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Denver Nuggets Contracts

2025-26 Salary Cap Analysis

Total Payroll
$187.2M
Below 1st ApronBelow by $8.7M
Below 2nd ApronBelow by $20.6M
DENCap Utilization
$187.2M
Cap$154.6M
Tax$187.9M
1st Apron$195.9M
2nd Apron$207.8M
DENPayroll Flow
Total → Position Group → Player
DENContract Timeline
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2025-26
2026-27
2027-28
2028-29
2029-30
N. Jokic
+7.5
$55.2M
$59.0M
$62.8MPO
FA
J. Murray
+3.1
$46.4M
$50.1M
$53.8M
$57.5M
FA
A. Gordon
+3.2
$22.8M
$32.0M
$34.5M
$37.1M
FA
C. Johnson
+0.8
$21.1M
$23.1M
FA
J. Valanciunas
-2.3
$10.4M
$10M
FA
Z. Nnaji
-2.1
$8.2M
$7.5M
$7.5MPO
FA
C. Braun
+0.7
$4.9M
$21.6M
$23.3M
$25M
$26.7M
P. Watson
-0.6
$4.4MTO
FA
D. Holmes II
-0.7
$3.2M
$3.4MTO
$5.5MTO
FA
J. Strawther
-1.7
$2.7MTO
$4.8MTO
FA
B. Brown
-2.8
$2.3M
FA
T. Hardaway Jr.
-0.9
$2.3M
FA
J. Pickett
-2.0
$2.2M
$2.4M
$3.0M
S. Jones
-1.4
$624.0K
FA
T. Jones
-1.7
$514.7K
FA
Guaranteed
Player option
Team option
DTotal DPM
FAFree agent
ProfileImpactCountingEffLocationOther
GP
MIN (mpg)
Age
Draft Pick
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
•
64
2247
35.1
31.1
41
26.3%
100
+7.5
100
+5.3
100
+2.1
98
27.8
100
53.6
100
10.9
100
5.0
100
12.9
100
3.8
77
66.7%
81
+8.9
81
8.9%
77
63.6%
67
37.9%
87
4.6
93
82.8%
96
7.4
98
2.9
81
10.0
100
1.4
100
0.8
54
Aaron Gordon
•
36
1005
27.9
30.6
4
20.3%
93
+3.2
98
+2.8
97
+0.4
74
16.2
86
22.6
89
2.7
85
1.0
84
5.8
78
1.1
94
62.0%
78
+4.2
78
5.8%
94
56.8%
49
38.9%
84
4.4
80
76.7%
60
4.5
91
1.4
70
4.4
76
0.6
49
0.3
26
Jamal Murray
•
75
2652
35.4
29.1
7
36.2%
99
+3.1
97
+3.8
99
-0.8
18
25.4
99
42.6
100
7.1
99
2.1
98
4.4
83
2.3
88
62.1%
91
+4.3
91
6.6%
88
51.7%
44
43.5%
98
7.5
95
88.7%
92
5.2
97
0.4
22
4.0
91
0.9
70
0.4
73
Cameron Johnson
•
54
1647
30.5
30.1
11
9.3%
29
+0.8
85
+1.0
90
-0.2
46
12.2
72
18.0
71
2.4
66
0.7
59
3.8
71
0.9
89
63.0%
94
+5.2
94
6.4%
89
53.9%
61
43.0%
97
4.7
68
83.9%
74
2.1
73
0.8
60
3.0
74
0.7
53
0.4
73
Christian Braun
•
44
1399
31.8
25.0
21
12.4%
51
+0.7
84
+0.7
87
+0.0
59
12.0
69
18.6
73
2.7
74
0.8
64
4.8
87
1.0
83
60.7%
81
+2.9
81
7.0%
83
64.6%
97
30.1%
16
3.3
47
78.2%
44
2.3
75
1.4
94
3.4
84
0.7
44
0.3
54
Peyton Watson
•
54
1598
29.6
23.6
30
19.6%
76
-0.6
63
-0.3
73
-0.3
40
14.6
83
19.9
77
2.1
59
0.5
40
4.9
88
1.7
27
59.1%
69
+1.3
69
10.1%
27
53.1%
56
41.1%
91
3.6
54
73.0%
22
3.5
89
0.9
74
4.0
90
0.9
74
1.1
99
DaRon Holmes II
•
23
203
8.8
23.7
