It’s an annual Eurohoops tradition to present the top contracts of the EuroLeague, which essentially represent the top basketball contracts outside the NBA. After a summer in which it was evident that a lot of money was spent on the market, the final list remains almost shocking.
For the first time, the line to be included in the Top 10 is almost $3M net for a yearly salary.
With the new and updated Financial Fair Play , in theory, EuroLeague clubs should be more prudent, but at this point, this doesn’t seem to be the case. On the contrary, getting a two-million net contract right now is not earth-shattering, and while no data are officially available, an educated guess about the EuroLeague median net salary being at least one million net, or bigger, would not be wrong.
For comparison