Almost $182 million in NBA salaries this season are going to players getting compensated by teams that waived them weeks, months or (sometimes) many years ago. That is the beauty of guaranteed contracts in the league.
Among those on the list is former NBA All-Star Kemba Walker, who is actually collecting hefty paychecks from two different teams.
Here is the 2022-23 ranking when it comes to dead money.
John Wall (Houston)
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Makes $40,866,760 from Houston this season
Kemba Walker (Oklahoma City and Detroit)
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Makes $36,596,549 total this season ($27,431,078 from Oklahoma City and $9,165,471 from Detroit)
Danilo Gallinari (San Antonio)
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Makes $13,000,000 from San Antonio this season
Derrick Favors (Houston)
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Makes $10,183,800 from Houston this season
Nicolas Batum (Charlotte)
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Makes $8,856,969 from Charlotte this season
DeAndre Jordan (Detroit)
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Makes $7,827,907 from Detroit this season
JaMychal Green (Oklahoma City)
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Makes $5,571,403 from Oklahoma City this season
David Nwaba (Oklahoma City)
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Makes $5,022,000 from Oklahoma City this season
Maurice Harkless (Houston)
Sergio Estrada-USA TODAY Sports
Makes $4,564,980 from Houston this season
Ty Jerome (Houston)
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Makes $4,220,057 from Houston this season
Josh Primo (San Antonio)
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Makes $4,144,320 from San Antonio this season
Jevon Carter (Brooklyn)
Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports
Makes $3,925,000 from Brooklyn this season
Trey Burke (Oklahoma City)
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Makes $3,300,000 from Oklahoma City this season
Sterling Brown (Oklahoma City)
Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports
Makes $3,000,000 from Oklahoma City this season
Andrew Nicholson (Portland)
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Makes $2,844,430 from Portland this season
Dewayne Dedmon (Detroit)
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Makes $2,748,674 from Detroit this season
Stanley Johnson (Utah)
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Makes $2,351,521 from Utah this season
Marquese Chriss (Oklahoma City)
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Makes $2,193,920 from…