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The 2005-06 NBA rookie salary scale. These are official NBA rookie salaries. In the past, NBA rookies drafted in the first round received three guaranteed seasons. Now, they just receive two. NBA rookie salaries are in thousands. Example: Andrew Bogut, taken #1 overall, will earn $3,617,100 his first season.

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2005-06 NBA ROOKIE SALARIES

1st year salary is guaranteed
2nd year salary is guaranteed
3rd year salary is a team option
4th year team option shows percentage increase over 3rd year salary
Qualifying offer is percentage increase over 4th year

Pick	1st Year Salary	2nd Year Salary	3rd Year Salary	4th Year Increase	Qualifying Offer
1	3,617.1	3,888.3	4,159.6	26.1%	30.0%
2	3,236.3	3,479.0	3,721.7	26.2%	30.5%
3	2,906.2	3,124.2	3,342.2	26.4%	31.2%
4	2,620.2	2,816.8	3,013.3	26.5%	31.9%
5	2,372.8	2,550.7	2,728.7	26.7%	32.6%
6	2,155.1	2,316.8	2,478.4	26.8%	33.4%
7	1,967.4	2,114.9	2,262.5	27.0%	34.1%
8	1,802.4	1,937.5	2,072.7	27.2%	34.8%
9	1,656.8	1,781.0	1,905.3	27.4%	35.5%
10	1,573.9	1,691.9	1,810.0	27.5%	36.2%
11	1,495.2	1,607.3	1,719.5	32.7%	36.9%
12	1,420.4	1,526.9	1,633.5	37.8%	37.6%
13	1,349.4	1,450.6	1,551.8	42.9%	38.3%
14	1,282.0	1,378.1	1,474.3	48.1%	39.1%
15	1,217.8	1,309.1	1,400.5	53.3%	39.8%
16	1,157.0	1,243.7	1,330.5	53.4%	40.5%
17	1,099.1	1,181.5	1,264.0	53.6%	41.2%
18	1,044.2	1,122.5	1,200.8	53.8%	41.9%
19	997.1	1,071.9	1,146.7	54.0%	42.6%
20	957.3	1,029.0	1,100.8	54.2%	43.3%
21	918.9	987.9	1,056.8	59.3%	44.1%
22	882.2	948.3	1,014.5	64.5%	44.8%
23	847.0	910.5	974.0	69.7%	45.5%
24	813.0	874.0	935.0	74.9%	46.2%
25	780.5	839.0	897.6	80.1%	46.9%
26	754.7	811.2	867.8	80.3%	47.6%
27	732.8	787.8	842.8	80.4%	48.3%
28	728.4	783.0	837.6	80.5%	49.0%
29	723.1	777.3	831.5	80.5%	50.0%
30	717.8	771.7	825.5	80.5%	50.0%