New York Knicks 2025-26 Financial Summary

A current summary of New York Knicks 2025-26 player cap & cash figures.

SEASON
TEAM
 
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Total Cap

$209,750,538 / 7th

Cap Space

$-55,103,538 / 24th

Projected Cash Payroll

$210,995,944 / 3rd

Cash Total

$210,995,944 / 3rd

2025-26 Active Roster

Non-Guaranteed
  Player (15) Pos Age Cap Hit Cap Hit Pct League Cap Apron Salary Luxury Tax Cash Total Cash Guaranteed Free Agent Year
1
 Towns Karl-Anthony Towns C 30 $53,142,264 34.36% $53,142,264 $53,142,264 $53,142,264 $53,142,264 2028
2
 Anunoby OG Anunoby SF 28 $39,568,966 25.59% $39,568,966 $39,568,966 $39,568,966 $39,568,966 2029
3
 Brunson Jalen Brunson PG 29 $34,944,001 22.60% $34,944,001 $34,944,001 $34,944,001 $34,944,001 2029
4
 Bridges Mikal Bridges SF 29 $24,900,000 16.10% $24,900,000 $24,900,000 $24,900,000 $24,900,000 2030
5
 Hart Josh Hart SG 30 $19,472,240 12.59% $19,472,240 $19,472,240 $19,472,240 $19,472,240 2028
6
 Robinson Mitchell Robinson C 27 $12,954,546 8.38% $12,954,546 $12,954,546 $12,954,546 $12,954,546 2026
7
 Alvarado Jose Alvarado PG 27 $4,500,000 2.91% $4,500,000 $4,468,966 $1,706,897 $4,500,000 2027
8
 McBride Miles McBride PG 25 $4,333,333 2.80% $4,333,333 $4,333,333 $4,333,333 $4,333,333 2027
9
 Dadiet Pacome Dadiet SG 20 $2,847,600 1.84% $2,847,600 $2,847,600 $2,847,600 $2,847,600 2028
10
 Clarkson Jordan Clarkson SG 33 $2,296,274 1.48% $2,296,274 $2,296,274 $3,634,153 $3,634,153 2026
11
 Shamet Landry Shamet SG 28 $2,296,274 1.48% $2,296,274 $2,296,274 $3,080,921 $3,080,921 2026
12
 Kolek Tyler Kolek PG 24 $2,191,897 1.42% $2,191,897 $2,191,897 $2,191,897 $2,191,897 2028
13
 Hukporti Ariel Hukporti C 23 $1,955,377 1.26% $1,955,377 $1,955,377 $1,955,377 $1,955,377 2026
14
 Diawara Mohamed Diawara PF 20 $1,272,870 0.82% $1,272,870 $1,272,870 $1,272,870 $1,272,870 2026
15
 Sochan Jeremy Sochan PF 22 $778,622 0.50% $778,622 $778,622 $806,628 $806,628 2026

2025-26 Cap Hold

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

  Player (1) Pos Age Cap Hit Cap Hit Pct League Cap          
1
 Tucker P.J. Tucker PF 40 $2,296,274 1.48% Non-Bird
Round 2, Pick #55   -            

2025 Exceptions

Exceptions are essentially "grants" offering teams an additional way to sign players. Exceptions can be split up for multiple player signings, however only one of these exceptions may be used in a season and they cannot be combined.

Type Reason Used On Expires Original Available
Taxpayer Mid-Level
Guerschon Yabusele
$5,500,000
 End-of-Season $5,685,000 $185,000
Trade
Dalen Terry trade with NOP
 2/5/2027 $899,118 $899,118
Trade
Guerschon Yabusele trade with CHI
 2/5/2027 $100,882 $100,882

2025 Cap Totals

Cap Maximum Summary
Cap Maximum $154,647,000
Active Roster $207,454,264 2nd
Cap Hold $2,296,274 24th
Total Allocations $209,750,538 7th
Space $-55,103,538 24th
1st Apron Summary
1st Apron Maximum $195,945,000
Total Allocations $207,454,264 -
Space $-11,509,264 -
2nd Apron Summary
2nd Apron Maximum
This team is currently hard-capped at the second apron.
 $207,824,000
Total Allocations $207,454,264 -
Space $369,736 -

2025 Tax Totals

Tax Summary
Tax Threshold $187,895,000
Total Allocations $207,423,230 2nd
Space $-19,528,230 29th
Ext. Luxury Tax Bill $44,436,593 -

