The WNBA season tips off Friday, but players are eyeing more than just the scoreboard – they’re pushing for a higher salary cap.The league and its players association have begun negotiations on a new collective bargaining agreement, which determines the maximum teams can spend on player salaries.The Hearst Data Journalism team took a look at how much the WNBA’s top performers earned and compared those figures to their NBA counterparts. Currently, the NBA’s current salary cap is set at $140.5 million. The WNBA current salary cap is set at $1.3 million. To put that into perspective, the minimum salary for an NBA player is $1.1 million, only $200,000 less than what an entire WNBA team can spend on all player salaries.Meaning, the lowest-paid NBA player earns about five times more than the highest-paid WNBA player this season.Take a look at the graphic below to see how NBA and WNBA salaries stacked up over the same seasons.
The WNBA season tips off Friday, but players are eyeing more than just the scoreboard – they’re pushing for a higher salary cap.
The league and its players association have begun negotiations on a new collective bargaining agreement, which determines the maximum teams can spend on player salaries.
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The Hearst Data Journalism team took a look at how much the WNBA’s top performers earned and compared those figures to their NBA counterparts.
Currently, the NBA’s current salary cap is set at $140.5 million. The WNBA current salary cap is set at $1.3 million.
To put that into perspective, the minimum salary for an NBA player is $1.1 million, only $200,000 less than what an entire WNBA team can spend on all player salaries.
Meaning, the lowest-paid NBA player earns about five times more than the highest-paid WNBA player this season.
Take a look at the graphic below to see how NBA and WNBA salaries stacked up over the same seasons.
