Cap situation · 2026-27
above the first apron. Above the first apron by $4.8M and $7.9M under the second: trades must be salary-neutral, no sign-and-trades, and the tax bill projects to $24.6M.
Room under the tax−$13.3M$4.8M over the first apron
Expiring after 2026-27$27.1M4 contracts: Bridges, Bouyea, Highsmith…
Tradable contracts2$5–30M, two years or fewer, no player option
Next season$198.7M2027-28 already committed
Options64 player · 2 team
Projected tax bill$24.6Mnon-repeater rates
The wall · 2026-27
each block = one contract, width = share of payroll27%Booker$57.1M
17%Green$36.3M
11%Bridges$22.8M
9%Brooks$20.0M
9%Beal$19.4M
Devin Booker $57.1MJalen Green $36.3MMiles Bridges $22.8MDillon Brooks $20.0MBradley Beal $19.4MMark Williams $11.7MCollin Gillespie $10.7MKhaman Maluach $6.3MLuke Kennard $6.1MJordan Goodwin $5.9MNassir Little $3.1MKoa Peat $2.9MRyan Dunn $2.8MJamaree Bouyea $2.6MOso Ighodaro $2.3MRasheer Fleming $2.2MHaywood Highsmith $1.0ME.J. Liddell $0.7M
What they can do with it
Test a trade →Exception available
$6.1M
Taxpayer mid-levelup to two years; using it hard-caps the team at the second apron
Expiring after 2026-27 · 4
Miles Bridges$22.8M
Jamaree Bouyea$2.6M
Haywood Highsmith$1.0M
E.J. Liddell$0.7M
$27.1M clears next summer
Tradable matching salary · 2
Miles Bridges$22.8M
Luke Kennard$6.1M
The contracts that make a trade work: big enough to match, small enough to move.
Every contract, by season
P = player option · T = team option · ETO = early termination| Player | Age | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 | 2029-30 | Guaranteed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devin Booker | 29 | $57.1M | $61.0M | $64.1M | $69.2M | $182.2M |
| Jalen Green | 24 | $36.3M | $36.0MP | $36.3M | ||
| Miles Bridges | 28 | $22.8M | $22.8M | |||
| Dillon Brooks | 30 | $20.0M | $22.5M | $24.3M | $26.1M | $93.0M |
| Bradley Beal | 33 | $19.4MP | $19.4M | $19.4M | $19.4M | $77.5M |
| Mark Williams | 24 | $11.7M | $12.7M | $13.6M | $38.0M | |
| Collin Gillespie | 27 | $10.7M | $11.6M | $12.4M | $13.3M | $48.0M |
| Khaman Maluach | 20 | $6.3M | $6.6M | $8.4M | $12.9M | |
| Luke Kennard | 30 | $6.1M | $6.4MP | $6.1M | ||
| Jordan Goodwin | 27 | $5.9M | $6.3M | $6.8MP | $12.2M | |
| Nassir Little | 26 | $3.1M | $3.1M | $3.1M | $9.3M | |
| Koa Peat | 19 | $2.9M | $3.1M | $3.2M | $5.8M | $6.0M |
| Ryan Dunn | 23 | $2.8M | $5.0M | $7.8M | ||
| Jamaree Bouyea | 27 | $2.6M | $2.6M | |||
| Oso Ighodaro | 24 | $2.3M | $2.5MT | — | ||
| Rasheer Fleming | 22 | $2.2M | $2.5M | $2.7MT | $4.7M | |
| Haywood Highsmith | 29 | $1.0M | $1.0M | |||
| E.J. Liddell | 25 | $0.7M | $0.7M | |||
| Team total | $213.8M | $198.7M | $158.1M | $133.8M |
Built from public contract records and checked against the league's published cap (2026-27 cap $165.0M); updated 1 d ago. Cap holds, incomplete rosters and two-way deals can move these totals; the league's official numbers govern.