Although NBA rosters are limited to 15 players during the regular season, teams are allowed to carry up to 21 players during the offseason. Expanded offseason rosters allow clubs to bring in players on contracts that aren’t fully guaranteed, giving those players a chance to earn a regular season roster spot or getting a closer look at them before sending them to their G League affiliate.
In addition to the usual 15-man rosters, NBA teams are permitted to carry up to three players on two-way contracts. Two-way deals essentially give clubs the NBA rights to three extra players, though they often spend much of the season in the G League rather than with the NBA team. While two-way players don’t count toward the 15-man regular season roster limit, they do count toward the 21-man offseason limit.
Over the course of the 2024 offseason and 2024/25 season, we’ll keep tabs on how many players are on each NBA team’s roster, breaking them down into a few groups. Here are the various categories you’ll find in our list:
- Official: These players are officially under contract with a given team. The total number of players under contract is listed, with the number of players on fully guaranteed contracts noted in parentheses. So a team with 12 guaranteed contracts, one partially guaranteed contract, and two non-guaranteed deals will be listed as “15 (12).”
- Two-way: These are players signed to two-way contracts. Unless otherwise noted, these deals are official. You can find a specific team’s two-way players right here.
- Reported: These are players whose contract agreements have been reported but haven’t been made official. We’re expecting them to be finalized, though it’s possible that some will fall through or were reported erroneously.
- Note: We won’t be listing Exhibit 10/training camp agreements or including them in our roster counts until they’re official.
- Unsigned draft picks: Players who were drafted in 2024 and who remain unsigned. These players will be removed if they’re officially confirmed to be spending the 2024/25 season in a non-NBA league.
- RFA: This player received a qualifying offer and remains a restricted free agent, having yet to agree to a new deal.
- Total: A team’s total roster count, taking into account all of the above. In some cases, this number may exceed 21, since not all of the players in the categories above are officially under contract.
Here are the NBA’s roster counts for 2024/25, which we’ll continue to update through the rest of the offseason and regular season:
Updated 8-29-24 (7:11am CT)
Atlanta Hawks
- Official: 15 (15)
- Two-way: 3
- Unsigned draft picks: 1 (Nikola Djurisic)
- Total: 19
Boston Celtics
- Official: 16 (14)
- Two-way: 3
- Total: 19
Brooklyn Nets
- Official: 15 (13)
- Two-way: 1
- Total: 16
Charlotte Hornets
- Official: 14 (13)
- Two-way: 2
- Reported: 1 (Keyontae Johnson — terms TBD)
- Total: 17
Chicago Bulls
- Official: 17 (14)
- Two-way: 2
- Total: 19
Cleveland Cavaliers
- Official: 12 (10)
- Two-way: 2
- RFA: 1 (Isaac Okoro)
- Reported: 1 (JT Thor — two-way)
- Total: 16
Dallas Mavericks
- Official: 18 (14)
- Two-way: 2
- Total: 20
Denver Nuggets
- Official: 18 (15)
- Two-way: 3
- Total: 21
Detroit Pistons
- Official: 14 (13)
- Two-way: 2
- Total: 16
Golden State Warriors
- Official: 15 (12)
- Two-way: 3
- Unsigned draft picks: 1 (Quinten Post)
- Total: 19
Houston Rockets
- Official: 17 (15)
- Two-way: 3
- Total: 20
Indiana Pacers
- Official: 17 (12)
- Two-way: 3
- Total: 20
Los Angeles Clippers
- Official: 16 (15)
- Two-way: 2
- Total: 18
Los Angeles Lakers
- Official: 17 (15)
- Two-way: 3
- Total: 20
Memphis Grizzlies
- Official: 14 (14)
- Two-way: 3
- Total: 17
Miami Heat
- Official: 16 (14)
- Two-way: 3
- Total: 19
Milwaukee Bucks
- Official: 17 (14)
- Two-way: 3
- Total: 20
Minnesota Timberwolves
- Official: 14 (13)
- Two-way: 3
- Total: 17
New Orleans Pelicans
- Official: 15 (13)
- Two-way: 2
- Total: 17
New York Knicks
- Official: 15 (14)
- Two-way: 3
- Total: 18
Oklahoma City Thunder
- Official: 14 (13)
- Two-way: 3
- Total: 17
Orlando Magic
- Official: 15 (15)
- Two-way: 1
- Total: 16
Philadelphia 76ers
- Official: 13 (12)
- Two-way: 3
- Reported: 1 (Guerschon Yabusele)
- Total: 17
Phoenix Suns
- Official: 14 (14)
- Two-way: 3
- Total: 17
Portland Trail Blazers
- Official: 17 (14)
- Two-way: 2
- Total: 19
Sacramento Kings
- Official: 14 (12)
- Two-way: 3
- Total: 17
San Antonio Spurs
- Official: 18 (15)
- Two-way: 3
- Total: 21
Toronto Raptors
- Official: 17 (14)
- Two-way: 3
- Total: 20
Utah Jazz
- Official: 15 (14)
- Two-way: 3
- Reported: 1 (Patty Mills)
- Total: 19
Washington Wizards
- Official: 16 (15)
- Two-way: 2
- Total: 18
FYI Quinten Post is “1 more game away” from debuting in the summer league (I can link but this info is up if you google his name), I would assume his signing will be made official before that game.
It appears imminent that GSW will remove Pat Spencer for the last 2-way spot for Post, who appears unlikely to engage in salary requests that would hinder his availability.
Everyone needs to remember the new rules:
If your payroll is over the first apron (i.e. $178.1 million this season), then you can’t take back more salary than you send out in a trade.
If your payroll is over the second apron (i.e. $188.9 million this season), then you can’t aggregate multiple players’ salaries in a trade.
As this moment
Warriors payroll $175 million under first apron
Lakers payroll $187 million under second apron