2026 Positional Spending: Offensive Line

2026 Positional Spending: Offensive Line
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To help pass the time from now until the start of training camp, we’ll be looking at where every team ranks in positional spending. In this post, we tackle the offensive line. This tends to be the biggest area of spending for most teams, as not only is it the position with the highest numbers once the rosters are finalized, it’s a premium position. It’s not a stretch to say teams rise and fall along with their offensive line. Quarterback may be the most important position, but every fanbase knows the frustration of having a good quarterback behind a bad offensive line.

One note: rather than count dead money toward the positional groups, we will have it ranked separately in a post of its own. For example, Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa‘s $55.4 million dead cap hit won’t count toward Miami’s quarterback spending, but it will be included in their league-leading $179 million dead cap figure.

Here’s how the league’s offensive line rooms shake out from most expensive to least expensive:

Resources:

1 – Carolina Panthers: $100,491,349

  • Percentage of total cap: 33.36 percent
  • 2025 rank: 1st
  • Top cap hit: RG Robert Hunt, $24,300,000 (8.07 percent)
  • Other notable cap hits: RT Taylor Moton, $21,103,088 (7.01 percent), LT Ikem Ekwonu, $17,560,000 (5.83 percent), LG Damien Lewis, $16,720,000 (5.55 percent)
  • PFF grade: 70.1 (7th)

LTLGCRGRT****Rasheed WalkerDamien LewisLuke FortnerRobert HuntTaylor Moton****Monroe FreelingSahdiq CharlesSam Hecht****Chandler Zavala****Stone Forsythe****2 – Denver Broncos: $78,082,012

  • Percentage of total cap: 25.92 percent
  • 2025 rank: 5th
  • Top cap hit: RT Mike McGlinchey, $23,775,000 (7.89 percent)
  • Other notable cap hits: LG Ben Powers, $18,155,000 (6.03 percent)
  • PFF grade: 78.2 (3rd)

LTLGCRGRT**Garett BollesBen PowersLuke WattenbergQuinn MeinerzMike McGlincheyMatt PeartKage CaseyAlex ForsythAlex Palczewski******Frank Crum****3 – Kansas City Chiefs: $76,718,450

  • Percentage of total cap: 25.47 percent
  • 2025 rank: 2nd
  • Top cap hit: RG Trey Smith, $24,495,277 (8.13 percent)
  • Other notable cap hits: LT Jaylon Moore, $18,685,000 (6.2 percent), C Creed Humphrey, $18,100,000 (6.01 percent)
  • PFF grade: 69.6 (8th)

LTLGCRGRT**Josh SimmonsKingsley SuamataiaCreed HumphreyTrey SmithJaylon MooreEsa PoleMike CaliendoHunter NourzadC.J. Hanson****Kahlil Benson**4 – Minnesota Vikings: $76,190,410

  • Percentage of total cap: 25.3 percent
  • 2025 rank: 7th
  • Top cap hit: RT Brian O’Neill, $23,115,657 (7.67 percent)
  • Other notable cap hits: G Will Fries, $17,220,000 (5.72 percent), LT Christian Darrisaw, $13,279,085 (4.41 percent)
  • PFF grade: 66 (22nd)

LTLGCRGRT**Christian DarrisawDonovan JacksonBlake BrandelWill FriesBrian O’NeillCaleb TiernanHenry ByrdMichael JurgensJoe Huber******Ryan Van Demark****5 – Atlanta Falcons: $74,874,349

  • Percentage of total cap: 24.86 percent
  • 2025 rank: 9th
  • Top cap hit: RG Chris Lindstrom, $26,250,000 (8.72 percent)
  • Other notable cap hits: LT Jake Matthews, $16,773,714 (5.57 percent)
  • PFF grade: 71.9 (6th)

LTLGCRGRT**Jake MatthewsMatthew BergeronRyan NeuzilChris LindstromJawaan TaylorJack NelsonEthan OnianwaJames BrockermeyerKyle Hinton******Wanya Morris****6 – Tampa Bay Buccaneers: $71,045,677

  • Percentage of total cap: 23.59 percent
  • 2025 rank: 28th
  • Top cap...