Hornets
CHARLOTTE
HORNETS
23-28 • 11th in East
COACHCharles Lee
EXECUTIVEJeff Peterson
ARENASpectrum Center
ATTENDANCE  435,355 (19th)
SRS1.03 (15th)
PACE97.9 (24th)
2025-2026 SEASON STATS
OFF RTG
117.7
8th
DEF RTG
116.0
18th
PPG
116.0
15th
OPPG
114.2
11th
Payroll

Player Option
Team Option
Qualifying Offer
Non-Guaranteed
Partially Guaranteed
PlayerAge2025-262026-272027-282028-292029-30Signed UsingGuaranteedNotes
LaMelo Ball24$37.9M$40.7M$43.5M$46.3MbirdRights$168,705,600
Miles Bridges27$25.0M$22.8MbirdRights$47,826,087
Josh Green25$13.6M$14.6MbirdRights$28,345,679
Grant Williams27$13.6M$14.2MbirdRights$27,911,250
Coby White25$12.8MbirdRights$12,888,889
Brandon Miller23$11.9M$15.1MrookieScaleException$0
Kon Knueppel20$10.0M$10.5M$11.0M$13.9MrookieScaleException$20,532,240
Tre Mann24$8.0M$8.0M$8.0MbirdRights$16,000,000
Tidjane Salaun20$7.8M$8.2M$10.4MrookieScaleException$7,863,240
Malaki Branham22$4.9MrookieScaleException$0
Liam McNeeley20$2.7M$2.9M$3.0M$5.4MrookieScaleException$5,666,040
Xavier Tillman27$2.5Mminimum$2,546,675
Sion James23$2.2M$2.4M$2.5M$2.7MsecondRoundException$7,233,265
Ryan Kalkbrenner24$2.2M$2.4M$2.5M$2.7MsecondRoundException$7,233,265
Moussa Diabate24$2.2M$2.4MroomMidLevelException$4,732,197
Antonio Reeves25empty$0
PJ Hall23empty$0
KJ Simpson23empty$0
Team Totals$158.1M$144.5M$81.1M$71.2M$357,484,427