NBA
NBA Team Luxury Tax Tracker
A real-time look at the 2011-12 tax totals for each NBA team. These figures derive from a player's tax payroll salary. See also: Cash Payrolls, Luxury Tax Payrolls.
The current Luxury Tax Threshold is $70,307,000.
| Rank | Team | Roster | Active Payroll | Dead Payroll | Luxury Tax Payroll |
Luxury Tax Space |
Luxury Tax Bill (est) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Los Angeles Lakers
|
12 | $81,371,048 | $288,710 | $81,659,758 | $-11,352,758 | $19,631,898 |
| 2 |
 Miami Heat
|
18 | $73,036,309 | $5,576,747 | $78,613,056 | $-8,306,056 | $13,285,600 |
| 3 |
 Boston Celtics
|
17 | $76,053,505 | $491,109 | $76,544,614 | $-6,237,614 | $9,665,826 |
| 4 |
 Dallas Mavericks
|
14 | $74,325,300 | $885,120 | $75,210,420 | $-4,903,420 | $7,355,130 |
| 5 |
 San Antonio Spurs
|
17 | $70,626,485 | $3,148,076 | $73,774,561 | $-3,467,561 | $5,201,342 |
| 6 |
 Atlanta Hawks
|
15 | $71,453,928 | $229,684 | $71,683,612 | $-1,376,612 | $2,064,918 |
| 7 |
 Chicago Bulls
|
17 | $68,873,614 | $1,914,250 | $70,787,864 | $-480,864 | $721,296 |
| 8 |
 LA Clippers
|
17 | $68,433,967 | $1,139,922 | $69,573,889 | $733,111 | $0 |
| 9 |
 Orlando Magic
|
15 | $68,849,150 | $414,443 | $69,263,593 | $1,043,407 | $0 |
| 10 |
 Washington Wizards
|
17 | $66,770,575 | $1,376,095 | $68,146,670 | $2,160,330 | $0 |
| 11 |
 Memphis Grizzlies
|
16 | $67,634,641 | $323,632 | $67,958,273 | $2,348,727 | $0 |
| 12 |
 Milwaukee Bucks
|
15 | $65,940,004 | $414,407 | $66,354,411 | $3,952,589 | $0 |
| 13 |
 Detroit Pistons
|
14 | $57,872,787 | $8,430,293 | $66,303,080 | $4,003,920 | $0 |
| 14 |
 Portland Trail Blazers
|
15 | $64,247,715 | $1,892,632 | $66,140,347 | $4,166,653 | $0 |
| 15 |
 Charlotte Bobcats
|
16 | $57,917,825 | $7,693,548 | $65,611,373 | $4,695,627 | $0 |
| 16 |
 Philadelphia 76ers
|
12 | $57,855,224 | $7,231,695 | $65,086,919 | $5,220,081 | $0 |
| 17 |
 Phoenix Suns
|
13 | $56,292,681 | $8,617,223 | $64,909,904 | $5,397,096 | $0 |
| 18 |
 New York Knicks
|
15 | $60,549,804 | $1,675,000 | $62,224,804 | $8,082,196 | $0 |
| 19 |
 Oklahoma City Thunder
|
15 | $56,856,253 | $4,975,000 | $61,831,253 | $8,475,747 | $0 |
| 20 |
 New Orleans Hornets
|
16 | $54,929,976 | $3,550,766 | $58,480,742 | $11,826,258 | $0 |
| 21 |
 Utah Jazz
|
15 | $58,114,489 | $68,902 | $58,183,391 | $12,123,609 | $0 |
| 22 |
 Denver Nuggets
|
15 | $52,473,071 | $4,676,951 | $57,150,022 | $13,156,978 | $0 |
| 23 |
 Golden State Warriors
|
17 | $56,555,931 | $186,509 | $56,742,440 | $13,564,560 | $0 |
| 24 |
 Minnesota Timberwolves
|
15 | $55,406,532 | - | $55,406,532 | $14,900,468 | $0 |
| 25 |
 Toronto Raptors
|
13 | $50,693,030 | $2,455,052 | $53,148,082 | $17,158,918 | $0 |
| 26 |
 Cleveland Cavaliers
|
14 | $47,995,047 | $2,468,127 | $50,463,174 | $19,843,826 | $0 |
| 27 |
 Houston Rockets
|
15 | $43,714,664 | $5,911,136 | $49,625,800 | $20,681,200 | $0 |
| 28 |
 New Jersey Nets
|
18 | $47,743,918 | $178,499 | $47,922,417 | $22,384,583 | $0 |
| 29 |
 Indiana Pacers
|
14 | $44,413,746 | - | $44,413,746 | $25,893,254 | $0 |
| 30 |
 Sacramento Kings
|
13 | $36,583,409 | $68,902 | $36,652,311 | $33,654,689 | $0 |