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 26-29
$214,871,340 $-36,739,340 $-25,940,340
2 MIN MIN 31-26
$205,051,298 $-26,919,298 $-16,120,298
3 BOS BOS 40-16
$193,336,448 $-15,204,448 $-4,405,448
4 NYK NYK 37-19
$188,390,874 $-10,258,874 $540,126
5 LAL LAL 33-21
$188,037,153 $-9,905,153 $893,847
6 MIL MIL 31-24
$185,699,446 $-7,567,446 $3,231,554
7 DEN DEN 37-19
$183,774,315 $-5,642,315 $5,156,685
8 DAL DAL 31-26
$178,080,852 $51,148 $10,850,148
9 GSW GSW 29-27
$176,946,169 $1,185,831 $11,984,831
10 MIA MIA 26-28
$176,170,988 $1,961,012 $12,760,012
11 BKN BKN 20-35
$175,862,770 $2,269,230 $13,068,230
12 TOR TOR 17-39
$175,708,548 $2,423,452 $13,222,452
13 WAS WAS 9-46
$174,870,749 $3,261,251 $14,060,251
14 CLE CLE 46-10
$171,924,443 $6,207,557 $17,006,557
15 SAC SAC 28-28
$171,763,796 $6,368,204 $17,167,204
16 NOP NOP 13-43
$171,668,023 $6,463,977 $17,262,977
17 IND IND 31-23
$171,029,767 $7,102,233 $17,901,233
18 HOU HOU 35-21
$170,405,430 $7,726,570 $18,525,570
19 PHI PHI 20-35
$169,788,820 $8,343,180 $19,142,180
20 ATL ATL 26-30
$169,769,542 $8,362,458 $19,161,458
21 LAC LAC 31-24
$169,670,454 $8,461,546 $19,260,546
22 CHI CHI 22-34
$168,731,854 $9,400,146 $20,199,146
23 POR POR 23-33
$168,640,187 $9,491,813 $20,290,813
24 SAS SAS 24-30
$167,242,798 $10,889,202 $21,688,202
25 CHA CHA 14-40
$167,123,334 $11,008,666 $21,807,666
26 OKC OKC 45-10
$166,902,623 $11,229,377 $22,028,377
27 MEM MEM 37-19
$166,390,515 $11,741,485 $22,540,485
28 UTA UTA 13-42
$154,288,880 $23,843,120 $34,642,120
29 ORL ORL 28-30
$152,959,238 $25,172,762 $35,971,762
30 DET DET 30-26
$142,808,220 $35,323,780 $46,122,780

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:

TRENDING PLAYERS

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  • 8 Joe Johnson (SG, BOS)
  • 9 Mac McClung (PG, ORL)
  • 10 Zion Williamson (PF, NOP)
  • 11 Joel Embiid (C, PHI)
  • 12 Nikola Jokic (C, DEN)
  • 13 Lonzo Ball (PG, CHI)
  • 14 Bradley Beal (SG, PHX)
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