Jose Alvarado

2TM · PG · Age 28 · 6'0"

25-26 season · 69 GP · 19.9 MPG

Overall

$4,500,000

25-26 salary

7.4

PPG

2.5

RPG

3.4

APG

1.0

SPG

0.1

BPG

54.3%

TS%

26-27 projection

BPM

-1.2-0.2

range -3.7–1.4 · now -1.0

WS / 48

0.081+0.004

range 0.028–0.134 · now 0.077

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

Contract

Jose Alvarado

VETERAN EXTENSIONUFA

Jose Alvarado signed a 1-2 year, $9,000,000 contract with the New Orleans Pelicans on Sep 30, 2024. The contract has a cap hit of $4,500,000.

Total value: $9,000,000
Guaranteed: $9,000,000 (100%)
AAV: $4,500,000
Length: 1 - 2 years
Avg cap %: 2.8%
Signing method: Bird Exception
Signing team: NOP
Signed: September 30, 2024

Season	Option	Cap hit	% Cap	Base	Guaranteed	Likely inc.	Unlikely inc.
2025-26current	—	$4,500,000	2.9%	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$0	$0
2026-27	player opt	$4,500,000	2.7%	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$0	$0

Cap hold 2027-28: $8,550,000

Updated 6/13/2026

Past contracts (2)

Alvarado's earlier deals — career earnings history

2021-22 – 2024-25ROOKIE CONTRACT (REST OF SEASON)

Total $6,888,212AAV $1,722,053Avg cap 1.3%Length 3 - 4 yearsTeam NOPVia MLEMarch 28, 2022

Season	Cap hit	% Cap	Base	Guaranteed
2021-22	$1,500,000	1.3%	$1,500,000	$1,500,000
2022-23	$1,563,518	1.3%	$1,563,518	$1,563,518
2023-24	$1,836,096	1.3%	$1,836,096	$1,836,096
2024-25team opt ✓	$1,988,598	1.4%	$1,988,598	$1,988,598

2021-22TWO-WAY CONTRACT

Total $462,629AAV $462,629Avg cap 0.0%Length 1 yearTeam NOPVia Two-WayAugust 18, 2021

Season	Cap hit	% Cap	Base	Guaranteed
2021-22	$0	0.0%	$462,629	$0

25-26 scorecard

Overall Impact

PER12.1C-

BPM-1.0C

VORP0.3C

Win Shares2.2C-

PIE8.8%C

Net Rtg1.3C+

Scoring & Efficiency

PPG7.4D

TS%54.3%D

eFG%52.9%C

FG%41.6%D

3P%35.2%C

FT%76.1%—

Corner 3FG%36.8%C-

Playmaking

APG3.4C+

AST%23.1%B-

TOV%14.1%D

Rebounding

RPG2.5D

ORB/G0.4D

TRB%6.8%C+

ORB%2.1%C-

Defense

C+

SPG1.0C+

BPG0.1D

STL%2.3%B+

BLK%0.6%D

DBPM0.3B

Defensive WS1.2C

Def Rtg110.7B

Style & Role

USG%16.8%

3PAr0.64

FTr0.10

Dunks0

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