22
7.3%
36
-0.7
61
+0.2
81
-0.9
14
4.0
26
5.7
29
0.7
38
0.2
31
1.5
10
0.5
28
70.0%
96
+12.2
96
11.2%
28
68.8%
94
45.5%
94
1.9
44
81.8%
75
0.5
25
0.3
8
1.1
16
0.0
1
0.2
23
Tim Hardaway Jr.
•
79
2100
26.6
34.1
24
7.3%
9
-0.9
57
+0.7
88
-1.6
3
13.5
78
16.6
66
1.3
30
0.6
44
2.6
42
0.5
99
62.8%
93
+5.0
93
4.1%
99
54.4%
64
40.9%
89
6.8
91
81.3%
58
2.4
77
0.2
2
2.4
56
0.5
22
0.1
20
Spencer Jones
•
64
1417
22.1
24.8
UD
3.5%
2
-1.4
44
-1.9
23
+0.5
75
5.5
7
7.5
7
0.8
7
0.2
2
3.3
39
0.5
57
61.3%
82
+3.5
82
8.7%
57
63.6%
98
39.6%
91
2.3
13
60.8%
4
0.8
11
1.2
82
2.1
26
0.8
57
0.5
78
Julian Strawther
•
55
793
14.4
24.0
29
13.1%
54
-1.7
37
-0.3
72
-1.4
4
6.7
35
9.1
29
1.0
18
0.3
7
1.9
22
0.6
71
58.8%
67
+1.0
67
7.7%
71
55.4%
67
37.0%
61
2.5
32
81.2%
57
1.2
41
0.2
5
1.7
33
0.4
14
0.1
13
Tyus Jones
•
65
934
14.4
29.9
24
30.2%
48
-1.7
37
-1.1
49
-0.5
29
2.8
1
8.4
7
2.3
24
0.8
25
1.0
3
0.3
98
44.0%
4
-13.8
4
5.6%
98
46.1%
30
27.7%
12
2.0
18
77.8%
30
0.1
1
0.2
2
0.9
6
0.6
23
0.0
4
Jalen Pickett
•
48
747
15.6
26.5
32
24.2%
24
-2.0
25
-1.2
47
-0.8
15
4.9
14
10.2
14
2.2
21
0.8
24
2.2
43
0.6
68
55.1%
53
-2.7
53
8.5%
68
47.8%
42
38.8%
77
2.4
26
86.7%
75
0.3
2
0.4
37
1.9
51
0.3
1
0.1
17
Zeke Nnaji
•
50
592
11.8
25.2
22
6.7%
19
-2.1
23
-2.8
4
+0.6
78
3.6
10
4.8
8
0.5
9
0.1
3
2.6
20
0.5
18
55.6%
31
-2.2
31
11.8%
18
58.2%
61
26.0%
21
1.0
20
77.3%
63
0.9
29
0.6
15
1.9
26
0.3
16
0.4
50
Jonas Valančiūna...
•
63
820
13.0
33.9
5
14.0%
88
-2.3
17
-1.3
46
-1.1
10
8.4
54
11.0
50
1.1
36
0.2
21
4.8
34
1.1
39
62.7%
62
+4.9
62
11.7%
39
60.1%
48
31.8%
56
0.3
35
76.5%
74
2.1
57
1.5
32
3.3
42
0.2
8
0.5
34
KJ Simpson
•
19
251
13.2
23.7
42
32.9%
60
-2.5
12
-2.1
13
-0.4
36
4.7
28
10.5
31
2.3
32
0.5
21
1.8
31
1.3
6
42.0%
7
-15.8
7
13.8%
6
36.2%
9
30.0%
21
2.1
28
61.1%
8
0.9
41
0.4
54
1.4
28
0.9
57
0.0
6
Bruce Brown
•
80
1944
24.3
29.7
42
17.8%
73
-2.8
8
-2.3
11
-0.5
29
7.8
43
12.7
44
2.0
58
0.7
54
3.8
74
1.1
22
55.7%
44
-2.1
44
10.4%
22
50.4%
37
38.2%
71
1.8
12
76.2%
35
1.6
60
1.1
83
2.8
66
1.0
77
0.3
49
Hunter Tyson
•
21
162
7.7
25.8
37
10.2%
39
-3.2
4
-2.0
18
-1.2
7
2.2
13
4.3
17
0.8
24
0.1
22
1.7
13
0.2
76
39.6%
2
-18.2
2
6.3%
76
36.8%
4
21.2%
2
1.6
20
84.6%
61
0.6
26
0.2
9
1.5
28
0.1
9
0.0
20

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DENPayroll Pie Breakdown
$187.2M total
Total Payroll
$187.2M
3 position groups
Position Share
DENHigh-Earners Pie
$8M+ only
High Earners
$164.1M
6 players at $8M+
Players ($164.1M total)