Stephen Curry’s Single Match Salary 3x More than W-NBA Player’s Annual Salary
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Basketball aficionados in the United States are at a crossroads yet again. However, this time around, it involves an issue that goes far beyond the lines of a basketball court. The growing disparity between the NBA and the W-NBA, especially in the modern era, is shocking! With modern day superstars like Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant netting major paychecks of up to 700,000 $ this offseason, the question doing the rounds is, why has the W-NBA fallen behind?
Following a boom in widespread fan following, the NBA’s propensity to offer blockbuster contracts also increased. But, the women’s game seemed to be left behind, as salaries have been rather stagnant in the past decade.
With Joel Embiid's extension, and the ones recently signed by Steph Curry and Kevin Durant, we have reached the point where elite NBA players are being signed to deals that eventually will hover around $700,000 per game. Per game. Played or not played. Load managed or not.
— Ira Winderman (@IraHeatBeat) August 17, 2021
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When compared to what WNBA stars like Washington’s Elena Delle Donne, or Phoenix’s Skylar Diggins Smith who net an annual income of just over $221,450, Curry, playing or not, makes triple ($700,000) PER GAME!
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In its 25 years of uplifting women through sport, the WNBA has fallen way behind with their supermax base extension capped at $221,450 per annum. Furthermore, the average annual WNBA salary was just a mere 120,650 $ in 2021.
This disparity comes at a point where, on the other hand, stars like Giannis Antetokounmpo and Steph Curry have signed over $200-million contracts in 2020-21.
Is it considering the revenues the NBA generates via viewership, ticket sales, broadcasting, and merchandizing in comparison to the WNBA? Whatever the case may be, this issue is rapidly up and coming on the docket for both commissioner Cathy Englebert and Adam Silver.
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