Free Agents
Players who can reach free agency for the 2026-27 season, including pending contract options. Cap holds shown for option decisions apply if the option results in free agency. Each cap hold Cap Hold Fundamentals A placeholder amount charged against a team's cap for free agents whose rights they hold. Cap holds count toward team salary even though no contract exists. Teams must renounce a player's rights to remove the cap hold, but doing so means losing the ability to re-sign that player using Bird rights. Open in glossary → is what their team carries until they re-sign, renounce, or lose them. Cap holds are computed from the player's last salary and Bird rights tier.
Estimated designations use years of service and rookie-scale contract data; actual restricted status requires a qualifying offer. Qualifying-offer-backed RFA designations are authoritative. Projected market value will be added once the comparable contracts model is calibrated.