Kansas City Chiefs roster

Kansas City Chiefs roster
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Salary cap space

All information shown is current as of 5:50 a.m. Wednesday, December 31

Current space: $3.1 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 to practice squad (12/30) linebacker Kam Arnold and defensive tackle Marcus Harris (PS roster to 12)
  • Elevated from practice squad (12/25 – Broncos) wide receiver Jason Brownlee, tackle Matt Waletzko (roster unchanged)
  • Activated from practice squad (12/25) linebacker Cole Christiansen (roster to 53, PS roster to 10)
  • Reserve/Injured (12/25) wide receiver Nikko Remigio (roster to 52)
  • 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)

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 $3.1 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 $23.6 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...