Kansas City Chiefs roster

Kansas City Chiefs roster
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Salary cap space

All information shown is current as of 5:45 p.m. Monday, January 12

Current space: $1.8 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 Reserve/Future contract (1/12) tight end Tre Watson (roster to 59)
  • Practice squad contracts expired (1/12) guard Matt Broeker, wide receiver Jason Brownlee, running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire, defensive end Malik Herring, running back Carson Steele, defensive tackle Marlon Tuipulotu, tight end Tre Watson (PS roster to zero)
  • Signed to Reserve/Future contracts (1/6) wide receiver Andrew Armstrong, running back ShunDerrick Powell (roster to 58)
  • Released from practice squad (1/5) defensive back Tanner McCalister (PS roster to 7)
  • Signed to Reserve/Future contracts (1/5) linebacker Kam Arnold, defensive tackle Marcus Harris, wide receiver Jimmy Holiday, tackle Matt Waletzko (roster to 56, PS roster to 8)
  • Waived (12/5) quarterback Shane Buechele (roster to 52)
  • Elevated from practice squad (1/3 – Raiders) wide receiver Jason Brownlee, wide receiver Jimmy Holiday (roster unchanged)
  • Signed to practice squad (12/30) linebacker Kam Arnold and defensive tackle Marcus Harris (PS roster to 12)

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 $1.8 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 $23.7 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 $1.8 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...