Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets Contracts

2026-27 Salary Cap Analysis

Roster-aware salary data

17 of 21 active players have a 2026-27 salary row. Known payroll excludes 4 players whose salary is not yet available from BDL; some may be two-way contracts. 2 stale team assignments were corrected.

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Emanuel Miller, Coleman Hawkins, Bryce Hopkins, Dane Goodwin

Known Payroll
$227.5M
Threshold status pending
Missing salary rows must be filled before cap, tax, or apron status is exact.
DENKnown Cap Utilization
$227.5M
Cap$165.0M
Tax$200.4M
1st Apron$209.0M
2nd Apron$221.7M
DENPayroll Flow
Total → Position Group → Player
DENContract Timeline
databallr
2026-27
2027-28
2028-29
2029-30
2030-31
N. Jokic
—
$59.0M
$62.8MPO
FA
J. Murray
—
$50.1M
$53.8M
$57.5M
FA
A. Gordon
—
$32.0M
$34.5M
$37.1MPO
FA
C. Johnson
—
$23.1M
FA
C. Braun
—
$21.6M
$23.3M
$25M
$26.7M
$28.4M
Z. Nnaji
—
$7.5M
$7.5MPO
FA
S. Jones
—
$6M
$5.8M
FA
C. Whitmore
—
$5.5MTO
FA
J. Strawther
—
$4.8MTO
FA
D. Holmes II
—
$3.4MTO
$5.5MTO
FA
M. Bagley III
—
$2.4M
FA
D. DeRozan
—
$2.4M
FA
T. Jones
—
$2.4M
FA
L. Walker IV
—
$2.4M
FA
R. Nembhard
—
$2.2MTO
FA
T. Brazile
—
$1.4M
$2.3M
$2.7M
$2.9M
FA
A. Diallo
—
$1.4M
FA
Guaranteed
Player option
Team option
DTotal DPM
FAFree agent
ProfileImpactCountingEffLocationOther
GP
MIN (mpg)
Age
OnBall %
DPM
ODPM
DDPM
PTS
PTS CREATED
AST
Rim AST
REB
TOV
TS%
rTS%
cTOV%
2P%
3P%
3PA
FT%
FTA
OREB
DREB
STL
BLK
Nikola Jokić
• • 2026
65
2265
34.8
31.3
26.2%
100
+7.0
100
+5.1
100
+1.9
98
27.7
100
53.1
100
10.7
100
4.9
100
12.9
100
3.7
77
66.8%
80
+8.9
80
8.9%
77
63.6%
62
38.0%
84
4.5
96
83.1%
97
7.4
98
3.0
79
9.9
100
1.4
100
0.8
53
Jamal Murray
• • 2026
75
2652
35.4
29.3
36.2%
99
+2.8
98
+3.6
98
-0.8
16
25.4
98
42.6
100
7.1
99
2.1
98
4.4
86
2.3
88
62.1%
91
+4.3
91
6.6%
88
51.7%
45
43.5%
99
7.5
94
88.7%
90
5.2
96
0.4
24
4.0
93
0.9
69
0.4
75
Aaron Gordon
• • 2026
36
1005
27.9
30.7
20.3%
83
+2.1
96
+1.8
95
+0.3
72
16.2
71
22.6
71
2.7
71
1.0
70
5.8
83
1.1
92
62.0%
87
+4.2
87
5.8%
92
56.8%
60
38.9%
82
4.4
61
76.7%
42
4.5
82
1.4
88
4.4
79
0.6
31
0.3
36
Cameron Johnson
• • 2026
54
1647
30.5
30.3
9.3%
26
+0.8
86
+0.9
90
-0.1
53
12.2
73
18.0
72
2.4
68
0.7
61
3.8
74
0.9
88
63.0%
94
+5.2
94
6.4%
88
53.9%
62
43.0%
98
4.7
68
83.9%
68
2.1
74
0.8
66
3.0
78
0.7
55
0.4
76
Christian Braun
• • 2026
44
1399
31.8
25.1
12.4%
50
+0.6
83
+0.5
87
+0.0
62
12.0
70
18.6
75
2.7
77
0.8
64
4.8
89
1.0
82
60.7%
78
+2.9
78
7.0%
82
64.6%
98
30.1%
13
3.3
46
78.2%
41
2.3
76
1.4
94
3.4
87
0.7
44
0.3
52
DaRon Holmes II
• • 2026
25
210
8.4
23.8
7.2%
31
-0.8
60
-0.5
67
-0.3
43
3.7
28
