WAYNE ELLINGTON

Los Angeles Lakers
Reserve List

Shooting Guard

Years of Service

: 13

2023-24 Year of Service Earned

: No

BORN: Nov 29, 1987

BIRTHPLACE: Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, United States

NATIONALITY:

United States

HEIGHT:

6' 4

193cm

WEIGHT:

207lbs

94kg

AGE: 36

SHOOTS: Right

DRAFT YEAR: 2009

DRAFTED OVERALL: 28

DRAFT ROUND: 1

DRAFTED BY: MIN

AGENT DETAILS

Agency:Priority Sports Entertainment

Primary Agent:Mark Bartelstein

SUMMARY▴▾

Wayne Ellington is a 36 year old shooting guard who was born on Nov 29, 1987. He was drafted 28th overall by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 1st round of the 2009 draft. He has signed 10 contracts worth a total value of $57,003,186. He is represented by the agent Mark Bartelstein of Priority Sports Entertainment.

Bird Rights: Non-Bird (NQVFA)

Transactions (24)

Waivers History (2)

CONTRACT HISTORY

Length: 2 - 4 years

Value: $5,319,442

Guaranteed: $5,319,442 (100%)

Expiry Status: RFA

AAV

: $1,329,861

Cap %

: 1.74

Signing Team:

MIN

Signing Method: Rookie Exception

Signing Date: July 9, 2009

Source: SalarySwish

Wayne Ellington signed a 2-4 year, $5,319,442 contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves on Jul 9, 2009. The contract has a cap hit that ranges from $1,003,560 to $2,083,042.

Season	Option	Option Used	Cap Hit	Base Salary	Guaranteed	Likely Inctv.	Unlikely Inctv.
2009-10			$1,003,560	$1,003,560	$1,003,560	$0	$0
2010-11			$1,078,800	$1,078,800 (+8%)	$1,078,800	$0	$0
2011-12	Team	Yes (Nov 1, 2010)	$1,154,040	$1,154,040 (+8%)	$1,154,040 (0→1.15M)	$0	$0
2012-13	Team	Yes (Jun 30, 2011)	$2,083,042	$2,083,042 (+93%)	$2,083,042 (0→2.08M)	$0	$0
TOTAL			$5,319,442	$5,319,442	$5,319,442	$0	$0

GUARANTEED DETAILS

2011-12: $1,154,040 Team Option [Requirements Met]

2012-13: $2,083,042 Team Option [Requirements Met]

Length: 2 years

Value: $5,423,340

Guaranteed: $5,423,340 (100%)

Expiry Status: UFA (Waived)

AAV

: $2,711,670

Cap %

: 4.52

Signing Team:

DAL

Signing Method: Room-MLE

Signing Date: July 26, 2013

Source: SalarySwish

Wayne Ellington signed a 2 year, $5,423,340 contract with the Dallas Mavericks on Jul 26, 2013. The contract has a cap hit that ranges from $2,652,000 to $2,771,340.

Season	Cap Hit	Base Salary	Guaranteed	Likely Inctv.	Unlikely Inctv.
2013-14	$2,652,000	$2,652,000	$2,652,000	$0	$0
2014-15 W	$2,771,340	$2,771,340 (+5%)	$2,771,340	$0	$0
TOTAL	$5,423,340	$5,423,340	$5,423,340	$0	$0

Cap Hold 2015-16: $3,602,742

Buyout: This contract was bought out (

SAC - Sep 1, 2014)

WAIVED: This contract was waived (

SAC - Sep 1, 2014)

DEAD CAP: This contract is a source of dead cap, refer to the Dead Cap section below for details

Length: 1 year

Value: $1,063,384

Guaranteed: $1,063,384 (100%)

Expiry Status: UFA

AAV

: $1,063,384

Cap %

: 1.45

Signing Team:

LAL

Signing Method: Minimum Salary Exception

Signing Date: September 22, 2014

Source: SalarySwish

Wayne Ellington signed a 1 year, $1,063,384 contract with the Los Angeles Lakers on Sep 22, 2014. The contract has a cap hit of $915,243.

Season	Option	Option Used	Cap Hit	Base Salary	Guaranteed	Likely Inctv.	Unlikely Inctv.
2014-15			$915,243	$1,063,384	$1,063,384 (0→316k) (316k→582k) (582k→1.06M)	$0	$0
TOTAL			$915,243	$1,063,384	$1,063,384	$0	$0

Cap Hold 2015-16: $947,276

GUARANTEED DETAILS

2014-15: Increase from $0 to $315,646 (+$315,646) if player is not waived [Requirements Met]

2014-15: Increase from $315,646 to $581,692 (+$266,046) if player is not waived [Requirements Met]

2014-15: Increase from $581,692 to $1,063,384 (+$481,692) if player is not waived [Requirements Met]

Length: 1 - 2 years

Value: $3,067,500

Guaranteed: $1,500,000 (49%)

Expiry Status: UFA

AAV

: $1,533,750

Cap %

: 2.14

Signing Team:

BKN

Signing Method: Taxpayer-MLE

Signing Date: July 9, 2015

Source: SalarySwish

Wayne Ellington signed a 1-2 year, $3,067,500 contract with the Brooklyn Nets on Jul 9, 2015. The contract has a cap hit that ranges from $1,500,000 to $1,567,500.

