Kansas City Chiefs roster

Salary cap space

Current space: minus $44,000.

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. All information shown here is current as of 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, October 1.

Please note: Between the beginning of the new league year in mid-March and the end of each season, all NFL teams must remain below the salary cap. If our estimate of the team’s cap space is a negative number, it is either because a) contracts for some reported signings have not yet been officially submitted to the league office, or b) there is a difference between publicly available salary information and the official figures.

Most recent transactions

• Elevated to active roster (10/2) kicker Matthew Wright and linebacker Elijah Lee
• Activated from Practice Squad (9/28) cornerback Nazeeh Johnson
• Signed to practice squad (9/28) linebacker Elijah Lee
• Signed to practice squad (9/27) defensive tackle Cortez Broughton and placekicker Matthew Wright
• Released (9/27) linebacker Elijah Lee
• Released from practice squad (9/26) kicker Matt Ammendola
• Elevated to active roster (9/24) kicker Matt Ammendola and cornerback Dicaprio Bootle

Roster table explanation: Exp is years of NFL experience. Thru indicates the final year player is under contract. Hit is the player’s total salary cap number for the current year. Dead shows dead money that will carried against the cap if the player is released in the current year, while Svgs indicates the salary cap savings under that release. Under each player’s name is the year they entered the league, their draft round/position and the team that first acquired them, followed by the college from which they came.

Calculation of current salary cap space:

Salary data shown in the table is from Spotrac.com, which estimates the team’s salary cap space at minus $44,000.

That figure is based on a total team salary cap of $208.6 million, $1.3 million in rollover and adjustments from 2021 and $11.3 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 (or drafted rookie) contracts. The amounts shown in parentheses are the estimated cap space decreases for each contract. These could change when actual figures are available.

• None at this time

With these figures (if any) included, the team’s cap space should be minus $44,000.

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

• Released from practice squad (9/22) tight end Kendall Blanton
• Signed to practice squad (9/21) defensive end Benton Whitley
• Suspended from active roster (9/19) linebacker Willie Gay Jr.
• Elevated to active roster (9/15) kicker Matt Ammendola and cornerback Dicaprio Bootle
• Contract restructure (9/13) placekicker Harrison Butker ($1.5 million)
• Activated from Practice Squad (9/13) linebackers Jack Cochrane and Elijah Lee
• Released from Practice Squad (9/13) safety James Wiggins
• Reserve/Injured (9/13) cornerback Trent McDuffie
• Signed to Practice Squad (9/13) kicker Matt Ammendola, wide receiver Corey Coleman and cornerback DiCaprio Bootle
• Elevated to active roster (9/10) wide receiver Daurice Fountain and linebacker Elijah Lee
• Injury settlement from Reserve/Injured (9/7) tight end Matt Bushman
• Signed to Practice Squad (9/6) safety James Wiggins
• Released from Practice Squad (9/6) defensive end Azur Kamara
• Reserve/Injured (9/5) tight end Blake Bell
• Signed to Practice Squad (9/1) tight end Kendall Blanton and linebacker Cole Christiansen
• Reserve/Injured from Waived/Injured (8/31) tight Matt Bushman
• Signed to Practice Squad (8/31): Safeties Zayne Anderson and Nazeeh Johnson, wide receivers Daurice Fountain and Cornell Powell, defensive tackles Danny Shelton and Taylor Stallworth, linebackers Elijah Lee and Jack Cochrane, guard Mike Caliendo, running back Jerrion Ealy, tight end Jordan Franks, defensive end Azur Kamara, quarterback Chris Oladokun and center Austin Reiter
• Waived/Injured (8/30) tight end Matt Bushman
• Waived (8/30) Offensive linemen Vitaliy Gurman and Mike Caliendo, safeties Devon Key and Zayne Anderson, wide receiver Cornell Powell, tight end Jordan Franks, defensive end Azur Kamara, defensive tackle Matt Dickerson, running back Jerrion Ealy, safety Nazeeh Johnson, defensive end Kehinde Oginni, cornerback Dicaprio Bootle and linebacker Jack Cochrane
• Released (8/30) wide receivers Josh Gordon, Daurice Fountain and Corey Coleman, defensive tackles Taylor Stallworth and Danny Shelton, linebackers Elijah Lee and Jermaine Carter Jr. and center Austin Reiter
• Released (8/27) tackle Roderick Johnson
• Waived (8/27) quarterback Dustin Crum, running back Tayon Fleet-Davis, wide receiver Aaron Parker and linebacker Mike Rose.
• Injury settlement from Reserve/Injured (8/25) running back Derrick Gore
• Injury settlement from Reserve/Injured (8/24) wide receiver Gary Jennings
• Reserve/Injured (8/23) running back Derrick Gore
• Reserve/PUP (8/23) tackle Lucas Niang
• Waived (8/22) defensive backs Nasir Greer and Brandin Dandridge, along with tackle David Steinmetz
• Waived (8/16) wide receiver Devin Gray and defensive end Austin Edwards
• Reserve/Injured from Waived/Injured (8/16) wide receiver Gary Jennings
• Signed (8/15) defensive tackle Danny Shelton
• Waived (8/15) wide receiver Omar Bayless, cornerback Lonnie Johnson Jr. and tackle Evin Ksiezarczyk
• Waived/Injured (8/15) wide receiver Gary Jennings