NBA Team Apron Tracker

A real-time look at the 2025-26 apron totals for each NBA team, including estimated apron space.

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1ST APRON THRESHOLD: $195,946,000

2ND APRON THRESHOLD: $207,825,000

Rank Team Total Apron Allocations 1st Apron Is Hard-Capped? 1st Apron Space 2nd Apron Is Hard-Capped? 2nd Apron Space
1 BOS BOS $225,514,138 $-29,568,138 $-17,689,138
2 PHX PHX $219,233,471 $-23,287,471 $-11,408,471
3 CLE CLE $210,404,247 $-14,458,247 $-2,579,247
4 DEN DEN $200,680,856 $-4,734,856 $7,144,144
5 ORL ORL $199,367,531 $-3,421,531 $8,457,469
6 NYK NYK $196,310,224 $-364,224 $11,514,776
7 MIN MIN $195,020,596 $925,404 $12,804,404
8 DAL DAL $192,855,598 $3,090,402 $14,969,402
9 HOU HOU $191,321,540 $4,624,460 $16,503,460
10 LAL LAL $189,239,092 $6,706,908 $18,585,908
11 TOR TOR $183,706,743 $12,239,257 $24,118,257
12 MIA MIA $180,997,510 $14,948,490 $26,827,490
13 OKC OKC $179,212,799 $16,733,201 $28,612,201
14 PHI PHI $177,344,731 $18,601,269 $30,480,269
15 NOP NOP $174,419,244 $21,526,756 $33,405,756
16 LAC LAC $172,830,866 $23,115,134 $34,994,134
17 POR POR $172,492,302 $23,453,698 $35,332,698
18 GSW GSW $170,932,327 $25,013,673 $36,892,673
19 MIL MIL $167,779,981 $28,166,019 $40,045,019
20 SAC SAC $165,747,679 $30,198,321 $42,077,321
21 IND IND $165,522,214 $30,423,786 $42,302,786
22 WAS WAS $164,347,912 $31,598,088 $43,477,088
23 UTA UTA $153,293,623 $42,652,377 $54,531,377
24 CHA CHA $151,229,689 $44,716,311 $56,595,311
25 SAS SAS $147,018,612 $48,927,388 $60,806,388
26 ATL ATL $146,950,799 $48,995,201 $60,874,201
27 MEM MEM $137,591,249 $58,354,751 $70,233,751
28 CHI CHI $136,179,667 $59,766,333 $71,645,333
29 DET DET $128,468,272 $67,477,728 $79,356,728
30 BKN BKN $66,434,563 $129,511,437 $141,390,437

OVER THE FIRST APRON

Threshold: $195,946,000
Taxpayer MLE: $5,685,000
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: $207,825,000
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

  • 1 Iman Shumpert (SG, BKN)
  • 2 Jeff Teague (PG, MIL)
  • 3 Stephen Curry (PG, GSW)
  • 4 Paul George (SG, PHI)
  • 5 LeBron James (PF, LAL)
  • 6 Kevin Durant (SF, PHX)
  • 7 Jimmy Butler (SF, GSW)
  • 8 Devin Booker (SG, PHX)
  • 9 Luka Doncic (PG, LAL)
  • 10 Jayson Tatum (PF, BOS)
  • 11 Nikola Jokic (C, DEN)
  • 12 LaMelo Ball (PG, CHA)
  • 13 Patrick Beverley (PG, MIL)
  • 14 Giannis Antetokounmpo (PF, MIL)
  • 15 Alex Len (C, LAL)

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