Full case file · Point Guard · Washington Wizards / Houston Rockets · Basketball

John Wall

40 of 226 team games across the first three years of his $171M extension
Repeat offender 186 career games missed
Estimated salary collected across every game missed, career-wide
$100,845,360
Sum of each season's base salary, prorated per game and multiplied by that season's games missed — from 2019-20 through 2021-22.
3 seasons tracked
186 of 226 expected games missed
$123,764,760 in base salary paid
= $100,845,360 earned inactive
Games played
40
of 226 possible
Games missed
186
82.3% of tracked span
Full seasons lost
2
played 0 games
Base salary, tracked span
$123,764,760
excludes bonuses, endorsements

Availability, tracked seasons

40 played (17.7%)
2019-20 186 expected games missed across 3 seasons 2021-22

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
2019-20
Missed full season - ruptured Achilles, then a related heel infection
72 0 72 $38,199,000 $530,542 $38,199,000
2020-21
Traded to Houston; first game action since Dec. 2018
72 40 32 $41,254,920 $572,985 $18,335,520
2021-22
Healthy, but sat out the full season by mutual agreement while the Rockets sought a trade
82 0 82 $44,310,840 $540,376 $44,310,840
Career total 226 40 186 $123,764,760 $100,845,360

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