NBA NBA Team Salary Cap Tracker
A real-time look at the 2024-25 salary payroll totals for each NBA team, including estimated cap space.
Under The Cap
Teams: None
Floor: $127,000,000
Cap Space: However much is created
Room Exception: $8,063,000
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
Over The Cap
Teams: 
Maximum: $141,000,000
Room Exception: $12,951,000
Bi-Annual Exception: $4,715,000
No trade restrictions
No buyout restrictions
Over The First Apron
Teams: 
Threshold: $178,655,000
Taxpayer MLE: $5,220,000
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
Acquirng 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
sing a TPE that was created in prior season
Over The Second Apron
Teams: 
Threshold: $189,486,000
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
ake trades where one player salary is sent out and equal or less salary comes back (can do a 1 for 2+ trade)
| Rank | Team | Players Active | Avg Age Team | Total Cap Allocations | Cap Space All | Hard-Cap Space Apron #1 | Hard-Cap Space Apron #2 | Cap Space Projected Practical | Active | Active Top 3 | Dead Cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
MIN
MIN
|
10 | 25.9 | $273,554,473 | $-132,554,473 | - | - | $-125,846,111 | $193,218,319 | $135,477,587 | - |
| 2 |
GSW
GSW
|
11 | 28.1 | $249,265,900 | $-108,265,900 | - | - | $-103,996,305 | $174,018,395 | $112,038,002 | - |
| 3 |
LAC
LAC
|
11 | 29.9 | $244,988,597 | $-103,988,597 | - | - | $-102,751,665 | $168,939,468 | $117,379,055 | $1,000,000 |
| 4 |
PHX
PHX
|
11 | 29.4 | $244,701,551 | $-103,701,551 | - | - | $-100,447,370 | $205,893,182 | $150,732,951 | - |
| 5 |
LAL
LAL
|
12 | 27.1 | $212,714,323 | $-71,714,323 | - | - | $-82,925,056 | $178,753,962 | $113,327,685 | - |
| 6 |
CHI
CHI
|
11 | 27.1 | $221,026,489 | $-80,026,489 | - | - | $-76,772,308 | $129,956,824 | $84,427,288 | - |
| 7 |
IND
IND
|
11 | 24.4 | $215,648,069 | $-74,648,069 | - | - | $-73,487,525 | $112,793,779 | $73,228,500 | $1,833,755 |
| 8 |
DEN
DEN
|
13 | 26.4 | $210,716,116 | $-69,716,116 | - | - | $-69,716,116 | $189,898,657 | $123,292,088 | - |
| 9 |
NYK
NYK
|
11 | 28.0 | $206,818,162 | $-65,818,162 | - | - | $-67,956,135 | $148,307,970 | $73,828,252 | - |
| 10 |
MIA
MIA
|
12 | 28.2 | $205,217,853 | $-64,217,853 | - | - | $-66,442,740 | $182,298,756 | $112,647,017 | - |
| 11 |
WAS
WAS
|
13 | 24.6 | $213,966,401 | $-72,966,401 | - | - | $-63,944,431 | $132,386,253 | $68,799,513 | $600,000 |
| 12 |
BOS
BOS
|
12 | 27.7 | $208,905,068 | $-67,905,068 | - | - | $-63,816,241 | $192,397,971 | $114,198,340 | - |
| 13 |
MIL
MIL
|
10 | 27.6 | $206,771,967 | $-65,771,967 | - | - | $-63,450,879 | $182,882,301 | $129,242,019 | - |
| 14 |
ATL
ATL
|
12 | 25.7 | $199,691,180 | $-58,691,180 | - | - | $-58,691,180 | $163,059,241 | $90,563,486 | - |
| 15 |
NOP
NOP
|
12 | 26.1 | $199,701,515 | $-58,701,515 | - | - | $-56,504,545 | $154,504,851 | $106,075,203 | - |
| 16 |
POR
POR
|
14 | 25.1 | $194,069,134 | $-53,069,134 | - | - | $-53,069,134 | $165,557,181 | $89,691,087 | $1,568,032 |
| 17 |
DAL
DAL
|
13 | 26.4 | $192,976,268 | $-51,976,268 | - | - | $-51,976,268 | $171,948,946 | $100,225,123 | $2,208,856 |
| 18 |
CLE
CLE
|
11 | 27.1 | $192,493,033 | $-51,493,033 | - | - | $-48,238,852 | $156,475,581 | $92,135,980 | $1,301,031 |
| 19 |
MEM
MEM
|
14 | 26.2 | $186,719,900 | $-45,719,900 | - | - | $-45,286,941 | $173,097,320 | $95,988,718 | $2,019,699 |
| 20 |
SAC
SAC
|
11 | 26.8 | $179,551,325 | $-38,551,325 | - | - | $-37,390,781 | $150,233,024 | $93,348,340 | - |
| 21 |
BKN
BKN
|
11 | 25.5 | $173,589,838 | $-32,589,838 | - | - | $-30,996,335 | $134,147,753 | $87,263,144 | $325,590 |
| 22 |
TOR
TOR
|
10 | 26.3 | $176,164,070 | $-35,164,070 | - | - | $-30,383,038 | $117,748,198 | $68,294,643 | - |
| 23 |
HOU
HOU
|
12 | 26.3 | $167,282,664 | $-26,282,664 | - | - | $-26,282,664 | $145,270,107 | $77,702,108 | - |
| 24 |
CHA
CHA
|
14 | 25.5 | $146,578,568 | $-5,578,568 | - | - | $5,171,432 | $118,414,252 | $64,275,250 | - |
| 25 |
SAS
SAS
|
12 | 23.6 | $155,445,889 | $-14,445,889 | - | - | $21,310,166 | $118,416,250 | $65,089,026 | - |
| 26 |
OKC
OKC
|
12 | 24.2 | $163,415,317 | $-22,415,317 | - | - | $35,255,593 | $101,990,897 | $63,240,590 | $1,000,000 |
| 27 |
UTA
UTA
|
11 | 24.6 | $151,093,987 | $-10,093,987 | - | - | $38,136,311 | $99,782,040 | $62,974,544 | - |
| 28 |
ORL
ORL
|
11 | 24.7 | $180,278,826 | $-39,278,826 | - | - | $49,527,736 | $104,512,056 | $42,460,800 | - |
| 29 |
PHI
PHI
|
4 | 26.3 | $245,906,643 | $-104,906,643 | - | - | $55,512,710 | $63,227,765 | $61,335,908 | - |
| 30 |
DET
DET
|
11 | 24.3 | $148,157,919 | $-7,157,919 | - | - | $64,401,279 | $84,657,988 | $47,940,809 | $2,748,674 |
| Totals | 343 | - | $5,967,411,045 | $-1,737,411,045 | - | - | - | $4,414,789,287 | $2,717,223,056 | $14,605,637 | |
| Averages | 11.4 | 26.3 | $198,913,702 | $-57,913,702 | - | - | - | $147,159,643 | $90,574,102 | $486,855 |
Under The Cap
Teams: None
Floor: $127,000,000
Cap Space: However much is created
Room Exception: $8,063,000
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
Over The Cap
Teams:
Maximum: $141,000,000
Room Exception: $12,951,000
Bi-Annual Exception: $4,715,000
No trade restrictions
No buyout restrictions
Over The First Apron
Teams:
Threshold: $178,655,000
Taxpayer MLE: $5,220,000
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
Acquirng 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
sing a TPE that was created in prior season
Over The Second Apron
Teams:
Threshold: $189,486,000
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
ake trades where one player salary is sent out and equal or less salary comes back (can do a 1 for 2+ trade)
