Most Overpaid NBA Contracts | FanVerdicts

The NBA’s apron era punishes bad money harder than any league. The contracts here are the ones our grading flags as the weakest returns on the board: heavy salaries paired with a soft Contract Value Index (CVI) grade.

This is a value verdict, not a talent ranking. A respected veteran on a max can still land here if the dollars have outpaced his impact, because a top-of-the-payroll deal that underdelivers limits everything a front office can do around it.

Treat it as a flexibility map — the contracts most likely to drive a stretch provision, a salary-dump trade, or a hard conversation with the luxury tax bill.

Across the 20 most overpaid NBA contracts on the board, teams have committed about $258.3M per year for the weakest returns our grading sees, with G the position most often flagged.

Salary figures are average annual value. Cuts and releases are excluded — the Contract Value Index is not a valid signal on a non-contract move. Grades reflect value to the team, not raw talent.

Most Overpaid by Contract Value Index

Above-median NBA salaries paired with the weakest Contract Value Index (CVI) grades. Ranked by how far the grade falls, then by the size of the commitment.

#	Player	Move	Avg / Yr	CVI
1	Trae YoungG · Washington Wizards	Trade · 2 yr	$47.7M	F F
2	Damian LillardMilwaukee Bucks	Trade · 5 yr	$36.6M	F F
3	Terry RozierMiami Heat	Trade · 1 yr	$26.6M	F F
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What "overpaid" means here

A contract lands here when a team is paying above-median money for one of the weakest Contract Value Index (CVI) grades on the board — a lot spent for light return. It is not a verdict on the player’s talent; a great player on a market-resetting deal can still grade as overpaid if the dollars outrun the value. Read the full methodology.