Kicking off a new series, we’ll be taking a look at spending rankings for every NFL position by team for the 2025 season. Dead cap hits from players who are no longer on the team do not count towards their positional spending, so Russell Wilson will not show up for the Broncos’ quarterback room despite carrying a dead cap hit of $32,000,000 for the year.
We’ve already covered the entire offense, each offensive position, both defensive line spots and safeties. Cornerbacks aren’t quite as expensive as edge rushers, but it is typically one of the more lucrative defensive positions. Here’s a look at the most expensive cornerback rooms in the league of players currently on the roster.
- Cap information compiled via Over The Cap
- Depth charts pulled from OurLads
- For corners, PFF grades are averages of the top two players from 2024
1 – Browns: $48,625,175
- Percentage of total cap: 17.4 percent
- Top cap hit: Denzel Ward, $24,560,506 (7.6 percent)
- Other notable cap hit: Greg Newsome II, $13,377,000 (4.1 percent)
- PFF grade: 56.2 (30th)
- Percentage of total cap: 13.6 percent
- Top cap hit: Jalen Ramsey, $16,661,000 (5.8 percent)
- Other notable cap hit: Darius Slay, $10,000,000 (3.5 percent)
- PFF grade: 68.3 (9th)
- Percentage of total cap: 12.9 percent
- Top cap hit: Jaylon Johnson, $21,000,000 (7.4 percent)
- PFF grade: 70.4 (7th)
- Percentage of total cap: 12.8 percent
- Top cap hit: L’Jarius Sneed, $22,577,647 (7.5 percent)
- PFF grade: 54.4 (31st)
- Percentage of total cap: 11.7 percent
- Top cap hit: Travis Hunter, $8,481,657 (2.9 percent)
- Other notable cap hit: Tyson Campbell, $8,032,941 (2.7 percent)
- PFF grade: 65.6 (14th)
- Percentage of total cap: 11.2 percent
- Top cap hit: Marshon Lattimore, $18,000,000 (6.0 percent)
- PFF grade: 61.1 (20th)
- Percentage of total cap: 10.9 percent
- Top cap hit: Kenny Moore, $10,690,000 (3.7 percent)
- Other notable cap hit: Charvarius Ward, $9,026,666 (3.1 percent)
- PFF grade: 60.6 (22nd)
- Percentage of total cap: 10.7 percent
- Top cap hit: Trevon Diggs, $12,588,237 (4.1 percent)
- PFF grade: 58.4 (26th)
- Percentage of total cap: 10.3 percent
- Top cap hit: Derek Stingley Jr., $12,027,392 (9.2 percent)
- PFF grade: 76.3 (2nd)
- Percentage of total cap: 10.0 percent
- Top cap hit: Sauce Gardner, $10,643,436 (3.8 percent)
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