NFL Salary Cap Space | Over The Cap (2024)

Salary Cap Space

Calculations:

Cap Space = (Team Salary Cap) - (Active Cap Spending) - (Dead Money)

Team Salary Cap = (Base Salary Cap) + (Carryover) ± (Adjustments)

Effective Cap Space: the cap space a team will have after signing at least 51 players and its projected rookie class to its roster.

  • 2024
  • 2025
  • 2026
  • 2027

Base Salary Cap: $255,400,000

TeamCap
Space
Effective Cap
Space
#Active
Cap Spending
Dead
Money
Patriots$46,439,175$46,439,17590$197,211,810$21,501,792
Commanders$44,519,604$44,519,60491$190,262,581$28,960,886
Lions$40,345,495$40,345,49590$191,584,362$25,236,507
Cardinals$35,527,737$35,527,73791$212,396,157$21,671,867
Jaguars$34,184,190$34,184,19092$209,441,062$24,504,594
Raiders$34,098,440$34,098,44091$197,737,080$29,254,660
49ers$32,706,743$32,706,74391$244,285,454$19,459,437
Packers$30,079,865$30,079,86590$187,438,463$49,289,649
Eagles$27,451,062$27,451,06291$181,097,662$50,777,435
Chargers$26,630,430$26,630,43089$182,197,954$54,042,167
Vikings$26,275,857$26,275,85791$178,173,977$57,380,208
Colts$25,862,720$25,862,72091$225,609,799$8,360,289
Titans$24,416,685$24,416,68589$195,692,894$39,650,588
Bears$22,635,204$22,635,20487$223,247,970$13,348,841
Bengals$21,364,990$21,364,99087$236,747,115$6,396,383
Texans$19,826,274$19,826,27490$214,847,963$23,787,319
Dolphins$18,834,892$18,834,89291$207,212,865$29,778,856
Chiefs$17,203,684$17,203,68491$229,046,952$5,906,251
Steelers$16,262,216$16,262,21692$216,189,707$24,381,069
Browns$13,988,033$13,988,03391$260,075,828$15,780,918
Cowboys$12,377,664$12,377,66486$226,808,675$20,371,496
Bills$10,958,896$10,958,89692$183,581,827$61,171,494
Buccaneers$9,222,949$9,222,94990$186,315,697$56,494,080
Rams$8,581,034$8,581,03490$244,040,154$4,173,896
Broncos$7,702,487$7,702,48792$182,025,455$67,605,124
Falcons$6,715,510$6,715,51091$246,385,881$6,148,308
Jets$6,231,493$6,231,49391$201,677,426$52,265,139
Panthers$6,042,156$6,042,15691$207,498,217$46,053,500
Ravens$5,944,934$5,944,93491$230,242,230$16,666,030
Saints$5,473,316$5,473,31691$210,588,801$41,428,902
Seahawks$1,141,223$1,141,22391$223,404,699$36,041,104
Giants$1,095,031$1,095,03192$239,357,021$19,042,850

Base Salary Cap: $260,000,000

TeamCap
Space
Effective Cap
Space
#Active
Cap Spending
Dead
Money
Patriots$94,349,555$93,509,55550$165,650,445$0
Cardinals$88,346,647$77,426,64738$164,736,685$6,916,668
Commanders$86,765,002$80,885,00244$173,234,998$0
Steelers$79,903,810$68,983,81038$180,096,190$0
Cowboys$65,488,255$65,488,25559$185,811,745$8,700,000
Bears$61,338,476$58,818,47648$198,661,524$0
Jets$58,285,893$58,285,89364$201,714,107$0
Vikings$54,531,165$54,531,16555$205,468,835$0
Chargers$50,812,099$50,812,09954$206,587,901$2,600,000
Packers$49,722,747$49,722,74752$202,306,253$7,971,000
Lions$46,954,964$46,114,96450$206,505,036$6,540,000
Bengals$45,004,386$44,164,38650$214,995,614$0
Broncos$35,916,835$34,236,83549$192,083,165$32,000,000
Rams$34,228,974$34,228,97470$225,771,026$0
Buccaneers$28,550,821$28,550,82165$202,247,179$29,202,000
Titans$27,513,212$27,513,21255$232,486,788$0
Raiders$24,213,247$22,533,24749$222,985,753$12,801,000
Jaguars$21,930,869$21,930,86958$238,069,131$0
Chiefs$16,492,968$13,972,96848$243,507,032$0
Panthers$16,423,363$16,423,36353$243,576,637$0
Colts$15,238,904$14,398,90450$244,761,096$0
Giants$11,653,911$7,453,91146$248,346,089$0
Eagles$8,761,892$8,761,89263$224,700,108$26,538,000
Falcons$7,611,245$4,251,24547$252,378,755$10,000
Bills($2,390,990)($2,390,990)63$258,256,071$4,134,919
Ravens($3,580,102)($3,580,102)65$255,279,102$8,301,000
Texans($5,685,842)($5,685,842)54$265,685,842$0
Dolphins($6,307,248)($6,307,248)55$250,608,248$15,699,000
Seahawks($18,008,835)($18,008,835)59$278,008,835$0
49ers($37,028,791)($37,028,791)54$281,481,791$15,547,000
Browns($42,215,166)($42,215,166)52$302,215,166$0
Saints($85,949,961)($85,949,961)65$329,401,784$16,548,177

