Milwaukee Bucks 2026-27 Salary Cap Sheet
Updated · 2026–27 season
| Pos | Player | Age | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 | 2029-30 | 2030-31 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SG | Tyler Herro | 26 | $33.00M | UFA / $48.9M | — | — | — | |
| C | Myles Turner | 30 | $26.58M | $27.85M | $29.12M | — | — | Trade Kicker: 15% |
| PF | Kyle Kuzma | 31 | $20.49M | UFA / $31.4M | — | — | — | |
| SG | Gary Trent Jr. | 27 | $15.20M | $16.40M | $16.40M | $16.00M | UFA / $33.7M | |
| SG | Caris LeVert | 32 | $14.81M | UFA / $19.3M | — | — | — | |
| SG | AJ Green | 26 | $10.04M | $10.85M | $11.65M | $12.46M | UFA / $23.7M | |
| SG | Brayden Burries | 20 | $6.42M | $6.74M | $7.06M | $9.00M | RFA / $22.5M | |
| SF | Jaime Jaquez Jr. | 25 | $5.94M | RFA / $17.8M | — | — | — | |
| PF | Ousmane Dieng | 23 | $5.75M | $5.75M | $5.75M | UFA / $11.9M | — | |
| SF | Nate Ament | 19 | $5.50M | $5.78M | $6.05M | $8.65M | RFA / $21.6M | |
| PG | Kevin Porter Jr. | 26 | $5.39M | UFA / $10.2M | — | — | — | |
| C | Kel’el Ware | 22 | $4.65M | $7.14M | RFA / $21.4M | — | — | |
| SG | Ryan Rollins | 24 | $4.00M | $4.00M | UFA / $7.4M | — | — | |
| PG | Kasparas Jakucionis | 20 | $3.84M | $4.02M | $6.21M | RFA / $18.6M | — | |
| C | Jericho Sims | 27 | $2.80M | UFA / $2.6M | — | — | — | |
| PF | Pete Nance | 25 | $2.54M | $2.76M | UFA / $2.7M | — | — | |
| PF | Bogolijub Marković | 21 | $1.36M | $2.29M | $2.69M | $2.92M | UFA / $2.6M | |
| SG | Cormac Ryan | 27 | Two-Way | — | — | — | — | Year 2 |
| SG | Kam Jones | 24 | Two-Way | — | — | — | — | Year 1 |
| Total | $168.32M | |||||||
| Pos | Player | Age | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 | 2029-30 | 2030-31 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PG | Damian Lillard | 36 | $21.31M | $21.31M | $21.31M | $21.31M | — | |
| PG | Vasilije Micic | 32 | $666,667 | $666,667 | — | — | — | |
| Total | $21.98M | |||||||
| Pos | Player | Age | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 | 2029-30 | 2030-31 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SF | Thanasis Antetokounmpo | 34 | $2.45M | — | — | — | — | |
| SF | Alex Antetokounmpo | 25 | $2.19M | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | $4.63M | |||||||
| CAP | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 | 2029-30 | 2030-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salary Cap | $164,961,000 | $176,000,000 | $187,778,000 | $200,344,000 | $213,751,000 |
| Active Salary | $168,320,596 | $93,575,286 | $84,928,546 | $49,021,787 | |
| Dead Money | $21,977,720 | $21,977,720 | $21,311,053 | $21,311,053 | |
| Luxury Tax Total | $190,298,316 | $115,553,006 | $106,239,599 | $70,332,840 | |
| Luxury Tax Room | $10,129,684 | $98,286,994 | $121,910,401 | $173,085,160 | $259,707,000 |
| Apron Total | $195,073,316 | $115,553,006 | $106,239,599 | $70,332,840 | |
| 1st Apron Space | $13,941,684 | $107,448,994 | $131,685,401 | $183,514,160 | $270,834,000 |
| 2nd Apron Space | $26,612,684 | $120,967,994 | $146,109,401 | $198,903,160 | $287,253,000 |
| Cap Holds | $4,634,537 | ||||
| Total Cap Allocations | $194,932,853 | $115,553,006 | $106,239,599 | $70,332,840 | $0 |
| Cap Space (after holds) | -$29,971,853 | $60,446,994 | $81,538,401 | $130,011,160 | $213,751,000 |
The Milwaukee Bucks carry $168,320,596 in salary for 2026–27, the 26th largest payroll in the league.
That is $25.3M over the $165.0M salary cap, so the roster gets built through exceptions, re-signings and trades rather than cap space.
They sit +$10.1M below the $200.4M luxury-tax line and are not projected to pay tax this season.
With +$13.9M of room below the first apron and +$26.6M below the second, they keep the full set of exceptions and the ordinary salary-matching rules in a trade.
This team has 17 players on standard contracts and 2 two-way deals.
Tyler Herro is the largest cap hit on the roster at $33,000,000, 19.6% of team payroll, ahead of Myles Turner ($26.6M) and Kyle Kuzma ($20.5M).
They have $46,063,329 of spending power available across 4 exceptions, the largest a $25.5M TPE (Giannis Antetokounmpo).
Committed salary drops to $93,575,286 for 2027-28, held by 11 players still under contract, against a projected $176,000,000 cap.