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 7-1
$220,403,340 $-42,271,340 $-31,472,340
2 MIN MIN 5-3
$206,087,562 $-27,955,562 $-17,156,562
3 BOS BOS 7-2
$196,574,991 $-18,442,991 $-7,643,991
4 MIL MIL 2-6
$195,430,639 $-17,298,639 $-6,499,639
5 LAL LAL 4-4
$188,885,999 $-10,753,999 $45,001
6 NYK NYK 3-4
$188,350,128 $-10,218,128 $580,872
7 MIA MIA 3-4
$187,715,527 $-9,583,527 $1,215,473
8 DEN DEN 5-3
$183,774,315 $-5,642,315 $5,156,685
9 PHI PHI 1-6
$182,733,787 $-4,601,787 $6,197,213
10 DAL DAL 5-3
$177,605,780 $526,220 $11,325,220
11 GSW GSW 7-1
$177,598,341 $533,659 $11,332,659
12 NOP NOP 3-6
$175,715,896 $2,416,104 $13,215,104
13 CLE CLE 9-0
$174,026,895 $4,105,105 $14,904,105
14 LAC LAC 4-4
$173,279,116 $4,852,884 $15,651,884
15 BKN BKN 4-4
$172,907,259 $5,224,741 $16,023,741
16 ATL ATL 4-5
$172,779,070 $5,352,930 $16,151,930
17 MEM MEM 5-4
$172,042,348 $6,089,652 $16,888,652
18 IND IND 4-4
$170,753,307 $7,378,693 $18,177,693
19 SAC SAC 5-3
$170,573,922 $7,558,078 $18,357,078
20 POR POR 3-6
$168,640,187 $9,491,813 $20,290,813
21 CHI CHI 3-6
$168,608,903 $9,523,097 $20,322,097
22 TOR TOR 2-7
$167,664,115 $10,467,885 $21,266,885
23 WAS WAS 2-4
$165,835,700 $12,296,300 $23,095,300
24 HOU HOU 5-3
$162,887,067 $15,244,933 $26,043,933
25 OKC OKC 7-1
$161,886,346 $16,245,654 $27,044,654
26 CHA CHA 3-5
$161,609,879 $16,522,121 $27,321,121
27 SAS SAS 4-5
$155,687,677 $22,444,323 $33,243,323
28 ORL ORL 3-6
$152,959,238 $25,172,762 $35,971,762
29 UTA UTA 1-7
$144,262,915 $33,869,085 $44,668,085
30 DET DET 3-6
$131,348,501 $46,783,499 $57,582,499

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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