NFL Positional Spending

Defensive Line SpendingDefensive Line Spending

A real-time look at how NFL teams are spending their 2020 cap dollars on Defensive Lines.

 

Cap Allocation: Active Roster

Rank Team Players 2020 Cap Dollars Avg Cap Dollars % of 2020 Adj. Cap
1 BUF 10 $51,319,306 $5,131,931 23.23%
2 IND 9 $48,420,128 $5,380,014 20.18%
3 KC 10 $44,671,203 $4,467,120 20.22%
4 PHI 9 $39,055,824 $4,339,536 17.58%
5 LAR 7 $33,593,498 $4,799,071 16.48%
6 BAL 8 $32,691,302 $4,086,413 16.52%
7 ATL 10 $32,071,368 $3,207,137 15.88%
8 PIT 8 $31,921,708 $3,990,214 15.91%
9 CLE 8 $31,430,944 $3,928,868 13.74%
10 WAS 8 $30,121,586 $3,765,198 14.41%
11 NO 9 $28,950,110 $3,216,679 14.62%
12 LAC 9 $26,803,542 $2,978,171 13.24%
13 DAL 10 $25,021,171 $2,502,117 11.49%
14 MIA 7 $24,729,760 $3,532,823 11.36%
15 NYG 8 $24,656,941 $3,082,118 12.49%
16 SEA 9 $23,695,070 $2,632,786 11.87%
17 LV 9 $23,451,626 $2,605,736 10.66%
18 TB 8 $20,859,879 $2,607,485 10.22%
19 HOU 6 $18,933,720 $3,155,620 8.68%
20 DET 8 $16,959,794 $2,119,974 7.91%
21 NE 7 $16,060,020 $2,294,289 7.62%
22 CHI 7 $16,059,232 $2,294,176 7.56%
23 GB 6 $14,084,900 $2,347,483 6.91%
24 TEN 6 $13,607,807 $2,267,968 6.18%
25 SF 9 $13,385,058 $1,487,229 6.48%
26 NYJ 7 $11,882,613 $1,697,516 5.74%
27 MIN 7 $10,070,830 $1,438,690 5.10%
28 CAR 8 $10,052,961 $1,256,620 4.82%
29 CIN 9 $8,242,954 $915,884 3.95%
30 JAC 7 $6,377,134 $911,019 3.07%
31 DEN 6 $4,836,906 $806,151 2.26%
32 ARI 5 $2,925,535 $585,107 1.49%
Total 254 $736,944,430 $89,831,142 10.95%
Average 8 $23,029,513 $2,901,356 10.87%


Rank Player 2020 Cap Dollars % of 2020 Cap
1 Aaron Donald $25,000,000 12.26%
2 DeForest Buckner $23,378,000 9.75%
3 Frank Clark $19,300,000 8.74%
4 Fletcher Cox $18,115,000 8.16%
5 Leonard Williams $16,126,000 8.17%
6 J.J. Watt $15,500,000 7.11%
7 Chris Jones $15,001,000 6.79%
8 Joey Bosa $15,000,000 7.41%
9 Stephon Tuitt $14,940,750 7.44%
10 Sheldon Richardson $13,666,666 5.98%
11 Grady Jarrett $12,334,000 6.11%
12 Akiem Hicks $11,800,000 5.55%
13 Ryan Kerrigan $11,687,500 5.59%
14 Brandon Williams $11,174,000 5.65%
15 Shaq Lawson $10,833,333 4.98%
16 Myles Garrett $10,126,627 4.43%
17 Calais Campbell $10,000,000 5.05%
18 Mario Addison $9,968,750 4.51%
19 DeMarcus Lawrence $9,900,000 4.55%
20 Trent Murphy $9,775,000 4.43%
21 Jerry Hughes $9,500,000 4.30%
22 Jarran Reed $9,350,000 4.68%
23 Cameron Heyward $9,301,250 4.63%
24 Tyrone Crawford $9,100,000 4.18%
25 Cameron Jordan $9,097,000 4.59%
26 Justin Houston $9,000,000 3.75%
