Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets 2023 Salary Cap

Nuggets 2023 Salary Cap

   
%: Pct of League Cap
Player Option
Club Option
Estimate

Active Roster

Players (10) Pos. Age 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28 2028-29
Jokic Nikola Jokic
5 yr, $272,020,000 (AAV: $54.40M)
Extension / Designated Veteran
C 28 0$46,900,000
ESTIMATE
35.0%
0$50,652,000
ESTIMATE
35.4%
0$54,404,000
ESTIMATE
34.6%
0$58,156,000
ESTIMATE
33.6%
0$61,908,000
PLAYER
32.5%
0UFA
$59.86M
Bird
Murray Jamal Murray
5 yr, $158,253,000 (AAV: $31.65M)
Extension / Designated Rookie
PG 26
Ext. Eligible
0$33,833,400
25.2%
0$36,016,200
25.2%
0UFA
$45.85M
Bird
     
Porter Jr. Michael Porter Jr.
5 yr, $179,299,750 (AAV: $35.86M)
Extension / Designated Rookie
SF 25 0$33,386,850
24.9%
0$35,859,950
25.1%
0$38,333,050
24.4%
0$40,806,150
$12M GTD
23.6%
0UFA
$42.66M
Bird
 
Gordon Aaron Gordon
4 yr, $86,640,001 (AAV: $21.66M)
Extension / Veteran
PF 28 0$21,666,182
16.2%
0$23,241,455
16.3%
0$23,241,455
PLAYER
14.8%
0UFA
$34.26M
Bird
   
Caldwell-Pope Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
2 yr, $30,145,123 (AAV: $15.07M)
Extension / Veteran
SG 30 0$14,704,938
11.0%
0$15,440,185
PLAYER
10.8%
0UFA
$23.05M
Bird
     
Brown Jr. Bruce Brown Jr.
2 yr, $13,281,950 (AAV: $6.64M)
Free Agent
SG 27 0$6,802,950
PLAYER
5.1%
0UFA
$8.42M
Early Bird
       
Nnaji Zeke Nnaji
4 yr, $11,802,681 (AAV: $2.95M)
1st-Round / Rookie Scale
PF 23
Ext. Eligible
0$4,306,281
CLUB
3.2%
0RFA
$12.92M
Bird
       
Braun Christian Braun
4 yr, $13,769,157 (AAV: $3.44M)
1st-Round / Rookie Scale
SG 22 0$2,949,120
2.2%
0$3,089,640
CLUB
2.2%
Ext. Eligible
0$4,921,797
CLUB
3.1%
0RFA
$14.77M
Bird
   
Watson Peyton Watson
4 yr, $11,267,516 (AAV: $2.82M)
1st-Round / Rookie Scale
SG 21 0$2,303,520
1.7%
0$2,413,560
CLUB
1.7%
Ext. Eligible
0$4,356,476
CLUB
2.8%
0RFA
$13.07M
Bird
   
Cancar Vlatko Cancar
3 yr, $6,815,324 (AAV: $2.27M)
Free Agent
PF 26 0$2,234,359
1.7%
0$2,346,606
CLUB
1.6%
0UFA
$4.46M
Bird
     
   

Cap Holds

Cap holds represent "placeholders" for pending free agents, unsigned draft picks, offer sheets, etc.

Players (11) Pos. Age 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28 2028-29
Smith Ishmael Smith PG 35 0UFA
$6.14M
Early Bird
         
Green Jeff Green PF 37 0UFA
$5.85M
Early Bird
         
Bryant Thomas Bryant C 26 0UFA
$1.99M
Non-Bird
         
Cousins DeMarcus Cousins C 33 0UFA
$1.99M
Non-Bird
0UFA
$2.16M
Non-Bird
0UFA
$2.23M
Non-Bird
0UFA
$2.30M
Non-Bird
0UFA
$2.87M
Non-Bird
 
Daniels Troy Daniels SG 32 0UFA
$1.99M
Non-Bird
0UFA
$2.16M
Non-Bird
0UFA
$2.37M
Non-Bird
0UFA
$2.61M
Non-Bird
0UFA
$2.87M
Non-Bird
 
Jackson Reggie Jackson PG 33 0UFA
$1.99M
Non-Bird
         
Jefferson Richard Jefferson SF 43 0UFA
$1.99M
Non-Bird
0UFA
$2.16M
Non-Bird
0UFA
$2.37M
Non-Bird
0UFA
$2.61M
Non-Bird
0UFA
$2.87M
Non-Bird
 
