Cap situation · 2026-27
above the first apron. Above the first apron by $10.7M and $1.9M under the second: trades must be salary-neutral, no sign-and-trades, and the tax bill projects to $42.8M.
Room under the tax−$19.3M$10.7M over the first apron
Expiring after 2026-27$94.3M6 contracts: Butler, Green, II…
Tradable contracts5$5–30M, two years or fewer, no player option
Next season$135.4M2027-28 already committed
Options43 player · 1 team
Projected tax bill$42.8Mnon-repeater rates
The wall · 2026-27
each block = one contract, width = share of payroll28%Curry$62.6M
26%Butler$56.8M
13%Green$27.7M
9%Porzingis$19.5M
6%Moody$12.5M
Stephen Curry $62.6MJimmy Butler $56.8MDraymond Green $27.7MKristaps Porzingis $19.5MMoses Moody $12.5MAl Horford $6.8MYaxel Lendeborg $6.1MBrandin Podziemski $5.7MDe'Anthony Melton $5.5MGui Santos $4.6MGary Payton II $2.4MCharles Bassey $2.4MGeorges Niang $2.4MBrandon Williams $2.4MWill Richard $2.2M
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 · 6
Jimmy Butler$56.8M
Draymond Green$27.7M
Gary Payton II$2.4M
Charles Bassey$2.4M
Georges Niang$2.4M
Brandon Williams$2.4M
$94.3M clears next summer
Tradable matching salary · 5
Draymond Green$27.7M
Kristaps Porzingis$19.5M
Moses Moody$12.5M
Al Horford$6.8M
De'Anthony Melton$5.5M
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 | 2030-31 | 2031-32 | Guaranteed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Curry | 38 | $62.6M | $55.7M | $60.2M | $118.3M | |||
| Jimmy Butler | 37 | $56.8M | $56.8M | |||||
| Draymond Green | 36 | $27.7M | $27.7M | |||||
| Kristaps Porzingis | 31 | $19.5M | $20.5MP | $19.5M | ||||
| Moses Moody | 24 | $12.5M | $13.4M | $25.9M | ||||
| Al Horford | 40 | $6.8M | $7.2M | $14.0M | ||||
| Yaxel Lendeborg | 24 | $6.1M | $6.4M | $6.7M | $8.9M | $12.5M | ||
| Brandin Podziemski | 23 | $5.7M | $19.0M | $20.5M | $22.0M | $23.5M | $25.0M | $90.6M |
| De'Anthony Melton | 28 | $5.5M | $5.8MP | $5.5M | ||||
| Gui Santos | 24 | $4.6M | $5.0M | $5.4MP | $9.6M | |||
| Gary Payton II | 33 | $2.4M | $2.4M | |||||
| Charles Bassey | 25 | $2.4M | $2.4M | |||||
| Georges Niang | 33 | $2.4M | — | |||||
| Brandon Williams | 26 | $2.4M | — | |||||
| Will Richard | 23 | $2.2M | $2.5M | $2.7MT | $2.2M | |||
| Team total | $219.8M | $135.4M | $95.5M | $30.9M | $23.5M | $25.0M |
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.