Full case file · Power Forward / Center · Miami Heat · Basketball

Chris Bosh

97 of 246 games across his final three active seasons, ended by a career-ending blood-clotting condition
Repeat offender 149 career games missed
Estimated salary collected across every game missed, career-wide
$40,852,439
Sum of each season's base salary, prorated per game and multiplied by that season's games missed — from 2014-15 through 2016-17.
3 seasons tracked
149 of 246 expected games missed
$65,900,000 in base salary paid
= $40,852,439 earned inactive
Games played
97
of 246 possible
Games missed
149
60.6% of tracked span
Full seasons lost
1
played 0 games
Base salary, tracked span
$65,900,000
excludes bonuses, endorsements

Availability, tracked seasons

97 played (39.4%)
2014-15 149 expected games missed across 3 seasons 2016-17

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
2014-15
Season ended at the All-Star break - first known blood clot episode
82 44 38 $20,300,000 $247,561 $9,407,317
2015-16
Season again ended at All-Star weekend - another clot found
82 53 29 $21,900,000 $267,073 $7,745,122
2016-17
Missed full season - failed his preseason physical; never played again
82 0 82 $23,700,000 $289,024 $23,700,000
Career total 246 97 149 $65,900,000 $40,852,439

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