Kansas City Chiefs roster

Kansas City Chiefs roster
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Salary cap space

All information shown is current as of 7:05 a.m. Saturday, December 20

Current space: $2.3 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.

  • Designated to return from Reserve/Injured (12/17) tight end Jake Briningstool, cornerback Nazeeh Johnson (roster unchanged)
  • Signed to practice squad (12/17) wide receiver Jimmy Holiday (PS roster to 17)
  • Activated from practice squad (12/17) defensive tackle Zacch Pickens (roster to 53, PS roster to 16)
  • Reserve/Injured (12/17) quarterback Patrick Mahomes (roster to 52)
  • Signed to practice squad (12/16) guard Nick Broeker and safety Tanner McCalister (PS roster to 17)
  • Elevated from practice squad (12/13 – Chargers) tackle Chu Godrick, defensive tackle Zacch Pickens (roster unchanged)
  • Activated from practice squad (12/13) guard C.J. Hanson (roster to 53, PS roster to 15)
  • Reserve/Injured (12/13) tackle Wanya Morris (roster to 52)
  • Elevated from practice squad (12/6 – Texans) tackle C.J. Hanson (roster unchanged)
  • Activated from practice squad (12/6) safety Mike Edwards (roster to 53, PS roster to 16)
  • Reserve/Injured (12/6) safety Christian Roland-Wallace (roster to 52)

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 $2.3 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 $20.0 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 $2.5 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...