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Kansas City Chiefs 2021 Salary Cap

Chiefs 2021 Salary Cap

An updated look at the Kansas City Chiefs 2021 salary cap table, including team cap space, dead cap figures, and complete breakdowns of player cap hits, salaries, and bonuses.

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Active Players (86)	Pos.	Cap Hit	Base Salary	Signing Bonus	Roster Bonus	Option Bonus	Workout Bonus	Restruc. Bonus	Misc.	Dead Cap	Cap Hit	Cap %
Clark Frank Clark	DE	$25,800,000	$18,500,000	$5,200,000	0-	0-	$500,000	$1,600,000	0-	($37,850,000)	$25,800,000	13.69
Mathieu Tyrann Mathieu	FS	$19,733,334	$14,550,000	$4,933,334	0-	0-	$250,000	0-	0-	($4,933,334)	$19,733,334	10.47
Hill Tyreek Hill	WR	$15,850,500	$990,000	$1,450,000	$11,885,500	$1,200,000	$325,000	0-	0-	($18,020,500)	$15,850,500	8.41
Hitchens Anthony Hitchens	ILB	$10,635,504	$5,800,000	$2,800,000	$411,754	0-	$200,000	$1,423,750	0-	($8,447,500)	$10,635,504	5.64
Jones Chris Jones	DT	$8,541,666	$1,000,000	0-	0-	0-	$500,000	$7,041,667	0-	($40,749,000)	$8,541,666	4.53
Kelce Travis Kelce	TE	$7,650,000	$5,250,000	0-	$750,000	0-	$250,000	$1,400,000	0-	($10,850,000)	$7,650,000	4.06
Mahomes Patrick Mahomes	QB	$7,433,381	$990,000	$2,000,000	0-	0-	$100,000	$4,343,381	0-	($99,506,905)	$7,433,381	3.94
Reed Jarran Reed	DT	$5,500,000	$1,000,000	$4,000,000	$500,000	0-	0-	0-	0-	($5,000,000)	$5,500,000	2.92
Duvernay-Tardif Laurent Duvernay-Tardif	G	$4,750,000	$2,750,000	$2,000,000	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	($7,350,000)	$4,750,000	2.52
Thuney Joe Thuney	G	$4,500,000	$990,000	$3,400,000	0-	0-	$110,000	0-	0-	($31,890,000)	$4,500,000	2.39
Butker Harrison Butker	K	$3,940,000	$3,090,000	$700,000	$100,000	0-	$50,000	0-	0-	($4,710,000)	$3,940,000	2.09
Brown Jr. Orlando Brown Jr.	RT	$3,384,000	$3,384,000	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	$3,384,000	1.80
Ward Charvarius Ward	CB	$3,384,000	$3,384,000	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	$3,384,000	1.80
Remmers Mike Remmers	RT	$3,300,000	$1,200,000	$1,850,000	0-	0-	$250,000	0-	0-	($3,050,000)	$3,300,000	1.75
Edwards-Helaire Clyde Edwards-Helaire	RB	$2,459,448	$1,101,890	$1,357,558	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	($6,768,343)	$2,459,448	1.31
Nnadi Derrick Nnadi	DT	$2,422,850	$2,133,000	$239,850	0-	0-	$50,000	0-	0-	($239,850)	$2,422,850	1.29
Pringle Byron Pringle	WR	$2,133,000	$2,133,000	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	$2,133,000	1.13
Wylie Andrew Wylie	T	$2,133,000	$2,133,000	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	$2,133,000	1.13
Henne Chad Henne	QB	$1,625,000	$1,200,000	$375,000	0-	0-	$50,000	0-	0-	($1,125,000)	$1,625,000	0.86
Williams Darrel Williams	RB	$1,600,000	$970,000	$480,000	$100,000	0-	$50,000	0-	0-	($880,000)	$1,600,000	0.85
Niemann Ben Niemann	LB	$1,558,235	$1,020,000	$400,000	$88,235	0-	$50,000	0-	0-	($800,000)	$1,558,235	0.83
Long Kyle Long	G	$1,500,000	$1,100,000	$350,000	0-	0-	$50,000	0-	0-	($1,450,000)	$1,500,000	0.80
Hardman Mecole Hardman	WR	$1,362,287	$874,096	$413,191	0-	0-	$75,000	0-	0-	($826,382)	$1,362,287	0.72
Thornhill Juan Thornhill	FS	$1,258,709	$889,570	$344,139	0-	0-	$25,000	0-	0-	($688,278)	$1,258,709	0.67
Sorensen Daniel Sorensen	SS	$1,212,500	$2,325,000	$137,500	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	($2,462,500)	$1,212,500	0.64
Gay Jr. Willie Gay Jr.	OLB	$1,197,965	$849,593	$348,372	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	($1,555,116)	$1,197,965	0.64
O'Daniel Dorian O'Daniel	OLB	$1,138,379	$920,000	$190,379	0-	0-	$28,000	0-	0-	($190,379)	$1,138,379	0.60
Saunders Khalen Saunders	DT	$1,103,795	$850,000	$228,795	0-	0-	$25,000	0-	0-	($457,590)	$1,103,795	0.59
Winchester James Winchester	LS	$1,100,000	$990,000	0-	0-	0-	$10,000	$100,000	0-	($100,000)	$1,100,000	0.58
Watts Armani Watts	FS	$1,088,061	$920,000	$158,061	0-	0-	$10,000	0-	0-	($158,061)	$1,088,061	0.58
Blythe Austin Blythe	G	$990,000	$990,000	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	($990,000)	$990,000	0.53
Bell Blake Bell	TE	$987,500	$990,000	$137,500	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	($887,500)	$987,500	0.52
Charlton Taco Charlton	DE	$987,500	$990,000	$137,500	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	($137,500)	$987,500	0.52
Robinson Demarcus Robinson	WR	$987,500	$990,000	$137,500	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	($987,500)	$987,500	0.52
Sneed L'Jarius Sneed	CB	$938,580	$780,000	$158,580	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	($475,740)	$938,580	0.50
Callaway Antonio Callaway	WR	$920,000	$920,000	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	$920,000	0.49
Harris Demone Harris	OLB	$920,000	$920,000	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	$920,000	0.49
Rankin Martinas Rankin	LT	$920,000	$920,000	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	$920,000	0.49
Williams Chad Williams	WR	$920,000	$920,000	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	$920,000	0.49
Fenton Rashad Fenton	CB	$898,205	$850,000	$38,205	0-	0-	$10,000	0-	0-	($76,410)	$898,205	0.48
Thompson Darwin Thompson	RB	$891,460	$850,000	$31,960	0-	0-	$9,500	0-	0-	($63,920)	$891,460	0.47
