Sam Merrill

CLE · SG · Age 30 · 6'4"

25-26 season · 52 GP · 26.5 MPG

B-

Overall

$8,482,144

25-26 salary

12.8

PPG

2.6

RPG

2.4

APG

0.6

SPG

0.1

BPG

64.4%

TS%

26-27 projection

BPM

-0.4-0.5

range -3.0–2.1 · now 0.1

WS / 48

0.092-0.035

range 0.039–0.145 · now 0.127

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

Contract

Sam Merrill

VETERAN CONTRACTUFA

Sam Merrill signed a 4 year, $38,000,000 contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers on Jul 6, 2025. The contract has a cap hit that ranges from $8,482,144 to $10,517,856.

Total value: $38,000,000
Guaranteed: $38,000,000 (100%)
AAV: $9,500,000
Length: 4 years
Avg cap %: 5.4%
Signing method: Bird Exception
Signing team: CLE
Signed: July 6, 2025

Season	Option	Cap hit	% Cap	Base	Guaranteed	Likely inc.	Unlikely inc.
2025-26current	—	$8,482,144	5.5%	$8,482,144	$8,482,144	$0	$0
2026-27	—	$9,160,715	5.5%	$9,160,715	$9,160,715	$0	$0
2027-28	—	$9,839,285	5.4%	$9,839,285	$9,839,285	$0	$0
2028-29	—	$10,517,856	5.3%	$10,517,856	$10,517,856	$0	$0

Cap hold 2029-30: $19,983,926

Updated 6/13/2026

Past contracts (4)

Merrill's earlier deals — career earnings history

2022-23 – 2024-25VETERAN CONTRACT (REST OF SEASON)

Total $5,012,231AAV $1,670,744Avg cap 1.2%Length 3 yearsTeam CLEVia MLEMarch 14, 2023

Season	Cap hit	% Cap	Base	Guaranteed
2022-23	$850,000	0.7%	$850,000	$850,000
2023-24	$1,997,238	1.5%	$1,997,238	$1,997,238
2024-25	$2,164,993	1.5%	$2,164,993	$2,164,993

2022-23 – 2023-24VETERAN CONTRACT

Total $3,833,328AAV $1,916,664Avg cap 1.5%Length 2 yearsTeam SACVia Minimum Salary ExceptionAugust 12, 2022

Season	Cap hit	% Cap	Base	Guaranteed
2022-23waived	$1,836,090	1.5%	$1,836,090	$150,000
2023-24waived	$1,997,238	1.5%	$1,997,238	$0

2022-2310-DAY CONTRACT

Total $105,522AAV $105,522Avg cap 0.1%Length 1 yearTeam CLEVia Minimum Salary ExceptionMarch 3, 2023

Season	Cap hit	% Cap	Base	Guaranteed
2022-23	$105,522	0.1%	$105,522	$105,522

2020-21 – 2021-22ROOKIE CONTRACT

Total $2,416,291AAV $1,208,146Avg cap 1.1%Length 2 yearsTeam MILVia Minimum Salary ExceptionNovember 30, 2020

Season	Cap hit	% Cap	Base	Guaranteed
2020-21	$898,310	0.8%	$898,310	$898,310
2021-22waived	$1,517,981	1.4%	$1,517,981	$1,517,981

25-26 scorecard

Overall Impact

B-

PER13.6C+

BPM0.1B-

VORP0.7C+

Win Shares3.7B-

PIE8.1%D

Net Rtg7.7A-

Scoring & Efficiency

A-

PPG12.8C+

TS%64.4%A+

eFG%62.4%A+

FG%46.1%B

3P%42.1%A

FT%85.5%—

Corner 3FG%54.1%A+

Playmaking

APG2.4D

AST%12.3%D

TOV%7.5%A

Rebounding

RPG2.6D

ORB/G0.5C-

TRB%5.3%D

ORB%2.2%C-

Defense

SPG0.6D

BPG0.1D

STL%1.2%D

BLK%0.5%D

DBPM-1.0D

Defensive WS0.9C-

Def Rtg112.6B-

Style & Role

USG%17.0%

3PAr0.78

FTr0.14

Dunks0

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