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NBA 2021-2022 Salary Cap

How high are Salary Cap and Luxury Tax for 2021-2022 season? Here you are the amount in detail, team by team

For season 2021-2022 NBA and NBPA have decided to keep the Salary Cap high, in order to support Free Agents and team owners after the difficult period because of the Covid-19 emergency.

As far as concerne Salary Cap and Luxury Cap, the two parameters remain unchanged over the previous year: $112,4 millions for Salary Cap and $136,6 millions for Luxury Tax. The threshold for Luxury Tax Apron has been set at $143,1 millions.

For the following seasons, Salary Cap and Luxury Cap will increase from a minimum of 3% to a maximum of 10% on the basis of league revenues, closely linked to the total revenues of the league as a whole (BRI, Basketball Related Income). The percentage kept from players’ salaries (escrow) is stable at 10%.

Here it is an updated report by team, relating to payroll and distance from Salary Cap, revised after the first days of NBA market.

NBA Salary Cap 2021-2022

#TeamRoasterAvg. agePayrollDistance from Salary Cap
30Golden State Warriors1326.5$209,693,745$-97,279,745
29Miami Heat626.0$206,176,059$-93,762,059
28Brooklyn Nets929.0$201,061,773$-88,647,773
27Washington Wizards1025.5$180,763,870$-68,349,870
26San Antonio Spurs923.0$180,259,004$-67,845,004
25Utah Jazz927.2$175,751,210$-63,337,210
24Oklahoma City Thunder1224.0$175,565,733$-63,151,732
23Los Angeles Lakers630.2$173,837,865$-61,423,865
22Milwaukee Bucks1027.0$172,913,839$-60,499,839
21Houston Rockets926.8$172,455,754$-60,041,754
20Boston Celtics1325.1$172,335,617$-59,921,617
19Denver Nuggets1023.8$170,630,006$-58,316,006
18Portland Trail Blazers825.8$170,200,259$-57,786,259
17Chicago Bulls826.5$169,093,846$-56,679,846
16Minnesota Timberwolves1223.7$168,473,932$-56,059,932
15Los Angeles Clippers1028.6$166,108,992$-53,694,992
14Toronto Raptors826.6$164,953,326$-52,539,326
13New Orleans Pelicans1024.1$163,646,394$-51,232,394
12Philadelphia 76ers1026.1$163,501,553$-51,087,553
11Orlando Magic1323.6$162,938,314$-50,524,314
10Atlanta Hawks1025.0$151,234,967$-38,820,967
9Indiana Pacers1226.3$148,124,121$-35,710,121
8Charlotte Hornets1223.9$146,201,781$-33,787,781
7Phoenix Suns825.3$142,002,055$-29,588,055
6Dallas Mavericks1125.3$140,009,633$-27,595,632
5Detroit Pistons924.3$129,168,099$-16,754,099
4Sacramento Kings1124.4$127,557,510$-15,143,510
3New York Knicks824.1$127,138,012$-14,724,012
2Cleveland Cavaliers1324.9$125,169,716$-12,755,716
1Memphis Grizzlies1224.5$112,317,229$96,771

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