DeMarcus Cousins' NBA future may be unknown, but he's still made tons of money in his playing career.

Even though Cousins missed out on a massive payday in the summer of 2018 because of his Achilles tear, the former All-Star has still made $89,548,986 in NBA money, per Spotrac.

DeMarcus Cousins entered the league back in 2010 with the Sacramento Kings. The Alabama native made $3,374,640 during his rookie season while averaging 14.1 points and 8.6 rebounds per game for the Kings. Cousins finished out his rookie contract with Sacramento by earning $2,919,872, $3,880,800 and $4,916,974 before his lucrative rookie-scale extension kicked in during the 2014-15 season.

The Kings signed Cousins to a four-year, $65.6 million maximum rookie-scale extension before the start of the 2013-14 campaign. He made $14,746,000 in Year 1 of the extension. Boogie averaged 24.1 points and 12.7 rebounds in 2014-15 and also made his first All-Star team.

DeMarcus Cousins made $15,851,950 in Year 2 of the extension. Year 3 saw the talented center get separate paychecks, as after some turmoil on the court and behind the scenes with the Kings, Cousins was traded to the New Orleans Pelicans in February of 2017. He found out about the trade during All-Star weekend while doing an interview with the media.

The Kings paid Cousins $11,172,264 in 2016-17 while the Pelicans owed him $5,785,636. Boogie was set to make $18,063,850 in 2017-18 and enter unrestricted free agency in the summer of 2018. He averaged 25.2 points and 12.9 boards in 48 games for the Pelicans before tearing his Achilles against the Houston Rockets.

Since then, DeMarcus Cousins hasn't been able to catch a break. Due to his Achilles injury, the four-time All-Star didn't receive much interest on the open market in 2018. Eventually, Cousins made a call to the Golden State Warriors and was able to agree to a free-agent deal with the reigning two-time champions. It was a one-year contract worth $5.34 million.

Cousins appeared in 30 games for the Warriors during the 2018-19 season after recovering from his Achilles tear. He averaged 16.3 points and 8.2 rebounds and looked primed to play well in his first postseason series.

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Unfortunately, DeMarcus Cousins tore his quad against the Los Angeles Clippers in the first round of the 2019 playoffs. The injury was supposed to sideline him for the rest of the postseason. Cousins did somehow rehab his injury and return for the Finals against the Toronto Raptors, but he clearly wasn't 100 percent and wasn't too effective.

In the summer of 2019, DeMarcus Cousins signed a one-year, $3.5 million contract with the Los Angeles Lakers. He then tore his ACL during a pick-up game in Las Vegas before the 2019-20 season started.

Cousins never suited up for the Lakers and was waived in February.