Utah Jazz 2026-27 Salary Cap Sheet

Updated · 2026–27 season

Utah Jazz
2026–27 Salary Cap Sheet
Payroll
$180.5M
Cap Space
-$15.6M
Tax Room
+$19.9M
1st Apron Room
+$28.5M
2nd Apron Room
+$41.2M
Hard Cap
1st Apron
Over Cap

Cap Position

Payroll$180.5M
Salary Cap$165.0M
Luxury Tax$200.4M
1st Apron$209.0M
2nd Apron$221.7M
KEYTeam OptionPlayer OptionMutual OptionEstimated SalaryNon-Guaranteed
Active Roster14/15 + 3/3
PosPlayerAge2026-272027-282028-292029-302030-31Notes
PFJaren Jackson Jr.26$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$6.56MRFA / $19.7M
CJaxson Hayes22$6.00M$6.00MUFA / $8.0M
SGJosh Okogie28$6.00M$6.00MUFA / $8.0M
SFBrice Sensabaugh22$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 Collier21$2.76M$4.90MRFA / $15.0M
SGBlake Hinson26Two-WayYear 2
SGTamar Bates23Two-WayYear 1
SGTrey Alexander23Two-WayYear 1
Total$180.52M
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$180,515,680$162,322,496$132,691,831$71,818,360
Dead Money
Luxury Tax Total$180,515,680$162,322,496$132,691,831$71,818,360
Luxury Tax Room$19,912,320$51,517,504$95,458,169$171,599,640$259,707,000
Apron Total$180,515,680$162,322,496$132,691,831$71,818,360
1st Apron Space$28,499,320$60,679,504$105,233,169$182,028,640$270,834,000
2nd Apron Space$41,170,320$74,198,504$119,657,169$197,417,640$287,253,000
Cap Holds$12,255,232
Total Cap Allocations$192,770,912$162,322,496$132,691,831$71,818,360$0
Cap Space (after holds)-$27,809,912$13,677,504$55,086,169$128,525,640$213,751,000

The Utah Jazz carry $180,515,680 in salary for 2026–27, the 23rd largest payroll in the league.

That is $15.6M over the $165.0M salary cap, so the roster gets built through exceptions, re-signings and trades rather than cap space.

They sit +$19.9M below the $200.4M luxury-tax line and are not projected to pay tax this season.

With +$28.5M of room below the first apron and +$41.2M 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 14 players on standard contracts and 3 two-way deals.

Jaren Jackson Jr. is the largest cap hit on the roster at $49,000,000, 27.1% 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 drops to $162,322,496 for 2027-28, held by 11 players still under contract, against a projected $176,000,000 cap.