
Kansas City Chiefs
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.

Active Players (54) | Pos. | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Roster Bonus | Option Bonus | Workout Bonus | Restruc. Bonus | Misc. | Dead Cap | Cap Hit | Cap % | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frank Clark | DE | $18,500,000 | $5,200,000 | - | - | $500,000 | $1,600,000 | - | ($37,850,000) | $25,800,000 | 13.69 | |
Tyrann Mathieu | FS | $14,550,000 | $4,933,334 | - | - | $250,000 | - | - | ($19,483,334) | $19,733,334 | 10.47 | |
Tyreek Hill | WR | $990,000 | $1,450,000 | $11,885,500 | - | $325,000 | $1,200,000 | - | ($18,175,500) | $15,850,500 | 8.41 | |
Anthony Hitchens | ILB | $5,800,000 | $2,800,000 | $411,754 | - | $200,000 | $1,423,750 | - | ($14,247,500) | $10,635,504 | 5.64 | |
Chris Jones | DT | $1,000,000 | - | - | - | $500,000 | $7,041,667 | - | ($40,749,000) | $8,541,666 | 4.53 | |
Travis Kelce | TE | $5,250,000 | - | $705,882 | - | $250,000 | $1,400,000 | - | ($10,850,000) | $7,605,882 | 4.04 | |
Patrick Mahomes | QB | $990,000 | $2,000,000 | - | - | $100,000 | $4,343,381 | - | ($99,506,905) | $7,433,381 | 3.94 | |
Jarran Reed | DT | $1,000,000 | $4,000,000 | $470,588 | - | - | - | - | ($5,000,000) | $5,470,588 | 2.90 | |
Joe Thuney | G | $990,000 | $3,400,000 | - | - | $110,000 | - | - | ($31,890,000) | $4,500,000 | 2.39 | |
Harrison Butker | K | $3,090,000 | $700,000 | $94,118 | - | $50,000 | - | - | ($5,190,000) | $3,934,118 | 2.09 | |
Orlando Brown Jr. | LT | $3,384,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $3,384,000 | 1.80 | |
Charvarius Ward | CB | $3,384,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $3,384,000 | 1.80 | |
Clyde Edwards-Helaire | RB | $1,101,890 | $1,357,558 | - | - | - | - | - | ($7,988,287) | $2,459,448 | 1.31 | |
Derrick Nnadi | DT | $2,133,000 | $239,850 | - | - | $50,000 | - | - | ($239,850) | $2,422,850 | 1.29 | |
Byron Pringle | WR | $2,133,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $2,133,000 | 1.13 | |
Mike Hughes | CB | $1,825,566 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ($648,000) | $1,825,566 | 0.97 | |
Chad Henne | QB | $1,200,000 | $375,000 | - | - | $50,000 | - | - | ($1,575,000) | $1,625,000 | 0.86 | |
Darrel Williams | RB | $970,000 | $480,000 | $94,118 | - | $50,000 | - | - | ($880,000) | $1,594,118 | 0.85 | |
Ben Niemann | LB | $1,020,000 | $400,000 | $88,235 | - | $50,000 | - | - | ($800,000) | $1,558,235 | 0.83 | |
Kyle Long | G | $1,100,000 | $350,000 | - | - | $50,000 | - | - | ($1,450,000) | $1,500,000 | 0.80 | |
Mecole Hardman | WR | $874,096 | $413,191 | - | - | $75,000 | - | - | ($901,382) | $1,362,287 | 0.72 | |
Juan Thornhill | FS | $889,570 | $344,139 | - | - | $25,000 | - | - | ($688,278) | $1,258,709 | 0.67 | |
James Winchester | LS | $990,000 | $155,000 | - | - | $10,000 | $100,000 | - | - | $1,255,000 | 0.67 | |
Daniel Sorensen | SS | $2,325,000 | $137,500 | - | - | - | - | - | ($2,462,500) | $1,212,500 | 0.64 | |
Willie Gay Jr. | OLB | $849,593 | $348,372 | - | - | - | - | - | ($1,555,116) | $1,197,965 | 0.64 | |
Dorian O'Daniel | OLB | $920,000 | $190,379 | - | - | $28,000 | - | - | ($190,379) | $1,138,379 | 0.60 | |
Khalen Saunders | DT | $850,000 | $228,795 | - | - | $25,000 | - | - | ($457,590) | $1,103,795 | 0.59 | |
Armani Watts | FS | $920,000 | $158,061 | - | - | $10,000 | - | - | ($158,061) | $1,088,061 | 0.58 | |
Nick Bolton | LB | $660,000 | $400,733 | - | - | - | - | - | ($2,528,115) | $1,060,733 | 0.56 | |
Creed Humphrey | C | $660,000 | $351,856 | - | - | - | - | - | ($2,320,388) | $1,011,856 | 0.54 | |
