Buddy Hield

Buddy HIELD

Atlanta Hawks · SG · Age 33 · 9 YOS
7.6 PPG 2.3 RPG 1.4 APG 56.8% TS 13.0 PER 2025-26
Off
45
Def
34
Ovr
37

Player Info

Height
6'2"
Weight
220 lbs
Age
33
Born
1992-12-17
Position
SG
Service
9 yrs
Bird Rights
Full
Trade Status
Eligible

Contract

2024-25 – 2027-28 sign-and-trade PHI via Bird Rights

Buddy Hield signed a 4 year, $37,756,096 contract with the Philadelphia 76ers, including $21,000,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $9,439,024. In 2026-27, Hield will earn a base salary of $9,658,536, while carrying a cap hit of $9,658,536 and a dead cap value of $3,000,000.

  • Sign-and-Trade via Bird rights
  • 2026-27: $3,000,000 guaranteed, fully guaranteed one day after 2026 NBA Draft
  • 2027-28: Player Option (deadline 6/29/27), $3,136,364 guaranteed (if option exercised, fully guaranteed one day after 2027 NBA Draft
free_agent PO
Season Salary Cap Hit Guaranteed Option
2024-25 $8.8M $8.8M $8.8M
2025-26 $9.2M $9.2M $9.2M
2026-27 now $9.7M $9.7M $3.0M
2027-28 $10.1M $10.1M $10.1M PO
2020-21 – 2023-24 Rookie Extension SAC via Bird Rights

Buddy Hield signed a 4 year, $94,000,000 contract with the Sacramento Kings, including $85,080,068 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $23,500,000.

  • Incentives: Stats - (a) if >= 70 games and following: (A) >= 85.0% FT), (B) < 2TOV/GM, (C) 3PT leader, (D) < 110.5 Def Rtg, (b) All-Star, Playoffs, Western Semifinals, Western Finals, NBA Finals
  • 2020: LTBE: $770,017 (stats x 2 categories), ULTBE: $779,983 ($770,017 earned)
  • 2021: LTBE: $595,962 (stats x 2 categories), ULTBE: $2,485,475 ($595,962 earned)
  • 2022: LTBE: $655,024 (stats x 2 categories), ULTBE: $2,654,669 ($655,022 earned)
  • 2023: LTBE: $1,276,915 (stats x 3 categories), ULTBE: $2,261,030
extension
Season Salary Cap Hit Guaranteed Option
2020-21 $24.2M $25.0M $24.2M
2021-22 $22.5M $23.1M $22.5M
2022-23 $20.5M $21.2M $20.5M
2023-24 $18.6M $19.8M $18.6M
2016-17 – 2019-20 Rookie NOP via rookie-scale-exception

Buddy Hield signed a 4 year, $15,887,648 contract with the New Orleans Pelicans, including $15,887,648 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $3,971,912.

  • 2018 Club Option exercised
  • 2019 Club Option exercised
rookie_scale Bird Clock Start
Season Salary Cap Hit Guaranteed Option
2016-17 $3.5M $3.5M $1.1M
2017-18 $3.7M $3.7M $3.7M
2018-19 $3.8M $3.8M $3.8M
2019-20 $4.9M $4.9M $4.9M

Contract Value

32/100 Overpay Projected fair value $7.8M · $1.8M over market
Low confidence · 15 comps

Per-Game Stats

Season GP GS MPG PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT% FGA FTA
2016-17 82 55 23.0 10.6 3.3 1.5 0.5 0.1 1.2 42.6% 39.1% 84.2% 9.4 0.9
2017-18 80 13 25.3 13.5 3.8 1.9 1.1 0.3 1.6 44.6% 43.1% 87.7% 11.7 1.0
2018-19 82 82 31.9 20.7 5.0 2.5 0.7 0.4 1.8 45.8% 42.7% 88.6% 16.6 2.4
2019-20 72 44 30.8 19.2 4.6 3.0 0.9 0.2 2.3 42.9% 39.4% 84.6% 16.1 1.9
2020-21 71 71 34.3 16.6 4.7 3.6 0.9 0.4 1.8 40.6% 39.1% 84.6% 14.0 1.5
2021-22 81 32 30.8 15.6 4.4 2.8 0.9 0.3 1.9 40.6% 36.6% 87.4% 13.6 1.6
2022-23 80 73 31.0 16.8 5.0 2.8 1.2 0.3 1.7 45.8% 42.5% 82.2% 13.0 1.6
2023-24 84 42 25.7 12.1 3.2 2.8 0.8 0.5 1.2 43.6% 38.6% 88.1% 10.1 0.7
2024-25 82 22 22.7 11.1 3.2 1.6 0.8 0.3 1.1 41.7% 37.0% 82.8% 9.6 0.8
2025-26 51 3 16.1 7.6 2.3 1.4 0.8 0.2 0.9 43.7% 34.9% 81.1% 6.4 0.7

Advanced Stats

Season GP MPG TS% USG% PER BPM OBPM DBPM VORP WS WS/48 ORtg DRtg
2016-17 82 23.0 54.1% 20.9% 9.9 -1.6 -0.9 -0.6 0.2 4.6 0.118 102.0 107.9
2017-18 80 25.3 55.7% 23.6% 13.2 -0.4 -0.2 -0.1 0.8 7.0 0.166 103.1 107.2
2018-19 82 31.9 58.7% 24.3% 15.7 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 1.3 17.9 0.328 109.4 110.0
2019-20 72 30.8 56.6% 26.3% 14.1 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 1.0 14.9 0.322 108.9 111.9
2020-21 71 34.3 56.7% 20.1% 11.6 -0.7 -0.4 -0.3 0.8 17.9 0.353 114.5 116.3
2021-22 81 30.8 54.8% 21.4% 11.9 -0.7 -0.4 -0.3 0.8 15.9 0.306 111.4 115.1
2022-23 80 31.0 61.4% 20.5% 15.1 +0.1 0.0 0.0 1.3 15.1 0.292 114.4 116.3
2023-24 84 25.7 57.8% 18.6% 13.0 -0.4 -0.2 -0.1 0.9 14.2 0.315 116.9 115.7
2024-25 82 22.7 56.0% 19.6% 12.3 -0.5 -0.3 -0.2 0.7 9.5 0.245 112.3 110.1
2025-26 51 16.1 56.8% 19.2% 13.0 -0.4 -0.2 -0.1 0.3 2.7 0.159 110.2 115.0