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Vol. XI · 2026-27 · Computed live
Vol. XI · 2026-27 · Computed live
Indiana Pacers · Salary cap report
Pacers are $1.7M over the first apron.
Indiana Pacers payroll for the 2026-27 season is $210.2M against a $165.0M salary cap.
Payroll, the salaries actually on the books plus dead money, is $210.2M. Counting cap holds for their own free agents, the Pacers' cap number rises to $233.8M, which is why there is no usable cap space until those holds come off the books. Renouncing every free-agent hold would open -$45.3M of room and give up Bird rights.
Run Pacers' offseason yourself→Over the first apron
What the numbers mean
Payroll$210.2M
The salaries actually committed to players right now.
Counts against the cap$233.8M
What the league counts: payroll plus free-agent hold placeholders.
Luxury tax lineOVERby $9.8M
Cross it and the team pays a penalty on every dollar over.
First apron lineOVERby $1.7M
A stricter line. Over it, the bigger roster tools freeze. The apron figure counts $0.5M in unlikely bonuses on top of payroll: incentive money a player probably won't earn, which counts against the aprons but not the cap or tax.
Where the Pacers land · payroll against the cap lines
Cap$165.0MTax$200.4MApron 1$209.0MApron 2$221.7M
The solid bar is real payroll. The hatched extension is a free-agent hold crossing the cap line. Renounce it and the room clears.
The apron math · what counts toward the aprons
Payroll (contracts, dead money, drafted rookies)$210.2M
Unlikely bonuses+$0.5M
Apron figure$210.7M
First apron $209.0MOVERby $1.7M
Second apron $221.7MUNDERby $11.0M
Free-agent cap holds never count toward the aprons. Only payroll (with drafted rookies booked as signed) and unlikely bonuses, incentive money a player probably won't earn, do.
The books
2026-27 focused
| Player | Pos | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Signed contracts | ||||
| Pascal Siakam | F | $48.9M | $52.3M | – |
| Tyrese Haliburton | G | $48.9M | $52.3M | $55.7M |
| Ivica Zubac | C | $20.3M | $21.8M | – |
| Andrew Nembhard | G | $19.6M | $21.0M | – |
| Obi Toppin | F | $15.0M | $16.0M | – |
| Aaron Nesmith | G | $11.0M | $19.4M | $21.0M |
| T.J. McConnell | G | $11.0M | $11.8M | TO$11.8M |
| Jarace Walker | F | TO$8.5M | – | – |
| Kelly Oubre Jr. | F | $8.3M | $8.7M | – |
| Ben Sheppard | G | TO$5.0M | – | – |
| Larry Nance Jr. | F | $4.0M | – | – |
| Jay Huff | F | $2.7M | TO$3.0M | – |
| Quenton Jackson | G | $2.6M | $2.9M | – |
| Johnny Furphy | G | $2.3M | TO$2.5M | $3.1M |
| Kam Jones | G | $2.2M | $2.5M | $2.7M |
| Signed subtotal | $210.2M | $214.3M | $94.2M | |
| Payroll | $210.2M | $214.3M | $94.2M | |
| Cap holds · placeholders, not paid | ||||
| Kobe BrownBIRD 300% | F | $8.0M | – | – |
| Monte MorrisNON-BIRD | G | $2.5M | – | – |
| Cody MartinBIRD 190% | F | $2.2M | – | – |
| Gabe McGlothanNON-BIRD | F | $2.2M | – | – |
| Garrison MathewsNON-BIRD | G | $2.2M | – | – |
| Ethan ThompsonMIN HOLD | F | $2.2M | – | – |
| Jalen SlawsonMIN HOLD | F | $2.2M | – | – |
| Braden SmithMIN HOLD | F | $2.2M | – | – |
| Jarace WalkerBIRD 300% | F | – | $25.4M | – |
| Quenton JacksonNON-BIRD | G | – | – | $3.5M |
| Aaron NesmithEARLY BIRD | G | – | – | – |
| Jay HuffBIRD 190% | F | – | – | $5.7M |
| Ivica ZubacBIRD 150% | C | – | – | $32.7M |
| Andrew NembhardBIRD 150% | G | – | – | $31.5M |
| Obi ToppinBIRD 150% | F | – | – | $24.0M |
| T.J. McConnellBIRD 190% | G | – | – | – |
| Ben SheppardBIRD 300% | G | – | $15.1M | – |
| Johnny FurphyBIRD 300% | G | – | – | $7.5M |
| Kam JonesBIRD 300% | G | – | – | – |
| Tyrese HaliburtonBIRD 150% | G | – | – | – |
| Pascal SiakamBIRD 150% | F | – | – | $66.1M |
| Counts against the cap | $233.8M | $254.8M | $265.3M | |
What they can add
Taxpayer MLEup to $6.1M
A smaller mid-level signing slot, the only one this high. Using it locks their spending at the second apron.
