NBA Team Salary Cap Tracker

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

SEASON
 
Rank Team Record Players Active Avg Age Team Total Cap Allocations Cap Space All Active Active Top 3 Dead Cap
1 MIN MIN 41-32
15 26.1 $237,156,897 $-96,568,897 $199,278,607 $119,077,907 $3,705,899
2 PHX PHX 35-37
15 28.1 $228,464,502 $-87,876,502 $210,557,299 $150,588,751 $3,814,041
3 WAS WAS 15-56
16 24.6 $211,677,970 $-71,089,970 $162,701,928 $83,151,786 $6,901,359
4 LAL LAL 43-28
15 27.5 $200,562,267 $-59,974,267 $184,986,113 $108,760,785 $3,051,040
5 GSW GSW 41-31
14 27.2 $199,506,345 $-58,918,345 $176,462,443 $128,667,036 $306,447
6 BOS BOS 53-19
14 27.5 $199,373,751 $-58,785,751 $193,336,448 $114,054,140 -
7 MIL MIL 40-31
15 26.7 $195,716,447 $-55,128,447 $183,191,333 $122,031,412 -
8 DEN DEN 45-28
15 26.0 $192,786,656 $-52,198,656 $182,574,315 $123,292,088 -
9 NYK NYK 45-26
14 25.7 $188,510,846 $-47,922,846 $187,754,435 $110,803,733 $756,411
10 DAL DAL 35-38
14 26.8 $188,099,483 $-47,511,483 $173,029,674 $100,092,456 $2,328,828
11 NOP NOP 20-53
16 24.4 $183,473,452 $-42,885,452 $168,874,295 $99,576,137 $2,282,039
12 BKN BKN 23-49
14 23.7 $182,319,017 $-41,731,017 $111,401,596 $68,749,124 $58,408,905
13 MIA MIA 31-41
15 26.6 $179,350,729 $-38,762,729 $173,088,172 $90,125,126 -
14 CLE CLE 58-14
14 26.0 $178,096,604 $-37,508,604 $169,255,353 $93,832,409 $491,175
15 TOR TOR 25-47
15 24.8 $178,068,079 $-37,480,079 $154,701,826 $94,310,843 $15,578,734
16 POR POR 32-41
15 23.9 $176,848,446 $-36,260,446 $165,518,581 $89,691,087 $1,568,032
17 HOU HOU 47-26
16 26.2 $175,996,349 $-35,408,349 $164,052,948 $77,702,108 $7,768,363
18 LAC LAC 40-31
15 27.7 $174,670,238 $-34,082,238 $166,986,734 $102,101,025 $3,733,720
19 ATL ATL 35-37
16 25.4 $174,418,704 $-33,830,704 $161,375,721 $81,912,604 $7,005,680
20 SAC SAC 35-37
15 27.3 $172,606,481 $-32,018,481 $167,456,974 $108,431,940 $1,199,723
21 IND IND 42-29
15 25.7 $171,032,577 $-30,444,577 $166,639,774 $104,281,300 $2,530,538
22 PHI PHI 23-49
17 26.6 $170,028,764 $-29,440,764 $169,788,820 $135,768,738 $239,944
23 CHI CHI 32-40
15 24.6 $168,006,873 $-27,418,873 $157,180,244 $59,395,348 $8,739,110
24 MEM MEM 44-28
15 24.6 $167,814,933 $-27,226,933 $155,850,296 $95,988,718 $8,014,853
25 CHA CHA 18-54
16 25.3 $167,350,333 $-26,762,333 $152,543,889 $80,445,913 $14,806,444
26 OKC OKC 60-12
15 24.2 $165,034,408 $-24,446,408 $161,241,956 $82,359,950 $3,792,452
27 SAS SAS 31-40
15 25.2 $162,286,380 $-21,698,380 $154,708,927 $83,196,166 $7,577,453
28 UTA UTA 16-57
15 23.9 $154,314,022 $-13,726,022 $142,848,013 $87,106,400 $11,466,009
29 ORL ORL 35-38
15 25.3 $150,359,238 $-9,771,238 $150,359,238 $60,657,000 -
30 DET DET 41-32
15 25.0 $141,808,220 $-1,220,220 $133,989,678 $56,559,037 $7,818,542
Totals - 451 - $5,435,739,011 $-1,218,099,011 $5,001,735,630 $2,912,711,067 $183,885,741
Averages - 15.0 25.8 $181,191,300 $-40,603,300 $166,724,521 $97,090,369 $6,129,525

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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