NBA Team Salary Cap Tracker

A real-time look at the 2028-29 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 GSW GSW 2 26.0 $78,271,476 $103,641,524 $163,945,496 $8,106,068 $8,106,068 -
2 LAC LAC 1 25.0 $101,512,284 $80,400,716 $163,945,496 $5,448,356 $5,448,356 -
3 BKN BKN 5 22.6 $104,185,876 $77,727,124 $163,945,496 $33,479,052 $22,198,636 -
4 CHA CHA 5 25.2 $107,417,105 $74,495,895 $163,945,496 $71,290,428 $65,819,032 -
5 MIA MIA 3 25.0 $132,927,497 $48,985,503 $163,945,496 $78,721,687 $78,721,687 -
6 CHI CHI 3 25.0 $134,350,853 $47,562,147 $163,945,496 $51,230,464 $51,230,464 -
7 LAL LAL 1 29.0 $138,551,590 $43,361,410 $163,945,496 $57,420,000 $57,420,000 -
8 MEM MEM 3 26.0 $159,445,024 $22,467,976 $163,945,496 $17,925,740 $17,925,740 -
9 SAS SAS 5 27.4 $167,417,994 $14,495,006 $163,945,496 $118,926,533 $101,592,994 -
10 DET DET 2 27.0 $169,265,450 $12,647,550 $163,945,496 $60,264,382 $60,264,382 -
11 MIL MIL 2 30.5 $176,144,910 $5,768,090 $163,945,496 $40,767,776 $40,767,776 $22,516,603
12 UTA UTA 3 27.3 $182,976,153 $-1,063,153 $163,945,496 $118,176,511 $118,176,511 -
13 ATL ATL 5 26.8 $196,372,636 $-14,459,636 $163,945,496 $89,987,704 $70,919,890 -
14 SAC SAC 3 27.0 $209,121,870 $-27,208,870 $163,945,496 $36,715,178 $36,715,178 -
15 DAL DAL 3 27.3 $209,734,780 $-27,821,780 $163,945,496 $61,151,220 $61,151,220 -
16 TOR TOR 4 28.0 $211,265,429 $-29,352,429 $163,945,496 $118,799,254 $109,924,570 -
17 PHI PHI 4 27.8 $220,810,148 $-38,897,148 $163,945,496 $131,565,616 $128,829,918 -
18 NOP NOP 5 26.2 $227,222,066 $-45,309,066 $163,945,496 $74,875,969 $64,032,353 -
19 BOS BOS 5 29.8 $233,824,614 $-51,911,614 $163,945,496 $184,895,875 $166,912,454 -
20 HOU HOU 3 28.7 $238,108,246 $-56,195,246 $163,945,496 $76,015,108 $76,015,108 -
21 WAS WAS 2 22.0 $241,534,074 $-59,621,074 $163,945,496 $17,645,563 $17,645,563 -
22 CLE CLE 4 28.3 $243,685,716 $-61,772,716 $163,945,496 $103,262,238 $100,526,540 -
23 ORL ORL 8 27.1 $244,047,432 $-62,134,432 $163,945,496 $212,122,400 $140,677,500 -
24 DEN DEN 3 30.3 $255,444,455 $-73,531,455 $163,945,496 $119,623,207 $119,623,207 -
25 PHX PHX 3 26.0 $258,476,698 $-76,563,698 $163,945,496 $74,842,128 $74,842,128 $22,490,153
26 POR POR 3 25.3 $263,960,913 $-82,047,913 $163,945,496 $51,739,573 $51,739,573 $268,031
27 NYK NYK 3 31.7 $275,330,367 $-93,417,367 $163,945,496 $130,531,914 $130,531,914 -
28 IND IND 5 28.6 $275,539,152 $-93,626,152 $163,945,496 $94,236,323 $88,444,288 -
29 OKC OKC 6 28.3 $292,753,541 $-110,840,541 $163,945,496 $199,830,350 $161,188,500 -
30 MIN MIN 4 26.5 $293,166,684 $-111,253,684 $163,945,496 $119,308,939 $112,210,776 -
Totals 108 - $6,042,865,033 $-585,475,033 - $2,558,905,556 $2,339,602,326 $45,274,787
Averages 3.6 27.1 $201,428,834 $-19,515,834 - $85,296,852 $77,986,744 $1,509,160

CAP & APRON RULES/SUMMARY

UNDER THE CAP

Floor: $163,722,000
Cap Space: However much is created
Room Exception: $10,330,000
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: $181,913,000
Non-Taxpayer MLE: $16,593,000
Bi-Annual Exception: $6,040,000
No trade restrictions
No buyout restrictions
Teams:

OVER THE FIRST APRON

Threshold: $230,423,000
Taxpayer MLE: $6,689,000
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: None

OVER THE SECOND APRON

Threshold: $244,755,000
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: None
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