Bird rightsLets them re-sign their own free agents up to the max.
Locked outUp here they lose the bigger mid-level and the bi-annual slot, can't bring a player in by sign-and-trade, and can't take back more salary than they send out.
Decisions ahead
Option calls before 2027-28
Jay Huff $3.0M team option, Johnny Furphy $2.5M team option.
Expiring after 2026-27
Jarace Walker $8.5M, Ben Sheppard $5.0M, Larry Nance Jr. $4.0M come off the books.
Front office
Run the Pacers offseason
Take these exact books into the GM Machine and re-sign, sign, waive, stretch, and draft, with every cap rule checked and explained as you go.
Draft picks through 2033
The Pacers control 6 first-round and 8 second-round picks, 3 carrying swap rights.
2026
Their own 1st, owed to LAC · No. 5
Indiana's own first went to the Clippers in the February 5 2026 Ivica Zubac deal; it landed at pick 5 and conveyed.
Their own 2nd, owed to MEM · No. 32
Indiana's own second conveyed to Memphis at pick 32, routed via Milwaukee.
2027
2027 1st (own)Stepien-locked
2027 2nd (via UTA)
Owed to Indiana, unprotected, from the Rayjon Tucker deal.
Their own 2nd, owed to NOP
Indiana's own second sits in the OKC, HOU, IND, MIA 2027 pool: Philadelphia takes the most favorable, New Orleans the second, New York the third, San Antonio the more favorable of its own or the least of the four, and Miami the least of five. Indiana does not keep it; it routes via Oklahoma City to Philadelphia.
2028
2028 1st (own)Stepien-locked
2028 2nd (own, swap rights attached)
Doubly encumbered: New York holds a claim to the less favorable of the Indiana and Phoenix 2028 seconds, and the June 2026 Braden Smith trade gave Chicago the right to the most favorable of the Chicago, Indiana, and Phoenix 2028 seconds. Indiana ends with the less favorable of the more favorable of its own or Phoenix's, and the Chicago pick.
2029
2029 2nd (own)
Indiana takes the more favorable of the Indiana and Washington 2029 seconds and Portland the less favorable; Indiana keeps its own slot only if it is the more favorable of the pair, otherwise it conveys to Portland. From the 2023 and 2024 New York routing.
2029 2nd (via WAS)
Indiana takes the more favorable of the Indiana and Washington 2029 seconds and Portland the less favorable; Washington's own slot conveys to Indiana or Portland, never Washington. From the June 2023 Bradley Beal trade chain.
Their own 1st, owed to LAC
Traded to the Clippers, unprotected, in the February 5 2026 Ivica Zubac deal.
2030
2030 1st (own)Stepien-locked
2030 2nd (own, swap rights attached)
Chicago holds the right to swap its 2030 second for Indiana's, from the June 2026 Braden Smith trade; Indiana keeps the less favorable of its own and Chicago's. Indiana retains its slot unless the swap runs against it.
2031
2031 1st (own)
2031 2nd (own, swap rights attached)
Indiana's own second sits in an Indiana, Miami, Memphis 2031 pool: Washington holds the right to the more favorable of the Indiana and Miami seconds, Memphis the more favorable of its own or the less favorable of that pair, and Indiana keeps the least favorable of the three.
2032
2032 1st (own)
2032 2nd (own)
2033
2033 1st (own)
2033 2nd (own)
Protections and swap conditions in plain English. Full story on the Pacers draft picks page.
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