NBA Team Apron Tracker

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

SEASON
1ST APRON
2ND APRON
 
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 35-37
$214,871,340 $-36,739,340 $-25,940,340
2 MIN MIN 41-32
$205,543,621 $-27,411,621 $-16,612,621
3 BOS BOS 53-19
$193,336,448 $-15,204,448 $-4,405,448
4 NYK NYK 45-26
$188,510,846 $-10,378,846 $420,154
5 LAL LAL 43-28
$188,037,153 $-9,905,153 $893,847
6 MIL MIL 40-31
$186,191,333 $-8,059,333 $2,739,667
7 DEN DEN 45-28
$183,774,315 $-5,642,315 $5,156,685
8 DAL DAL 35-38
$178,080,852 $51,148 $10,850,148
9 GSW GSW 41-31
$177,768,890 $363,110 $11,162,110
10 WAS WAS 15-56
$176,670,749 $1,461,251 $12,260,251
11 TOR TOR 25-47
$176,414,489 $1,717,511 $12,516,511
12 MIA MIA 31-41
$176,170,988 $1,961,012 $12,760,012
13 BKN BKN 23-49
$175,862,770 $2,269,230 $13,068,230
14 HOU HOU 47-26
$174,421,311 $3,710,689 $14,509,689
15 NOP NOP 20-53
$172,556,332 $5,575,668 $16,374,668
16 CLE CLE 58-14
$172,524,305 $5,607,695 $16,406,695
17 SAC SAC 35-37
$172,156,697 $5,975,303 $16,774,303
18 IND IND 42-29
$171,630,312 $6,501,688 $17,300,688
19 LAC LAC 40-31
$170,720,454 $7,411,546 $18,210,546
20 ATL ATL 35-37
$170,381,401 $7,750,599 $18,549,599
21 PHI PHI 23-49
$170,028,764 $8,103,236 $18,902,236
22 CHI CHI 32-40
$168,731,854 $9,400,146 $20,199,146
23 POR POR 32-41
$168,640,187 $9,491,813 $20,290,813
24 SAS SAS 31-40
$167,746,682 $10,385,318 $21,184,318
25 CHA CHA 18-54
$167,350,333 $10,781,667 $21,580,667
26 OKC OKC 60-12
$166,902,623 $11,229,377 $22,028,377
27 MEM MEM 44-28
$166,894,399 $11,237,601 $22,036,601
28 UTA UTA 16-57
$154,923,317 $23,208,683 $34,007,683
29 ORL ORL 35-38
$152,959,238 $25,172,762 $35,971,762
30 DET DET 41-32
$142,808,220 $35,323,780 $46,122,780

CAP & APRON RULES/SUMMARY

UNDER THE CAP

Floor: $126,529,000
Cap Space: However much is created
Room Exception: $7,983,000
No trade restrictions
No buyout restrictions
Must spend to the salary floor by start of the season or team will have a cap hold assigned for the difference
Teams: None

OVER THE CAP

Maximum: $140,588,000
Non-Taxpayer MLE: $12,822,000
Bi-Annual Exception: $4,668,000
No trade restrictions
No buyout restrictions
Teams:

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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