Milwaukee Bucks 2026-27 Salary Cap Sheet

Updated · 2026-27 season

Milwaukee Bucks
2026-27 Salary Cap Sheet
Payroll
$160.4M
Cap Space
Over cap by $22.8M
Tax Room
+$12.7M
1st Apron Room
+$16.5M
2nd Apron Room
+$29.2M
Hard Cap
None
Over Cap

Cap Position

Payroll$160.4M
Salary Cap$165.0M
Luxury Tax$200.4M
1st Apron$209.0M
2nd Apron$221.7M
KEYTeam OptionPlayer OptionMutual OptionEstimated SalaryNon-Guaranteed
Active Roster15/15 + 2/3
PosPlayerAge2026-272027-282028-292029-302030-31Notes
SGTyler Herro26$33.00MUFA / $48.9M———
CMyles Turner30$26.58M$27.85M$29.12M——Trade Kicker: 15%
PFKyle Kuzma31$20.49MUFA / $31.4M———
SGGary Trent Jr.27$15.20M$16.40M$16.40M$16.00MUFA / $33.7M
SGCaris LeVert32$14.81MUFA / $19.3M———
SGAJ Green27$10.04M$10.85M$11.65M$12.46MUFA / $23.7M
SGBrayden Burries21$6.42M$6.74M$7.06M$9.00MRFA / $22.5M
SFJaime Jaquez Jr.25$5.94MRFA / $17.8M———
PFOusmane Dieng23$5.75M$5.75M$5.75MUFA / $11.9M—
SFNate Ament19$5.50M$5.78M$6.05M$8.65MRFA / $21.6M
CKel’el Ware22$4.65M$7.14MRFA / $21.4M——
SGRyan Rollins24$4.00M$4.00MUFA / $7.4M——
PGKasparas Jakucionis20$3.84M$4.02M$6.21MRFA / $18.6M—
CJericho Sims28$2.80MUFA / $2.6M———
PFBogolijub Marković21$1.36M$2.29M$2.69M$2.92MUFA / $2.6M
SGCormac Ryan28Two-Way————Year 2
SGKam Jones24Two-Way————Year 1
Total$160.39M
Dead Money
PosPlayerAge2026-272027-282028-292029-302030-31Notes
PGDamian Lillard36$21.31M$21.31M$21.31M$21.31M—
PGKevin Porter Jr.26$5.39M————
PGVasilije Micic32$666,667$666,667———
Total$27.37M
Cap Holds
PosPlayerAge2026-272027-282028-292029-302030-31Notes
SFThanasis Antetokounmpo34$2.45M————
SFAlex Antetokounmpo25$2.19M————
Total$4.63M
Summary
CAP2026-272027-282028-292029-302030-31
Salary Cap$164,961,000$176,000,000$187,778,000$200,344,000$213,751,000
Active Salary$160,392,370$90,818,374$84,928,546$49,021,787
Dead Money$27,368,420$21,977,720$21,311,053$21,311,053
Luxury Tax Total$187,760,790$112,796,094$106,239,599$70,332,840
Luxury Tax Room$12,667,210$101,043,906$121,910,401$173,085,160$259,707,000
Apron Total$192,535,790$112,796,094$106,239,599$70,332,840
1st Apron Space$16,479,210$110,205,906$131,685,401$183,514,160$270,834,000
2nd Apron Space$29,150,210$123,724,906$146,109,401$198,903,160$287,253,000
Cap Holds$4,634,537
Total Cap Allocations$192,395,327$112,796,094$106,239,599$70,332,840$0
Cap Space (after holds)-$27,434,327$63,203,906$81,538,401$130,011,160$213,751,000

The Milwaukee Bucks carry $160,392,370 in salary for 2026-27, the 28th largest payroll in the league.

That is $22.8M over the $165.0M salary cap, so the roster gets built through exceptions, re-signings and trades rather than cap space.

They sit +$12.7M below the $200.4M luxury-tax line and are not projected to pay tax this season.

With +$16.5M of room below the first apron and +$29.2M below the second, they keep the full set of exceptions and the ordinary salary-matching rules in a trade.

This team has 15 players on standard contracts and 2 two-way deals.

Tyler Herro is the largest cap hit on the roster at $33,000,000, 20.6% 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 $90,818,374 for 2027-28, held by 10 players still under contract, against a projected $176,000,000 cap.