2025 Deadlines

Deadline Date Player Type Value
6/29/2026 Ariel Hukporti
RFA / QO
2026-27 Qualifying Offer 		$2,725,905
6/29/2026 Dillon Jones
RFA / QO
2026-27 Qualifying Offer — Two-Way
6/29/2026 Trey Jemison
RFA / QO
2026-27 Qualifying Offer — Two-Way
6/29/2026 Kevin McCullar Jr.
RFA / QO
2026-27 Qualifying Offer — Two-Way
6/29/2026 Mohamed Diawara
RFA / QO
2026-27 Qualifying Offer
6/29/2026 Jose Alvarado
PLAYER
2026-27 Player Option 		$4,500,000
7/4/2026 Tyler Kolek
EXTENSION ELIGIBLE
2026-27 Extension Eligible
8/10/2026 Josh Hart
EXTENSION ELIGIBLE
2026-27 Extension Eligible
10/31/2026 Pacome Dadiet
CLUB
2027-28 Club Option 		$5,373,608
6/29/2027 Karl-Anthony Towns
PLAYER
2027-28 Player Option 		$62,062,000
6/29/2027 Tyler Kolek
CLUB
2027-28 Club Option 		$2,486,995
6/29/2027 Josh Hart
CLUB
2027-28 Club Option 		$22,375,280
7/6/2027 OG Anunoby
EXTENSION ELIGIBLE
2027-28 Extension Eligible
7/12/2027 Jalen Brunson
EXTENSION ELIGIBLE
2027-28 Extension Eligible
6/29/2028 Jalen Brunson
PLAYER
2028-29 Player Option 		$43,330,561
6/29/2028 Pacome Dadiet
RFA / QO
2028-29 Qualifying Offer 		$8,431,191
6/29/2028 OG Anunoby
PLAYER
2028-29 Player Option 		$48,362,068
8/1/2028 Mikal Bridges
EXTENSION ELIGIBLE
2028-29 Extension Eligible
6/29/2029 Mikal Bridges
PLAYER
2029-30 Player Option 		$41,517,856

2025 Unsigned Draft Picks

Draft Year Player Pos Age Country College
2023 James Nnaji C 21 Nigeria
2022 Hugo Besson PG 24 France
2021 Rokas Jokubaitis PG 25 Lithuania
2017 Ognjen Jaramaz PF 30 Serbia
2016 Wang Zhelin C 32 China
2015 Nikola Radicevic PG 31 Serbia
2015 Juan Vaulet SF 30 Argentina
2015 Luka Mitrovic SF 32 Serbia
2013 Bojan Dubljevic PF 34 Montenegro
2010 Latavious Williams SF 36 United States
2009 Emir Preldzic SF 38 Turkey
2009 Sergio Llull PG 38 Spain
2008 Tadija Dragicevic SF 40 Serbia
2007 Brad Newley F 41 Australia
2007 Petteri Koponen G 37 Finland
2005 Axel Hervelle PF 42 Belgium

Future Draft Picks

2026
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
NYK
Not Tradable, owe 2027 to BKN
WAS
If 1-8 then most favorable of MEM, ORL, PHX and WAS 1-8
NYK
If 9-30 (via HOU to OKC)

2027
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
BKN

2028
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
NYK    BKN
Or swap with BKN (via BKN swap for NYK)

2029
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
BKN

2030
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
NYK

2031
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
BKN

2032
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
NYK

2026
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
NYK
Less favorable of MIN and NYK to NYK then other to DET
WAS
More favorable of MIN and NYK (via DET to WAS)
WAS    NYK
WAS pick if WAS conveys 1st to NYK by 2026; NYK pick if WAS does not convey 1st to NYK to by 2026 (via HOU to OKC)

2027
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
NYK
Second and third most favorable of HOU, IND, MIA and OKC to NYK; then others to OKC and SAS (via HOU to DET to UTA to OKC)
ATL
(via POR)
WAS    NYK
WAS pick if WAS conveys 1st to NYK by 2026; NYK pick if WAS does not convey 1st to NYK to by 2026 (via HOU to OKC)

2028
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
NYK
If 46-60 (via ORL to PHX)
UTA
NYK
Less favorable of IND and PHX to NYK then other to IND (via IND)

2029
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
CHI
Least favorable of DET, MIL and NYK then others to DET (via MIL to BRK to DET; via NYK to DET to SAC)

2030
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
ATL
(via POR)

2031
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
CHI
(via DET to CHA)

2032
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
NYK

TRANSACTIONS

Feb 13, 2026
Jeremy Sochan, PF

Signed a Rest-of-Season contract with New York (NYK)

Feb 05, 2026
Latavious Williams, SF

Traded to New York (NYK) from New Orleans (NOP) with Jose Alvarado for Dalen Terry, 2nd round pick and 2nd round pick

Feb 05, 2026
Jose Alvarado, PG

Traded to New York (NYK) from New Orleans (NOP) with Latavious Williams for Dalen Terry, 2nd round pick and 2nd round pick

Feb 05, 2026
Dalen Terry, SG

Traded to New York (NYK) from Chicago (CHI) for Guerschon Yabusele and cash considerations

Jan 20, 2026
Dillon Jones, SF

Signed a Two-Way contract with New York (NYK)

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