Sixers' Current Salary Cap, Contracts, Draft Picks And More

Where do the Sixers stand financially after the 2026 NBA trade deadline, and which draft picks can they trade moving forward?

Dec 15, 2023; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Philadelphia 76ers resident of Basketball Operations Daryl Morey speaks with the media before a game against the Detroit Pistons at Wells Fargo Center. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-Imagn Images | Bill Streicher-Imagn Images

As Austin promised in his introductory letter, we're going to have plenty of Sixers salary-cap coverage here, particularly leading up to key transaction periods such as the trade deadline and free agency. Consider this to be your Sixers salary-cap Bible.

We'll be updating this throughout the offseason whenever the Sixers make moves, so keep it bookmarked.

Sixers' Current Roster and Salaries

Player	2025-26 Salary
Joel Embiid	$55,224,526
Paul George	$51,666,090
Tyrese Maxey	$37,958,760
VJ Edgecombe	$11,108,880
Quentin Grimes	$8,741,209
Kelly Oubre Jr.	$8,382,150
Andre Drummond	$5,000,000
Dominick Barlow	$3,400,000
Trendon Watford	$2,461,463
Kyle Lowry	$2,296,274
Justin Edwards	$2,048,494
Adem Bona	$1,955,377
Johni Broome	$1,272,870
Cam Payne	$712,637
Jabari Walker	$699,440
Charles Bassey (10-day)	$131,970
Patrick Baldwin Jr. (10-day)	$131,970
Charles Bassey (second 10-day)	$131,970
Dalen Terry	$39,591
Emoni Bates (dead cap)	$15,000
MarJon Beauchamp	Two-way
Dalen Terry	Two-way
Tyrese Martin	Two-way
TOTAL	$193,393,671
Justin Edwards tax variance	$247,780
Paul George tax credit	-$5,871,147
TOTAL (TAX)	$187,795,462
SALARY CAP	$154,647,000
CAP ROOM	-$38,746,671
LUXURY TAX LINE	$187,895,000
LUXURY TAX ROOM	$99,538
TOTAL (APRONS)	$193,666,609
FIRST APRON	$195,945,000
FIRST APRON ROOM	$2,278,391
SECOND APRON	$207,824,000
SECOND APRON ROOM	$14,157,391

Updated post-Dalen Terry signing.

Curious why the Sixers have two different total payroll figures for salary-cap and luxury-tax/apron purposes? The TL;DR version: Blame Justin Edwards and Paul George.

Since Edwards signed with the Sixers as an undrafted free agent, he's earning the minimum that someone with one year of NBA experience can earn. However, players with less than two years who sign with teams as free agents have the two-year, veteran-minimum salary replace their actual salary when it comes to tax and apron purposes.

In other words: For salary-cap purposes, Edwards has a cap hit of $2,048,494, which is the one-year, veteran-minimum salary. For tax/apron purposes, he has a cap hit of $2,296,274, which is the two-year, veteran-minimum salary.

Meanwhile, George's 25-game suspension earned them a $5.8 million break on their tax and apron salaries. That put them in far better position to duck the tax entirely, which they accomplished by trading away Jared McCain and Eric Gordon.

Sixers' Salary-Cap Exceptions

With the regular season winding down, the Sixers aren't going to use the rest of their mid-level exception.

They're going to finsih less than $100,000 below the luxury tax line.

The Sixers did spend a portion of their mid-level exception to sign Dominick Barlow to a two-year, $6.8 million contract. Since contracts signed with the taxpayer MLE can be up to two years, they presumably used that rather than the non-tax MLE to avoid hard-capping themselves at the first apron. (Not that it matters much anyway now.)

Even after signing Barlow, the Sixers still had nearly $2.3 million of the taxpayer mid-level exception left over. They could have used that to sign either Cam Payne or Jabari Walker to an above-minimum deal.

Then again, doing so would have pushed them back over the luxury tax, which was clearly a non-starter for them this year.

They Sixers also left themselves enough wiggle room below the tax line (less than $200,000) to make one final roster change in the last few days of the season. They waived Cameron Payne, who hurt his hamstring against the San Antonio Spurs on Monday, and converted Dalen Terry from a two-way contract to a standard deal.

That signing pushed them within $100,000 of going into the tax.

Sixers' Draft Picks

The Sixers currently owe their top-four-protected 2026 first-round pick to the Oklahoma City Thunder as Al Horford's parting gift to the franchise. If that pick doesn't convey, the Thunder will receive the Sixers' 2027 second-round pick instead.

The Sixers also owe a top-eight-protected 2028 first-round pick to the Brooklyn Nets from the Ben Simmons/James Harden trade. If that pick doesn't convey, the Nets will receive the Sixers' 2028 second-round pick instead.

That means the Sixers can trade the following first-round picks:

• 2026 PHI (protected 5-30)
• 2026 HOU OR 2027 PHI (not both)
• 2028 PHI (protected 9-30) OR 2028 LAC (fully unprotected)
• 2029 OR 2030 PHI (not both)
• 2031 PHI (if they don't trade their 2030 1st)
• 2032 PHI (if they don't trade their 2031 1st)

They can also trade first-round pick swaps in 2027, 2029, 2030, 2031 and/or 2032. In addition, they have the right to swap first-round picks with the Clippers in 2029 as long as the Clippers' pick doesn't land in the top three. They could trade those swap rights by essentially giving another team the ability to swap for the most favorable of those picks.

Since the Sixers' 2027 and 2028 second-round picks are conditionally tied up in the outstanding debts to OKC and Brooklyn, they cannot trade those picks at the moment. They can trade any of the following, though:

• 2027 GSW/PHX (more favorable)
• 2027 OKC/HOU/IND/MIA
• 2028 DET (protected 31-55)
• 2028 GSW
• 2028 MIL
• 2028 OKC
• 2029 PHI
• 2030 PHX/POR (more favorable)
• 2030 WAS
• 2031 PHI
• 2032 PHI/MEM (least favorable)

If (when?) the Sixers convey their 2026 first-round pick to the Thunder, they will be allowed to trade their 2027 second-rounder. And if the Sixers convey their 2028 first-round pick to the Nets in a few years, they'll regain the ability to trade their 2028 second-rounder as well.

Unless otherwise noted, all stats via NBA.com, PBPStats, Cleaning the Glass or Basketball Reference. All salary information via Spotrac and salary-cap information via RealGM.

Follow Bryan on Bluesky.