Kyrie Irving will have made $231,698,224 in NBA money when his current contract with the Brooklyn Nets expires in the summer of 2023, per Spotrac. Uncle Drew was the No. 1 overall pick of the 2011 draft out of Duke. He was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers and signed an $11 million rookie deal.

Irving won Rookie of the Year by averaging 18.5 points and 5.4 assists per game for the Cavs. He made $4,140,518 that season. In his second campaign, Kyrie earned $5,375,760. The scoring guard finished his rookie contract by making $5,607,240 in year 3 and $7,070,730 in year 4.

Kyrie Irving signed a five-year, $94.3 million maximum rookie extension with Cleveland in the summer of 2014. The contract kicked in during the 2015-16 season. Irving made $16,407,500 that year and helped the Cavs win the championship over the 73-9 Golden State Warriors.

In 2016-17, Irving earned $17,638,063. That wound up being his last season with the Cavs, as the All-Star guard requested a trade from Cleveland in the summer of 2017. Numerous reports at the time said Kyrie didn’t want to play with LeBron James anymore.

The Cavs traded Kyrie Irving to the Boston Celtics. He made $18,868,625 in his first season with the Celtics. Irving averaged 24.4 points and 5.1 assists during the regular season. However, he couldn’t play in the 2018 playoffs because of a knee injury that required surgery.

Irving made $20,099,188 in his second and final season with the Celtics. He declined his 2019-20 player option with Boston and signed with the Nets during the summer of 2019, joining the team he grew up rooting for. Kyrie grew up in New Jersey and was a huge Nets fan.

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Kyrie Irving agreed to a four-year, $136.5 million contract with the Nets, who also signed Kevin Durant and DeAndre Jordan. Irving was set to make $31,742,000 in 2019-20 before games were suspended due to COVID-19.

Kyrie is scheduled to make $33,329,100 in 2020-21, $34,916,200 in 2021-22 and has a player option worth $36,503,300 for the 2022-23 campaign.

A six-time All-Star, Kyrie Irving has career NBA averages of 22.4 points, 3.7 rebounds and 5.7 assists with the Cavs, Celtics and Nets.