Jordan DeAndre Jordan C 35 0UFA
$1.99M
Non-Bird
         
Gillespie Collin Gillespie PG 24 0RFA
$1.77M
Two-Way
         
White Jack White SF 26 0RFA
$1.77M
Two-Way
         
Howard Markus Howard PG 24 0UFA
$1.77M
Two-Way
0UFA
$1.92M
Two-Way
0UFA
$2.12M
Two-Way
0UFA
$2.33M
Two-Way
0UFA
$2.56M
Two-Way
 

Summary

2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28 2028-29
Cap Summary
Cap Maximum $134,000,000 $143,000,000 $157,300,000 $173,030,000 $190,333,000 $209,366,300
Active Roster Cap $169,087,600 $169,059,596 $125,256,778 $98,962,150 $61,908,000 -
Dead/Retained Cap - - - - - -
Cap Holds $29,255,685 $29,733,506 $82,444,271 $71,943,638 $53,829,660 $59,857,700
Total Cap Allocations $198,343,285 $198,793,102 $207,701,049 $170,905,788 $115,737,660 $59,857,700
Cap Space $-64,343,285 $-55,793,102 $-50,401,049 $2,124,212 $74,595,340 $149,508,600
Hard-Cap Space Not Hard-Capped
Super-Tax Space
Tax Summary
Tax Threshold $162,000,000 $172,881,000 $190,170,000 $209,187,000 $230,106,000 $253,117,000
Taxable Salaries $169,087,600 $169,059,596 $125,256,778 $98,962,150 $61,908,000 $0
Tax Space $-7,087,600 $3,821,404 $64,913,222 $110,224,850 $168,198,000 $253,117,000
Tax Bill (Estimated)
$11,153,302
- - - - -


Exceptions

Exceptions are essentially "grants" offering teams an additional way to sign players.

Type Reason (Used On) Original Available
Taxpayer Mid-Level
$5,000,000 $5,000,000
Bi-Annual
$4,448,000 $4,448,000
Trade
7/06/2023
Monte Morris trade with WAS
$9,125,000 $9,125,000
Trade
7/06/2023
Will Barton trade with WAS
$370,297 $370,297
Trade
2/09/2024
Bones Hyland trade with LAC
$2,201,520 $2,201,520
Trade
2/09/2024
Davon Reed trade with LAL
$1,902,133 $1,902,133




Deadlines

Deadline Date Player Type Value
6/21/2023 Bruce Brown Jr. 2023-24 Player Option $6,802,950
6/29/2023 Jack White 2023-24 Qualifying Offer — Two-Way $1,774,999
6/29/2023 Collin Gillespie 2023-24 Qualifying Offer — Two-Way $1,774,999
10/31/2023 Peyton Watson 2024-25 Club Option $2,413,560
10/31/2023 Christian Braun 2024-25 Club Option $3,089,640
6/29/2024 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 2024-25 Player Option $15,440,185
6/29/2024 Vlatko Cancar 2024-25 Club Option $2,346,606
6/30/2024 Zeke Nnaji 2024-25 Qualifying Offer $6,235,495
10/31/2024 Peyton Watson 2025-26 Club Option $4,356,476
10/31/2024 Christian Braun 2025-26 Club Option $4,921,797
6/29/2025 Aaron Gordon 2025-26 Player Option $22,841,455
6/29/2026 Peyton Watson 2026-27 Qualifying Offer $6,534,714
6/29/2027 Nikola Jokic 2027-28 Player Option $61,908,000


Unsigned Draft Picks

Draft Year Player Age Position Country College
2012 Izzet Turkyilmaz 33 C TUR
2022 Ismael Kamagate 22 C FRA
2003 Sani Bečirovič 42 SG SVN
2003 Xue Yuyang 40 PF CHN


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
DEN
2025
DEN
Top-5 Protected
ORL
6-30
2026
DEN
6-30 (if not already settled)
2027
DEN
Top-5 Protected (if not already settled with ORL or 1-5 if 1st conveyed to ORL by 2025)
ORL    OKC
6-30 (if not already settled) or to OKC if 6-30 (if DEN conveyed 1st to ORL by 2025)
2028
DEN
Top-5 Protected (if 1st conveyed to ORL by 2026)
OKC
6-30 (if 1st conveyed to ORL by 2026)
2029
DEN
Top-5 Protected (if not already settled with OKC)
OKC
6-30 (if not already settled)
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
ORL
2025
DEN
2026
DEN
2027
CLE
2028
DEN
31-33
SAS
34-60
2029
DEN    OKC
DEN pick if DEN conveys 1st to OKC by 2029; OKC pick if DEN does not convey 1st to OKC by 2029