Nick Richards

2TM · C · Age 28 · 6'11"

25-26 season · 48 GP · 14.6 MPG

Overall

$5,000,000

25-26 salary

5.8

PPG

5.1

RPG

0.3

APG

0.2

SPG

0.7

BPG

56.2%

TS%

26-27 projection

BPM

-4.0+2.1

range -6.6–-1.5 · now -6.1

WS / 48

0.087+0.047

range 0.034–0.140 · now 0.040

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

Contract

Nick Richards

VETERAN EXTENSIONUFA

Nick Richards signed a 3 year, $15,000,000 contract with the Charlotte Hornets on Mar 22, 2023. The contract has a cap hit of $5,000,000.

Total value: $15,000,000
Guaranteed: $15,000,000 (100%)
AAV: $5,000,000
Length: 3 years
Avg cap %: 3.5%
Signing method: Bird Exception
Signing team: CHA
Signed: March 22, 2023

Season	Option	Cap hit	% Cap	Base	Guaranteed	Likely inc.	Unlikely inc.
2023-24	—	$5,000,000	3.7%	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	$0	$0
2024-25	—	$5,000,000	3.6%	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	$0	$0
2025-26current	—	$5,000,000	3.2%	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	$0	$0

Cap hold 2026-27: $9,500,000

Updated 6/13/2026

Past contracts (1)

Richards's earlier deals — career earnings history

2020-21 – 2022-23ROOKIE CONTRACT

Total $4,300,602AAV $1,433,534Avg cap 1.2%Length 3 yearsTeam CHAVia Cap RoomNovember 30, 2020

Season	Cap hit	% Cap	Base	Guaranteed
2020-21	$1,000,000	0.9%	$1,000,000	$1,000,000
2021-22	$1,517,981	1.4%	$1,517,981	$1,517,981
2022-23	$1,782,621	1.4%	$1,782,621	$1,782,621

25-26 scorecard

Overall Impact

PER11.9F

BPM-6.1F

VORP-0.7F

Win Shares0.6F

PIE7.9%F

Net Rtg-8.4F

Scoring & Efficiency

PPG5.8F

TS%56.2%—

eFG%52.5%—

FG%51.2%—

3P%27.8%—

FT%64.4%D

Corner 3FG%33.3%—

Playmaking

APG0.3F

AST%3.2%F

TOV%19.4%F

Rebounding

C-

RPG5.1D

ORB/G1.6D

TRB%18.7%B

ORB%11.8%B-

Defense

SPG0.2F

BPG0.7D

STL%0.7%D

BLK%4.1%B-

DBPM-1.2F

Defensive WS0.8F

Def Rtg117.2D

Style & Role

USG%18.2%

3PAr0.09

FTr0.50

Dunks45

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