Season	Option	Option Used	Cap Hit	Base Salary	Guaranteed	Likely Inctv.	Unlikely Inctv.
2015-16			$1,500,000	$1,500,000	$1,500,000	$0	$0
2016-17	Player	No (Jun 30, 2016)	$1,567,500	$1,567,500 (+5%)	$0 (1.57M→0)	$0	$0
TOTAL			$3,067,500	$3,067,500	$1,500,000	$0	$0

Cap Hold 2016-17: $1,800,000

GUARANTEED DETAILS

2016-17: $1,567,500 Player Option [Requirements Unmet]

Length: 2 years

Value: $12,270,000

Guaranteed: $12,270,000 (100%)

Expiry Status: UFA

AAV

: $6,135,000

Cap %

: 6.37

Signing Team:

MIA

Signing Method: Cap Room

Signing Date: July 7, 2016

Source: SalarySwish

Wayne Ellington signed a 2 year, $12,270,000 contract with the Miami Heat on Jul 7, 2016. The contract has a cap hit that ranges from $6,000,000 to $6,270,000.

Season	Cap Hit	Base Salary	Guaranteed	Likely Inctv.	Unlikely Inctv.
2016-17	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$0	$0
2017-18	$6,270,000	$6,270,000 (+5%)	$6,270,000 (0→6.27M)	$0	$0
TOTAL	$12,270,000	$12,270,000	$12,270,000	$0	$0

Cap Hold 2018-19: $8,151,000

GUARANTEED DETAILS

2017-18: Increase from $0 to $6,270,000 (+$6,270,000) if the player is not waived by, at the latest, the day after the Free Agency Moratorium ends [Requirements Met]

Length: 1 year

Value: $6,270,000

Guaranteed: $6,270,000 (100%)

Expiry Status: UFA

AAV

: $6,270,000

Cap %

: 6.00

Signing Team:

MIA

Signing Method: Early-Bird Exception

Signing Date: July 13, 2018

Source: SalarySwish

Wayne Ellington signed a 1 year, $6,270,000 contract with the Miami Heat on Jul 13, 2018. The contract has a cap hit of $6,270,000.

Season	Option	Option Used	Cap Hit	Base Salary	Guaranteed	Likely Inctv.	Unlikely Inctv.
2018-19 W			$6,270,000	$6,270,000	$6,270,000	$0	$0
TOTAL			$6,270,000	$6,270,000	$6,270,000	$0	$0

Cap Hold 2019-20: $11,913,000

WAIVED: This contract was waived (

PHX - Feb 7, 2019)

DEAD CAP: This contract is a source of dead cap, refer to the Dead Cap section below for details

Length: 1 year

Value: $2,383,076

Guaranteed: $2,383,076 (100%)

Expiry Status: UFA

AAV

: $2,383,076

Cap %

: 2.00

Signing Team:

DET

Signing Method: MLE

Signing Date: February 9, 2019

Source: SalarySwish

Wayne Ellington signed a 1 year, $2,383,076 contract with the Detroit Pistons on Feb 9, 2019. The contract has a cap hit of $2,383,076.

Season	Option	Option Used	Cap Hit	Base Salary	Guaranteed	Likely Inctv.	Unlikely Inctv.
2018-19			$2,383,076	$2,383,076	$2,383,076	$0	$0
TOTAL			$2,383,076	$2,383,076	$2,383,076	$0	$0

Cap Hold 2019-20: $2,859,691

Length: 2 years

Value: $16,000,000

Guaranteed: $9,000,000 (56%)

Expiry Status: UFA

AAV

: $8,000,000

Cap %

: 7.33

Signing Team:

NYK

Signing Method: Cap Room

Signing Date: July 8, 2019

Source: SalarySwish

Wayne Ellington signed a 2 year, $16,000,000 contract with the New York Knicks on Jul 8, 2019. The contract has a cap hit of $8,000,000.