Austin Blythe | C | $990,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ($990,000) | $990,000 | 0.53 | |
Blake Bell | TE | $990,000 | $137,500 | - | - | - | - | - | ($1,127,500) | $987,500 | 0.52 | |
Demarcus Robinson | WR | $990,000 | $137,500 | - | - | - | - | - | ($1,127,500) | $987,500 | 0.52 | |
L'Jarius Sneed | CB | $780,000 | $158,580 | - | - | - | - | - | ($475,740) | $938,580 | 0.50 | |
Andrew Wylie | RT | $920,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $920,000 | 0.49 | |
Rashad Fenton | CB | $850,000 | $38,205 | - | - | $10,000 | - | - | ($76,410) | $898,205 | 0.48 | |
Nick Allegretti | G | $850,000 | $27,988 | - | - | $10,000 | - | - | ($55,976) | $887,988 | 0.47 | |
Alex Okafor | DE | $1,075,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ($1,075,000) | $850,000 | 0.45 | |
Michael Burton | FB | $990,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ($990,000) | $850,000 | 0.45 | |
Jerick McKinnon | RB | $990,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ($990,000) | $850,000 | 0.45 | |
Deandre Baker | CB | $850,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $850,000 | 0.45 | |
Marcus Kemp | WR | $850,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $850,000 | 0.45 | |
Michael Danna | DE | $780,000 | $65,915 | - | - | - | - | - | ($197,745) | $845,915 | 0.45 | |
Tommy Townsend | P | $780,000 | $2,500 | - | - | - | - | - | ($5,000) | $782,500 | 0.42 | |
Tershawn Wharton | DT | $780,000 | $1,666 | - | - | - | - | - | ($3,334) | $781,666 | 0.41 | |
Noah Gray | TE | $660,000 | $78,444 | - | - | - | - | - | ($313,776) | $738,444 | 0.39 | |
Trey Smith | G | $660,000 | $32,677 | - | - | - | - | - | ($130,708) | $692,677 | 0.37 | |
Melvin Ingram | OLB | $597,222 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ($597,222) | $597,222 | 0.32 | |
Joshua Kaindoh | DE | $469,446 | $124,836 | - | - | - | - | - | ($499,344) | $594,281 | 0.32 | |
Derrick Gore | RB | $476,671 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $476,671 | 0.25 | |
Prince Tega Wanogho | T | $476,658 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $476,658 | 0.25 | |
Shane Buechele | QB | $293,328 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $293,328 | 0.16 | |
Zayne Anderson | LB | $146,664 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $146,664 | 0.08 | |
Daurice Fountain | WR | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | |
Active Roster: | $160,366,274 | $97,594,704 | $31,219,579 | $13,750,195 | - | $2,728,000 | $17,108,798 | - | - | $160,366,274 | 85.11 |
2021 Injured Reserve Cap
Cap breakdowns for players currently on injured reserve. denotes a player designated to return. All count against the team's salary cap.
Player (4) | Pos. | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Roster Bonus | Option Bonus | Workout Bonus | Restruc. Bonus | Misc. | Dead Cap | Cap Hit | Cap % | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Remmers (Knee) |
LT | $1,200,000 | $1,850,000 | - | - | $250,000 | - | - | ($3,050,000) | $3,300,000 | 1.75 | |
Lucas Niang (Knee) |
RT | $660,000 | $211,768 | - | - | - | - | - | ($847,072) | $871,768 | 0.46 | |
Chris Lammons (Ankle) |
CB | $780,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $780,000 | 0.41 | |
Jody Fortson (Achilles) |
TE | $496,667 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $496,667 | 0.26 | |
Injured Reserve: | $5,448,435 | $3,136,667 | $2,061,768 | - | - | $250,000 | - | - | - | $5,448,435 | 2.89 |
2021 Non-Football Injury Cap
Cap breakdowns for players currently on a physically unable to perform, or non-football injury list. All count against the team's salary cap.