27 DaQuan Jones $8,333,334 3.78%
28 Henry Anderson $8,333,333 4.02%
29 Ndamukong Suh $8,000,000 3.92%
30 Carl Nassib $7,750,000 3.52%
31 Emmanuel Ogbah $7,500,000 3.45%
32 Vernon Butler $7,368,750 3.34%
33 Quinton Jefferson $7,000,000 3.17%
34 Kenny Clark $6,690,000 3.28%
35 Dante Fowler Jr. $6,666,666 3.30%
36 Brandon Graham $6,288,000 2.83%
37 Chase Young $6,284,290 3.01%
38 Maliek Collins $6,250,000 2.84%
39 Arik Armstead $6,000,000 2.90%
40 Malcom Brown $5,943,750 3.00%
41 Johnathan Hankins $5,875,000 2.67%
42 Lawrence Guy $5,866,668 2.79%
43 Denico Autry $5,706,250 2.38%
44 Linval Joseph $5,500,000 2.72%
45 Carlos Dunlap $5,468,750 2.74%
46 Dean Lowry $5,200,000 2.55%
47 Yannick Ngakoue $5,176,470 2.62%
48 Shamar Stephen $5,033,333 2.55%
49 Alex Okafor $4,941,250 2.24%
50 William Gholston $4,750,000 2.33%
51 Malik Jackson $4,661,000 2.10%
52 Ed Oliver $4,471,626 2.02%
53 Allen Bailey $4,375,000 2.17%
54 Nick Williams $4,300,000 2.01%
55 Derrick Brown $4,294,801 2.06%
56 Derek Barnett $4,088,882 1.84%
57 Romeo Okwara $4,076,666 1.90%
58 Vita Vea $4,042,974 1.98%
59 Daron Payne $3,932,280 1.88%
60 Michael Brockers $3,833,333 1.88%
61 Marcus Davenport $3,747,789 1.89%
62 Sheldon Rankins $3,690,000 1.86%
63 Jonathan Allen $3,689,756 1.77%
64 Tyson Alualu $3,625,000 1.81%
65 Christian Wilkins $3,508,886 1.61%
66 David Onyemata $3,500,000 1.77%
67 Grover Stewart $3,487,912 1.45%
68 Everson Griffen $3,452,205 1.61%
69 Javon Hargrave $3,450,000 1.55%
70 Adam Butler $3,259,000 1.55%
71 Benson Mayowa $3,018,750 1.51%
72 Dexter Lawrence $3,010,918 1.53%
73 Derek Wolfe $3,000,000 1.52%
74 Jeffery Simmons $2,878,126 1.31%
75 Javon Kinlaw $2,816,126 1.36%
76 Taven Bryan $2,769,534 1.33%
77 Danny Shelton $2,750,000 1.28%
78 John Simon $2,675,000 1.27%
79 Montez Sweat $2,645,741 1.27%
80 Jerry Tillery $2,595,945 1.28%
81 L.J. Collier $2,462,745 1.23%
82 Larry Ogunjobi $2,378,391 1.04%
83 Tyeler Davison $2,323,333 1.15%
84 Carl Lawson $2,296,155 1.10%
85 Deatrich Wise $2,278,140 1.08%
86 Adrian Clayborn $2,250,000 0.98%
87 Al-Quadin Muhammad $2,133,000 0.89%
Chris Wormley $2,133,000 1.06%
89 A'Shawn Robinson $2,023,529 0.99%
90 Charles Harris $1,943,692 0.96%
91 DeMarcus Walker $1,614,410 0.76%
92 Vinny Curry $1,550,000 0.70%
93 Christian Covington $1,500,000 0.72%
Austin Johnson $1,500,000 0.76%
Kerry Hyder $1,500,000 0.73%
Rakeem Nunez-Roches $1,500,000 0.74%
97 Dalvin Tomlinson $1,454,759 0.74%
98 Yetur Gross-Matos $1,453,633 0.70%
99 Ross Blacklock $1,444,989 0.66%
100 Kemoko Turay $1,423,200 0.59%
