Kevin Durant Contract: Salary With Fading Suns

PHOENIX, ARIZONA - MARCH 30: Kevin Durant #35 of the Phoenix Suns drives against Dillon Brooks #9 of the Houston Rockets during the first half at PHX Arena on March 30, 2025 in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Kevin Durant is not long for the Phoenix Suns. The future Hall-of-Famer has struggled to find his footing since his days with the Warriors, highlighted (or maybe lowlighted) by a dismal stretch of time with the Suns.

Matt Ishbia gave away much of the Sunsโ€™ roster to acquire Durant in February 2023. Now, the Suns are awful, and the Phoenix front office is looking to trade the last year or Durantโ€™s contract to jump-start the rebuild with a few longer-term assets.

Durantโ€™s current contract and 2025-26 salary should be major talking points this summer. The speculation about Kevin Durantโ€™s next team will only grow louder.

Kevin Durant Contract

In August 2021, Kevin Durant signed a four-year contract extension with the Brooklyn Nets, his team at the time, worth $194.2 million.ย 

The contract includes bonus incentive payments if Durant plays in at least 39 games and/or makes the All-Star team. There are additional team-based incentives for Durant if his team makes the playoffs and/or wins at least 43 games.ย ย 

The 2025-26 season will be the final year of that extension, leading to widespread speculation that Durant could be traded this offseason.

Kevin Durant Salary

Kevin Durant will collect $53.28 million in salary for 2025-26.ย 

Kevin Durant Cap Hit

Kevin Durantโ€™s cap hit is projected at $54.71 million.

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Chase Kiddy

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Chase Kiddy is a writer for BetMGM and co-host of The Lion's Edge, an NFL and college football podcast available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and everywhere else. He has also written for a number of print and online outlets, including the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Washington Post, Daily News-Record, and HERO Sports. His first novel, Cave Paintings, is in development.

Chase Kiddy is a writer for BetMGM and co-host of The Lion's Edge, an NFL and college football podcast available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and everywhere else. He has also written for a number of print and online outlets, including the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Washington Post, Daily News-Record, and HERO Sports. His first novel, Cave Paintings, is in development.