Kansas City Chiefs roster

Salary cap space

All information shown is current as of 8:35 p.m. Wednesday, December 24

Current space: $3.0 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.

• Activated from Reserve/Injured (12/24) cornerback Nazeeh Johnson (roster to 53)
• Activated from practice squad (12/24) defensive end Ethan Downs, cornerback Melvin Smith and defensive end Tyreke Smith (roster to 52, PS roster to 11)
• Reserve/Injured (12/24) cornerback Trent McDuffie, cornerback Jaylen Watson, wide receiver Rashee Rice and wide receiver Tyquan Thornton (roster to 49)
• Signed from Bills’ practice squad (12/22) quarterback Shane Buechele (roster to 53)
• Reserve/Injured (12/22) quarterback Gardner Minshew (roster to 52)
• Elevated from practice squad (12/20 – Titans) linebacker Cole Christiansen, tackle Matt Waletzko (roster unchanged)
• Activated from practice squad (12/20) tackle Chu Godrick, quarterback Chris Oladokun, running back Dameon Pierce (roster to 53, PS roster to 14)
• Waived (12/20) running back Elijah Mitchell (roster to 50)
• Reserve/Injured (12/20) linebacker Leo Chenal, tackle Jawaan Taylor (roster to 51)
• 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)

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 $3.0 million.

This cap figure is based on a total team salary cap of $279.2 million, plus $3.1 million in 2024...