Allegretti Nick Allegretti	G	$887,988	$850,000	$27,988	0-	0-	$10,000	0-	0-	($55,976)	$887,988	0.47
Niang Lucas Niang	T	$871,768	$660,000	$211,768	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	($847,072)	$871,768	0.46
Burton Michael Burton	FB	$850,000	$990,000	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	$850,000	0.45
Sharpe Tajae Sharpe	WR	$850,000	$990,000	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	$850,000	0.45
Baker Deandre Baker	CB	$850,000	$850,000	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	$850,000	0.45
Baylis Evan Baylis	TE	$850,000	$850,000	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	$850,000	0.45
Dieter Gehrig Dieter	WR	$850,000	$850,000	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	$850,000	0.45
Kemp Marcus Kemp	WR	$850,000	$850,000	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	$850,000	0.45
McGuire Elijah McGuire	RB	$850,000	$850,000	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	$850,000	0.45
Danna Michael Danna	DE	$845,915	$780,000	$65,915	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	($197,745)	$845,915	0.45
Keyes Bopete Keyes	CB	$800,705 $20,705	$780,000	$20,705	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	($62,115)	$800,705 $20,705	0.42
Durant Yasir Durant	LT	$783,333 $3,333	$780,000	$3,333	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	($6,667)	$783,333 $3,333	0.42
Townsend Tommy Townsend	P	$782,500 $2,500	$780,000	$2,500	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	($5,000)	$782,500 $2,500	0.42
Wharton Tershawn Wharton	DT	$781,666 $1,666	$780,000	$1,666	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	($3,334)	$781,666 $1,666	0.41
Harris Darius Harris	OLB	$780,000	$780,000	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	$780,000	0.41
Keizer Nick Keizer	TE	$780,000	$780,000	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	$780,000	0.41
Ward Tim Ward	DE	$780,000	$780,000	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	$780,000	0.41
Herring Malik Herring	DE	$668,333 $8,333	$660,000	$8,333	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	($125,000)	$668,333 $8,333	0.35
Bootle Dicaprio Bootle	CB	$666,666 $6,666	$660,000	$6,666	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	($45,000)	$666,666 $6,666	0.35
Buechele Shane Buechele	QB	$665,000 $5,000	$660,000	$5,000	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	($15,000)	$665,000 $5,000	0.35
Key Devon Key	S	$665,000 $5,000	$660,000	$5,000	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	($65,000)	$665,000 $5,000	0.35
Anderson Zayne Anderson	LB	$663,333 $3,333	$660,000	$3,333	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	($10,000)	$663,333 $3,333	0.35
Character Marlon Character	CB	$663,333 $3,333	$660,000	$3,333	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	($10,000)	$663,333 $3,333	0.35
Clark Tyler Clark	DT	$660,000	$660,000	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	$660,000	0.35
Clemons Rodney Clemons	S	$660,000	$660,000	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	$660,000	0.35
Cobb Omari Cobb	LB	$660,000	$660,000	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	$660,000	0.35
Edwards Austin Edwards	DE	$660,000	$660,000	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	$660,000	0.35
Ffrench Maurice Ffrench	WR	$660,000	$660,000	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	$660,000	0.35
Fortson Joe Fortson	WR	$660,000	$660,000	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	$660,000	0.35
Gordon Anthony Gordon	QB	$660,000	$660,000	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	$660,000	0.35
Gore Derrick Gore	RB	$660,000	$660,000	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	$660,000	0.35
Schoen Dalton Schoen	WR	$660,000	$660,000	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	$660,000	0.35
Smith Emmanuel Smith	LB	$660,000	$660,000	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	$660,000	0.35
Wanogho Prince Tega Wanogho	T	$660,000	$660,000	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	$660,000	0.35
Williams Darryl Williams	C	$660,000	$660,000	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	$660,000	0.35
Bolton Nick Bolton	LB	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0.00
Correa Kamalei Correa	ILB	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0.00
Finke Chris Finke	WR	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0.00
Gray Noah Gray	TE	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0.00
Humphrey Creed Humphrey	C	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0.00
Kaindoh Joshua Kaindoh	DE	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0.00
McKinnon Jerick McKinnon	RB	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0.00
Parks Will Parks	S	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0.00
Powell Cornell Powell	WR	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0.00
Smith Trey Smith	G	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0-	0.00
Active Roster:		$185,611,899	$119,267,149	$34,362,964	$13,835,489	$1,200,000	$2,987,500	$15,908,798	-	-	$185,611,899	98.50

