[1] Salva played for both the La Salle Greenies and the San Beda Red Cubs in the NCAA Juniors division.

[3] Salva played college basketball for Ateneo Blue Eagles of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) for five years.

Salva joined a recruiting class that included Ryan Buenafe, Justin Chua, and Frank Golla.

[2] Increasing his numbers to 8.1 points, 4 rebounds and 0.8 blocks, he won the Sixth Man of the Year award for Season 72.

[7] In his third year, Salva had to step up some more as Ateneo lost its Finals MVP Rabeh Al-Hussaini to graduation, along with several key players in Jai Reyes and Noy Baclao.

[11] Following the injury, and increased defensive pressure on him from opponents, he had a four-game stretch where he totaled just 16 points, capped by a zero-point, 0-for-6 line in a loss to UE.

[2] He was able to bounce back once his finger healed, as he grabbed a double-double of 13 points and 12 rebounds against the Adamson Falcons.

In the third game of his fourth season, Salva contributed 12 points and 10 rebounds as Ateneo won over the NU Bulldogs.

[2] In Game 1 of the Finals, he scored 24 points on a perfect eight for eight shooting display, and also made all eight of his free throws.

[18][2] The following game, he scored 15 as he won his fourth straight UAAP title, and his first Finals MVP award.

[19] During the championship bonfire for Season 74, Salva boldly claimed that Ateneo would win one more title the following year, completing a five-peat.

[22] In a win over UP, he finished with 21 points (with 11 coming in the second quarter), five rebounds, and three assists while going 6-of-10 from the field and making all nine of his free throws.

[1] He was among six Ateneo players taken in that draft, along with Greg Slaughter, Buenafe, Justin Chua, JP Erram, and Chris Sumalinog.

[31] On June 4, 2014, Salva and Bonbon Custodio was traded by GlobalPort to Barako Bull Energy for Ronjay Buenafe and a 2015 second round pick.

[33] On August 25, 2015, Salva and a 2016 first round pick was traded by Barako Bull to Barangay Ginebra San Miguel for Josh Urbiztondo, Jens Knuttel, and Emman Monfort.

[43] During the 2017 offseason, Salva signed with Meralco, where he reunited with his college head coach Norman Black.

[49] On January 16, 2019, he recorded a new PBA-career high of 22 points with two steals in a loss to the Phoenix Fuel Masters.

[52] Meralco then dropped to 3–7 and out of playoff contention for the Philippine Cup in a loss to Alaska, despite a PBA career-high 23 points, eight rebounds, and three assists from him.

[57] During the 2020 PBA season, he helped Meralco make the All-Filipino semifinals for the first time in franchise history.

[82] In 2020, he provided aid for frontliners and donated relief goods for the homeless in the Loyola Heights and Cubao areas of Quezon City.