Full case file · Point Guard · Philadelphia 76ers / Brooklyn Nets · Basketball

Ben Simmons

115 of 318 team games across the four full seasons of his $177M extension
Repeat offender 203 career games missed
Estimated salary collected across every game missed, career-wide
$86,204,343
Sum of each season's base salary, prorated per game and multiplied by that season's games missed — from 2020-21 through 2023-24.
4 seasons tracked
203 of 318 expected games missed
$134,077,344 in base salary paid
= $86,204,343 earned inactive
Games played
115
of 318 possible
Games missed
203
63.8% of tracked span
Full seasons lost
1
played 0 games
Base salary, tracked span
$134,077,344
excludes bonuses, endorsements

Availability, tracked seasons

115 played (36.2%)
2020-21 203 expected games missed across 4 seasons 2023-24

The ledger, season by season

Base salary ÷ expected games that season × games missed that season. "Expected games" is the team's full schedule for position players, or a starting pitcher's typical rotation turns (~team games ÷ 5) — a healthy ace was never going to start 162 games either. Figures are approximate, sourced from public salary and game-log reporting.

Season Expected Played Missed Base salary Per game Collected inactive
2020-21
All-Star season, then infamous playoff pass-up vs. Atlanta
72 58 14 $29,250,000 $406,250 $5,687,500
2021-22
Requested a trade, held out; traded to Brooklyn in Feb. 22; still did not play there due to back surgery in May
82 0 82 $33,003,936 $402,487 $33,003,936
2022-23
Season-ending back/knee issues, ruled out March 28, 2023
82 42 40 $33,930,000 $413,780 $16,551,220
2023-24
Nerve impingement in lower back; season ended March 7, 2024
82 15 67 $37,893,408 $462,115 $30,961,687
Career total 318 115 203 $134,077,344 $86,204,343

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