How much money do NBA championship winners get?

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NBA Playoff Money Payments Pool

NBA Playoffs Salary Pool | May 11, 2006 The 2006 NBA Playoff salaries payment pool is $10 million. Teams get money for winning the championship, finishing at certain playoff seeds, and for other accompliments. These are the NBA playoffs pool breakdowns:

Best Record in NBA: $288,421

Best Record in Conference, $252,369 each: $504,737

Second Best Record in Conference, $202,842 each: $405,684

Third Best Record in Conference, $151,421 each: $302,842

Fourth Best Record in Conference, $119,000 each: $238,000

Fifth Best record in Conference, $99,158 each: $198,316

Sixth Best Record in Conference, $67,632 each: $135,263

Teams Participating in First Round, $149,243 each: $2,387,895

Teams Participating in Conference Semifinals, $177,579 each: $1,420,632

Teams Participating in Conference Finals, $293,447 each: $1,173,789

Losing Team, NBA Finals: $1,173,474

Winning Team, NBA Finals: $1,770,947

Total Playoff Pool: $10,000,000

NBA PLAYOFFS SALARY POOL HISTORY

1982 $1,500,000

1983 $1,500,000

1984 $1,750,000

1985 $1,750,000

1986 $1,750,000

1987 $1,750,000

1988 $1,750,000

1989 $2,400,000

1990 $2,400,000

1991 $3,200,000

1992 $4,000,000

1993 $5,000,000

1994 $6,000,000

1995 $7,000,000

1996 $7,000,000

1997 $7,000,000

1998 $7,000,000

1999 $7,500,000

2000 $7,500,000

2001 $7,500,000

2002 $8,000,000

2003 $8,750,000

2004 $8,875,000

2005 $9,500,000

2006 $10,000,000