How much does Jackie Young make?

The 27-year-old guard, Jackie Young is one of the best perimeter defenders in the league. She is also a two-time consecutive WNBA champion (2022 and 2023) and the Most Improved Player of the Year award winner in 2022. The three-time All-Star is one of the fittest players in the league, featuring in all 67 regular season games in 2023 and September 2024.

Before playing in the WNBA, Young played college basketball for Notre Dame and became the second-ever player to be drafted first overall from Notre Dame after Jewell Loyd. She is all set to make her debut for Team USA in 5x5 women’s basketball in the Olympics and would hope to repeat the same heroics of the Tokyo Olympics. She has previously won an Olympic gold medal for Team USA in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in 3x3 women’s basketball.

Jackie Young Salary

Jackie Young will earn a base salary of $169,950 for the 2024 WNBA season according to Spotrac.

A yearly breakdown of her salary as reported by Spotrac is mentioned below:

Jackie Young signed a two-year contract extension worth $504,950 with the Las Vegas Aces on May 15, 2022. Into her last season of the contract, the Aces secured their All-Star guard by signing her to an extension through 2025. She was signed on a one-year deal worth $169,950. The two-time WNBA champion will become an unrestricted free agent at the end of the 2025 season. She is the fourth-highest-paid player on the Las Vegas Aces roster.

Before the start of the 2022 WNBA season, Young was headed into the final year of her rookie contract and the Aces then signed her on a bumper contract in May 2022. She repaid them by playing a major role in two consecutive WNBA Championships in 2022 and 2023.

In the 2022 playoffs, Young improved her three-point shot, shooting 47.4% from the deep. She averaged 12.5 points, 4.1 rebounds and 3.0 assists leading the Aces to the 2022 championship. The dynamic guard improved her numbers both on offense and defense in the 2023 playoffs leading the Aces to their second consecutive title. She averaged 16.7 points, 5.6 rebounds, 5.0 assists, and 1.6 steals per game, recording her career-high playoff points in Game 1 of the 2023 WNBA Finals.

The star guard is having an excellent season in 2024 and has stepped up in the absence of Chelsea Gray. Heading into the Olympic break, Young is one of six players to have recorded 400+ points and 100+ assists in the 2024 season. She also has four double-doubles to her name in points and assists, becoming one of few players to have more than three DDs in terms of points and assists in the season.