NBA Team Salary Cap Tracker

A real-time look at the 2025-26 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 CLE CLE 40-26
15 27.3 $226,181,970 $-71,534,970 $211,979,654 $132,234,290 $424,672
2 NYK NYK 42-25
15 26.1 $209,750,538 $-55,103,538 $207,454,264 $127,655,231 -
3 GSW GSW 32-33
14 29.0 $233,853,209 $-79,206,209 $204,744,987 $144,464,974 -
4 LAL LAL 40-25
15 26.4 $211,386,300 $-56,739,300 $195,165,412 $116,886,072 $146,970
5 HOU HOU 40-25
14 27.8 $201,330,454 $-46,683,454 $194,689,412 $113,653,563 -
6 MIN MIN 40-26
15 26.9 $228,841,297 $-74,194,297 $194,042,641 $111,414,710 -
7 PHI PHI 35-30
15 26.6 $199,772,500 $-45,125,500 $192,968,328 $144,849,376 $410,910
8 LAC LAC 33-32
15 27.5 $199,054,230 $-44,407,230 $189,852,974 $116,026,090 $263,940
9 ORL ORL 36-28
14 24.9 $193,735,494 $-39,088,494 $187,342,232 $110,387,420 -
10 DEN DEN 40-26
15 26.7 $200,743,895 $-46,096,895 $187,214,031 $124,460,081 -
11 BOS BOS 43-22
12 26.1 $193,898,873 $-39,251,873 $187,052,708 $135,368,714 $205,123
12 SAC SAC 16-51
15 27.3 $213,276,741 $-58,629,741 $186,958,961 $114,405,660 $131,970
13 MIA MIA 37-29
15 25.4 $197,928,516 $-43,281,516 $186,447,146 $96,319,835 -
14 OKC OKC 51-15
15 24.6 $188,772,810 $-34,125,810 $184,428,042 $85,055,272 $2,296,274
15 TOR TOR 36-29
14 25.2 $194,756,449 $-40,109,449 $184,269,130 $109,256,988 $2,491,045
16 IND IND 15-50
15 26.0 $191,900,207 $-37,253,207 $183,115,307 $109,995,004 $4,440,132
17 ATL ATL 34-31
16 25.1 $194,436,074 $-39,789,074 $182,251,991 $84,466,235 $5,543,041
18 NOP NOP 22-45
15 25.1 $207,342,163 $-52,695,163 $182,146,711 $102,095,408 $5,469,850
19 DET DET 46-18
15 25.7 $193,011,869 $-38,364,869 $178,430,092 $91,019,317 $7,381,777
20 CHI CHI 27-38
15 24.5 $187,426,179 $-32,779,179 $176,024,107 $71,653,571 $6,809,524
21 SAS SAS 48-17
15 26.6 $182,990,669 $-28,343,669 $175,732,468 $83,096,620 $7,258,201
22 DAL DAL 21-44
15 26.0 $198,582,307 $-43,935,307 $172,434,433 $86,528,965 $10,343,186
23 WAS WAS 16-48
15 23.8 $232,033,397 $-77,386,397 $162,858,635 $112,328,790 $23,844,113
24 PHX PHX 38-27
15 25.8 $206,796,989 $-52,149,989 $161,373,811 $107,850,873 $25,493,325
25 POR POR 31-35
16 25.0 $197,927,822 $-43,280,822 $161,370,946 $78,775,001 $25,818,846
26 CHA CHA 34-33
15 24.3 $183,321,954 $-28,674,954 $154,012,864 $76,625,427 $29,309,090
27 MIL MIL 27-37
15 27.2 $181,349,997 $-26,702,997 $151,866,582 $101,855,306 $29,483,415
28 UTA UTA 20-46
14 25.5 $172,574,640 $-17,927,640 $147,193,248 $100,769,100 $25,381,392
29 MEM MEM 23-41
15 25.1 $156,895,925 $-2,248,925 $133,187,436 $79,553,506 $23,708,489
30 BKN BKN 17-48
15 23.3 $150,429,217 $4,217,783 $125,900,027 $79,185,322 $24,529,190
Totals - 444 - $5,930,302,685 $-1,290,892,685 $5,342,508,580 $3,148,236,721 $261,184,475
Averages - 14.8 25.9 $197,676,756 $-43,029,756 $178,083,619 $104,941,224 $8,706,149

CAP & APRON RULES/SUMMARY

UNDER THE CAP

Floor: $139,182,000
Cap Space: However much is created
Room Exception: $8,781,000
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: $154,647,000
Non-Taxpayer MLE: $14,104,000
Bi-Annual Exception: $5,134,000
No trade restrictions
No buyout restrictions
Teams:

OVER THE FIRST APRON

Threshold: $195,945,000
Taxpayer MLE: $5,685,000
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: $207,824,000
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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