NBA Team Salary Cap Tracker

A real-time look at the 2026-27 salary cap totals for each NBA team, including estimated cap space.

SEASON
 
Rank Team Players Active Avg Age Team Total Cap Allocations Cap Space All Cap Space Projected Practical Active Active Top 3 Dead Cap
1 MEM MEM 15 26.4 $149,096,993 $16,903,007 $149,254,232 $142,734,064 $80,795,053 $4,164,050
2 BKN BKN 12 23.7 $152,618,286 $13,381,714 $149,604,232 $120,698,770 $79,453,877 -
3 CHA CHA 13 25.1 $177,554,635 $-11,554,635 $149,604,232 $148,402,018 $78,701,233 -
4 UTA UTA 10 25.0 $196,571,656 $-30,571,656 $149,604,232 $137,856,956 $104,636,234 -
5 MIL MIL 12 28.8 $208,587,245 $-42,587,245 $149,604,232 $156,063,873 $105,385,882 $23,183,270
6 TOR TOR 13 25.5 $210,286,331 $-44,286,331 $149,604,232 $193,059,996 $114,254,690 -
7 IND IND 14 27.0 $212,407,442 $-46,407,442 $148,253,773 $200,752,776 $118,191,388 -
8 BOS BOS 12 26.7 $223,870,630 $-57,870,630 $149,604,232 $182,344,295 $145,883,294 -
9 SAS SAS 9 25.0 $225,170,394 $-59,170,394 $149,604,232 $152,768,566 $94,300,000 -
10 WAS WAS 14 24.2 $225,747,377 $-59,747,377 $149,604,232 $174,627,539 $119,794,626 -
11 NOP NOP 14 25.4 $226,108,742 $-60,108,742 $149,604,232 $196,214,389 $108,996,223 -
12 HOU HOU 9 28.6 $227,703,482 $-61,703,482 $149,604,232 $184,925,541 $104,544,641 -
13 POR POR 12 26.1 $231,237,807 $-65,237,807 $149,604,232 $169,929,266 $89,096,185 $268,032
14 DET DET 11 25.9 $237,160,349 $-71,160,349 $147,604,232 $135,344,170 $81,098,585 -
15 DAL DAL 11 26.2 $238,005,160 $-72,005,160 $149,604,232 $148,888,654 $76,764,643 $3,211,216
16 PHX PHX 11 26.8 $238,044,420 $-72,044,420 $148,354,232 $161,473,426 $113,322,621 $23,197,051
17 LAC LAC 12 29.5 $240,102,322 $-74,102,322 $149,604,232 $156,479,540 $108,486,510 -
18 PHI PHI 10 25.8 $240,475,895 $-74,475,895 $149,354,232 $180,319,943 $152,996,900 -
19 ATL ATL 10 25.1 $241,318,718 $-75,318,718 $149,604,232 $153,068,971 $79,300,000 -
20 ORL ORL 11 25.4 $246,621,736 $-80,621,736 $141,604,232 $214,692,269 $122,700,780 -
21 SAC SAC 11 27.5 $247,509,341 $-81,509,341 $149,604,232 $205,159,538 $120,179,380 -
22 CHI CHI 9 23.9 $252,103,337 $-86,103,337 $149,604,232 $92,955,470 $54,814,814 -
23 OKC OKC 15 25.6 $257,171,009 $-91,171,009 $148,104,232 $250,574,372 $123,806,150 -
24 NYK NYK 9 27.9 $258,927,064 $-92,927,064 $149,604,232 $205,460,628 $137,318,249 -
25 MIN MIN 9 26.2 $259,093,708 $-93,093,708 $149,604,232 $190,387,865 $118,757,958 -
26 LAL LAL 10 25.9 $259,863,554 $-93,863,554 $149,604,232 $107,768,137 $77,127,357 -
27 CLE CLE 11 27.9 $260,544,158 $-94,544,158 $136,286,925 $221,786,086 $142,528,563 $424,672
28 DEN DEN 10 27.7 $261,289,000 $-95,289,000 $149,604,232 $213,802,928 $141,116,779 -
29 MIA MIA 11 25.6 $270,983,560 $-104,983,560 $149,354,232 $163,470,734 $112,969,644 -
30 GSW GSW 9 29.6 $273,979,623 $-107,979,623 $149,604,232 $181,479,537 $147,098,502 -
Totals 339 - $6,950,153,974 $-1,970,153,974 - $5,143,490,317 $3,254,420,761 $54,448,291
Averages 11.3 26.3 $231,671,799 $-65,671,799 - $171,449,677 $108,480,692 $1,814,943

CAP & APRON RULES/SUMMARY

UNDER THE CAP

Floor: $149,400,000
Cap Space: However much is created
Room Exception: $9,426,000
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: $166,000,000
Non-Taxpayer MLE: $15,140,000
Bi-Annual Exception: $5,511,000
No trade restrictions
No buyout restrictions
Teams:

OVER THE FIRST APRON

Threshold: $210,330,000
Taxpayer MLE: $6,103,000
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: $223,081,000
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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