A look at the Chiefs’ salary cap numbers for 2016
Here are the salary-cap numbers for each Chiefs player on the roster as of Friday. If the NFL sets the 2016 salary cap at $153.4 million, the Chiefs would have a slightly less than $33 million in cap room. Only a team’s top 51 salaries count against the cap.
Chiefs’ total cap commitments for 2016: $123 million*
Cap carryover: $2.6 million
Projected 2016 salary cap: $153.4 million
2016 salary cap figures*
Player | Age | Cap number** | Runs through |
OLB Justin Houston | 27 | $19.1 million | 2020 |
QB Alex Smith | 31 | $17.8 million | 2018 |
WR Jeremy Maclin | 27 | $12.4 million | 2019 |
LT Eric Fisher | 25 | $7.0 million | 2016*** |
LG Ben Grubbs | 31 | $6.3 million | 2018 |
NT Dontari Poe | 25 | 6.1 million | 2016 |
RB Jamaal Charles | 29 | $5.3 million | 2017 |
DE Allen Bailey | 26 | $5.2 million | 2018 |
P Dustin Colquitt | 33 | $4.4 million | 2017 |
S Ron Parker | 28 | $3.6 million | 2019 |
ILB Josh Mauga | 28 | $2.7 million | 2017 |
OLB Dee Ford | 24 | $2.2 million | 2017 |
CB Marcus Peters | 23 | $2.1 million | 2018 |
OG Paul Fanaika | 29 | $2.1 million | 2017 |
FB Anthony Sherman | 27 | $2.0 million | 2017 |
RT Jah Reid | 27 | $1.7 million | 2018 |
C Mitch Morse | 23 | $1 million | 2018 |
OLB Tamba Hali | 32 | $1 million | 2019**** |
TE Travis Kelce | 26 | $979,000 | 2016 |
TE Demetrius Harris | 24 | $950,000 | 2018 |
RB Knile Davis | 24 | $826,000 | 2016 |
CB Phillip Gaines | 24 | $755,000 | 2017 |
WR Chris Conley | 23 | $738,000 | 2018 |
WR De’Anthony Thomas | 23 | $713,000 | 2017 |
QB Tyler Bray | 23 | $700,000 | 2017 |
CB Steven Nelson | 23 | $682,000 | 2018 |
CB Marcus Cooper | 25 | $675,000 | 2016 |
S Jordan Kovacs | 25 | $675,000 | 2016 |
DT Alameda Ta’amu | 25 | $675,000 | 2016 |
ILB Ramik Wilson | 23 | $659,000 | 2018 |
QB Aaron Murray | 25 | $654,000 | 2017 |
C Zach Fulton | 24 | $634,000 | 2017 |
RG Laurent Duvernay-Tardif | 24 | $633,000 | 2017 |
WR Albert Wilson | 23 | $603,000 | 2016 |
WR Frankie Hammond Jr. | 25 | $600,000 | 2016 |
K Cairo Santos | 24 | $600,000 | 2016 |
RB Spencer Ware | 24 | $600,000 | 2016 |
ILB D.J. Alexander | 24 | $575,000 | 2018 |
TE James O’Shaughnessy | 24 | $575,000 | 2018 |
DT Rakeem Nunez-Roches | 22 | $556,000 | 2018 |
CB Deveron Carr | 25 | $525,000 | 2016 |
OL Reid Fragel | 24 | $525,000 | 2016 |
C Daniel Munyer | 23 | $525,000 | 2016 |
RB Darrin Reaves | 22 | $525,000 | 2016 |
TE Brian Parker | 23 | $525,000 | 2017 |
OL Jarrod Pughsley | 25 | $525,000 | 2016 |
LS James Winchester | 26 | $525,000 | 2016 |
ILB Justin March | 22 | $453,000 | 2017 |
ILB Tyrell Adams | 23 | $450,000 | 2016 |
WR Da’Ron Brown | 24 | $450,000 | 2016 |
WR Kenny Cook | 23 | $450,000 | 2016 |
DE Dominique Davis | 25 | $450,000 | 2016 |
OT Laurence Gibson | 24 | $450,000 | 2016 |
LB Cameron Gordon | 24 | $450,000 | 2016 |
CB Keith Lewis | 26 | $450,000 | 2016 |
OL Michael Liedtke | 24 | $450,000 | 2016 |
FB Trey Millard | 24 | $450,000 | 2016 |
DT Jimmy Staten | 24 | $450,000 | 2016 |
TE Ross Travis | 23 | $450,000 | 2018 |
WR Fred Williams | 27 | $450,000 | 2016 |
*List does not include some players recently signed to reserve-futures contracts; **Cap number includes various bonuses; ***Fisher has a fifth-year option for 2017 that the Chiefs can exercise this offseason; ****Hali has four voidable years that will result in a $3 million cap charge if the Chiefs don’t sign him to an extension before March 4.
Exclusive-rights free agents: RB Charcandrick West, DT Nick Williams, S Daniel Sorensen, DE David King
This is a designation given to players with two or fewer accrued seasons. If an exclusive-rights free agent does not sign the team’s one-year, non-guaranteed contract for the league minimum, his only other option is not playing that season.
Unrestricted free agents: S Eric Berry, ILB Derrick Johnson, CB Sean Smith, QB Chase Daniel, S Tyvon Branch, DE Mike DeVito, LG Jeff Allen, S Husain Abdullah, WR Jason Avant, OLB Frank Zombo, OT Donald Stephenson, DT Jaye Howard, CB Jamell Fleming, OLB Dezman Moses
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This story was originally published January 22, 2016 at 11:33 AM with the headline "A look at the Chiefs’ salary cap numbers for 2016."