Bust watch · Forward · Boston Celtics · Basketball

Jayson Tatum

Played 16 of 82 games in the first season of his $315M supermax, coming back from a torn Achilles
Still developing 66 games missed so far
Estimated salary collected across every game missed, career-wide
$43,543,902
Sum of each season's base salary, prorated per game and multiplied by that season's games missed — from 2025-26 through 2025-26.
1 seasons tracked
66 of 82 expected games missed
$54,100,000 in base salary paid
= $43,543,902 earned inactive
Games played
16
of 82 possible
Games missed
66
80.5% of tracked span
Full seasons lost
0
played 0 games
Base salary, tracked span
$54,100,000
excludes bonuses, endorsements

Availability, tracked seasons

16 played (19.5%)
2025-26 66 expected games missed across 1 seasons 2025-26

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
2025-26
Ruptured Achilles in the 2025 playoffs; returned March 6, 2026 for the season’s final stretch
82 16 66 $54,100,000 $659,756 $43,543,902
Career total 82 16 66 $54,100,000 $43,543,902

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