2021 Projected Draft Pool Cap

Estimated cap dollars necessary to sign upcoming draft picks (not included in the cap figure yet)

Player (6)	Pos.	Cap Hit	Base Salary	Signing Bonus	Roster Bonus	Option Bonus	Workout Bonus	Restruc. Bonus	Misc.	Dead Cap	Cap Hit (Total)	Cap Hit (Top 51)
Round 2, Pick #58Nick Bolton Round 2, Pick #58	LB	$1,060,733	$660,000	$400,733	-	-	-	-	-	-	$1,060,733	$1,060,733
Round 2, Pick #63Creed Humphrey Round 2, Pick #63	C	$1,011,856	$660,000	$351,856	-	-	-	-	-	-	$1,011,856	$1,011,856
Round 4, Pick #144Joshua Kaindoh Round 4, Pick #144	DE	$784,836	$660,000	$124,836	-	-	-	-	-	-	$784,836	$124,836
Round 5, Pick #162Noah Gray Round 5, Pick #162	TE	$738,444	$660,000	$78,444	-	-	-	-	-	-	$738,444	$78,444
Round 5, Pick #181Cornell Powell Round 5, Pick #181	WR	$720,037	$660,000	$60,037	-	-	-	-	-	-	$720,037	$60,037
Round 6, Pick #226Trey Smith Round 6, Pick #226	G	$692,677	$660,000	$32,677	-	-	-	-	-	-	$692,677	$32,677
Projected Draft Pool:		$5,008,583									$5,008,583	$2,368,583

2021 Practice Squad

Players who have been designated to the practice squad. We assume the annual minimum salary unless otherwise noted.

Player (1)	Pos.	Cap Hit	Base Salary	Signing Bonus	Roster Bonus	Option Bonus	Workout Bonus	Restruc. Bonus	Misc.	Dead Cap	Cap Hit	Cap %
LammonsChris Lammons	CB	$780,000	$780,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	$780,000	0.41

2021 Dead Cap

These cap figures derive from the trade or release of players from the active roster or practice squad. All count toward the team total.