Season	Cap Hit	Base Salary	Guaranteed	Likely Inctv.	Unlikely Inctv.
2019-20	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	$0	$0
2020-21 W	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	$1,000,000	$0	$0
TOTAL	$16,000,000	$16,000,000	$9,000,000	$0	$0

Cap Hold 2021-22: $10,400,000

GUARANTEED DETAILS

2020-21: Increase from $1,000,000 to $8,000,000 (+$7,000,000) if player is not waived [Requirements Unmet]

WAIVED: This contract was waived (

NYK - Nov 19, 2020)

DEAD CAP: This contract is a source of dead cap, refer to the Dead Cap section below for details

Length: 1 year

Value: $2,564,753

Guaranteed: $2,564,753 (100%)

Expiry Status: UFA

AAV

: $2,564,753

Cap %

: 1.48

Signing Team:

DET

Signing Method: Minimum Salary Exception

Signing Date: November 30, 2020

Source: SalarySwish

Wayne Ellington signed a 1 year, $2,564,753 contract with the Detroit Pistons on Nov 30, 2020. The contract has a cap hit of $1,620,564.

Season	Option	Option Used	Cap Hit	Base Salary	Guaranteed	Likely Inctv.	Unlikely Inctv.
2020-21			$1,620,564	$2,564,753	$2,564,753	$0	$0
TOTAL			$1,620,564	$2,564,753	$2,564,753	$0	$0

Cap Hold 2021-22: $1,669,178

Length: 1 year

Value: $2,641,691

Guaranteed: $0 (0%)

Expiry Status: UFA

AAV

: $2,641,691

Cap %

: 2.00

Signing Team:

LAL

Signing Method: Minimum Salary Exception

Signing Date: August 7, 2021

Source: SalarySwish

Wayne Ellington signed a 1 year, $2,641,691 contract with the Los Angeles Lakers on Aug 7, 2021. The contract has a cap hit of $1,669,178.

Season	Option	Option Used	Cap Hit	Base Salary	Guaranteed	Likely Inctv.	Unlikely Inctv.
2021-22			$1,669,178	$2,641,691	$0	$0	$0
TOTAL			$1,669,178	$2,641,691	$0	$0	$0

Cap Hold 2022-23: $1,836,090

DEAD CAP

TYPE: BUYOUT

TEAM:

Sacramento Kings

LENGTH: 3 YEARS
VALUE: $2,647,890
DATE: September 1, 2014

SEASON	BASE SALARY	CAP HIT
2014-15	$882,630	$882,630
2015-16	$882,630	$882,630
2016-17	$882,630	$882,630

Note: Bought out by Sacramento Kings

TYPE: WAIVERS

TEAM:

Phoenix Suns

LENGTH: 1 YEAR
VALUE: $6,270,000
DATE: February 7, 2019

SEASON		BASE SALARY	CAP HIT
2018-19		$6,270,000	$6,270,000

Note: Waived by Phoenix Suns

TYPE: WAIVERS

TEAM:

