Washington Wizards
2026-27 Cap Sheet • Eastern • Southeast
About this cap sheet
Explore Washington Wizards's contracts, future payroll, draft picks, cap holds, and exceptions. Salary, cap holds, and available spending exceptions are different measures; a team's payroll alone does not determine its available cap room. Cap holds explained · Data and methodology
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.
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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.
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Team Salary
$192.0M
116.4% of cap
+ $52.1M 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.
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$244.1M
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.
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$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.
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-$27.0M
w/ holds:
-$79.1M
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.
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$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.
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$0
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.
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14/15
+2/3
Cap Position
Cap
Tax
1st
2nd
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.
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$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.
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$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.
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$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."
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$222.0M
Team $192.0M
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.
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$244.1M
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.
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Season
Swipe salaries to change year. Contract totals include remaining option years, not cap holds.
| # | Player | Pos | Age | 26-27 | 27-28 | 28-29 | 29-30 | 30-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Anthony Davis
|
PF | 33 | $58.5M | $62.8M PO | $57.8M | — | — |
| 2 |
Trae Young
|
PG | 27 | $49.5M | $50.5M | $54.4M | $58.4M PO | $49.5M |
| 3 |
AJ Dybantsa
|
SF | 19 | $14.7M | $15.5M | $16.2M TO | $20.5M TO | $41.3M |
| 4 |
Alex Sarr
|
C | 21 | $12.4M | $15.6M TO | $41.3M | — | — |
| 5 |
Bilal Coulibaly
|
SF | 22 | $9.2M | $27.7M | — | — | — |
| 6 |
Tre Johnson
|
SG | 20 | $8.6M | $9.1M TO | $11.5M TO | $34.5M | — |
| 7 |
Deandre Ayton
|
C | 28 | $8.1M | $10.5M | — | — | — |
| 8 |
Tre Mann
|
PG | 25 | $8.0M | $8.0M TO | $15.2M | — | — |
| 9 |
Khris Middleton
|
SF | 35 | $5.6M | $5.9M NG | $6.2M NG | $11.7M | — |
| 10 |
Bub Carrington
|
PG | 21 | $4.9M | $7.3M TO | $21.8M | — | — |
| 11 |
Will Riley
|
SF | 20 | $3.7M | $3.9M TO | $6.2M TO | $18.5M | — |
| 12 |
Kyshawn George
|
SF | 22 | $3.1M | $5.4M TO | $16.3M | — | — |
| 13 |
Tristan Vukcevic
|
C | 23 | $3.0M | $3.0M TO | $5.7M | — | — |
| 14 |
Justin Champagnie
|
SF | 25 | $2.7M NG | $3.0M TO | $5.7M | — | — |
| 15 |
Anthony Gill
|
PF | 33 | $2.5M | — | — | — | — |
|
Two-Way Contracts
(2 of 3 slots • not counted against the cap or the 15-man roster)
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| — |
Felix Okpara
Two-Way
|
C | 22 | $678K | — | — | — | — |
| — |
Jamir Watkins
Two-Way
|
SF | 25 | $678K | — | — | — | — |
| Total | $192.0M ($244.1M) | $189.9M ($228.1M) | $94.5M ($258.1M) | $78.9M ($143.5M) | $0 ($90.8M) | |||
| Cap Space | -$79.1M | -$46.6M | -$58.5M | $76.1M | $150.8M | |||
| 1st Apron Space | $17.0M | $40.0M | $158.4M | $199.3M | $306.0M | |||
| 2nd Apron Space | $30.0M | $54.3M | $174.2M | $216.6M | $325.0M | |||
Legend:
Regular = under contract • Orange
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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.
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• Blue
= projected/edited • Struck
= option declined • PO
Player Opt • TO
Team Opt • ETO
Early Term • NG
= non-guaranteed •
Cap projections assume ~10% annual growth