Get team salary-cap allocations from Spotrac.
Returns one row per team with cap allocations, cap space, active-player counts and average age for a season. No API key is required.
Usage
spotrac_team_cap(season = most_recent_nba_season())Arguments
- season
(integer required): Season, in 4-digit ending-year format (e.g.
2024). Defaults tomost_recent_nba_season().
Value
A hoopR_data tibble with one row per team (columns reflect Spotrac's
table; dollar figures are returned as numeric):
| col_name | types | description |
| rank | integer | Spotrac cap rank. |
| team | character | Team abbreviation. |
| record | character | Win-loss record. |
| players_active | integer | Number of active players. |
| avg_age_team | numeric | Average roster age. |
| total_cap_allocations | numeric | Total cap allocations (USD). |
| cap_space_all | numeric | Cap space / over-the-cap amount (USD). |
| season | integer | Season (echoes the season argument). |
See also
Other Salary & Draft Functions:
hoopshype_salaries(),
nbadraft_mock_draft()
Examples
# \donttest{
try(spotrac_team_cap(season = 2024))
#> ── Team salary cap from spotrac.com ───────────────────────────── hoopR 3.1.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-08-06 04:19:29 UTC
#> # A tibble: 31 × 11
#> rank team record players_active avg_age_team total_cap_allocations
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl>
#> 1 1 DET 44-38 15 25 141808220
#> 2 2 ORL 41-41 15 25.3 152959238
#> 3 3 UTA 17-65 15 23.9 154114022
#> 4 4 SAS 34-48 15 25.2 162809380
#> 5 5 OKC 68-14 15 24.2 166001694
#> 6 6 CHA 19-63 15 25.2 167423486
#> 7 7 MEM 48-34 15 24.6 167814933
#> 8 8 CHI 39-43 15 24.6 168006873
#> 9 9 PHI 24-58 15 26.6 170340647
#> 10 10 IND 50-32 15 25.7 171232577
#> # ℹ 21 more rows
#> # ℹ 5 more variables: cap_space_all <dbl>, active <dbl>, active_top_3 <dbl>,
#> # dead_cap <dbl>, season <int>
# }