NBA Team Salary Cap Tracker

A real-time look at the 2023-24 salary cap totals for each NBA team, including estimated cap space.

SEASON
 
Rank Team Record Players Active Avg Age Team Total Cap Allocations Cap Space All Active Active Top 3 Dead Cap
1 GSW GSW 44-38
17 26.4 $237,308,846 $-101,287,846 $207,375,199 $125,935,055 -
2 WAS WAS 35-47
18 24.4 $206,817,559 $-70,796,559 $135,429,717 $67,023,539 $18,023,041
3 LAC LAC 44-38
15 28.4 $202,080,521 $-66,059,521 $198,296,474 $126,960,763 $1,764,341
4 MIN MIN 42-40
15 25.6 $198,497,741 $-62,476,741 $164,180,564 $101,376,200 $348,225
5 PHX PHX 45-37
16 28.3 $195,220,617 $-59,199,617 $188,290,459 $130,407,223 $3,040,870
6 BOS BOS 57-25
15 26.1 $188,759,360 $-52,738,360 $184,845,028 $106,236,607 $92,857
7 MIL MIL 58-24
15 27.9 $188,285,708 $-52,264,708 $182,226,590 $120,601,156 -
8 PHI PHI 54-28
17 26.9 $185,251,331 $-49,230,331 $162,962,354 $106,722,598 $3,116,156
9 DEN DEN 53-29
15 26.3 $184,751,085 $-48,730,085 $176,890,198 $114,827,600 -
10 LAL LAL 43-39
15 25.9 $181,975,999 $-45,954,999 $168,055,994 $105,515,123 -
11 MIA MIA 44-38
15 27.1 $180,754,950 $-44,733,950 $172,894,063 $104,784,020 $1,801,769
12 NOP NOP 42-40
15 25.7 $176,969,502 $-40,948,502 $164,656,924 $103,641,119 $244,761
13 DAL DAL 38-44
15 25.3 $175,321,021 $-39,300,021 $162,282,786 $95,998,985 $2,348,324
14 BKN BKN 45-37
19 23.8 $172,002,344 $-35,981,344 $145,512,842 $84,049,930 $13,967,308
15 POR POR 33-49
15 23.9 $171,538,887 $-35,517,887 $157,605,999 $84,152,788 $6,289,938
16 CLE CLE 51-31
15 26.1 $168,250,835 $-32,229,835 $160,092,854 $87,167,280 $4,118,569
17 CHI CHI 40-42
15 26.3 $166,348,969 $-30,327,969 $162,193,482 $89,129,337 $2,135,781
18 NYK NYK 47-35
15 26.1 $163,020,677 $-26,999,677 $160,343,147 $73,290,506 $2,677,530
19 MEM MEM 51-31
15 25.2 $162,996,801 $-26,975,801 $135,440,708 $79,941,165 $25,754,324
20 TOR TOR 41-41
15 25.9 $161,887,358 $-25,866,358 $138,558,316 $65,383,929 $21,309,336
21 OKC OKC 40-42
16 25.0 $161,613,435 $-25,592,435 $128,155,962 $81,984,025 $33,457,473
22 ATL ATL 41-41
15 25.3 $156,139,798 $-20,118,798 $149,336,848 $80,769,506 $6,802,950
23 SAC SAC 48-34
15 26.2 $148,693,550 $-12,672,550 $145,124,481 $78,900,060 $3,569,069
24 IND IND 35-47
15 25.1 $146,679,278 $-10,658,278 $127,076,533 $72,868,408 $17,800,976
25 HOU HOU 22-60
15 26.2 $145,302,009 $-9,281,009 $143,402,009 $76,033,971 $1,900,000
26 CHA CHA 27-55
15 24.2 $141,036,011 $-5,015,011 $97,074,991 $40,305,635 $40,357,482
27 SAS SAS 22-60
15 22.9 $140,908,582 $-4,887,582 $94,551,623 $44,260,680 $46,356,959
28 ORL ORL 34-48
15 24.6 $139,355,784 $-3,334,784 $130,964,229 $47,450,000 -
29 DET DET 17-65
15 24.4 $136,419,412 $-398,412 $84,251,419 $42,031,943 $52,167,993
30 UTA UTA 37-45
14 23.5 $129,170,746 $6,850,254 $120,960,809 $66,352,629 $8,209,937
Totals - 462 - $5,113,358,716 $-1,032,728,716 $4,549,032,602 $2,604,101,780 $317,655,969
Averages - 15.4 25.6 $170,445,291 $-34,424,291 $151,634,420 $86,803,393 $10,588,532

CAP & APRON RULES/SUMMARY

UNDER THE CAP

Floor: $122,418,900
Cap Space: However much is created
Room Exception: $7,723,000
No trade restrictions
No buyout restrictions
Must spend to the salary floor by start of the season or team will have a cap hold assigned for the difference
Teams:

OVER THE CAP

Maximum: $136,021,000
Non-Taxpayer MLE: $12,405,000
Bi-Annual Exception: $4,516,000
No trade restrictions
No buyout restrictions
Teams:

OVER THE FIRST APRON

Threshold: $172,346,000
Taxpayer MLE: $5,000,000
Hard-capped at Second Apron if used
Team becomes hard-capped at First Apron by or can't use/do:
Using more than Tax MLE out of NTMLE
Using BAE
Acquiring player via Sign-and-Trade
Signing a buyout player who made more than NTMLE on previous contract
Using more than 100% in salary matching in a trade
Using a TPE that was created in prior season
Teams:

OVER THE SECOND APRON

Threshold: $182,794,000
No signing exceptions
Team becomes hard-capped at the Second Apron by or can't use/do:
Using Tax MLE
Aggregating two or more player salaries in a trade
Sending out cash in trade
Acquiring a player using a TPE that was created via pervious sign-and-trade
Can only:
Re-sign own free agents
Sign draft picks
Sign players to minimum contracts
Make trades where one player salary is sent out and equal or less salary comes back (can do a 1 for 2+ trade)
Teams:
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