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 Record Total Apron Allocations 1st Apron Is Hard-Capped? 1st Apron Space 2nd Apron Is Hard-Capped? 2nd Apron Space
1 PHX PHX 14-12
$220,403,340 $-42,271,340 $-31,472,340
2 MIN MIN 14-12
$206,087,562 $-27,955,562 $-17,156,562
3 BOS BOS 21-6
$196,574,991 $-18,442,991 $-7,643,991
4 MIL MIL 14-12
$195,430,639 $-17,298,639 $-6,499,639
5 LAL LAL 15-12
$188,900,999 $-10,768,999 $30,001
6 NYK NYK 17-10
$188,350,128 $-10,218,128 $580,872
7 MIA MIA 13-12
$185,628,008 $-7,496,008 $3,302,992
8 DEN DEN 14-11
$183,774,315 $-5,642,315 $5,156,685
9 PHI PHI 9-16
$182,733,787 $-4,601,787 $6,197,213
10 GSW GSW 14-12
$177,801,591 $330,409 $11,129,409
11 DAL DAL 17-10
$177,605,780 $526,220 $11,325,220
12 NOP NOP 5-23
$174,325,935 $3,806,065 $14,605,065
13 CLE CLE 24-4
$174,026,895 $4,105,105 $14,904,105
14 LAC LAC 16-12
$173,279,116 $4,852,884 $15,651,884
15 IND IND 13-15
$173,147,486 $4,984,514 $15,783,514
16 ATL ATL 14-14
$172,779,070 $5,352,930 $16,151,930
17 BKN BKN 11-16
$172,704,009 $5,427,991 $16,226,991
18 SAC SAC 13-15
$172,229,541 $5,902,459 $16,701,459
19 MEM MEM 19-9
$172,042,348 $6,089,652 $16,888,652
20 POR POR 9-18
$168,640,187 $9,491,813 $20,290,813
21 CHI CHI 13-15
$168,608,903 $9,523,097 $20,322,097
22 TOR TOR 7-21
$167,664,115 $10,467,885 $21,266,885
23 WAS WAS 4-21
$165,835,700 $12,296,300 $23,095,300
24 HOU HOU 18-9
$162,887,067 $15,244,933 $26,043,933
25 OKC OKC 22-5
$161,906,297 $16,225,703 $27,024,703
26 CHA CHA 7-21
$161,609,879 $16,522,121 $27,321,121
27 SAS SAS 14-13
$155,687,677 $22,444,323 $33,243,323
28 ORL ORL 17-12
$152,959,238 $25,172,762 $35,971,762
29 UTA UTA 6-20
$144,262,915 $33,869,085 $44,668,085
30 DET DET 11-17
$127,571,331 $50,560,669 $61,359,669

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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