Player (1) | Pos. | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Roster Bonus | Option Bonus | Workout Bonus | Restruc. Bonus | Misc. | Dead Cap | Cap Hit | Cap % | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Malik Herring (Knee-acl) |
DE | $578,333 | $8,333 | - | - | - | - | - | ($125,000) | $586,666 | 0.31 | |
NFI: | $586,666 | $578,333 | $8,333 | - | - | - | - | - | - | $586,666 | 0.31 |
2021 Practice Squad
Cap breakdowns for players currently on a team's practice squad. All count against the team's salary cap.
Player (14) | Pos. | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Roster Bonus | Option Bonus | Workout Bonus | Restruc. Bonus | Misc. | Dead Cap | Cap Hit | Cap % | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gehrig Dieter | WR | $165,600 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $165,600 | 0.09 | |
Devon Key | S | $165,600 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $165,600 | 0.09 | |
Cornell Powell | WR | $165,600 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $165,600 | 0.09 | |
Mark Vital | TE | $156,400 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $156,400 | 0.08 | |
Austin Edwards | DE | $92,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $92,000 | 0.05 | |
Darryl Williams | C | $82,800 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $82,800 | 0.04 | |
Cortez Broughton | DT | $27,600 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $27,600 | 0.01 | |
Darius Harris | OLB | $27,600 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $27,600 | 0.01 | |
Dicaprio Bootle | CB | $18,400 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $27,600 | 0.01 | |
Matt Bushman | TE | $9,200 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $9,200 | 0.00 | |
Andrew Billings | DT | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | |
Josh Gordon | WR | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | |
Joe Jackson | DE | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | |
Roderick Johnson | T | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | |
Practice Squad: | $920,000 | $910,800 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $920,000 | 0.49 |
2021 Dead Cap
Cap breakdowns for players who have been traded or released. All count against the team's salary cap.
Player (56) | Pos. | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Roster Bonus | Option Bonus | Workout Bonus | Restruc. Bonus | Misc. | Dead Cap | Cap Hit | Cap % | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mitchell Schwartz | RT | - | $3,750,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | $3,750,000 | 1.99 | |
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif | G | $1,222,222 | $2,000,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | $3,222,222 | 1.71 | |
Eric Fisher | LT | - | $3,181,668 | - | - | - | - | - | - | $3,181,668 | 1.69 | |
Alex Okafor | DE | - | $2,000,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | $2,000,000 | 1.06 | |
Josh Gordon | WR | $784,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $675,108 | 0.36 | |
Breeland Speaks | LB | - | $629,184 | - | - | - | - | - | - | $629,184 | 0.33 | |
Damien Williams | RB | - | $533,334 | - | - | - | - | - | - | $533,334 | 0.28 | |
Daurice Fountain | WR | $431,754 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $431,754 | 0.23 | |
Darius Harris | OLB | $367,731 | $3,334 | - | - | - | - | - | - | $371,065 | 0.20 | |
Dicaprio Bootle | CB | $282,065 | $6,666 | - | - | - | - | - | - | $288,731 | 0.15 | |
Shane Buechele | QB | $252,000 | $5,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | $257,000 | 0.14 | |
Josh Jackson | CB | $228,222 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $228,222 | 0.12 | |
Elijah McGuire | RB | $182,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $182,000 | 0.10 | |
Cortez Broughton | DT | $176,022 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $176,022 | 0.09 | |
Shilique Calhoun | OLB | $168,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $168,000 | 0.09 | |
Elijah Sullivan | LT | $165,600 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $165,600 | 0.09 | |
