Kansas City Chiefs roster

Kansas City Chiefs roster
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The up-to-date team roster, including contract and salary cap information.


Salary cap space

All information shown is current as of 8:40 a.m. on Friday, November 29*.*


Current space: between $550,000 and $1.7 million — likely $1.5 million.

This includes the estimated salary cap impacts of all known signings and releases. More information about our cap space calculation is available below the tables.

Please note: All NFL teams must remain below the salary cap between the beginning of the new league year in mid-March and the end of each season. If our estimate of the team’s cap space is a negative number, it’s because contracts for some reported roster moves have not been officially submitted to the league office, or there is a difference between publicly available salary information and the official figures.


Most recent transactions

Older transactions are at the bottom of the page.


  • Elevated from practice squad (11/28) placekicker Matthew Wright and tight end Anthony Firkser
  • Activated from Reserve/Injured (11/28) running back Isiah Pacheco (roster to 53)
  • Activated from Reserve/PUP (11/28) defensive end Charles Omenihu (roster to 52)
  • Signed to practice squad (11/26) placekicker Matthew Wright
  • Restored to practice squad from Reserve/Injured (11/26) tight end Baylor Cupp
  • Released from practice squad (11/26) defensive end Truman Jones and offensive lineman Lucas Niang
  • Reserve/Injured (11/26) tight end Peyton Hendershot (roster to 51)
  • Waived (11/26) defensive end Cameron Thomas (roster to 52)
  • Signed (11/25) offensive tackle D.J. Humphries (roster to 53)
  • Elevated from practice squad (11/23) linebacker Cole Christiansen
  • Signed to practice squad (11/19) wide receiver Tyquan Thornton
  • Released from practice squad (11/19) wide receiver Cornell Powell
  • Elevated from practice squad (11/16) linebacker Cole Christiansen

Roster by position


Please note: The number of players listed in each position group may include players who are under contract, but are not counted on the active roster because of a roster exemption. Those players are indicated in the second table. The Total shown here is the number of players who are counted on the active roster; adding up the numbers for each position group may give a different result.


Roster by category



Cap space calculation


Salary data shown in the table is from Spotrac.com, which estimates the team’s salary cap space to be $2.5 million.

This cap figure is based on a total team salary cap of $255.4 million, plus $1.5 million in 2023 rollover, a minus $4.7 million overall adjustment and $14.5 million in dead cap from previously released players.

But Spotrac’s figure does not include the salary cap impacts of the following recently-signed free agent, drafted rookie or otherwise missing contracts. The amounts shown in parentheses are estimated cap space decreases for each contract. These could change when actual figures are available.

  • D.J. Humphries (between $800,000 and $2.0 million — likely $1.0 million)

With these figures (if any) included, the team’s cap space should...