5.3
30
0.6
30
0.2
27
1.4
8
0.5
15
69.4%
97
+11.6
97
11.8%
15
68.8%
91
44.4%
94
1.8
42
78.6%
63
0.6
33
0.3
8
1.1
16
0.0
2
0.2
34
Peyton Watson
• • 2026
54
1598
29.6
23.7
19.6%
80
-0.8
59
-0.6
65
-0.3
46
14.6
84
19.9
78
2.1
58
0.5
38
4.9
92
1.7
26
59.1%
66
+1.3
66
10.1%
26
53.1%
59
41.1%
89
3.6
55
73.0%
19
3.5
90
0.9
76
4.0
92
0.9
75
1.1
99
Tim Hardaway Jr.
• • 2026
80
2127
26.6
34.2
7.4%
8
-0.8
59
+0.6
87
-1.4
4
13.5
79
16.6
68
1.4
29
0.6
43
2.6
43
0.5
99
62.6%
94
+4.8
94
4.1%
99
54.1%
62
40.8%
89
6.9
90
81.1%
56
2.5
79
0.2
3
2.4
59
0.5
21
0.1
18
Spencer Jones
• • 2026
64
1417
22.1
25.0
3.5%
1
-1.1
51
-1.5
33
+0.4
74
5.5
10
7.5
9
0.8
8
0.2
1
3.3
31
0.5
56
61.3%
82
+3.5
82
8.7%
56
63.6%
96
39.6%
88
2.3
13
60.8%
4
0.8
13
1.2
79
2.1
21
0.8
58
0.5
66
Tyus Jones
• • 2026
67
979
14.6
30.1
30.2%
46
-1.4
45
-0.8
56
-0.5
31
3.0
1
8.7
4
2.4
21
0.8
20
1.1
4
0.4
94
44.6%
4
-13.2
4
6.0%
94
43.9%
18
29.2%
16
2.0
18
77.8%
31
0.1
1
0.2
4
1.0
5
0.6
23
0.0
6
Julian Strawther
• • 2026
57
861
15.1
24.1
13.4%
54
-1.5
40
-0.3
71
-1.2
6
7.2
36
9.9
30
1.1
19
0.3
8
2.0
23
0.6
73
59.0%
64
+1.2
64
7.7%
73
53.8%
61
38.7%
73
2.6
31
81.4%
57
1.2
47
0.2
4
1.8
34
0.4
15
0.1
16
Jonas Valančiūna...
• • 2026
65
871
13.4
34.1
14.0%
87
-1.5
39
-0.9
54
-0.6
25
8.7
55
11.6
50
1.2
41
0.2
28
5.1
39
1.1
45
62.6%
56
+4.7
56
11.4%
45
60.2%
46
30.8%
56
0.4
47
77.2%
79
2.1
52
1.6
29
3.4
46
0.2
7
0.6
33
KJ Simpson
• • 2026
20
258
12.9
23.8
32.5%
59
-2.0
24
-2.0
16
+0.0
61
4.5
23
10.1
24
2.1
24
0.5
16
1.8
29
1.3
6
42.5%
5
-15.3
5
13.7%
6
37.3%
6
30.0%
25
2.0
29
61.1%
8
0.9
35
0.5
58
1.4
27
0.8
50
0.0
7
Zeke Nnaji
• • 2026
52
626
12.0
25.4
6.7%
13
-2.3
16
-2.5
6
+0.2
67
3.7
10
5.0
8
0.6
6
0.2
5
2.6
24
0.5
10
55.6%
34
-2.3
34
11.9%
10
58.8%
64
25.9%
13
1.0
18
77.3%
64
0.8
34
0.6
18
2.0
28
0.3
13
0.5
58
Jalen Pickett
• • 2026
50
806
16.1
26.6
25.2%
25
-2.4
14
-1.4
39
-1.0
9
5.2
14
10.7
14
2.3
20
0.8
21
2.3
41
0.7
69
54.4%
46
-3.4
46
8.6%
69
46.7%
31
38.6%
76
2.5
34
78.9%
40
0.4
5
0.4
33
1.9
49
0.3
1
0.1
22
Bruce Brown
• • 2026
82
1998
24.4
29.8
17.9%
74
-2.8
7
-2.2
12
-0.6
28
7.9
41
13.0
44
2.1
61
0.7
55
3.9
78
1.1
21
56.1%
47
-1.7
47
10.6%
21
51.1%
40
38.5%
73
1.8
9
76.2%
29
1.5
60
1.0
84
2.8
71
1.0
79
0.2
48
Hunter Tyson
• • 2026
21
162
7.7
26.0
10.2%
48
-3.1
4
-2.0
17
-1.1
9
2.2
12
4.3
20
0.8
31
0.1
27
1.7
16
0.2
75
39.6%
3
-18.2
3
6.3%
75
36.8%
4
21.2%
4
1.6
22
84.6%
70
0.6
35
0.2
7
1.5
25
0.1
7
0.0
16

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DENPayroll Pie Breakdown
$227.5M known
Known Payroll
$227.5M
3 position groups
Position Share
DENHigh-Earners Pie
$8M+ only
High Earners
$185.7M
5 players at $8M+
Players ($185.7M total)