2025 NFL Positional Spending Rankings – Wide Receiver

2025 NFL Positional Spending Rankings – Wide Receiver
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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 quarterbacks and running backs, and now we’re moving on to the wide receiver position. Outside of quarterback, this is one of the league’s most expensive positions, as three of the seven highest-paid non-quarterbacks are receivers. Here’s a look at the most expensive receiving rooms in the league of players currently on the roster.

  • Cap information compiled via Over The Cap
  • Depth charts pulled from OurLads
  • For receivers, PFF grades are averages of the top three players from 2024

1 – Bengals: $57,546,904

  • Percentage of total cap: 20.61 percent
  • Top cap hit: Tee Higgins, $24,061,765 (8.62 percent)
  • Other notable cap hit: Ja’Marr Chase, $23,570,000 (8.44 percent)
  • PFF grade: 75.6 (6th)

LWRRWRSWR**Ja’Marr ChaseTee HigginsAndrei IosivasKendric PryorJermaine Burton****Charlie Jones**2 – Buccaneers: $50,384,660

  • Percentage of total cap: 18.05 percent
  • Top cap hit: Mike Evans, $25,358,000 (9.08 percent)
  • PFF grade: 79.2 (2nd: Evans, Godwin, McMillan)

LWRRWRSWR**Mike EvansChris GodwinEmeka EgbukaTrey PalmerJalen McMillan****Sterling Shepard**3 – Titans: $47,137,091

  • Percentage of total cap: 16.88 percent
  • Top cap hit: Calvin Ridley, $28,000,000 (10.03 percent)
  • PFF grade: 65.2 (31st)

LWRRWRSWR**Van JeffersonCalvin RidleyTyler Lockett**Elic AyomanorChimere DikeXavier Restrepo4 – Dolphins: $46,673,907

  • Percentage of total cap: 16.72 percent
  • Top cap hit: Tyreek Hill, $27,698,750 (9.92 percent)
  • Other notable cap hit: Jaylen Waddle, $8,020,600 (2.87 percent)
  • PFF grade: 69.4 (26th)

LWRRWRSWR**Jaylen WaddleTyreek HillMalik WashingtonErik EzukanmaNick Westbrook-Ikhine**Tahj Washington5 – Commanders: $43,923,120

  • Percentage of total cap: 15.73 percent
  • Top cap hit: Terry McLaurin, $25,500,000 (9.13 percent)
  • PFF grade: 74.6 (9th)

LWRRWRSWR**Terry McLaurinNoah BrownDeebo SamuelChris MooreLuke McCaffrey**Jaylin Lane6 – Bears: $40,421,353

  • Percentage of total cap: 14.48 percent
  • Top cap hit: D.J. Moore, $24,900,000 (8.92 percent)
  • Other notable cap hit: Rome Odunze, $5,164,659 (1.85 percent)
  • PFF grade: 68.8 (22nd)

LWRRWRSWR**D.J. MooreRome OdunzeOlamide ZaccheausDevin DuvernayTyler Scott**Luther Burden III7 – Colts: $40,372,807

  • Percentage of total cap: 14.46 percent
  • Top cap hit: Michael Pittman Jr., $23,000,000 (8.24 percent)
  • PFF grade: 77.1 (4th)

LWRRWRSWR**Michael Pittman** Jr.**Alec PierceJosh DownsAdonai MitchellAshton DulinAnthony Gould**8 – Falcons: $36,606,443

  • Percentage of total cap: 13.11 percent
  • Top cap hit: Darnell Mooney, $14,480,000 (5.18 percent)
  • Projected top receiver cap hit: Drake London, $6,851,876 (2.45 percent)
  • PFF grade: 74.8 (8th)

LWRRWRSWR**Darnell MooneyDrake LondonRay-Ray McCloud** III**Casey WashingtonKhadarel HodgeJamal Agnew**9 – Lions: $35,780,553

  • Percentage of total cap: 12.82 percent
  • Top cap hit: Amon-Ra St. Brown, $13,910,000 (4.98 percent)
  • Other notable cap hit: Kalif Raymond, $6,950,000 (2.49 percent)
  • PFF grade: 76.9 (5th)

LWRRWRSWR**Tim PatrickJameson WilliamsAmon-Ra St. BrownIsaac TeSlaaKalif Raymond**Dominic Lovett10 – Cowboys:...