California is well probably the most populous state within the nation, so you’ll assume it solely is sensible that it’s additionally the one producing probably the most professional basketball gamers and thus the one getting extra NBA wage income. Since 1990, which is so far as our wage knowledge goes again, California-born gamers have made a mixed $8.582 billion in NBA salaries, greater than New Yorkers (No. 2 within the wage rating) and Texans (No. 3) collectively.
So it’s not simply that California is closely populated; it additionally has a reasonably good per capita presence within the league.
Under, we’ve ranked states from least NBA gamers’ earnings to most. As you will notice, California will not be the one one punching above its demographic weight.