Base Salary Cap: $284,000,000

TeamCap
Space
Effective Cap
Space
#Active
Cap Spending
Dead
Money
Broncos$187,708,131$167,353,13128$96,291,869$0
Cowboys$181,397,843$166,352,84334$102,602,157$0
Steelers$180,594,799$156,699,79924$103,405,201$0
Seahawks$176,573,698$165,953,69839$107,426,302$0
Commanders$174,047,926$156,347,92631$109,952,074$0
Chargers$164,267,619$151,877,61937$119,732,381$0
Bengals$162,561,918$147,516,91834$121,438,082$0
Bears$160,443,730$142,743,73031$123,556,270$0
Patriots$144,475,041$133,855,04139$139,524,959$0
Panthers$141,330,573$130,710,57339$142,669,427$0
Cardinals$130,085,573$113,270,57332$153,914,427$0
Vikings$122,108,055$110,603,05538$161,891,945$0
Jets$119,435,301$115,895,30147$164,564,699$0
Buccaneers$119,284,571$110,434,57141$164,715,429$0
Raiders$115,916,455$105,296,45539$168,083,545$0
Jaguars$105,452,484$101,027,48446$178,547,516$0
Packers$101,158,822$89,653,82238$182,841,178$0
Titans$99,586,126$87,196,12637$184,413,874$0
Falcons$98,951,938$81,251,93831$185,048,062$0
Colts$94,142,147$82,637,14738$189,857,853$0
Chiefs$92,627,260$78,467,26035$191,372,740$0
Rams$86,857,043$85,972,04350$197,142,957$0
Texans$78,313,583$65,038,58336$205,686,417$0
Lions$69,879,412$59,259,41239$214,120,588$0
Dolphins$58,783,412$47,278,41238$225,216,588$0
Giants$54,411,315$37,596,31532$229,588,685$0
49ers$47,062,966$40,867,96644$236,937,034$0
Bills$39,367,647$34,057,64745$244,632,353$0
Ravens$38,846,116$33,536,11645$245,153,884$0
Eagles$27,870,647$20,790,64743$256,129,353$0
Saints$27,109,307$27,109,30752$256,890,693$0
Browns($10,413,390)($19,263,390)41$294,413,390$0

Base Salary Cap: $314,000,000

TeamCap
Space
Effective Cap
Space
#Active
Cap Spending
Dead
Money
Seahawks$299,279,373$259,289,3738$14,720,627$0
Rams$295,183,872$257,983,87211$18,816,128$0
Commanders$284,491,930$245,431,9309$29,508,070$0
Steelers$280,637,112$239,717,1127$33,362,888$0
Colts$277,701,701$241,431,70112$36,298,299$0
Broncos$271,702,812$233,572,81210$42,297,188$0
Jets$267,076,797$240,106,79722$46,923,203$0
Buccaneers$266,861,592$232,451,59214$47,138,408$0
Raiders$266,691,902$230,421,90212$47,308,098$0
Texans$260,797,795$228,247,79516$53,202,205$0
Cowboys$256,456,647$219,256,64711$57,543,353$0
Patriots$253,729,365$213,739,3658$60,270,635$0
Bears$248,018,616$208,028,6168$65,981,384$0
Chargers$246,101,285$206,111,2858$67,898,715$0
Bengals$242,344,412$204,214,41210$71,655,588$0
Cardinals$240,009,115$204,669,11513$73,990,885$0
Panthers$231,316,460$196,906,46014$82,683,540$0
Dolphins$230,938,255$201,178,25519$83,061,745$0
Saints$224,224,937$201,904,93727$89,775,063$0
Packers$223,771,992$192,151,99217$90,228,008$0
Falcons$221,822,683$182,762,6839$92,177,317$0
Vikings$217,202,628$184,652,62816$96,797,372$0
Jaguars$213,180,158$185,280,15821$100,819,842$0
Giants$212,262,867$173,202,8679$101,737,133$0
Chiefs$206,401,901$166,411,9018$107,598,099$0
Titans$202,860,876$167,520,87613$111,139,124$0
49ers$200,267,850$175,157,85024$113,732,150$0
Lions$189,764,284$153,494,28412$124,235,716$0
Browns$182,091,128$156,981,12824$131,908,872$0
Ravens$157,522,293$124,972,29316$156,477,707$0
Bills$139,321,997$114,211,99724$174,678,003$0
Eagles$107,585,203$86,195,20328$206,414,797$0
NFL Salary Cap Space | Over The Cap (2024)

FAQs

How much is the NFL cap space in 2024? ›

The salary cap for the 2024 season is $255.4 million, an increase of $30.6 million from the previous year.

