The NBA has informed teams in a league-wide memo that the updated projection for the 2026-27 salary cap has increased from $165 million to $166 million.
On the eve of the 2025 offseason, the NBA indicated that the cap was projected to increase by only seven percent. The maximum allowed increase under the current collective bargaining agreement is 10 percent, which many teams were projecting it to increase by.
The 2025-26 salary cap is set at $154.647 million.