Kawhi Leonard

LAC · SF · Age 34 · 6'6"

25-26 season · 65 GP · 32.1 MPG

A+

Overall

$50,000,000

25-26 salary

27.9

PPG

6.4

RPG

3.6

APG

1.9

SPG

0.4

BPG

62.9%

TS%

26-27 projection

BPM

5.5-2.5

range 2.9–8.1 · now 8.0

WS / 48

0.174-0.038

range 0.121–0.227 · now 0.212

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

Contract

Kawhi Leonard

VETERAN EXTENSIONMaxUFA

Kawhi Leonard signed a 3 year, $149,505,800 contract with the LA Clippers on Jan 10, 2024. The contract has a cap hit that ranges from $49,205,800 to $50,300,000.

Total value: $149,505,800
Guaranteed: $149,505,800 (100%)
AAV: $49,835,267
Length: 3 years
Avg cap %: 32.6%
Signing method: Bird Exception
Signing team: LAC
Signed: January 10, 2024

Season	Option	Cap hit	% Cap	Base	Guaranteed	Likely inc.	Unlikely inc.
2024-25	—	$49,205,800	35.0%	$49,205,800	$49,205,800	$0	$0
2025-26current	—	$50,000,000	32.3%	$50,000,000	$50,000,000	$0	$0
2026-27	—	$50,300,000	30.4%	$50,300,000	$50,300,000	$0	$0

Cap hold 2027-28: $63,706,650

Updated 6/13/2026

TRADE KICKER : 15% of the remaining Base Salary

Past contracts (4)

Leonard's earlier deals — career earnings history

2021-22 – 2024-25VETERAN CONTRACTMax

Total $176,265,152AAV $44,066,288Avg cap 34.4%Length 3 - 4 yearsTeam LACVia Early-Bird ExceptionAugust 12, 2021

Season	Cap hit	% Cap	Base	Guaranteed
2021-22	$39,344,900	35.0%	$39,344,900	$39,344,900
2022-23	$42,492,492	34.4%	$42,492,492	$42,492,492
2023-24	$45,640,084	33.6%	$45,640,084	$45,640,084
2024-25opted out	$48,787,676	34.7%	$48,787,676	$0

2019-20 – 2021-22VETERAN CONTRACTMax

Total $103,137,300AAV $34,379,100Avg cap 31.2%Length 2 - 3 yearsTeam LACVia Cap RoomJuly 9, 2019

Season	Cap hit	% Cap	Base	Guaranteed
2019-20	$32,742,000	30.0%	$32,742,000	$32,742,000
2020-21	$34,379,100	31.5%	$34,379,100	$34,379,100
2021-22opted out	$36,016,200	32.0%	$36,016,200	$0

2015-16 – 2019-20VETERAN CONTRACTMax

Total $94,343,130AAV $18,868,626Avg cap 20.7%Length 4 - 5 yearsTeam SASVia Bird ExceptionJuly 16, 2015

Season	Cap hit	% Cap	Base	Guaranteed
2015-16	$16,407,500	23.4%	$16,407,500	$16,407,500
2016-17	$17,638,063	18.7%	$17,638,063	$17,638,063
2017-18	$18,868,626	19.0%	$18,868,626	$18,868,626
2018-19	$23,114,067	22.7%	$20,099,189	$20,099,189
2019-20opted out	$21,329,752	19.5%	$21,329,752	$0

2011-12 – 2014-15ROOKIE SCALE CONTRACT

Total $8,323,699AAV $2,080,925Avg cap 3.5%Length 2 - 4 yearsTeam SASVia Rookie ExceptionDecember 10, 2011

Season	Cap hit	% Cap	Base	Guaranteed
2011-12	$1,731,960	3.0%	$1,659,795	$1,659,795
2012-13	$1,809,840	3.1%	$1,508,200	$1,508,200
2013-14team opt ✓	$1,887,840	3.2%	$1,730,520	$1,730,520
2014-15team opt ✓	$2,894,059	4.6%	$2,652,887	$2,652,887

25-26 scorecard

Overall Impact

A+

PER27.9A+

BPM8.0A+

VORP5.3A+

Win Shares9.2A+

PIE18.5%A+

Net Rtg7.5A-

Scoring & Efficiency

A-

PPG27.9A+

TS%62.9%A

eFG%57.3%B

FG%50.5%B+

3P%38.7%A-

FT%89.2%A+

Corner 3FG%41.5%C+

Playmaking

A-

APG3.6B+

AST%21.0%A-

TOV%8.4%A-

Rebounding

B-

RPG6.4A-

ORB/G1.1C+

TRB%11.5%B+

ORB%4.1%C

Defense

SPG1.9A+

BPG0.4C

STL%2.9%A+

BLK%1.2%D

DBPM0.6B+

Defensive WS2.7B+

Def Rtg112.8B-

Style & Role

USG%33.5%

3PAr0.35

FTr0.33

Dunks46

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