Curry will be ranked first in the league for 10 consecutive years! Kobe has the highest salary for seven consecutive years, James has only been one year

Curry is currently 37 years old and has two years left in contract with the Warriors, with a total of more than $120 million. In the next two seasons, Curry's annual salary will reach $59.6 million and $62.58 million respectively, and he will still be the highest annual salary in the league and will become the first player in history to have an annual salary of more than $60 million.

It is worth mentioning that before that, Curry had been ranked first in the league's annual salary list for eight consecutive years. Including the next two seasons, Curry will become the highest annual salary player in the league for 10 consecutive years, which will also set a new historical record.

Curry can do this mainly because he has signed two large contracts of $200 million in a row, and Curry has been playing for the Warriors in his career, so he can also get a super maximum salary. Therefore, since the 17-18 season, Curry has always been the highest annual salary player in the league, and has been constantly breaking the historical record of players' annual salary.

Before Curry, Kobe also ranked first in the league's annual salary list for seven consecutive years until his retirement in the 15-16 season. Like Curry, Kobe has always played for his parent team Lakers in his career, and he has always received a maximum salary contract before retirement, so he has always been ranked first in the league. After entering the 21st century, O'Neal and Garnett also ranked first in the league in annual salary for multiple seasons respectively. Since 2001, Garnett has been the highest salary in the league for four consecutive years. Then O'Neal ranked first for two consecutive seasons, and then Garnett regained the first place until he was surpassed by Kobe in the 2009-10 season.

In addition, after Kobe retired, James also became the highest-paid player in the league in the 16-17 season, but was quickly replaced by Curry the next season. It is worth mentioning that including the salary of more than 50 million next season, James' total salary so far in his career has reached 584 million US dollars, but his salary in only one season is the highest in the league, which is also somewhat unexpected. The reason for this situation is that it has a lot to do with James' career trajectory. Although James received a maximum salary most of his career, because he changed teams three times, unlike Kobe and Curry, he has always played for the same team. In addition, James rarely signs large contracts for many years, but often signs 1+1 contracts, so it is difficult to have the highest annual salary in the league. But James has been fighting for more than 20 years, so his total salary in his career is the highest in history.