101 Zach Kerr $1,380,000 0.66%
102 Tanoh Kpassagnon $1,374,936 0.62%
103 Ben Banogu $1,351,024 0.56%
104 Aldon Smith $1,350,000 0.62%
105 Mike Daniels $1,275,000 0.61%
106 Marlon Davidson $1,232,089 0.61%
107 Dawuane Smoot $1,205,393 0.58%
108 Tyquan Lewis $1,190,742 0.50%
109 Damion Square $1,187,500 0.59%
110 B.J. Hill $1,106,069 0.56%
111 A.J. Epenesa $1,068,600 0.48%
112 Nathan Shepherd $1,043,143 0.50%
113 Derrick Nnadi $1,039,850 0.47%
114 Raekwon Davis $1,028,273 0.47%
115 Trey Hendrickson $1,001,572 0.51%
116 Zach Sieler $1,000,000 0.46%
117 Jaleel Johnson $994,591 0.50%
118 Harrison Phillips $981,760 0.44%
119 Randy Gregory $980,000 0.45%
120 Zach Allen $975,855 0.50%
121 Steve McLendon $965,073 0.47%
122 Arden Key $956,594 0.44%
123 Deadrin Senat $954,490 0.47%
124 Dre'Mont Jones $952,000 0.45%
125 Jalyn Holmes $932,849 0.47%
126 Chase Winovich $930,328 0.44%
127 Carlos Watkins $929,912 0.43%
128 Dorance Armstrong $917,499 0.42%
129 Justin Jones $892,946 0.44%
130 Jihad Ward $887,500 0.45%
Justin Ellis $887,500 0.45%
Jack Crawford $887,500 0.40%
133 Justin Madubuike $882,420 0.45%
134 Rasheem Green $872,256 0.44%
135 Marquis Haynes $863,089 0.41%
136 D.J. Jones $861,966 0.42%
137 Neville Gallimore $850,991 0.39%
138 Sam Hubbard $848,476 0.41%
139 Brent Urban $840,000 0.40%
140 Jordan Elliott $834,260 0.37%
141 Greg Gaines $831,653 0.41%
142 R.J. McIntosh $830,368 0.42%
143 Maurice Hurst $829,761 0.38%
144 Kentavius Street $827,550 0.40%
145 Isaac Rochell $825,000 0.41%
Morgan Fox $825,000 0.41%
Vincent Taylor $825,000 0.36%
148 Bilal Nichols $824,870 0.39%
149 McTelvin Agim $824,318 0.39%
150 Tim Settle $817,010 0.39%
151 Ifeadi Odenigbo $812,500 0.41%
152 Maxx Crosby $805,566 0.37%
153 John Jenkins $800,000 0.38%
154 D.J. Wonnum $797,695 0.40%
155 John Cominsky $797,098 0.40%
156 Foley Fatukasi $793,563 0.38%
157 Sebastian Joseph $788,809 0.39%
158 Mike Pennel $783,088 0.35%
159 James Lynch $782,749 0.40%
160 Jabari Zuniga $772,868 0.37%
161 Steven Means $770,000 0.38%
162 Julian Okwara $767,028 0.36%
163 Kingsley Keke $753,316 0.37%
164 Poona Ford $752,668 0.38%
165 Angelo Blackson $750,000 0.38%
Efe Obada $750,000 0.36%
Mario Edwards $750,000 0.35%
Tyler Lancaster $750,000 0.37%
Adam Gotsis $750,000 0.36%
John Franklin-Myers $750,000 0.36%
Matt Dickerson $750,000 0.34%
Taylor Stallworth $750,000 0.31%
Pat O'Connor $750,000 0.37%
174 Charles Omenihu $748,820 0.34%
175 Austin Bryant $740,511 0.35%
176 Byron Cowart $720,737 0.34%
177 Isaiah Buggs $717,158 0.36%
