Orlando Magic Salary Cap 2026-27
Live cap sheet vs the real luxury-tax and apron lines, plus contract table and cap-space FAQ.
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What can the Orlando Magic afford?
What can ORL afford?
1st aproncomputed live · verified floorEvery number below is a CBA-engine computation on ORL's verified 2026-27 contracts ($210.8M floor) — what this front office can actually do in the market, not a projection.
ORL can take back at most $166.0M in any single trade on the verified floor — bound by the apron hard cap, not the matching bands. Hard cap binds first: taking back more than $166.0M would carry the team past the second apron (engine-verified). The matching band alone would have allowed $170.6M.
- Take-back capped at 110% of outgoing salary.
- Hard-capped at the second apron ($221.7M) — no trade may carry them past it.
Exception tools (mid-level, bi-annual, minimums), sign-and-trades and Bird rights are outside this engine's model — CapDesk shows only what it can compute on verified data, never an estimated exception value. Mid-offseason the floor undercounts unpriced players, so cap room reads high — see the Data Ledger for what's verified.
Orlando Magic on the wire
Reading the league wire…
Display only — wire items never change the contract table above. Roster and salary figures move exclusively through the verified salary pipeline (Basketball-Reference cited; reported deals surface amber with citations). Method + corrections: Data Ledger.
2026-27 contract table
| Player | Pos | 2026-27 cap hit |
|---|---|---|
| Franz Wagner | F | $41.8M |
| Paolo Banchero | F | $41.5M |
| Desmond Bane | G | $39.4M |
| Jalen Suggs | G | $32.4M |
| Wendell Carter Jr. | C | $18.1M |
| Anthony Black | G | $10.1M |
| Jonathan Isaac | F | $8.0M |
| Goga Bitadze | C | $7.6M |
| Tristan da Silva | F | $4.0M |
| Jase Richardson | G | $3.1M |
| Jamal Cain | F | $2.6M |
| Noah Penda | F | $2.2M |
| Jevon Carter | G | — |
| Colin Castleton | C | — |
| Alex Morales | G | — |
| Izaiyah Nelson | F | — |
| Nikola Vucevic | C | — |
| Team total (verified floor) | $210.8M |
“—” = no verified 2026-27 cap hit on file (never a guessed number). Figures tagged rep. are cited REPORTED deals (estimated flat from the reported total/years) — not yet verified on Basketball-Reference; two-way deals don't count against the cap. Team total counts verified contracts only, so it reads as a floor mid-offseason. Verification method + corrections log: Data Ledger.
Frequently asked
How much cap space do the Orlando Magic have?
As of October 24, 2026, the Orlando Magic are over the $165.0M salary cap by roughly $45.8M on verified contracts, so they have no cap space and must build via exceptions (MLE/BAE), minimums and trades.
What is the Orlando Magic' total payroll for 2026-27?
Their verified 2026-27 payroll is $210.8M ($210,776,808), summed from 12 verified contracts across a 17-man roster. This is a floor — it counts only guaranteed cap hits CapDesk can source, so unpriced players read as "—".
Are the Orlando Magic over the luxury tax or an apron?
As of October 24, 2026 the Orlando Magic are over the first apron ($210.8M). The 2026-27 luxury tax is $200.4M, the first apron $209.0M, and the second apron $221.7M.
How far are the Orlando Magic from the first and second apron?
On verified contracts they are $1.8M over the first apron ($209.0M) and $10.9M under the second apron ($221.7M).
Who is the highest-paid Orlando Magic player in 2026-27?
Franz Wagner carries the largest verified 2026-27 cap hit on the roster at $41.8M ($41,754,690).
What is the biggest salary the Orlando Magic can take back in a trade?
On their verified 2026-27 floor, the CBA engine puts the Orlando Magic' largest legal single-trade take-back at $166.0M — sending Franz Wagner + Paolo Banchero + Desmond Bane + Jalen Suggs ($155.1M), bound by the apron hard cap rather than the matching bands. Exception tools (MLE/BAE/minimums) are outside the engine's model and are not estimated.