,675	15.6%	$15,460,675	$15,460,675
2018-19	$16,539,326	16.2%	$16,539,326	$16,539,326
2019-20opted out	$17,617,976	16.1%	$17,617,976	$0

2012-13 – 2015-16ROOKIE SCALE CONTRACT

Total $15,239,922AAV $3,809,981Avg cap 6.1%Length 2 - 4 yearsTeam TORVia Rookie ExceptionJuly 18, 2012

Season	Cap hit	% Cap	Base	Guaranteed
2012-13	$3,374,640	5.8%	$2,857,059	$2,857,059
2013-14	$3,526,440	6.0%	$3,008,859	$3,008,859
2014-15team opt ✓	$3,678,360	5.8%	$3,678,360	$3,678,360
2015-16team opt ✓	$4,660,482	6.7%	$4,660,482	$4,660,482

25-26 scorecard

Overall Impact

PER22.0A

BPM0.0C-

VORP0.4D

Win Shares2.9D

PIE15.0%A

Net Rtg-2.0C-

Scoring & Efficiency

B-

PPG8.7D

TS%63.0%B-

eFG%59.2%B-

FG%58.2%B

3P%30.8%—

FT%77.2%B

Corner 3FG%100.0%—

Playmaking

C-

APG1.2D

AST%14.1%B

TOV%14.0%D

Rebounding

RPG5.1D

ORB/G1.6D

TRB%21.2%A-

ORB%14.2%B+

Defense

SPG0.2F

BPG0.6D

STL%0.8%D

BLK%4.0%B-

DBPM-0.5D

Defensive WS1.1D

Def Rtg116.6D

Style & Role

USG%26.1%

3PAr0.07

FTr0.35

Dunks26

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