NBA League Pass 2026-27: Price, Plans and How to Watch Out-of-Market Games
Last checked: October 6, 2026. Prices below are the last confirmed US listing used as the reference for this season. The NBA confirms the final season price at checkout, so always check the price shown in the NBA app or on the NBA site before you pay.
Quick Answer
NBA League Pass is the subscription for live out-of-market NBA games. The last confirmed US prices are $16.99 a month ($109.99 for the season) for standard League Pass, $24.99 a month ($159.99 for the season) for League Pass Premium, and $13.99 a month for Team Pass, which follows one out-of-market team. It does not show your local team live, and it does not show nationally televised games live in the US. Those games arrive later on demand.
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The three plans, side by side
All three plans are built around the same idea: you watch the teams that are not on television where you live. The difference is how many teams you follow, how many screens you need, and whether you sit through the normal commercial breaks.
Team Pass
$13.99/mo
- One out-of-market team only
- Live games for that team, plus replays
- One screen at a time
- Commercials included
League Pass
$16.99/mo
- Every out-of-market team
- $109.99 for the full season at the last confirmed US listing
- One screen at a time
- Full and shortened replays included
Premium
$24.99/mo
- Every out-of-market team
- $159.99 for the full season at the last confirmed US listing
- Up to three screens at once
- No normal ad breaks, offline downloads
For most people the choice is simple. Follow one team from far away and Team Pass is enough. Follow the whole league, or share the account across a house with more than one fan, and the standard or Premium plan starts to make sense. Premium is really a household and convenience upgrade: more screens, downloads for travel, and the in-arena picture during breaks instead of adverts.
The games you do not get live
This is where new subscribers get caught out. League Pass sounds like every game, but in the US it has never meant every game live. Two groups of games are held back, and both come from the television deals, not from a fault in the app.
Out-of-market regular season games: live. This is the core of the service, up to dozens of games a week across the season.
Your local team: not live if the game is televised in your area. Watch it on the local channel that carries your team instead. The replay is added later, after the live blackout window.
National television games: not live in the US when a game is on ESPN or ABC, NBC or Peacock, or Prime Video. Those broadcasters paid for the live window. The game is added on demand after that window closes.
Blacked-out games on replay: every game ends up in the archive. Local games take longer to appear than national games, so do not plan your evening around a same-night replay of your home team.
Two habits save a lot of frustration. First, check where a big game is actually showing before tip-off: a marquee matchup is often a national game, not a League Pass game. Second, if you only need the result while a blacked-out game is running, follow tonight’s NBA scores live and watch the full replay when it lands in the archive.
Do not expect League Pass on its own to carry the biggest nights of the postseason live in the US. The Play-In, the playoffs and the Finals sit with the national broadcast partners, so a fan who wants everything live still needs access to those channels alongside League Pass.
Where you can still buy it
You can buy League Pass directly through the NBA app and the NBA site, where you manage it with your NBA account, and it is also sold as an add-on through Prime Video Channels and other participating providers. Where you buy matters for billing and cancellation, but the blackout rules are the same in the US whichever door you walk through.
The YouTube TV change
YouTube TV and YouTube Primetime Channels no longer sell League Pass. Subscriptions there were cancelled automatically at the end of September 2025 after Amazon became the exclusive channel store for the service. If you had it through YouTube last season, you need a new route this season: buy it from the NBA directly, or add it through Prime Video if that is where you already manage your channels.
A word of caution that saves money every October: only buy through the official NBA route or a listed provider inside its own app. If a seller promises to remove blackouts or unlock your local team live, that is not how the official service works, and it is not a promise worth paying for.
How to tell if it is worth it for you
League Pass is excellent value for one kind of fan and a poor buy for another, and the split is mostly geography. If you live away from the team you support, most of their 82 games are out-of-market for you, and the season price can work out at little more than a dollar a game. If you live in your team’s home market, the opposite is true: the games you care about most are the exact games that are blacked out live.
The calendar matters too. Look at how many of your team’s games sit in national windows before you decide, because every national game is one fewer live League Pass game for a US subscriber. The full 2026-27 NBA schedule shows where those national windows fall across the season, from opening night on October 20 through to the end of the regular season on April 11, 2027. Fans of the league’s most televised teams need League Pass least. Fans of a small-market team living three time zones away need it most.
Monthly billing is the sensible way to test that fit. Start monthly, watch how many of the games you actually want are live for you in the first few weeks, and only switch to the season price once you know the service matches your habits. If you are a student, check whether a student discount is being offered when you sign up, as student pricing has been offered at a large discount on the standard monthly plan in recent seasons.
Questions fans ask
How much is NBA League Pass?
At the last confirmed US listing, standard League Pass is $16.99 a month or $109.99 for the season, League Pass Premium is $24.99 a month or $159.99 for the season, and Team Pass is $13.99 a month for one out-of-market team. Check the price shown at checkout, because the NBA confirms the final season price when you buy.
Can I watch my local team live on League Pass?
No, not in the US. If your local team’s game is televised in your area, it is blacked out live on League Pass. Watch it on your local broadcast and catch the League Pass replay after the blackout window has passed.
Are national TV games live on League Pass?
No. In the US, games shown nationally on ESPN or ABC, NBC or Peacock, or Prime Video are blacked out live on League Pass. They are added on demand after the live window ends.
Can I still get League Pass through YouTube TV?
No. YouTube TV and YouTube Primetime Channels stopped offering League Pass at the end of September 2025. Buy it through the NBA app or the NBA site, or as a Prime Video Channels add-on.
What is the difference between League Pass and Premium?
Premium adds up to three screens at once instead of one, removes the normal commercial breaks in favour of the in-arena picture, and allows offline downloads. The games themselves, and the blackout rules, are the same on both plans.
Conclusion
League Pass is the right buy if your team plays far from your television, and the wrong buy if you expect it to replace your local and national channels. Check how your team’s season is split before opening night, starting with the opening night games on October 20, and the value of the pass for your house becomes obvious very quickly.
