NBA Team Salary Cap Tracker

A real-time look at the 2024-25 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 PHX PHX 36-46
16 27.4 $239,383,488 $-98,795,488 $211,714,452 $150,588,751 $3,814,041
2 MIN MIN 49-33
15 26.1 $236,725,861 $-96,137,861 $198,847,571 $119,077,906 $3,705,899
3 BOS BOS 61-21
15 27.5 $197,048,229 $-56,460,229 $193,098,445 $114,054,140 -
4 NYK NYK 51-31
18 26.6 $192,408,606 $-51,820,606 $190,655,840 $110,803,733 $1,752,766
5 MIL MIL 48-34
15 26.7 $195,746,447 $-55,158,447 $183,221,333 $122,031,412 -
6 LAL LAL 50-32
15 27.7 $200,785,985 $-60,197,985 $182,745,885 $108,760,785 $5,514,986
7 DEN DEN 50-32
15 26.0 $192,786,656 $-52,198,656 $182,574,315 $123,292,088 -
8 CLE CLE 64-18
21 26.1 $193,095,489 $-52,507,489 $175,054,818 $93,832,409 $1,340,519
9 MIA MIA 37-45
16 26.1 $182,163,131 $-41,575,131 $173,813,055 $90,125,126 -
10 SAC SAC 40-42
22 27.9 $184,893,684 $-44,305,684 $173,092,324 $107,131,940 $2,039,527
11 DAL DAL 39-43
15 26.8 $187,147,472 $-46,559,472 $172,077,663 $99,092,456 $2,328,828
12 PHI PHI 24-58
15 26.6 $170,340,647 $-29,752,647 $169,548,876 $135,768,738 $791,771
13 NOP NOP 21-61
15 24.3 $182,966,321 $-42,378,321 $167,934,095 $98,876,138 $2,715,108
14 IND IND 50-32
15 25.7 $171,232,577 $-30,644,577 $166,839,774 $104,281,300 $2,530,538
15 POR POR 36-46
15 23.9 $176,848,446 $-36,260,446 $165,518,581 $89,691,087 $1,568,032
16 WAS WAS 18-64
15 24.5 $211,677,970 $-71,089,970 $162,581,956 $83,151,786 $7,021,331
17 OKC OKC 68-14
15 24.2 $166,001,694 $-25,413,694 $162,209,242 $82,859,950 $3,792,452
18 LAC LAC 50-32
14 27.5 $169,502,238 $-28,914,238 $161,818,734 $102,101,025 $3,733,720
19 HOU HOU 52-30
15 25.7 $173,496,349 $-32,908,349 $161,552,948 $78,702,108 $7,768,363
20 ATL ATL 40-42
15 25.2 $174,418,704 $-33,830,704 $161,255,749 $81,912,604 $7,125,652
21 CHI CHI 39-43
15 24.6 $168,006,873 $-27,418,873 $157,180,244 $59,395,348 $8,739,110
22 MEM MEM 48-34
15 24.6 $167,814,933 $-27,226,933 $155,850,296 $95,988,718 $8,014,853
23 SAS SAS 34-48
16 25.6 $163,700,077 $-23,112,077 $155,735,811 $83,196,166 $7,964,266
24 TOR TOR 30-52
15 24.9 $178,496,026 $-37,908,026 $154,302,912 $94,310,843 $16,405,595
25 ORL ORL 41-41
15 25.3 $152,959,238 $-12,371,238 $152,959,238 $63,257,000 -
26 CHA CHA 19-63
15 25.2 $167,423,486 $-26,835,486 $152,436,862 $80,445,913 $14,986,624
27 UTA UTA 17-65
15 24.0 $154,114,022 $-13,526,022 $142,648,013 $86,906,400 $11,466,009
28 DET DET 44-38
15 25.0 $141,808,220 $-1,220,220 $133,989,678 $56,559,037 $7,818,542
29 GSW GSW 48-34
12 27.1 $134,929,445 $5,658,555 $120,010,365 $82,035,820 $306,447
30 BKN BKN 26-56
15 23.7 $178,836,132 $-38,248,132 $112,077,151 $69,311,624 $58,408,905
Totals - 465 - $5,406,758,446 $-1,189,118,446 $4,953,346,226 $2,867,542,351 $191,653,884
Averages - 15.5 25.8 $180,225,282 $-39,637,282 $165,111,541 $95,584,745 $6,388,463

CAP & APRON RULES/SUMMARY

UNDER THE CAP

Floor: $126,529,000
Cap Space: However much is created
Room Exception: $7,983,000
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: $140,588,000
Non-Taxpayer MLE: $12,822,000
Bi-Annual Exception: $4,668,000
No trade restrictions
No buyout restrictions
Teams:

OVER THE FIRST APRON

Threshold: $178,132,000
Taxpayer MLE: $5,168,000
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: $188,931,000
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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