Utah Jazz

2026-27 Cap Sheet • Western • Northwest

Over Cap, Below First Apron First Apron Thresholds The first tax apron ($195,945,000 in 2025-26) restricts teams from using the non-taxpayer MLE, bi-annual exception, sign-and-trades to acquire players, and prior-year TPEs. Teams above the first apron can only take back 100% of outgoing salary in trades. Open in glossary →

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Team Salary

$191.0M

115.7% of cap

+ $7.9M cap holds 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 →

$198.9M

Salary Cap Salary Cap Fundamentals The maximum amount a team can spend on player salaries, set annually by the NBA based on Basketball Related Income (BRI). For 2025-26, the salary cap is $154,647,000. Unlike the NFL, the NBA's cap is a "soft cap" — teams can exceed it using various exceptions. Open in glossary →

$165.0M

Cap Space Cap Space / Cap Room Fundamentals The difference between a team's current salary and the salary cap. Teams with cap space can sign free agents or absorb salary in trades without sending matching salary out. Open in glossary →

-$26.0M

w/ holds: -$33.9M

Tax Line Luxury Tax Line Thresholds The salary threshold above which teams must pay the luxury tax. Set at $187,895,000 for 2025-26. Separate from the salary cap — a team can be over the cap without paying tax. Open in glossary →

$201.0M

Tax Bill Luxury Tax Fundamentals A dollar-for-dollar (or more) penalty paid by teams whose total salary exceeds the luxury tax line. For 2025-26, the tax line is $187,895,000. Tax rates increase with each bracket and are higher for repeat offenders. Open in glossary →

Roster Roster Limits Roster NBA teams can carry up to 15 players on standard contracts plus up to 3 two-way contracts (18 total). The minimum is 14 on opening day and 13 during the season. If a team has fewer than 12 players, an incomplete roster charge is assessed for each missing spot. Open in glossary →

15/15 +2/3

Cap Position

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Tax

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2nd

Salary cap $165.0M Teams above this line can no longer use cap space to add salary — they sign and trade using exceptions instead. Luxury tax line $201.0M Total salary above this line is taxed, at escalating rates the further over you go. First apron $209.0M A hard ceiling for some moves — above it a team loses the bi-annual exception, sign-and-trade acquisitions, and the full mid-level. Second apron $222.0M The harshest tier — above it a team loses aggregation, the taxpayer mid-level, and can have future first-round picks frozen.

Cap Salary Cap Fundamentals The maximum amount a team can spend on player salaries, set annually by the NBA based on Basketball Related Income (BRI). For 2025-26, the salary cap is $154,647,000. Unlike the NFL, the NBA's cap is a "soft cap" — teams can exceed it using various exceptions. Open in glossary → $165.0M Tax Luxury Tax Line Thresholds The salary threshold above which teams must pay the luxury tax. Set at $187,895,000 for 2025-26. Separate from the salary cap — a team can be over the cap without paying tax. Open in glossary → $201.0M 1st Apron First Apron Thresholds The first tax apron ($195,945,000 in 2025-26) restricts teams from using the non-taxpayer MLE, bi-annual exception, sign-and-trades to acquire players, and prior-year TPEs. Teams above the first apron can only take back 100% of outgoing salary in trades. Open in glossary → $209.0M 2nd Apron Second Apron Thresholds The second tax apron ($207,824,000 in 2025-26) imposes the strictest restrictions. Teams above it cannot: aggregate salaries in trades, send cash in trades, use any MLE, send players via sign-and-trade, or trade first-round picks 7 years out. Their distant first-round picks are also "frozen." Open in glossary → $222.0M Team $191.0M w/ Holds 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 → $198.9M

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 →

Season

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#	Player	Pos	Age	26-27	27-28	28-29	29-30	30-31
1	Jaren Jackson Jr. PF · 4 yrs · $205.0M left	PF	27	$49.0M	$50.5M	$52.0M	$53.5M PO	$49.5M
2	Lauri Markkanen PF · 3 yrs · $149.5M left	PF	29	$46.1M	$49.8M	$53.5M	$49.5M	—
3	Josh Green SF · 1 yr · $14.7M left	SF	25	$14.7M	$27.9M	—	—	—
4	Robert Williams III via POR C · 3 yrs · $43.5M left	C	29	$14.0M	$14.5M	$15.0M	$18.0M	—
5	Darryn Peterson SG · 4 yrs · $59.9M left	SG	19	$13.2M	$13.9M	$14.5M TO	$18.3M TO	$41.3M
6	Jusuf Nurkic C · 2 yrs · $22.0M left	C	32	$11.5M	$10.5M	$13.7M	—	—
7	Ace Bailey SF · 3 yrs · $32.1M left	SF	20	$9.5M	$10.0M TO	$12.6M TO	$37.9M	—
8	Kevin Love C · No contract	C	38	$7.9M	—	—	—	—
9	Keyonte George PG · 5 yrs · $128.2M left	PG	22	$6.6M	$27.2M	$29.3M	$31.5M	$33.7M
10	Josh Okogie SG · 2 yrs · $12.0M left	SG	28	$6.0M	$6.0M TO NG	$7.8M	—	—
11	Brice Sensabaugh SF · 1 yr · $4.9M left	SF	23	$4.9M	$14.6M	—	—	—
12	Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk SG · 2 yrs · $7.9M left	SG	29	$3.9M NG	$4.0M TO NG	$7.6M	—	—
13	Mo Bamba C · 2 yrs · $7.2M left	C	28	$3.5M NG	$3.7M TO	$4.8M	—	—
14	Kyle Filipowski C · 2 yrs · $6.0M left	C	22	$3.0M	$3.0M TO	$5.7M	—	—
15	Isaiah Collier PG · 2 yrs · $7.8M left	PG	22	$2.8M	$5.0M TO	$15.0M	—	—
16	Tony Bradley C · 1 yr · $3.5M left	C	28	$2.4M NG	$2.5M	—	—	—
Two-Way Contracts (2 of 3 slots • not counted against the cap or the 15-man roster)
—	Trey Alexander Two-Way	PG	23	$678K	—	—	—	—
—	Harrison Ingram Two-Way	SF	23	$678K	—	—	—	—
	Total			$191.0M ($198.9M)	$198.1M ($243.0M)	$177.0M ($231.6M)	$103.3M ($208.7M)	$33.7M ($124.4M)
	Cap Space			-$33.9M	-$61.5M	-$32.0M	$10.9M	$117.2M
	1st Apron Space			$18.0M	$31.8M	$75.9M	$174.9M	$272.3M
	2nd Apron Space			$31.0M	$46.1M	$91.6M	$192.2M	$291.4M

Legend: Regular = under contract • Orange = 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 → • Blue = projected/edited • Struck = option declined • PO Player Opt • TO Team Opt • ETO Early Term • NG = non-guaranteed • Cap projections assume ~10% annual growth

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