Player (24)	Pos.	Cap Hit	Base Salary	Signing Bonus	Roster Bonus	Option Bonus	Workout Bonus	Restruc. Bonus	Misc.	Dead Cap	Cap Hit	Cap %
SchwartzMitchell Schwartz	RT	$3,750,000	-	$3,750,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	$3,750,000	1.99
FisherEric Fisher	LT	$3,181,668	-	$3,181,668	-	-	-	-	-	-	$3,181,668	1.69
OkaforAlex Okafor	DE	$2,000,000	-	$2,000,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	$2,000,000	1.06
SpeaksBreeland Speaks	LB	$629,184	-	$629,184	-	-	-	-	-	-	$629,184	0.33
WilliamsDamien Williams	RB	$533,334	-	$533,334	-	-	-	-	-	-	$533,334	0.28
CobbOmari Cobb	LB	$6,667	-	$6,667	-	-	-	-	-	-	$6,667	0.00
DavisJavaris Davis	CB	$6,667	-	$6,667	-	-	-	-	-	-	$6,667	0.00
HillLavert Hill	CB	$6,667	-	$6,667	-	-	-	-	-	-	$6,667	0.00
LipscombKalija Lipscomb	WR	$6,667	-	$6,667	-	-	-	-	-	-	$6,667	0.00
WhiteCody White	WR	$5,000	-	$5,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	$5,000	0.00
WilliamsDarryl Williams	C	$4,667	-	$4,667	-	-	-	-	-	-	$4,667	0.00
ClemonsRodney Clemons	S	$3,334	-	$3,334	-	-	-	-	-	-	$3,334	0.00
FairJovahn Fair	G	$3,334	-	$3,334	-	-	-	-	-	-	$3,334	0.00
HarrisDarius Harris	OLB	$3,334	-	$3,334	-	-	-	-	-	-	$3,334	0.00
WrightBryan Wright	LB	$3,334	-	$3,334	-	-	-	-	-	-	$3,334	0.00
LovettJohn Lovett	FB	$2,500	-	$2,500	-	-	-	-	-	-	$2,500	0.00
BaileyHakeem Bailey	CB	$2,000	-	$2,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	$2,000	0.00
JuliusJalen Julius	CB	$2,000	-	$2,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	$2,000	0.00
DavisFelton Davis	WR	$1,668	-	$1,668	-	-	-	-	-	-	$1,668	0.00
BaccelliaAndre Baccellia	WR	$1,667	-	$1,667	-	-	-	-	-	-	$1,667	0.00
FfrenchMaurice Ffrench	WR	$1,667	-	$1,667	-	-	-	-	-	-	$1,667	0.00
Shelton-MosleyJustice Shelton-Mosley	WR	$1,667	-	$1,667	-	-	-	-	-	-	$1,667	0.00
WardTim Ward	DE	$834	-	$834	-	-	-	-	-	-	$834	0.00
HifoAleva Hifo	WR	$667	-	$667	-	-	-	-	-	-	$667	0.00
Dead Money:		$10,158,527	-	$10,158,527	-	-	-	-	-	-	$10,158,527	5.39

2021 Cap Totals

Cap Type	Base Salary	Signing Bonus	Roster Bonus	Option Bonus	Workout Bonus	Restruc. Bonus	Incentives	Cap Total
2021 NFL Salary Cap								$182,500,000
2020 Rollover Cap								$5,097,253
Adjustment								$835,857
Adjusted Salary Cap								$188,433,110
All Contracts	$119,267,149	$34,362,964	$13,835,489	$1,200,000	$2,987,500	$15,908,798	-	$185,611,899
Top 51 Contracts	$101,927,149	$34,303,095	$13,835,489	$1,200,000	$2,987,500	$15,908,798	-	$168,271,899
Dead Money	-	$10,158,527	-	-	-	-	-	$10,158,527
Practice Squad	$780,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	$780,000
Total (All)	$119,267,149	$44,521,491	$13,835,489	$1,200,000	$2,987,500	$15,908,798	-	$195,770,426
Total (w/Top 51)	$101,927,149	$44,461,622	$13,835,489	$1,200,000	$2,987,500	$15,908,798	-	$178,430,426
Cap Space (w/All)								$-7,337,316
Cap Space (w/Top 51)								$10,002,684