NBA Team Apron Tracker

A real-time look at the 2024-25 apron totals for each NBA team, including estimated apron space.

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1ST APRON THRESHOLD: $178,132,000

2ND APRON THRESHOLD: $188,931,000

Rank Team Total Apron Allocations 1st Apron Is Hard-Capped? 1st Apron Space 2nd Apron Is Hard-Capped? 2nd Apron Space
1 PHX PHX $211,078,258 $-32,946,258 $-22,147,258
2 MIN MIN $195,321,426 $-17,189,426 $-6,390,426
3 BOS BOS $193,705,245 $-15,573,245 $-4,774,245
4 DAL DAL $190,068,011 $-11,936,011 $-1,137,011
5 MIL MIL $188,460,307 $-10,328,307 $470,693
6 MIA MIA $182,771,498 $-4,639,498 $6,159,502
7 DEN DEN $173,174,921 $4,957,079 $15,756,079
8 NYK NYK $173,125,185 $5,006,815 $15,805,815
9 CLE CLE $172,625,004 $5,506,996 $16,305,996
10 IND IND $170,403,935 $7,728,065 $18,527,065
11 LAC LAC $168,893,970 $9,238,030 $20,037,030
12 NOP NOP $167,346,694 $10,785,306 $21,584,306
13 PHI PHI $164,960,775 $13,171,225 $23,970,225
14 SAC SAC $163,864,051 $14,267,949 $25,066,949
15 GSW GSW $161,899,630 $16,232,370 $27,031,370
16 POR POR $161,803,787 $16,328,213 $27,127,213
17 ATL ATL $160,262,798 $17,869,202 $28,668,202
18 TOR TOR $159,922,354 $18,209,646 $29,008,646
19 MEM MEM $159,693,489 $18,438,511 $29,237,511
20 BKN BKN $158,629,225 $19,502,775 $30,301,775
21 HOU HOU $158,290,292 $19,841,708 $30,640,708
22 CHI CHI $156,703,459 $21,428,541 $32,227,541
23 WAS WAS $153,467,537 $24,664,463 $35,463,463
24 OKC OKC $148,522,019 $29,609,981 $40,408,981
25 SAS SAS $138,381,045 $39,750,955 $50,549,955
26 LAL LAL $137,043,146 $41,088,854 $51,887,854
27 CHA CHA $117,572,654 $60,559,346 $71,358,346
28 ORL ORL $113,241,008 $64,890,992 $75,689,992
29 DET DET $109,118,503 $69,013,497 $79,812,497
30 UTA UTA $107,209,583 $70,922,417 $81,721,417

OVER THE FIRST APRON

Threshold: $178,132,000
Taxpayer MLE: $5,168,000
Hard-capped at Second Apron if used
Team becomes hard-capped at First Apron by or can't use/do:
Using more than Tax MLE out of NTMLE
Using BAE
Acquiring player via Sign-and-Trade
Signing a buyout player who made more than NTMLE on previous contract
Using more than 100% in salary matching in a trade
Using a TPE that was created in prior season
Teams:

OVER THE SECOND APRON

Threshold: $188,931,000
No signing exceptions
Team becomes hard-capped at the Second Apron by or can't use/do:
Using Tax MLE
Aggregating two or more player salaries in a trade
Sending out cash in trade
Acquiring a player using a TPE that was created via pervious sign-and-trade
Can only:
Re-sign own free agents
Sign draft picks
Sign players to minimum contracts
Make trades where one player salary is sent out and equal or less salary comes back (can do a 1 for 2+ trade)
Teams:

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