Scottie Barnes Biography: Net Worth, Salary, Family and Career Stats

The jersey number four bearer, Scottie Barnes, seems like a player who can rejuvenate the Toronto Raptors if he gets the appropriate players around him to support him. But he has been able to only accumulate personal accolades so far in the league. Can he go deep playoffs with the Raptors, that's still a question. However, we will discuss how Scottie has become so important for his franchise and why team management trusts him with a multi-year lucrative contract to build a team around him.

Scottie Barnes Early Life

Scott Wayne Barnes Jr. was born to Kathalyn Wilkins and Scottie Barnes Sr. on August 1, 2001, in West Palm Beach, Florida. He did develop a love of basketball at an early age, that is why he was able to perform well in his freshman year of high school. However, his choice of continuously shifting schools even made him better as a player. In his senior year, he got to play among the best basketballers in the nation on the high school level at Monteverde Academy. Therefore, he was already exposed to competitive basketball and what it would take to survive and improve in a league like the NBA.

Scottie Barnes Biography

Scottie Barnes Career

Scottie Barnes' high school and college basketball careers were nothing short of phenomenal in terms of performance and fame. He was known among the national-level players for the growth that he showed at that age. Even in the NBA, he was able to win individual accolades in just three years of appearance on the court. Let's take a look at his career in a more detailed manner.

Scottie Barnes High School Career

The first school that Scottie Barnes attended as a high school baller was Cardinal Newman High School. There, he took his team to the 19–8 record and the 5A regional semifinals. However, he made a switch and transferred to NSU University School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. At University school, Barnes led his team to a 36–2 record and its first-ever Class 5A state title. His team even won the City of Palms Classic tournament with Scottie Barnes as the MVP of it. In his junior season, Barnes tallied 13.1 points, seven rebounds, and 4.8 assists per game to win another 5A State title.

In 2019, Scottie joined the powerhouse Montverde Academy in Florida. Even among the high school basketball players in the nation, Scottie was able to average 11.6 points, 6.5 rebounds, and 4.6 assists per game in his senior season.

Scottie Barnes College Career

Scottie committed to Florida State University and played only a single season for the collegiate team. He dished out 10.3 points (third on the team), 4.0 rebounds (fifth), and 4.1 assists (first) in his first season with the Florida Seminoles. That's why he received the most votes of any player in the voting for ACC Freshman of the Year honors. Along with it, Scottie Barnes also secured the ACC Sixth Man of the Year title in 2021.

Scottie Barnes Professional Career

Barnes was picked up as the fourth overall by the Toronto Raptors in the 2021 NBA Draft. He had a big impact on the Raptors roster in his freshman season with his career-high 35.4 minutes of playing time on the hard court. That's why he was able to win the NBA Rookie of the Year in 2022. It was the first time a Raptors player had won the title in the last 23 years. Later on, he dumped his first career double-double on October 22, 2022. Barnes tallied 25 points and 13 rebounds in a 115–83 win over the Boston Celtics. A month later, Scottie made his first career triple-double with 11 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists.

He wasn't picked up for the 2024 All-Star game. Rather, he played as a reserve for Julius Randle and Joel Embiid. Last year in December, Barnes put up his best performance, averaging 35 points, 9 rebounds, and 6 assists against the Indiana Pacers. Here are the numbers that Scottie Barnes has put up according to ESPN archives:

Scottie Barnes Awards and Achievements

Since it has been only four years after his debut in the league, Scottie Barnes has not achieved any major accolade like an NBA championship or league leadership in records in a season. However, he was able to earn the NBA Rookie of the Year title in his freshman season, averaging 15.3 points, 7.5 rebounds, and 3.5 assists in his rookie season. Last year, he gave his best career performance so far, tallying 19.9 points, 8.2 rebounds, and 6.1 assists in just 34.9 minutes of playing time. Here are the other international and pro-basketball achievements that Barnes has in the basketball world as follows.

Scottie Barnes Record

Scottie Barnes' biggest accomplishment that he has set so far in the NBA in terms of stats is his triple-double count. He is the first Toronto Raptors to record four triple-doubles in a single season. In addition to it, when he scored his career fifth triple-double last year on February 26, he tied his record with Pascal Siakam for the second most triple-doubles for a player in Raptors history. He also became the first rookie in Raptors history to have a double-double in their playoff debut with 15 points, 10 rebounds, and eight assists in 32 minutes on April 16, 2022, against the Philadelphia 76ers. Barnes was the third player in the franchise history to earn the 2021-22 NBA Rookie of the Year award.

Scottie Barnes Net Worth and Salary

As per the estimation of the Celebrity Net Worth, Scottie Barnes has a net worth of about $40 million. Most of his net worth comes from the NBA salaries that Barnes has signed in the league. When Barnes picked him as the fourth overall pick from the Toronto Raptors squad, he inked a 4 year $33.06 million rookie scale contract on August 8, 2021. According to Spotrac, Scottie is expected to earn $10,130,980 in the 2024-25 season. Last year, on July 8, 2024, Barnes signed a 5-year $224.9 million rookie scale contract extension with the Toronto Raptors. This contract will extend up to the 2029-30 season. Here's how much Barnes has earned in the NBA so far, as mentioned in the following table.

Coming to endorsements, Scottie Barnes has a primary multi-year footwear and apparel endorsement deal with Nike. In addition to his major endorsement deal, Barnes has also been involved in campaigns of Subway Canada (promoting Rice Bowls), AXE Canada, and Google Pixel endorsements.

Scottie Barnes Girlfriend

Scottie Barnes is dating Alyssa Rae Holmes reportedly, who is 33 years old. She is rumored to be a flight attendant who hails from Toronto. She is also a singer and lyricist of a rock and roll band. First of all, the age gap became a big controversy for Scottie when the reports of his dating came out. Furthermore, his ex-girlfriend came out with a video proving the rumors right. On top of that, ESPN's Brian Windhorst confirmed last year in October that Barnes even welcomed a baby. However, there is no official announcement or declaration about it from the NBA player.

Scottie Barnes Parents

Scottie Barnes was born to Kathalyn Wilkins and Scottie Barnes Sr. He also has two brothers, Jon French and Shawn Barnes, in his family. Barnes is closer to his mother than his father since Scottie used to be the emotional support whenever his father and mother had an argument. That's why Scottie has not revealed anything much about his father in the public domain. Kathalyn is African-American in ethnicity, while his father was of Jamaican ethnicity.

Scottie Barnes Shoes

Just after signing with the Toronto Raptors in the 2021 NBA Draft, Scottie Barnes signed with Nike on August 20, 2021. Nike also signed Scottie's fellow NBA rookies Cade Cunningham, Jonathan Kuminga, and Chris Duarte. For most of the season, Barnes, along with other rookies, wore player-exclusive shoes like GT Cut, GT Run, and GT Jump.

Scottie Barnes Jersey

For all the years that Scottie Barnes has played in the NBA for the past four seasons since his debut, Scottie Barnes has worn number 4 in the league. There are theories that Scottie Barnes has been wearing the number because he was the 4th overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft class. Notably, this jersey number four was also donned by the former Toronto Raptors star Chris Bosh.