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 $226,787,007 $-30,841,007 $-18,962,007
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 $198,855,962 $-2,909,962 $8,969,038
7 DAL DAL $192,855,598 $3,090,402 $14,969,402
8 MIN MIN $192,828,699 $3,117,301 $14,996,301
9 HOU HOU $192,725,805 $3,220,195 $15,099,195
10 LAL LAL $189,239,092 $6,706,908 $18,585,908
11 MIA MIA $180,997,510 $14,948,490 $26,827,490
12 OKC OKC $179,285,970 $16,660,030 $28,539,030
13 NOP NOP $173,342,535 $22,603,465 $34,482,465
14 POR POR $172,492,302 $23,453,698 $35,332,698
15 LAC LAC $171,911,838 $24,034,162 $35,913,162
16 GSW GSW $170,932,327 $25,013,673 $36,892,673
17 SAC SAC $170,839,155 $25,106,845 $36,985,845
18 PHI PHI $170,098,900 $25,847,100 $37,726,100
19 MIL MIL $166,846,649 $29,099,351 $40,978,351
20 IND IND $165,522,214 $30,423,786 $42,302,786
21 WAS WAS $161,998,334 $33,947,666 $45,826,666
22 UTA UTA $150,944,045 $45,001,955 $56,880,955
23 CHA CHA $148,958,954 $46,987,046 $58,866,046
24 SAS SAS $147,018,612 $48,927,388 $60,806,388
25 TOR TOR $145,611,505 $50,334,495 $62,213,495
26 ATL ATL $144,680,064 $51,265,936 $63,144,936
27 MEM MEM $138,864,118 $57,081,882 $68,960,882
28 CHI CHI $135,795,052 $60,150,948 $72,029,948
29 DET DET $128,468,272 $67,477,728 $79,356,728
30 BKN BKN $64,242,666 $131,703,334 $143,582,334

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 Austin Reaves (SG, LAL)
  • 2 Ben Simmons (PG, BKN)
  • 3 Jimmy Butler (SF, GSW)
  • 4 Luka Doncic (PG, LAL)
  • 5 Mark Williams (C, CHA)
  • 6 Anthony Davis (C, DAL)
  • 7 LeBron James (PF, LAL)
  • 8 Dennis Schröder (PG, DET)
  • 9 Kevin Durant (SF, PHX)
  • 10 Stephen Curry (PG, GSW)
  • 11 Dalton Knecht (SF, LAL)
  • 12 LaMelo Ball (PG, CHA)
  • 13 Jayson Tatum (PF, BOS)
  • 14 Lonzo Ball (PG, CHI)
  • 15 Giannis Antetokounmpo (PF, MIL)

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