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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
+7.0
$55.2M
$59.0M
$62.8MPO
FA
J. Murray
+2.8
$46.4M
$50.1M
$53.8M
$57.5M
FA
A. Gordon
+2.1
$22.8M
$32.0M
$34.5M
$37.1M
FA
C. Johnson
+0.8
$21.1M
$23.1M
FA
J. Valanciunas
-1.6
$10.4M
$10M
FA
Z. Nnaji
-2.4
$8.2M
$7.5M
$7.5MPO
FA
C. Braun
+0.6
$4.9M
$21.6M
$23.3M
$25M
$26.7M
P. Watson
-0.8
$4.4MTO
FA
D. Holmes II
-0.8
$3.2M
$3.4MTO
$5.5MTO
FA
J. Strawther
-1.5
$2.7MTO
$4.8MTO
FA
B. Brown
-2.7
$2.3M
FA
T. Hardaway Jr.
-0.8
$2.3M
FA
J. Pickett
-2.5
$2.2M
$2.4M
$3.0M
S. Jones
-1.2
$624.0K
FA
T. Jones
-1.4
$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
•
65
2265
34.8
31.3
41
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%
83
4.5
96
83.1%
97
7.4
99
3.0
79
9.9
100
1.4
100
0.8
53
Jamal Murray
•
75
2652
35.4
29.2
7
36.2%
99
+2.8
97
+3.6
99
-0.8
17
25.4
98
42.6
100
7.1
99
2.1
98
4.4
86
2.3
87
62.1%
90
+4.3
90
6.6%
87
51.7%
45
43.5%
99
7.5
94
88.7%
90
5.2
95
0.4
23
4.0
93
0.9
68
0.4
74
Aaron Gordon
•
36
1005
27.9
30.7
4
20.3%
84
+2.1
96
+1.8
95
+0.3
72
16.2
72
22.6
72
2.7
71
1.0
71
5.8
84
1.1
92
62.0%
87
+4.2
87
5.8%
92
56.8%
58
38.9%
82
4.4
62
76.7%
43
4.5
82
1.4
89
4.4
80
0.6
32
0.3
37
Cameron Johnson
•
54
1647
30.5
30.2
11
9.3%
27
+0.8
86
+0.9
90
-0.1
54
12.2
72
18.0
71
2.4
67
0.7
60
3.8
73
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
73
0.8
65
3.0
77
0.7
54
0.4
75
Christian Braun
•
44
1399
31.8
25.1
21
12.4%
49
+0.6
83
+0.5
86
+0.0
61
12.0
69
18.6
74
2.7
76
0.8
64
4.8
89
1.0
82
60.7%
77
+2.9
77
7.0%
82
64.6%
98
30.1%
13
3.3
45
78.2%
42
2.3
76
1.4
93
3.4
86
0.7
42
0.3
51
DaRon Holmes II
•
25
210
8.4
23.8
22
7.2%
31
-0.8
61
-0.4
67
-0.3
42
3.7
28
5.3
30
0.6
28
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%
61
0.6
33
0.3
8
1.1
16
0.0
2
0.2
34
Peyton Watson
•
54
1598
29.6
23.7
30
19.6%
80
-0.8
60
-0.6
65
-0.3
45
14.6
84
19.9
77
2.1
57
0.5
37
4.9
91
1.7
26
59.1%
65
+1.3
65
10.1%
26
53.1%
59
41.1%
89
3.6
55
73.0%
20
3.5
89
0.9
76
4.0
92
0.9
74
1.1
99
Tim Hardaway Jr.
•
80
2127
26.6
34.2
24
7.4%
8
-0.8
59
+0.6
87
-1.4
4
13.5
79
16.6
67
1.4
28
0.6
42
2.6
42
0.5
99
62.6%
93
+4.8
93
4.1%
99
54.1%
62
40.8%
89
6.9
90
81.1%
57
2.5
78
0.2
3
2.4
58
0.5
20
0.1
17
Spencer Jones
•
64
1417
22.1
24.9
UD
3.5%
1
-1.2
49
-1.6
33
+0.4
74
5.5
11
7.5
10
0.8
6
0.2
3
3.3
32
0.5
56
61.3%
82
+3.5
82
8.7%
56
63.6%
95
39.6%
89
2.3
13
60.8%
4
0.8
15
1.2
80
2.1
22
0.8
60
0.5
67
Tyus Jones
•
67
979
14.6
30.0
24
30.2%
48
-1.4
44
-0.8
56
-0.5
32
3.0
1
8.7
4
2.4
21
0.8
20
1.1
4
0.4
94
44.6%
5
-13.2
5
6.0%
94
43.9%
18
29.2%
16
2.0
17
77.8%
31
0.1
1
0.2
4
1.0
5
0.6
24
0.0
6
Julian Strawther
•
57
861
15.1
24.1
29
13.4%
53
-1.5
40
-0.3
71
-1.2
6
7.2
35
9.9
29
1.1
19
0.3
7
2.0
22
0.6
74
59.0%
64
+1.2
64
7.7%
74
53.8%
61
38.7%
72
2.6
30
81.4%
57
1.2
45
0.2
4
1.8
34
0.4
14
0.1
15
Jonas Valančiūna...
•
65
871
13.4
34.0
5
14.0%
88
-1.6
38
-0.9
55
-0.7
21
8.7
57
11.6
51
1.2
42
0.2
29
5.1
40
1.1
46
62.6%
58
+4.7
58
11.4%
46
60.2%
46
30.8%
57
0.4
48
77.2%
80
2.1
54
1.6
30
3.4
47
0.2
7
0.6
32
KJ Simpson
•
20
258
12.9
23.8
42
32.5%
59
-2.0
23
-2.0
17
-0.0
59
4.5
24
10.1
25
2.1
25
0.5
16
1.8
30
1.3
6
42.5%
6
-15.3
6
13.7%
6
37.3%
6
30.0%
27
2.0
29
61.1%
8
0.9
36
0.5
58
1.4
28
0.8
50
0.0
7
Zeke Nnaji
•
52
626
12.0
25.4
22
6.7%
13
-2.4
16
-2.5
6
+0.2
66
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%
63
25.9%
13
1.0
18
77.3%
63
0.8
34
0.6
18
2.0
28
0.3
13
0.5
57
Jalen Pickett
•
50
806
16.1
26.6
32
25.2%
26
-2.5
13
-1.4
39
-1.1
9
5.2
15
10.7
15
2.3
20
0.8
21
2.3
42
0.7
69
54.4%
47
-3.4
47
8.6%
69
46.7%
31
38.6%
77
2.5
34
78.9%
40
0.4
5
0.4
34
1.9
49
0.3
1
0.1
21
Bruce Brown
•
82
1998
24.4
29.8
42
17.9%
73
-2.7
8
-2.2
12
-0.5
32
7.9
40
13.0
43
2.1
59
0.7
54
3.9
77
1.1
21
56.1%
46
-1.7
46
10.6%
21
51.1%
40
38.5%
73
1.8
9
76.2%
30
1.5
59
1.0
83
2.8
70
1.0
79
0.2
47
Hunter Tyson
•
21
162
7.7
25.9
37
10.2%
48
-3.1
4
-2.0
17
-1.1
8
2.2
13
4.3
20
0.8
32
0.1
25
1.7
17
0.2
75
39.6%
3
-18.2
3
6.3%
75
36.8%
4
21.2%
4
1.6
23
84.6%
70
0.6
35
0.2
9
1.5
25
0.1
8
0.0
17

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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)