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 $215,469,790 $-37,337,790 $-26,538,790
2 MIN MIN $196,251,792 $-18,119,792 $-7,320,792
3 BOS BOS $195,942,936 $-17,810,936 $-7,011,936
4 LAL LAL $190,849,984 $-12,717,984 $-1,918,984
5 DAL DAL $190,068,011 $-11,936,011 $-1,137,011
6 MIL MIL $188,460,307 $-10,328,307 $470,693
7 MIA MIA $187,199,751 $-9,067,751 $1,731,249
8 CLE CLE $174,794,011 $3,337,989 $14,136,989
9 DEN DEN $173,174,921 $4,957,079 $15,756,079
10 NYK NYK $173,125,185 $5,006,815 $15,805,815
11 LAC LAC $170,981,489 $7,150,511 $17,949,511
12 GSW GSW $170,471,059 $7,660,941 $18,459,941
13 IND IND $170,403,935 $7,728,065 $18,527,065
14 HOU HOU $168,389,252 $9,742,748 $20,541,748
15 NOP NOP $167,346,694 $10,785,306 $21,584,306
16 PHI PHI $164,960,775 $13,171,225 $23,970,225
17 SAC SAC $163,864,051 $14,267,949 $25,066,949
18 TOR TOR $162,009,873 $16,122,127 $26,921,127
19 CHI CHI $161,898,979 $16,233,021 $27,032,021
20 POR POR $161,803,787 $16,328,213 $27,127,213
21 ATL ATL $160,262,798 $17,869,202 $28,668,202
22 MEM MEM $159,693,489 $18,438,511 $29,237,511
23 BKN BKN $158,629,225 $19,502,775 $30,301,775
24 WAS WAS $153,467,537 $24,664,463 $35,463,463
25 OKC OKC $148,522,019 $29,609,981 $40,408,981
26 SAS SAS $147,486,165 $30,645,835 $41,444,835
27 ORL ORL $136,431,212 $41,700,788 $52,499,788
28 CHA CHA $130,226,975 $47,905,025 $58,704,025
29 UTA UTA $115,316,903 $62,815,097 $73,614,097
30 DET DET $109,118,503 $69,013,497 $79,812,497

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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