Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
National Basketball Association Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $87M
- Total assets Below avg plan size
- 53
- Participants Small participant base
- 90th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $1.6M
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Nba Pension Plan for Coaches, Assistant Coaches and Trainers · Sponsored by National Basketball Association · New Jersey · Arts, Entertainment & Recreation
$87M in assets, 53 participants
National Basketball Association's Nba Pension Plan for Coaches, Assistant Coaches and Trainers reported $87M in total assets and 53 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 90th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.
- #2,798 in Arts, Entertainment & Recreation (2,945 peers)
Where Nba Pension Plan for Coaches, Assistant Coaches and Trainers sits by assets
Nba Pension Plan for Coaches, Assistant Coaches and Trainers sits in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, $87M for 53 participants (~$1.6M/participant), down 1.1% in 2023.
- #2,798
- in Arts, Entertainment & Recreation (2,945 peers)
- -1.1%
- assets change YoY
- 0.9×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $866K for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Nba Pension Plan for Coaches, Assistant Coaches and Trainers's outsized position by total assets
Nba Pension Plan for Coaches, Assistant Coaches and Trainers vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$86,535,783 Top 10% higher than 90% of 127,068 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023
Nba Pension Plan for Coaches, Assistant Coaches and Trainers among smaller filed plans by headcount
Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Nba Pension Plan for Coaches, Assistant Coaches and Trainers is a small filing (53 participants) on this national headcount ladder.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Nba Pension Plan for Coaches, Assistant Coaches and Trainers reported net income rose from -$2M in the plan year 2022 filing to -$866K in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Nba Pension Plan for Coaches, Assistant Coaches and Trainers reported participants fell from 58 in the plan year 2022 filing to 53 in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Nba Pension Plan for Coaches, Assistant Coaches and Trainers end-of-year assets fell from $87M in the plan year 2022 filing to $87M in the plan year 2023 filing.
Plan-year Form 5500 strip
Filing strip 135582586 · National Basketball Association PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Nba Pension Plan for Coaches, Assistant Coaches and Trainers · $87M · 53 · 90th
- NET $87M
- BOOK 53
- VS-ST 90th
- BOY Defined Benefit (Pension)
- SCH near Elbit Systems of America Pension Plan for Employees in the Night Vision Bargaining Unit
- EBSA ind #2798
Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Arts, Entertainment & Recreation retirement plans → · Plans in New Jersey →
Nba Pension Plan for Coaches, Assistant Coaches and Trainers in the asset neighbourhood
Scale-class filing particulars (2023)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $87M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $86M |
| Net Income | -$866K |
| Employer EIN | 135582586 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1977-06-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (National Basketball Association)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All National Basketball Association plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $847M 21.552643661732304% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 2,129 | $1.1B |
| 2023 | 3 | 2,344 | $1.3B |
| 2024 | 2 | 1,880 | $847M |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New Jersey
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Retirement Plan of Johnson and Johnson $21.2B · 37,749
- JPMorgan Chase Retirement Plan $16.3B · 90,644
- Nokia Retirement Income Plan $13.9B · 7,492
- The Prudential Merged Retirement Plan $12.2B · 16,230
- Verizon Pension Plan for Associates $10.9B · 23,778
Nba Pension Plan for Coaches, Assistant Coaches and Trainers's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside New Jersey, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Elbit Systems of America Pension Plan for Employees in the Night Vision Bargaining Unit in TX ($87M); by covered participants it is IBEW Local 1799 Pension Fund in NY (53 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($87M here).
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (53 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- IBEW Local 1799 Pension Fund (NY) 53 · 0 off
- Retirement Income Plan for Employees of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America (DC) 53 · 0 off
- Nuclear Energy Institute, Inc. Employees Pension Plan (DC) 53 · 0 off
- Pension Plan for Collectively Bargained Indianapolis Water Employees (IN) 53 · 0 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.