- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander signed a $285M deal to stay with OKC Thunder until summer 2031
- The Canadian was named both NBA MVP and Finals MVP in 2024/25
- His 72-game streak of 20+ points was the 4th longest in league history
Key Takeaways:
The winner of the 2024/25 NBA Most Valuable Player award, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, has officially signed a new contract with the Oklahoma City Thunder.
The deal is worth a total of $285 million and will keep the Canadian point guard with the Thunder until the summer of 2031. It will earn Gilgeous-Alexander just over $70 million per season on average, making him the highest-paid player in North America.
BREAKING: NBA MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has agreed to a four-year, $285 million super maximum contract extension with the championship Oklahoma City Thunder through 2030-31, sources tell ESPN. This is now the richest annual salary for a player in league history. pic.twitter.com/eptbVjUo6j
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 1, 2025
The trust placed in Gilgeous-Alexander by the Thunder leadership is well deserved. This past season, he was the driving force behind the team’s first-ever NBA championship. OKC recorded a franchise-best 68 wins and just 14 losses in the regular season, with the guard finishing as the league’s top scorer at 32.7 points per game.
In the Finals against the Indiana Pacers, he averaged 30.3 points per game, which earned him the Finals MVP award. That made him only the 11th player in NBA history to win both MVP honours in the same season, joining Michael Jordan (four times), LeBron James (twice), Larry Bird (twice), Tim Duncan, Shaquille O’Neal, Hakeem Olajuwon, Magic Johnson, Moses Malone, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Willis Reed.
The guard also posted 72 consecutive games with at least 20 points scored — the fourth-longest such streak in NBA history.