Zayne Anderson | LB | $156,267 | $3,333 | - | - | - | - | - | - | $159,600 | 0.08 | |
Demone Harris | OLB | $148,222 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $148,222 | 0.08 | |
Daniel Brown | TE | $165,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $141,666 | 0.08 | |
Taco Charlton | DE | - | $137,500 | - | - | - | - | - | - | $137,500 | 0.07 | |
Austin Edwards | DE | $101,066 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $101,066 | 0.05 | |
Christian Rozeboom | LB | $101,066 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $101,066 | 0.05 | |
Riley Cole | LB | $90,000 | $3,333 | - | - | - | - | - | - | $93,333 | 0.05 | |
Nakia Griffin-Stewart | TE | $91,866 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $91,866 | 0.05 | |
Johnny Townsend | P | $61,733 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $61,733 | 0.03 | |
Cornell Powell | WR | - | $60,038 | - | - | - | - | - | - | $60,038 | 0.03 | |
Darryl Williams | C | $55,200 | $4,667 | - | - | - | - | - | - | $59,867 | 0.03 | |
Devon Key | S | $50,000 | $5,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | $55,000 | 0.03 | |
Derrick Gore | RB | $46,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $46,000 | 0.02 | |
Prince Tega Wanogho | T | $46,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $46,000 | 0.02 | |
Elliott Fry | K | $45,866 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $45,866 | 0.02 | |
Darwin Thompson | RB | - | $31,960 | - | - | $9,500 | - | - | - | $41,460 | 0.02 | |
Bopete Keyes | CB | - | $20,705 | - | - | - | - | - | - | $20,705 | 0.01 | |
Omari Cobb | LB | $9,200 | $6,667 | - | - | - | - | - | - | $15,867 | 0.01 | |
Maurice Ffrench | WR | $9,200 | $1,667 | - | - | - | - | - | - | $10,867 | 0.01 | |
Paul Adams | T | $9,200 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $9,200 | 0.00 | |
Shakur Brown | CB | $9,200 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $9,200 | 0.00 | |
Joseph Charlton | P | $9,200 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $9,200 | 0.00 | |
Dalton Schoen | WR | $9,200 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $9,200 | 0.00 | |
Javaris Davis | CB | - | $6,667 | - | - | - | - | - | - | $6,667 | 0.00 | |
Lavert Hill | CB | - | $6,667 | - | - | - | - | - | - | $6,667 | 0.00 | |
Kalija Lipscomb | WR | - | $6,667 | - | - | - | - | - | - | $6,667 | 0.00 | |
Cody White | WR | - | $5,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | $5,000 | 0.00 | |
Marlon Character | CB | $2,500 | $2,500 | - | - | - | - | - | - | $5,000 | 0.00 | |
Rodney Clemons | S | - | $3,334 | - | - | - | - | - | - | $3,334 | 0.00 | |
Jovahn Fair | G | - | $3,334 | - | - | - | - | - | - | $3,334 | 0.00 | |
Bryan Wright | LB | - | $3,334 | - | - | - | - | - | - | $3,334 | 0.00 | |
Yasir Durant | T | - | $3,333 | - | - | - | - | - | - | $3,333 | 0.00 | |
John Lovett | FB | - | $2,500 | - | - | - | - | - | - | $2,500 | 0.00 | |
Hakeem Bailey | CB | - | $2,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | $2,000 | 0.00 | |
Jalen Julius | CB | - | $2,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | $2,000 | 0.00 | |
Felton Davis | WR | - | $1,668 | - | - | - | - | - | - | $1,668 | 0.00 | |
Andre Baccellia | WR | - | $1,667 | - | - | - | - | - | - | $1,667 | 0.00 | |
Justice Shelton-Mosley | WR | - | $1,667 | - | - | - | - | - | - | $1,667 | 0.00 | |
Tim Ward | DE | - | $834 | - | - | - | - | - | - | $834 | 0.00 | |
Aleva Hifo | WR | - | $667 | - | - | - | - | - | - | $667 | 0.00 | |
Dead: | $17,790,771 | $5,475,602 | $12,437,895 | - | - | $9,500 | - | - | - | $17,790,771 | 9.44 |
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 | $97,594,704 | $31,219,579 | $13,750,195 | - | $2,728,000 | $17,108,798 | - | $160,366,274 | |
Injured Reserve Money | $3,136,667 | $2,061,768 | - | - | $250,000 | - | - | $5,448,435 | |
Reserve/Non-Football Injury Money | $578,333 | $8,333 | - | - | - | - | - | $586,666 | |
Dead Money | $5,475,602 | $12,437,895 | - | - | $9,500 | - | - | $17,790,771 | |
Practice Squad | $910,800 | - | - | - | - | - | - | $920,000 | |
Total | $107,696,106 | $45,727,575 | $13,750,195 | - | $2,987,500 | $17,108,798 | - | $185,112,146 | |
Cap Space | $3,320,964 |