How much is the NFL cap space? ›

The salary cap for the 2024 NFL season is set at $255.4 million per team — an increase of around $30 million per team.

What does it mean to be over the salary cap in the NFL? ›

The salary cap is a limit on the amount of money an NFL team can spend on player contracts (including base salary and bonuses). This is different from other sports leagues like the NBA because it is a hard cap, leaving no room for flexibility.

How much cap space will the bill have in 2025? ›

So, without counting any rollover funds, a potential Allen restructure, or the NFL salary cap being higher than the projected $260 million, those three moves next year would push up the Bills' 2025 cap space to just under $34 million.

What is the dead cap in the NFL? ›

The dead cap is a charge for a player who is no longer on the roster. The number is calculated from the remaining signing bonus and any guaranteed salary. This is not a cash payment but rather a charge to the salary cap.

What is the projected NFL salary cap for 2026? ›

This more aggressive growth of 13.6% from 2023 would compound to $290.17 million in 2025, and $329.67 million in 2026. This ramp-up in salary cap indicates the COVID debt is likely off the league's books, allowing the adjusted TV deal money to finally start accelerating the cap as many have been predicting.

Who has the highest payroll in the NFL? ›

During the 2022/23 season, the Los Angeles Rams had the highest player payroll among the 32 teams competing in the National Football League (NFL). The LA-based team had a payroll amounting to approximately 330 million U.S. dollars.

How much does Travis Kelce make? ›

How much money does Travis Kelce make in a year? Before his other ventures, let's talk about Travis Kelce's NFL salary alone, he is currently on the third year of a four year contract that is worth $57.25 million that secures him an annual $14.3 million per season until 2026.

Who is the highest paid NFL player? ›

Click on each highlighted position for a breakdown of that position's highest paid players for the 2024 season. The Cincinnati Bengals' Joe Burrow is the highest paid player in the NFL. The San Francisco 49ers' Nick Bosa is the highest paid defensive player in the league.

How much does Brock Purdy make? ›

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy has an estimated net worth of $300,000 according to Celebrity Net Worth. In 2022, Purdy signed a four-year $3,737,008 contract with the 49ers, with an average annual salary of $934,252.

What is Patrick Mahomes' salary? ›

Mahomes inked a 10-year, $450 million extension with the Chiefs during the 2020 offseason. The three-time Super Bowl MVP and the team reworked the deal last September so that Mahomes would make $208.1 million from 2023-26.

Do NFL players still get paid when released? ›

When a player gets released, it's the end of his contract. He becomes free to sign with any other team and the Lions have nothing to do with any compensation (other than any dead cap room) any longer. That's what happened with vet OL Germain Ifedi, who has been in the NFL since 2016.

How much do NFL GMs make? ›

General managers typically make around $1 million per year on the lower end of the spectrum, up to $7.5 million. The wide range of pay is because some general managers are seasoned veterans while others are in their first few years as a GM.

How much cap space do the dolphins have? ›

Miami Dolphins Salary Cap, 2024

The Miami Dolphins have $3.4 million in available cap space according to Over the Cap as of 3/17/2024. The Dolphins have the least salary cap space in the NFL as of 3/17/2024.

How much cap space does Buffalo have? ›

In the offseason, the top 51 contracts are used to calculate the salary cap despite having 90 or 91 signed players. After all the accounting, Buffalo has $10.1 million in available cap space right now. That is before they sign their draft picks, which should happen in short order here.

What is the salary for the 2024 NFL draft? ›

The minimum base salary for a rookie will be $795,000 in 2024, up from $750,000 the prior year. The first-round picks all receive four-year deals, with a fifth-year team option.

How much cap space do the Bills have in 2024? ›

Buffalo Bills Salary Cap Calculator
SeasonTotal LiabilitiesCap Space
2024$244,753,321$10,958,896
2025$262,326,490($2,326,490)
2026$244,632,353$39,367,647
2027$174,678,003$139,321,997

How much cap space do the Chiefs have in 2024? ›

Kansas City Chiefs Salary Cap, 2024

The Kansas City Chiefs have $15.3 million in available cap space according to Over the Cap as of 3/17/2024. The Chiefs have the 22nd-most salary cap space in the NFL as of 3/17/2024.

How much salary cap space do the Eagles have in 2024? ›

Philadelphia Eagles Salary Cap, 2024

The Philadelphia Eagles have $39.2 million in available cap space according to Over the Cap as of 3/17/2024. The Eagles have the fifth-most salary cap space in the NFL as of 3/17/2024.

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