Kansas City Chiefs roster

Kansas City Chiefs roster
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Salary cap space

All information shown is current as of 7:00 a.m. Thursday, September 18

Current space: $3.6 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.

  • Signed (PS) (9/16) linebacker Cole Christiansen (PS roster to 17)
  • Released from PS (9/16) wide receiver Hal Presley (PS roster to 16)
  • Elevated from PS (9/13) defensive back Kevin Knowles (roster unchanged)
  • Released from Reserve/NFI with injury settlement (9/12) defensive end B.J. Thompson (roster unchanged)
  • Signed (PS) (9/10) wide receiver Hal Presley (PS roster to 17)
  • Released from PS (9/10) linebacker Cole Christiansen (PS roster to 16)
  • Elevated from PS (9/4) (Chargers) defensive tackle Marlon Tuipulotu

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 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 $3.6 million.

This cap figure is based on a total team salary cap of $279.2 million, plus $3.1 million in 2024 rollover, a $4.5 million overall adjustment and $16.9 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.

  • None at this time

With these adjustments (if any) included, the team’s cap space should be $3.6 million.

Remember: salary cap figures are estimates based on publicly available contract information, which can be misunderstood, rounded or inaccurately reported. Only the NFL, the involved teams and players know the precise figures. Therefore, any salary cap calculation must be taken with a grain of salt.

Older transactions

  • Signed (PS) (8/28) defensive end Ethan Downs, running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire, defensive tackle Brodric Martin, defensive tackle Zacch Pickens, defensive back Jammie Robinson and linebacker Tyreke Smith (PS roster to 17)
  • Activated to roster (8/28) tight end Robert Tonyan (PS roster to 11, roster...