League tracker

Luxury tax and apron tracker, 2026-27

For 2026-27: 21 teams are in the luxury tax, 15 over the first apron, and 2 over the second. Sorted deepest into the aprons first.

One or more teams include a projected signing that is not yet official, so those figures are an estimate.

Denver NuggetsDEN-$23.9M-$20.9M-$8.2MGolden State WarriorsGSW-$26.5M-$18.4M-$5.7MNew York KnicksNYK-$20.4M-$11.8M+$0.8MOklahoma City ThunderOKC-$19.6M-$11.6M+$1.1MPhoenix SunsPHX-$18.7M-$10.1M+$2.5MMinnesota TimberwolvesMIN-$14.9M-$8.0M+$4.7MSacramento KingsSAC-$10.8M-$6.1M+$6.6MToronto RaptorsTOR-$7.1M-$5.1M+$7.5MPhiladelphia 76ersPHI-$12.9M-$4.4M+$8.3MCleveland CavaliersCLE-$12.2M-$3.6M+$9.1MWashington WizardsWAS-$10.9M-$2.3M+$10.3MOrlando MagicORL-$9.4M-$2.2M+$10.5MAtlanta HawksATL-$9.0M-$1.8M+$10.8MLos Angeles LakersLAL-$10.2M-$1.6M+$11.0MMilwaukee BucksMIL-$5.4M-$1.6M+$11.1MIndiana PacersIND-$8.0M+$0.1M+$12.8MBoston CelticsBOS-$8.4M+$0.2M+$12.9MMiami HeatMIA-$8.2M+$0.4M+$13.1MSan Antonio SpursSAS-$4.8M+$1.1M+$13.7MNew Orleans PelicansNOP+$3.8M+$5.4M+$18.1MHouston RocketsHOU-$2.6M+$6.0M+$18.7MLA ClippersLAC-$0.5M+$8.1M+$20.8MDetroit PistonsDET+$1.4M+$10.0M+$22.7MUtah JazzUTA+$2.4M+$11.0M+$23.7MDallas MavericksDAL+$7.6M+$14.9M+$27.5MPortland Trail BlazersPOR+$8.3M+$16.9M+$29.6MCharlotte HornetsCHA+$14.0M+$22.1M+$34.7MBrooklyn NetsBKN+$17.5M+$26.1M+$38.7MChicago BullsCHI+$20.1M+$26.4M+$39.0MMemphis GrizzliesMEM+$36.1M+$42.3M+$55.0M

Positive numbers are room under the line; negative numbers are over it. Tax and apron payroll counts contracts, dead money, and drafted rookies (booked as signed); free-agent cap holds never count. The apron columns also count each team's unlikely bonuses, incentive money a player probably won't earn that counts against the aprons but not the tax. Learn what crossing each line costs: luxury tax, first apron, second apron.