A veteran in the NBA, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope entered his 11th season in the NBA in 2024/25. During his career, which has spanned over a decade, Caldwell-Pope has played for several NBA teams. However, what makes him stand out is that he’s been consistent with each team that he’s a part of. Now playing for the Orlando Magic, he is a crucial member of their squad.

And such valiance paid off for the 31-year-old in the form of 2 NBA rings. That’s more than Charles Barkley and Allen Iverson combined! And this success is why he gets paid a hefty sum for his services. So let’s see what his contract with the Magic looks like.

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope’s current contract

Following the 2024 NBA Draft, reports emerged that Kentavious Caldwell-Pope would not be exercising the player option in his contract with the Denver Nuggets. Instead, he chose to sign with the Orlando Magic in a deal that will last 3 years. His contract with Orlando is worth a massive $66 million.

Per the terms of his contract, Pope is guaranteed to receive the full $66 million from his contract, with his average annual payout standing at $22 million. His largest payday will be in 2024/25, with him boasting a salary of $22,757,000 by the end of this NBA season. His pay in the subsequent years will be marginally lower, though we doubt he’ll be too broken up about it. Moreover, the final year of his contract has a player option clause, so renewing with Orlando will be up to him.

With his deal expiring in 3 years, Caldwell-Pope will become an unrestricted free agent in the 2027/28 NBA season. But that is only if he decides to activate the player clause in his contract. The 2x NBA champion is getting paid quite handsomely by the Magic, there’s no doubting that.

But how much has Pope made over his career in the NBA?

How much has Caldwell-Pope earned in his career?

Starting his NBA career at the Detroit Pistons, Caldwell-Pope earned close to $12 million from his rookie scale contract in the 4 years he spent in Detroit. Following this, he moved to the Los Angeles Lakers in July 2013 on a 1-year, $17.75 million contract. He would re-sign with them two more times—another year in 2018 and then two in 2019. Those deals were worth $12 million and $16.58 million, respectively. 

For his efforts at the Lakers, Kentavious took home nearly $50 million in 4 years while also gaining a coveted NBA ring. In August 2021, the Lakers traded KCP to the Washington Wizards, where he played for a year. His time in Washington would net him a cool $13 million.

Traded once again, Caldwell-Pope would find himself at the Denver Nuggets in 2022. In July of that same year, Pope signed a two-year, $30.15 million contract with Denver. Following this, he signed the aforementioned contract with Orlando as a free agent.

In his 11-year NBA career where he played for 5 different teams, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope has earned a total of $126,005,255. This puts him among the roughly 28,000 centi-millionaires around the world. 

Despite never being a household name, like LeBron James or Kevin Durant, Kentavious has had quite a successful career in the NBA. And boy has he made a lot of money!