Utah Jazz 2026-27 Salary Cap Sheet

Updated · 2026-27 season

Utah Jazz
2026-27 Salary Cap Sheet
Payroll
$183.0M
Cap Space
Over cap by $18.0M
Tax Room
+$17.5M
1st Apron Room
+$19.5M
2nd Apron Room
+$32.2M
Hard Cap
1st Apron
Over Cap

Cap Position

Payroll$183.0M
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 + 3/3
PosPlayerAge2026-272027-282028-292029-302030-31Notes
PFJaren Jackson Jr.27$49.00M$50.50M$52.00M$53.50MUFA / $73.9M
PFLauri Markkanen29$46.11M$49.82M$53.54MUFA / $79.2M—
SGJosh Green25$14.68MUFA / $22.0M———
SFDarryn Peterson19$13.20M$13.86M$14.52M$18.32MRFA / $45.8M
CJusuf Nurkic32$11.46M$10.54MUFA / $20.0M——
SFAce Bailey20$9.52M$9.98M$12.64MRFA / $37.9M—
SGKeyonte George22$6.56M$28.70M$29.85M$31.00M$32.15MRFA / $19.7M
CJaxson Hayes23$6.00M$6.00MUFA / $8.0M——
SGJosh Okogie28$6.00M$6.00MUFA / $8.0M——
SFBrice Sensabaugh23$4.86MRFA / $14.6M———
SGSviatoslav Mykhailiuk29$3.85M$4.03MUFA / $7.6M——
CMo Bamba28$3.51M$3.70MUFA / $2.7M——
PFKyle Filipowski22$3.00M$3.00MRFA / $15.7M——
PGIsaiah Collier22$2.76M$4.90MRFA / $15.0M——
CTony Bradley28$2.45MUFA / $2.6M———
SFHarrison Ingram23Two-Way————Year 2
PGKobe Bufkin23Two-Way————Year 1
SGTrey Alexander23Two-Way————Year 1
Total$182.97M
Cap Holds
PosPlayerAge2026-272027-282028-292029-302030-31Notes
CKevin Love38$7.88M————
SGHayden Gray23$2.19M————
PGElijah Harkless26$2.19M————
Total$12.26M
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$182,965,101$191,026,200$162,543,683$102,818,360$32,148,148
Dead Money
Luxury Tax Total$182,965,101$191,026,200$162,543,683$102,818,360$32,148,148
Luxury Tax Room$17,462,899$22,813,800$65,606,317$140,599,640$227,558,852
Apron Total$189,529,026$191,026,200$162,543,683$102,818,360$32,148,148
1st Apron Space$19,485,974$31,975,800$75,381,317$151,028,640$238,685,852
2nd Apron Space$32,156,974$45,494,800$89,805,317$166,417,640$255,104,852
Cap Holds$12,255,232
Total Cap Allocations$195,220,333$191,026,200$162,543,683$102,818,360$32,148,148
Cap Space (after holds)-$30,259,333-$15,026,200$25,234,317$97,525,640$181,602,852

The Utah Jazz carry $182,965,101 in salary for 2026-27, the 23rd largest payroll in the league.

That is $18.0M over the $165.0M salary cap, so the roster gets built through exceptions, re-signings and trades rather than cap space.

They sit +$17.5M below the $200.4M luxury-tax line and are not projected to pay tax this season.

With +$19.5M of room below the first apron and +$32.2M below the second, they keep the full set of exceptions and the ordinary salary-matching rules in a trade.

They are hard-capped at the 1st Apron ($209.0M), a ceiling the payroll cannot cross for the rest of the season by any means.

This team has 15 players on standard contracts and 3 two-way deals.

Jaren Jackson Jr. is the largest cap hit on the roster at $49,000,000, 26.8% of team payroll, ahead of Lauri Markkanen ($46.1M) and Josh Green ($14.7M).

They have $20,396,718 of spending power available across 3 exceptions, the largest a $15.1M TPE (Walker Kessler).

Committed salary rises to $191,026,200 for 2027-28, held by 12 players still under contract, against a projected $176,000,000 cap.