The NBA has officially set the salary cap for its 2026/27 season. The cap has come in at $164,961,000, which is just slightly below the league’s projection of $165MM. It represents an increase of about 6.7% on last season’s $154,647,000 cap.
Here are the details, courtesy of a league press release (Twitter link):
- Salary cap: $164,961,000
- Luxury tax line: $200,428,000
- First tax apron: $209,015,000
- Second tax apron: $221,686,000
- Minimum salary floor: $148,465,000
- Non-taxpayer mid-level exception: $15,044,000
- Taxpayer mid-level exception: $6,064,000
- Room exception: $9,366,000
- Bi-annual exception: $5,477,000
- Maximum salaries:
- 6 years or fewer: $41,240,250
- 7-9 years: $49,488,300
- 10+ years: $57,736,350
More to come…
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