During his Hall of Fame NBA career, Allen Iverson made $154,770,668 through NBA contracts, per Spotrac.
The Philadelphia 76ers drafted Iverson with the first overall pick in 1996. They then signed the scoring guard to a three-year, $8.9 million rookie contract. Iverson made $2,267,000 during his rookie season while averaging 23.5 points and 7.5 assists. He easily won the Rookie of the Year Award.
In his second NBA campaign, Allen Iverson put up 22.0 points and 6.2 assists. He earned $3,128,640 and was starting to establish himself as one of the best players in the game.
The Virginia native averaged 26.8 points per game in his third year, leading the entire NBA in scoring. Iverson made only $3,537,000 that season but he was setting himself up for a lucrative rookie-scale extension.
In the summer of 1999, the Sixers signed Iverson to a six-year, $70.88 million rookie-scale extension. The contract was set to kick in during the 2000-01 season.
A.I. made $9 million in 1999-00, reached his first All-Star team and put up 28.4 points per game. He got $10,130,000 in 2000-01 and let the entire league know who the best point guard in the world was.
Allen Iverson won the 2000-01 MVP award. He averaged 31.1 points, 3.8 rebounds and 4.6 assists while leading the Sixers all the way to the NBA Finals. The 76ers won Game 1 in Los Angeles against the Lakers behind 48 points from Iverson. That’s the game he stepped over Tyronn Lue and became an NBA legend.
Before the 2004 season started, the Sixers rewarded Iverson with a four-year, $73.5 million veteran extension. He made $16,453,125 during the 2005-06 season while averaging 30.7 points per game. That's the most The Answer made with the Sixers during a single season.
In December of 2006, the 76ers decided to trade Allen Iverson to the Denver Nuggets. He made $17,184,375 that season and averaged 26.3 points in 65 games with the Sixers and Nuggets.
During his first full season with the Nuggets, Iverson put up 26.4 points while making $19,012,500. He and Carmelo Anthony were a lethal dynamic duo but Denver decided to end the Iverson-Anthony experiment in the 2008-09 season.
The Nuggets traded Iverson to the Detroit Pistons in November of 2008. Allen made $20,840,62 that season from the Pistons and averaged 17.5 points in 57 games between Denver and Detroit.
In the summer of 2009, Allen Iverson signed a one-year, $3 million contract with the Memphis Grizzlies. However, the former superstar only appeared in three games with the team before getting a buyout and coming back to the place he called home.
In December of 2009, Iverson agreed to a one-year, $1.03 million deal with the Sixers. He played in 25 games for Philly in 2009-10 and put up 13.9 points.
After playing in Europe during the 2010-11 season, Allen Iverson retired from the NBA in 2013. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame back in 2016.
Iverson finished his legendary career with averages of 26.7 points, 3.7 rebounds and 6.2 assists in 914 NBA games.
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