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 | $42M | $0M | Fair Value | +4.4 | All-Star |
| 2 | Paolo Banchero | ORL | W | 23 | $41M | $4M | −$37M | Weak Value | +0.2 | Rotation Player |
| 3 | Desmond Bane | ORL | W | 28 | $39M | $20M | −$19M | Weak Value | +2.8 | Starter |
| 4 | Jalen Suggs | ORL | G | 25 | $32M | $41M | +$9M | Fair Value | +4.2 | Starter |
| 5 | Wendell Carter Jr. | ORL | C | 27 | $18M | $6M | −$12M | Weak Value | +0.9 | Rotation Player |
| 6 | Anthony Black | ORL | W | 22 | $10M Team Option | $3M | −$7M | Fair Value | -0.4 | Reserve |
| 7 | Goga Bitadze | ORL | C | 27 | $8M | $7M | $0M | Fair Value | +1.2 | Rotation Player |
| 8 | Tristan da Silva | ORL | W | 25 | $4M Team Option | $5M | +$1M | Fair Value | +0.6 | Rotation Player |
| 9 | Jase Richardson | ORL | G | 21 | $3M | — | — | — | -1.4 | Reserve |
| 10 | Jamal Cain | ORL | W | 27 | $3M Team Option | — | — | — | -1.0 | Reserve |
| 11 | Jonathan Isaac | ORL | W | 29 | $2M | $20M | +$17M | Strong Value | +2.7 | Starter |
| 12 | Nikola Vučević | ORL | C | 36 | $2M | $8M | +$6M | Fair Value | +1.3 | Starter |
| 13 | Jevon Carter | ORL | G | 31 | $2M | $4M | +$2M | Fair Value | +0.2 | Rotation Player |
| 14 | Noah Penda | ORL | W | 21 | $2M | — | — | — | -1.9 | Reserve |
| 15 | Alex Morales | ORL | W | 28 | $1M | — | — | — | 0.0 | Rotation Player |
| 16 | Colin Castleton | ORL | C | 26 | $1M | — | — | — | 0.0 | Rotation Player |
