Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers 2025-26 Salary Cap

Cavaliers 2025-26 Salary Cap

An updated look at the Cleveland Cavaliers 2025 salary cap table, including team cap space, dead cap figures, and complete breakdowns of player cap hits, salaries, and bonuses.

Player Option
Club Option
Non-Guaranteed
Estimate
Player (7) Pos. Cap Figure Base
Salary
Likely
Incent.
Unlikely
Incent.
Trade
Bonus
Cap
Figure
Cap %
Team
Cap %
League
Cash Remaining
(Guaranteed)
Notes
Garland Darius Garland PG $39,446,090 $39,446,090 - - - $39,446,090 19.59 25.43 $126,499,530
($126,499,530)
Rk Extension / Bird
Mitchell Donovan Mitchell SG $37,096,620 $37,096,620 - - - $37,096,620 18.42 23.92 $37,096,620
($37,096,620)
Acquired via Trade
Allen Jarrett Allen C $20,000,000 $20,000,000 - - - $20,000,000 9.93 12.89 $20,000,000
($20,000,000)
Free Agent / Bird
Strus Max Strus SG $15,936,452 $15,936,452 - - - $15,936,452 7.91 10.27 $32,597,288
($32,597,288)
Acquired via Trade
Niang Georges Niang PF $8,200,000 $8,200,000 - - - $8,200,000 4.07 5.29 $8,200,000
($8,200,000)
Free Agent / NT-MLE
Wade Dean Wade PF $6,623,456 $6,623,456 - - - $6,623,456 3.29 4.27 $6,623,456
($4,623,458)
Vet Extension / Bird
G'teed: $4,623,458
Porter Jr. Craig Porter Jr. G $2,221,677 $2,221,677 - - - $2,221,677 1.10 1.43 $4,627,882
($0)
RoS / NT-MLE
G'teed: $0


2025-26 Cap Holds

Cap holds represent "placeholders" for pending free agents, unsigned draft picks, offer sheets, etc... Since the Cavaliers are currently over the league salary cap, these cap holds do not count against their Total Cap figure. Renouncing these cap holds will NOT afford the team any new cap space. These figures are not counted toward a team's Luxury Tax Allocation.

Player (7) Pos. Qualifying Offer Likely Incent. Unlikely Incent. Trade Kicker Cap Figure Rights
MobleyEvan Mobley PF $14,730,686 $28,069,143 Restricted Bird
LeVertCaris LeVert SG - $24,923,076 Bird
JeromeTy Jerome SG - $3,329,268 Early Bird
DavisEd Davis C - $2,303,001 Non-Bird
NetoRaul Neto PG - $2,303,001 Non-Bird
RondoRajon Rondo PG - $2,303,001 Non-Bird
MerrillSam Merrill SG - $2,227,550 Bird
Incomplete Roster Charge 5 spots 5 spots       $6,382,995  


2025-26 Luxury Tax Totals

Denotes the Cavaliers current standing in terms of the luxury tax threshold. Teams that spend over the threshold pay fines (estimated below).

Type Totals
2025 NBA Luxury Tax Threshold $188,447,000
Total Taxable Salaries $129,524,295
Current Luxury Tax Space $58,922,705


2025-26 Cleveland Cavaliers Salary Cap Totals

The Cavaliers are currently over the league salary cap. This means Cap Holds & Exceptions are NOT included in their Total Cap Allocations, and renouncing these figures will not afford them any cap space. The team may only sign outside players using any available exceptions or at league minimum salaries.

Cap Type Cap Total
Active Roster Cap $129,524,295
Cap Holds $71,841,035
Total Cap Allocations $201,365,330
Salary Cap Maximum
2025 NBA Salary Cap Max $155,100,000
Current Cap Space $-46,265,330
Second Apron
2025 NBA Second Apron $208,435,000
Second Apron Space $78,910,705
Salary Cap Floor
2025 NBA Salary Cap Floor $139,590,000
Current Floor Space $10,065,705
 

2025-26 Practical Cap Space

Available Practical Cap Space: $20,861,187 — $56,681,208

$20,861,187
Projected Practical Cap Space:

This is calculated by determining all guaranteed salaries + any dead cap from non-guaranteed salaries + estimated exercised and declined options + estimated retained cap holds and draft pool cap holds.

$56,681,208
Maximum Possible Cap Space:

This is calculated by determining all guaranteed salaries + any dead cap from non-guaranteed salaries. All other options, cap holds, exceptions are assumed as declined, waived or renounced.





Deadlines

Deadline Date Player Type Value
6/29/2025 Evan Mobley 2025-26 Qualifying Offer $14,730,885
1/10/2026 Dean Wade 2025-26 Guaranteed $6,623,456
1/10/2026 Craig Porter Jr. 2025-26 Guaranteed $2,221,677
6/29/2026 Craig Porter Jr. 2026-27 Guaranteed $2,406,205
1/10/2027 Craig Porter Jr. 2026-27 Club Option — non-guaranteed




Unsigned Draft Picks

Draft Year Player Age Position Country College
2009 Sergey Gladyr 35 SG UKR
2011 Milan Macvan 34 SF HRV
2011 Chukwudiebere Maduabum 33 PF NGA
2006 Edin Bavcic 39 SF BIH
2015 Arturas Gudaitis 30 C LTU
2022 Khalifa Diop 22 C SEN
2022 Luke Travers 22 SG AUS
2007 Renaldas Seibutis 38 SG LTU
2006 Ejike Ugboaja 38 F NGA


Future Draft Picks

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
2024
CLE
2025
UTA
2026
CLE    UTA
UTH right to swap with CLE
2027
UTA
2028
CLE    UTA
UTH right to swap with CLE
UTA    CLE
UTH right to swap with CLE
2029
UTA
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
2024
IND
More favorable of CLE and UTA to NYK then other to IND or LAC ((via UTA swap for CLE) via CLE)
HOU
31-55 (via ATL)
CLE
56-60 (via ATL to HOU)
2025
CLE
CLE
2026
CLE
2027
CLE
CLE
2028
CLE
2029
CLE