Get to know the seniors and draft-eligible juniors playing the 2020-21 NCAA women’s basketball season with hopes of making the 2021 WNBA Draft. "NBA … Similarly, you may ask, how much does the NBA give the WNBA? WNBA rookies earned $30,000 per year. In 2007, the WNBA and ESPN reached an eight-year television agreement, thus assuring high-impact exposure. In other words, for what the New York Knicks are paying Joakim Noah not to play basketball this year ( Noah is being paid $18.53 million ), the gender-wage gap between WNBA and NBA … The NBA generated $7.4 billion in 2016-17, according to Forbes, which is likely more than 100 times that of the WNBA. Many … Apparently league revenue is $60 million v the NBAs $7 billion. To give the WNBA players 50 percent of league revenue would require league payrolls to increase by $18 million. How much I'm not sure but without the league wouldn't be operating. Currently, the NBA pays about 50% of … Of course the real issue has nothing to do with sexism and everything to do with the fact that the WNBA simply isn’t very popular with Americans. Accessed Sept. 17, 2020. National Basketball Association. The maximum salary for a WNBA player in 2007 was $100,000. It's market visibility was poor, ad campaigns were almost nonexistent, and NBA owners obviously didn't think it had much merit. The WNBA was founded with the ideal of making NBA owners more money, but the league has never been truly supported beyond paying the bills. National Basketball Association. What WNBA players keep emphasizing is that they want the WNBA to change the way the WNBA revenues are shared with its players. More than half of WNBA players spend the summers in Europe playing a second season for higher pay and more recognition. "NBA Rosters Feature 108 International Players in 2019-20." Average attendance in the WNBA in 2018 was 6,712 per-game. Many WNBA players choose to supplement their salaries by playing in European or Australian women's basketball leagues during the WNBA off-season. It's no surprise that the WNBA wasn't an initial success. We know ESPN is paying the WNBA … The WNBA, backed financially by the NBA, has significantly spread the reach of the NBA – despite WNBA players often facing relatively difficult conditions. WNBA players take part in the NBA's … This stream has: 10 Updates; 2021 WNBA Draft Watch . $100,000 lol. Last year, according to Adam Silver, the league lost $12 million dollars. By comparison, $385,277 was the minimum salary of an NBA rookie. ESPN pays the WNBA $25 million per season for the right to broadcast some of its games.