New York Knicks

LENGTH: 1 YEAR
VALUE: $1,000,000
DATE: November 19, 2020

SEASON		BASE SALARY	CAP HIT
2020-21		$1,000,000	$1,000,000

Note: Waived by New York Knicks

SALARY PROGRESSION

CAREER STATS

Stats Powered by

AVERAGE

TOTAL

Season	Type	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK
2013-14	Regular	Dallas Mavericks	45	1	393	145	126	55	43.7	59	25	42.4	11	10	90.9	8	35	43	19	16	2
	Playoffs	Dallas Mavericks	2	0	14	8	6	2	33.3	6	2	33.3	2	2	100.0	0	2	2	2	0	0
2014-15	Regular	Los Angeles Lakers	65	36	1675	650	617	254	41.2	243	90	37.0	64	52	81.3	31	179	210	105	33	2
2015-16	Regular	Brooklyn Nets	76	41	1615	586	561	218	38.9	268	96	35.8	63	54	85.7	20	154	174	83	48	5
2016-17	Regular	Miami Heat	62	13	1530	648	555	231	41.6	394	149	37.8	43	37	86.0	18	114	132	70	35	4
2017-18	Regular	Miami Heat	77	2	2041	864	700	285	40.7	579	227	39.2	78	67	85.9	23	195	218	79	53	8
	Playoffs	Miami Heat	5	0	101	39	35	12	34.3	30	12	40.0	3	3	100.0	1	7	8	3	2	2
2018-19	Regular	Detroit Pistons	28	26	764	336	273	115	42.1	217	81	37.3	33	25	75.8	8	52	60	43	30	3
	Regular	Phoenix Suns	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Regular	Miami Heat	25	12	533	209	184	69	37.5	155	57	36.8	16	14	87.5	6	41	47	29	24	3
	Playoffs	Detroit Pistons	4	4	131	31	35	11	31.4	22	7	31.8	2	2	100.0	3	12	15	5	3	0
2019-20	Regular	New York Knicks	36	1	558	183	174	61	35.1	143	50	35.0	13	11	84.6	4	61	65	44	13	4
2020-21	Regular	Detroit Pistons	46	31	1012	442	338	149	44.1	275	116	42.2	35	28	80.0	12	73	85	67	18	9
2021-22	Regular	Los Angeles Lakers	43	9	810	287	237	98	41.4	211	82	38.9	11	9	81.8	10	67	77	30	23	5
2013-14	Regular	Dallas Mavericks	45	1	8.7	3.2	1.2	2.8	43.7	0.6	1.3	42.4	0.2	0.2	90.9	0.2	0.8	1.0	0.4	0.4	0.0
	Playoffs	Dallas Mavericks	2	0	7.0	4.0	1.0	3.0	33.3	1.0	3.0	33.3	1.0	1.0	100.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0
2014-15	Regular	Los Angeles Lakers	65	36	25.8	10.0	3.9	9.5	41.2	1.4	3.7	37.0	0.8	1.0	81.3	0.5	2.8	3.2	1.6	0.5	0.0
2015-16	Regular	Brooklyn Nets	76	41	21.3	7.7	2.9	7.4	38.9	1.3	3.5	35.8	0.7	0.8	85.7	0.3	2.0	2.3	1.1	0.6	0.1
2016-17	Regular	Miami Heat	62	13	24.7	10.5	3.7	9.0	41.6	2.4	6.4	37.8	0.6	0.7	86.0	0.3	1.8	2.1	1.1	0.6	0.1
2017-18	Regular	Miami Heat	77	2	26.5	11.2	3.7	9.1	40.7	3.0	7.5	39.2	0.9	1.0	85.9	0.3	2.5	2.8	1.0	0.7	0.1
	Playoffs	Miami Heat	5	0	20.2	7.8	2.4	7.0	34.3	2.4	6.0	40.0	0.6	0.6	100.0	0.2	1.4	1.6	0.6	0.4	0.4
2018-19	Regular	Detroit Pistons	28	26	27.3	12.0	4.1	9.8	42.1	2.9	7.8	37.3	0.9	1.2	75.8	0.3	1.9	2.1	1.5	1.1	0.1
	Regular	Phoenix Suns	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Regular	Miami Heat	25	12	21.3	8.4	2.8	7.4	37.5	2.3	6.2	36.8	0.6	0.6	87.5	0.2	1.6	1.9	1.2	1.0	0.1
	Playoffs	Detroit Pistons	4	4	32.8	7.8	2.8	8.8	31.4	1.8	5.5	31.8	0.5	0.5	100.0	0.8	3.0	3.8	1.3	0.8	0.0
2019-20	Regular	New York Knicks	36	1	15.5	5.1	1.7	4.8	35.1	1.4	4.0	35.0	0.3	0.4	84.6	0.1	1.7	1.8	1.2	0.4	0.1
2020-21	Regular	Detroit Pistons	46	31	22.0	9.6	3.2	7.4	44.1	2.5	6.0	42.2	0.6	0.8	80.0	0.3	1.6	1.9	1.5	0.4	0.2
2021-22	Regular	Los Angeles Lakers	43	9	18.8	6.7	2.3	5.5	41.4	1.9	4.9	38.9	0.2	0.3	81.8	0.2	1.6	1.8	0.7	0.5	0.1

DISPLAY SETTING

BETTING ODDS

CBA

CALCULATORS

DEPTH CHARTS

TOOLS

PLAYERS

EASTERN CONFERENCE

WESTERN CONFERENCE

WAYNE ELLINGTON

Los Angeles Lakers
Reserve List

Shooting Guard

AGENT DETAILS

SUMMARY▴▾

CONTRACT HISTORY

ROOKIE CONTRACT

VETERAN CONTRACT

VETERAN CONTRACT

VETERAN CONTRACT

VETERAN CONTRACT

VETERAN CONTRACT

VETERAN CONTRACT

VETERAN CONTRACT

VETERAN CONTRACT

VETERAN CONTRACT

DEAD CAP

SALARY PROGRESSION

CAREER STATS

DISPLAY SETTING

BETTING ODDS

CBA

CALCULATORS

DEPTH CHARTS

TOOLS

PLAYERS

EASTERN CONFERENCE

WESTERN CONFERENCE

WAYNE ELLINGTON

Los Angeles Lakers Reserve List

Shooting Guard

AGENT DETAILS

SUMMARY▴▾

CONTRACT HISTORY

ROOKIE CONTRACT

VETERAN CONTRACT

VETERAN CONTRACT

VETERAN CONTRACT

VETERAN CONTRACT

VETERAN CONTRACT

VETERAN CONTRACT

VETERAN CONTRACT

VETERAN CONTRACT

VETERAN CONTRACT

DEAD CAP

SALARY PROGRESSION

CAREER STATS

Los Angeles Lakers
Reserve List