The Portland Trail Blazers has the biggest payroll among all the NBA teams for 2020/21, according to HoopsHype’s salary database. The Miami Heat rank second and The Oklahoma City ranks third. The Los Angeles Lakers are in the 17th place, while The New York Knicks are in the last place, despite The New York Knicks, according to Forbes, are the No. 1 spot as the NBA’s most valuable team for the fifth consecutive year with a value of $4.6 billion. The Los Angeles Lakers rank second with a value of $4.4 billion, the Golden State Warriors rank third with a value of $4.3 billion.
| No. | Team | Payrolls |
| 1. | Portland | $137,371,388 |
| 2. | Miami | $135,262,022 |
| 3. | Oklahoma City | $133,757,694 |
| 4. | Orlando | $133,692,528 |
| 5. | LA Clippers | $133,445,025 |
| 6. | Minnesota | $132,706,778 |
| 7. | Philadelphia | $132,222,531 |
| 8. | Denver | $131,574,312 |
| 9. | Washington | $131,500,636 |
| 10. | Milwaukee | $131,332,989 |
| 11. | Golden State | $131,245,296 |
| 12. | Cleveland | $130,683,555 |
| 13. | Houston | $130,131,262 |
| 14. | Memphis | $129,404,301 |
| 15. | Detroit | $128,698,777 |
| 16. | Brooklyn | $127,606,931 |
| 17. | LA Lakers | $125,364,660 |
| 18. | Dallas | $124,387,704 |
| 19. | San Antonio | $123,796,501 |
| 20. | Toronto | $123,743,063 |
| 21. | Charlotte | $122,870,739 |
| 22. | Utah | $121,854,632 |
| 23. | Phoenix | $121,108,325 |
| 24. | Boston | $119,306,269 |
| 25. | Sacramento | $118,317,996 |
| 26. | New Orleans | $117,685,182 |
| 27. | Chicago | $117,090,132 |
| 28. | Atlanta | $116,954,541 |
| 29. | Indiana | $114,867,660 |
| 30. | New York | $108,848,766 |
