Luxury taxes paid by NBA champions 2007-2024

Published by Statista Research Department, Jul 16, 2024

In 2024, it was estimated that the newly crowned NBA champions, the Boston Celtics, would pay a luxury tax of around 41 million U.S. dollars. Since the 2006/7 season, 14 of the last 18 NBA Finals winners paid a luxury tax on their way to championship glory. The largest sum paid by any one franchise came in 2022, when the Golden State Warriors paid a staggering 170.3 million U.S. dollars in luxury tax.

As part of the NBA's salary regulations, as defined in the league's collective bargaining agreement, a luxury tax is levied on teams that surpass the luxury tax threshold. The taxable sum is then evenly distributed between the NBA and the non-tax paying teams. 

Luxury taxes paid by National Basketball Association (NBA) champions from 2007 to 2024 (in million U.S. dollars)

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Release date

June 2024

Region

North America

Survey time period

2007 to 2024

Supplementary notes

Figures are estimates

*Champions in these years did not exceed the luxury tax threshold.

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