178 Armon Watts $717,113 0.36%
179 Darryl Johnson $699,522 0.32%
180 Khalid Kareem $698,619 0.34%
181 Alton Robinson $697,837 0.35%
182 Cortez Broughton $694,505 0.34%
183 Khalen Saunders $693,501 0.31%
184 Jason Strowbridge $691,623 0.32%
185 Trevis Gipson $691,418 0.33%
186 Broderick Washington $683,412 0.35%
187 Carl Granderson $680,000 0.34%
188 Larrell Murchison $679,436 0.31%
189 Shy Tuttle $676,666 0.34%
190 Porter Gustin $675,000 0.30%
Joe Jackson $675,000 0.30%
Jacob Tuioti-Mariner $675,000 0.33%
193 Rashard Lawrence $671,016 0.34%
194 Bradlee Anae $669,443 0.31%
195 Dion Jordan $661,770 0.32%
196 Genard Avery $661,768 0.30%
197 Bravvion Roy $658,494 0.32%
198 Khalil Davis $653,303 0.32%
199 John Penisini $652,794 0.31%
200 Michael Danna $638,856 0.29%
201 James Smith-Williams $634,425 0.30%
202 Carlos Davis $633,376 0.32%
203 Jonathan Garvin $629,820 0.31%
204 Malcolm Roach $613,333 0.31%
205 Doug Costin $612,500 0.30%
206 Tershawn Wharton $611,666 0.28%
207 Kendal Vickers $610,000 0.28%
Kevin Givens $610,000 0.30%
209 DeShawn Williams $595,590 0.28%
210 Daniel Ekuale $595,588 0.29%
211 Bryan Mone $586,766 0.29%
212 Amani Bledsoe $574,112 0.28%
213 Justin Hamilton $529,416 0.24%
214 Xavier Williams $529,412 0.25%
215 Margus Hunt $485,298 0.23%
Jabaal Sheard $485,298 0.25%
Damontre Moore $485,298 0.24%
Justin Zimmer $485,298 0.22%
219 Austin Larkin $476,472 0.23%
220 Sylvester Williams $441,180 0.21%
221 Eli Ankou $436,764 0.20%
222 Casey Toohill $430,584 0.21%
223 Derrek Tuszka $409,408 0.19%
224 Henry Mondeaux $394,702 0.20%
225 Daniel McCullers $352,944 0.17%
226 Akeem Spence $330,147 0.16%
227 Derek Rivers $291,174 0.14%
228 Ron'Dell Carter $287,058 0.13%
229 Tim Ward $287,056 0.13%
230 Caraun Reid $267,647 0.13%
231 Domata Peko $264,708 0.14%
232 Leki Fotu $263,956 0.13%
233 Andrew Brown $238,235 0.11%
234 Kevin Strong $220,590 0.10%
235 Chris Smith $214,117 0.10%
236 Jeremiah Ledbetter $198,529 0.10%
237 Cassius Marsh $176,472 0.09%
Woodrow Hamilton $176,472 0.09%
Daniel Ross $176,472 0.09%
240 Benito Jones $167,645 0.08%
241 Vic Beasley $160,588 0.07%
242 Trevon Coley $145,588 0.07%
243 Niko Lalos $143,529 0.07%
244 Raequan Williams $134,116 0.06%
245 T.Y. McGill $107,058 0.05%
246 Wyatt Ray $79,411 0.04%
247 Jessie Lemonier $71,764 0.04%
Auzoyah Alufohai $71,764 0.03%
Darrion Daniels $71,764 0.04%
250 Damon Harrison $61,764 0.03%
251 Tanzel Smart $44,118 0.02%
252 Joe Gaziano $35,882 0.02%
Alex Barrett $35,882 0.02%
Reginald McKenzie $35,882 0.02%