Josh Hart makes $19.5 million in the 2025-26 NBA season.
The exact figure, according to the contract-tracking database Spotrac, is $19,472,240. That puts Hart comfortably inside the league’s upper-middle class — not a max-contract superstar, but far above a minimum-salary role player. And after his Game 2 explosion against Cleveland, plenty of New York fans think the Knicks are getting a discount.
How Much Does Josh Hart Actually Make?
Hart is in the third season of a four-year, $80.9 million contract extension he signed with the Knicks in August 2023. Spotrac lists the total value at $80,915,280, with an average annual salary of about $20.2 million and roughly $58.5 million in guaranteed money. The deal keeps him in New York through the 2027-28 season.
The year-by-year breakdown climbs steadily. After earning $18.1 million in 2024-25, Hart is at $19.5 million this season and is set to make $20,923,760 in 2026-27. His cap hit matches his salary almost exactly, which is part of why front-office analysts consider the contract so manageable: there are no hidden bonuses or balloon payments distorting the books.
For context on where that sits, New York’s roster also carries a italicmax-level dealitalic for franchise cornerstone Jalen Brunson. The gap between the two — Brunson’s contract sits in a different financial universe — is exactly what makes Hart’s number look like a bargain for a player logging heavy minutes deep into the playoffs.
Where the Rest of Josh Hart’s Money Comes From
The current contract is only part of the picture. Across his NBA career, which began when the Utah Jazz drafted him 30th overall in 2017 and immediately sent his rights to the Los Angeles Lakers, Hart has earned about $64.4 million in gross salary, according to Spotrac’s career-earnings tracker. Stops with the Lakers, the New Orleans Pelicans and the Portland Trail Blazers preceded his February 2023 trade to New York.
Off the court, Hart’s most visible business venture is media. He co-hosts the italicRoommates Showitalic podcast alongside Brunson — the two were college teammates at Villanova — a property that has built a sizeable following and now runs multiple seasons deep. Podcasting, endorsement work and investments add income streams that NBA salary figures alone do not capture.
What those streams add up to is genuinely hard to pin down. Public net-worth estimates for Hart vary wildly, from roughly $5 million on the low end to about $30 million on the high end. That spread says less about Hart’s finances than about the unreliability of celebrity net-worth sites, which rarely account for taxes, agent fees or living costs. The one number that is not in dispute is the contract — and that is the number worth watching.
Is Josh Hart Underpaid? What Comes Next
By the standards of NBA pay, Hart is a starter-level wing earning a starter-level salary. But playoff performance changes the conversation. His 26-point, seven-assist Game 2 — on 5-of-11 shooting from three — was the kind of outing that, multiplied across a deep run, makes a $19.5 million cap hit look like a steal next to the league’s broader salary hierarchy.
His deal expires after 2027-28, when Hart will be 33. A long Knicks playoff run this spring strengthens his case for one more meaningful contract — though role players rarely command the kind of money that reshapes a franchise’s books the way a superstar extension does.
For now, the math is simple: $19.5 million this season, a Knicks team two wins from the NBA Finals, and a contract New York looks increasingly happy to have signed.
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