Kentucky alumni took the No. 1 place because the highest-paid within the NBA in 2014 and are unlikely to relinquish it quickly. When the Wildcats changed the Huskies on the prime spot, they earned $107 million mixed. By final 12 months, their earnings had soared to $398 million, roughly 8 % of the full NBA wage expenditure.
The times when North Carolina reigned supreme within the wage rankings are lengthy gone. Tar Heel alumni haven’t ranked within the High 8 for the reason that 2019-20 season.
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Beneath are the rankings 12 months by 12 months since 1990-91, the earliest date for which now we have knowledge. (The very best-paid participant for every school is in parenthesis.)
