Real current-year NBA contract salaries paired with each player's APEX-implied salary.
APEX Salary is directional and ignores NBA CBA max/min rules — read it as a relative-value signal, not a contract prediction.
Only players with 2,000+ career minutes at an NBA-listed position appear here. Rookies and limited-role players populate as their minutes accumulate.
| # | Player | Team | Pos | Age | Current Salary↓ | APEX Salary | Difference | Value | APEX Score | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Franz Wagner | ORL | W | 25 | $42M | $49M | +$7M | Fair Value | +4.5 | All-Star |
| 2 | Paolo Banchero | ORL | W | 23 | $41M | $4M | −$37M | Weak Value | -0.1 | Rotation Player |
| 3 | Desmond Bane | ORL | W | 28 | $39M | $24M | −$15M | Weak Value | +2.6 | Starter |
| 4 | Jalen Suggs | ORL | G | 25 | $32M | $39M | +$7M | Fair Value | +3.4 | Starter |
| 5 | Wendell Carter Jr. | ORL | C | 27 | $18M | $6M | −$12M | Weak Value | +0.4 | Rotation Player |
| 6 | Anthony Black | ORL | W | 22 | $10M Team Option | $3M | −$8M | Fair Value | -0.6 | Reserve |
| 7 | Goga Bitadze | ORL | C | 27 | $8M | $5M | −$2M | Fair Value | +0.3 | Rotation Player |
| 8 | Tristan da Silva | ORL | W | 25 | $4M Team Option | $7M | +$3M | Fair Value | +0.7 | Rotation Player |
| 9 | Jase Richardson | ORL | G | 20 | $3M | — | — | — | -2.7 | Reserve |
| 10 | Jamal Cain | ORL | W | 27 | $3M Team Option | — | — | — | -0.1 | Rotation Player |
| 11 | Jonathan Isaac | ORL | W | 28 | $2M | $20M | +$18M | Strong Value | +2.4 | Starter |
| 12 | Nikola Vučević | ORL | C | 35 | $2M | $8M | +$6M | Fair Value | +0.9 | Starter |
| 13 | Jevon Carter | ORL | G | 31 | $2M | $4M | +$1M | Fair Value | -0.1 | Rotation Player |
| 14 | JD Davison | ORL | G | 23 | $2M | — | — | — | -2.7 | Reserve |
| 15 | Noah Penda | ORL | W | 21 | $2M | — | — | — | -2.3 | Reserve |
| 16 | Colin Castleton | ORL | C | 26 | Free Agent | — | — | — | -3.2 | Reserve |
