Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns 2026-27 Salary Cap

Suns 2026-27 Salary Cap

An updated look at the Phoenix Suns 2026 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 (3) Pos. Cap Figure Base
Salary
Likely
Incent.
Unlikely
Incent.
Trade
Bonus
Cap
Figure
Cap %
Team
Cap %
League
Cash Remaining
(Guaranteed)
Notes
Booker Devin Booker SG $57,246,000 $57,246,000 - - - $57,246,000 24.89 33.55 $118,440,000
($118,440,000)
Vet Extension / Bird
Beal Bradley Beal SG $57,128,610 $57,128,610 - - - $57,128,610 24.84 33.48 $57,128,610
($57,128,610)
Acquired via Trade
Little Nassir Little SF $7,750,000 $7,750,000 - - - $7,750,000 3.37 4.54 $7,750,000
($7,750,000)
Acquired via Trade


2026-27 Cap Holds

Cap holds represent "placeholders" for pending free agents, unsigned draft picks, offer sheets, etc... Since the Suns 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 (5) Pos. Qualifying Offer Likely Incent. Unlikely Incent. Trade Kicker Cap Figure Rights
DurantKevin Durant SF - $46,877,442 Bird
NurkicJusuf Nurkic C - $29,062,500 Bird
RoddyDavid Roddy PF $7,030,220 $14,495,298 Restricted Bird
RossTerrence Ross SF - $2,533,301 Non-Bird
LundbergGabriel Lundberg G - $2,259,944 Two-Way
Incomplete Roster Charge 9 spots 9 spots       $12,638,331  


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.

Trade Exception Details becomes available when a team relinquishes more salary than it acquires during a trade. The "credit" balance remains as an exception that can be used within the next year to acquire salary via trade without further relinquishing additional salary.

Type Reason (Used On) Original Available
Trade
7/11/2024
Isaiah Todd trade with MEM
$1,836,096 $1,836,096
Trade
9/27/2024
Toumani Camara trade with POR
$1,119,563 $1,119,563
Trade
9/27/2024
Cameron Payne trade with SAS
$6,500,000 $6,500,000


2026-27 Luxury Tax Totals

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

Type Totals
2026 NBA Luxury Tax Threshold $207,292,000
Total Taxable Salaries $122,124,610
Current Luxury Tax Space $85,167,390


2026-27 Phoenix Suns Salary Cap Totals

The Suns 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 $122,124,610
Cap Holds $107,866,816
Total Cap Allocations $229,991,426
Salary Cap Maximum
2026 NBA Salary Cap Max $170,610,000
Current Cap Space $-59,381,426
Second Apron
2026 NBA Second Apron $229,279,000
Second Apron Space $107,154,390
Salary Cap Floor
2026 NBA Salary Cap Floor $153,549,000
Current Floor Space $31,424,390
 

2026-27 Practical Cap Space

Available Practical Cap Space: $35,847,059 — $91,571,410

$35,847,059
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.

$91,571,410
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




Unsigned Draft Picks

Draft Year Player Age Position Country College
2010 Dwayne Collins 35 SF USA Miami (FL)
2005 Cenk Akyol 36 G TUR
1992 Ron Ellis 56 SF USA Louisiana Tech
2002 Miloš Vujanić 43 G SRB


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
PHX
Least favorable of PHX, MEM and WAS 1-12
2025
BKN
2026
PHX
Least favorable of PHX, ORL and WAS 1-8
2027
BKN
2028
BKN    PHX
BKN right to swap with PHX
PHX    BKN
BKN right to swap with PHX
2029
BKN
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
PHX
via ORL - FORFEITED
WAS
2025
WAS
2026
PHX
Least favorable of DET, MIL and ORL to PHX then others to ORL (via ORL)
WAS
2027
WAS
2028
SAS
31-45 if BOS is 1 in 2028
PHX
46-60 (via ORL)
PHX
NYK
Less favorable of IND and PHX to NYK then other to IND (via IND)
2029
PHX
OKC