NBA Team Tax Tracker

A real-time look at the 2025-26 tax totals for each NBA team, including estimated tax space.

SEASON
TAX THRESHOLD
$187,895,000
 
Rank Team Record Salaries Space Tax Bill Estimated Total Tax Payroll + Est. Bill Active Dead Estimated
1 CLE CLE 39-24
$212,081,892 $-24,186,892 $67,288,683 $279,370,575 $211,657,220 $424,672
2 GSW GSW 32-30
$204,744,987 $-16,849,987 $65,671,179 $270,416,166 $204,744,987 -
3 NYK NYK 40-23
$207,423,230 $-19,528,230 $44,436,593 $251,859,823 $207,423,230 -
4 LAL LAL 37-25
$195,302,470 $-7,407,470 $22,653,028 $217,955,498 $195,155,500 $146,970
5 HOU HOU 38-23
$194,689,412 $-6,794,412 $7,071,765 $201,761,177 $194,689,412 -
6 LAC LAC 30-31
$190,116,914 $-2,221,914 $6,665,742 $196,782,656 $189,852,974 $263,940
7 MIN MIN 40-23
$193,942,066 $-6,047,066 $6,137,583 $200,079,649 $193,942,066 -
8 POR POR 30-33
$187,189,792 $705,208 - $187,189,792 $161,370,946 $25,818,846
9 PHX PHX 35-27
$186,788,399 $1,106,601 - $186,788,399 $161,295,074 $25,493,325
10 SAC SAC 14-50
$187,090,931 $804,069 - $187,090,931 $186,958,961 $131,970
11 SAS SAS 45-17
$182,960,669 $4,934,331 - $182,960,669 $175,732,468 $7,228,201
12 PHI PHI 34-28
$187,755,872 $139,128 - $187,755,872 $187,344,962 $410,910
13 TOR TOR 35-27
$186,996,695 $898,305 - $186,996,695 $184,505,650 $2,491,045
14 UTA UTA 19-44
$172,442,670 $15,452,330 - $172,442,670 $149,494,835 $22,947,835
15 ORL ORL 33-28
$187,342,232 $552,768 - $187,342,232 $187,342,232 -
16 OKC OKC 49-15
$186,724,316 $1,170,684 - $186,724,316 $184,428,042 $2,296,274
17 WAS WAS 16-46
$186,820,382 $1,074,618 - $186,820,382 $162,858,635 $23,961,747
18 MIA MIA 34-29
$187,001,274 $893,726 - $187,001,274 $187,001,274 -
19 NOP NOP 20-44
$187,616,561 $278,439 - $187,616,561 $182,146,711 $5,469,850
20 MIL MIL 26-35
$181,597,777 $6,297,223 - $181,597,777 $151,866,582 $29,731,195
21 ATL ATL 32-31
$187,775,635 $119,365 - $187,775,635 $182,232,594 $5,543,041
22 MEM MEM 23-38
$156,966,505 $30,928,495 - $156,966,505 $133,187,436 $23,779,069
23 IND IND 15-47
$187,614,256 $280,744 - $187,614,256 $183,115,307 $4,498,949
24 DET DET 45-16
$185,641,609 $2,253,391 - $185,641,609 $178,023,312 $7,618,297
25 DEN DEN 39-24
$187,289,504 $605,496 - $187,289,504 $187,289,504 -
26 DAL DAL 21-41
$184,752,018 $3,142,982 - $184,752,018 $174,408,832 $10,343,186
27 CHI CHI 26-37
$182,833,631 $5,061,369 - $182,833,631 $176,024,107 $6,809,524
28 CHA CHA 32-31
$183,803,611 $4,091,389 - $183,803,611 $153,636,717 $30,166,894
29 BOS BOS 41-21
$187,257,831 $637,169 - $187,257,831 $187,052,708 $205,123
30 BKN BKN 15-47
$150,488,034 $37,406,966 - $150,488,034 $125,958,844 $24,529,190
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