Full case file · Point Guard · Washington Wizards · Basketball

Gilbert Arenas

34 of 164 games across the first two years of his $111M contract
Case open 130 career games missed
Estimated salary collected across every game missed, career-wide
$18,182,927
Sum of each season's base salary, prorated per game and multiplied by that season's games missed — from 2008-09 through 2009-10.
2 seasons tracked
130 of 164 expected games missed
$21,000,000 in base salary paid
= $18,182,927 earned inactive
Games played
34
of 164 possible
Games missed
130
79.3% of tracked span
Full seasons lost
0
played 0 games
Base salary, tracked span
$21,000,000
excludes bonuses, endorsements

Availability, tracked seasons

34 played (20.7%)
2008-09 130 expected games missed across 2 seasons 2009-10

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
2008-09
Missed almost the entire season recovering from knee surgery
82 2 80 $14,700,000 $179,268 $14,341,463
2009-10
Suspended without pay for the rest of the season after a locker-room incident involving firearms
82 32 50 $6,300,000 $76,829 $3,841,463
Career total 164 34 130 $21,000,000 $18,182,927

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