How Rich Is Cj Mccollum? Contracts [2023 Update]- Players Bio

CJ McCollum, an American NBA player currently playing for the New Orleans Pelicans, has a net worth of $14 million as of November 2023. He has established himself as one of the prominent players in the league. 

On March 2, 2023, CJ faced his former teammate Damian Lillard for the first time in a 110-121 win over Portland Trail Blazers, where CJ scored 24 points while Lillard scored 41 for his team.

Although he has never made it to the All-Star game, he is a player with All-Star potential. Despite being 1.91 meters, he has dribbling skills and athleticism to create his scoring space. 

McCollum’s on-court performance has helped him earn a vast fortune. During his time with the Blazers, he made $29.35 million, making him 2nd best-paid player on the team behind Damian Lillard.

Alongside playing basketball, he is also doing his best to help communities and has been an active radio personality and philanthropist for the community.

Besides, he is also a businessman, and being a wine enthusiast himself, he introduced his wine label named McCollum Heritage 91 in 2020. 

Similarly, in March 2021, CJ McCollum and Li-Ning introduced McCollum’s first signature shoe, CJ1.

In a 2022 Interview with ESPN, CJ McCollum, first time publicly, addressed Kyrie Irving’s social media post about an anti-Semitic controversy.

CJ McCollum was hopeful about the learnings all NBA players got from Kyrie Irving’s fallout.

Let’s go through some quick facts before going into the article 

Quick Facts

Salary & Net Worth

After being drafted by Portland Trail Blazers in the 2013 NBA Draft, McCollum earned $2.31 million during his rookie year. However, he played only 38 games because of a foot injury.

In his second season, McCollum made $2.42 million and made $2.52 million the following season.

The shooting guard earned NBA Most Improved Player honors for the 2015-16 season, which enabled a 4-year/$106 million contract extension with the Blazers on July 27, 2016.

However, he bagged $3.22 million in the 2016-17 season due to his exercised contract on September 30, 2015, and his 4-year rookie contract extension was set to trigger in the fifth season only.

In the 2017-18 season, McCollum earned $23.96 million, followed by $25.75 million the next season. 

Before the beginning of the 2019-20 season, he signed a 3-year/$100 million contract extension because of his fantastic performance in the 2019 playoffs.

For the Covid-19-affected season, McCollum pocketed around $25.8 million in salary.

The former Blazers shooting guard earned $29.3 million in the 2020-21 season.

Later he was traded to New Orleans Pelicans on Sept. 26, 2022, for a 2-year/$64 million veteran contract extension. Out of which, $20 million was covered by the Blazers in the first years.

For the 2022-23 season with the Pelicans, CJ is estimated to earn around $33.3 million.

With this, his earnings in his NBA career total $179,591,129.

Moreover, the point guard is estimated to have a net worth of around $14 million as of 2023.