2015 NFL Salary Cap and Adjusted Team Positions

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The 2015 NFL salary cap is confirmed at $143.28 million.

Under the Collective Bargaining Agreement, each club has the option to carry over unused cap space from the prior League Year. Below is every team’s adjusted salary cap position given its carryover amount and other adjustments from the 2014 season.

Team

Carryover

Adjustments

2015 Salary Cap

2015 Adjusted Team Salary Cap

Arizona Cardinals

$4,256,919$978,947$143,280,000$148,515,866

Atlanta Falcons

$2,845,290$123,525$143,280,000$146,248,815

Baltimore Ravens

$5,791,927($3,940,800)$143,280,000$145,131,127

Buffalo Bills

$2,647,907($145,977)$143,280,000$145,781,930

Carolina Panthers

$4,939,773$1,151,864$143,280,000$149,371,637

Chicago Bears

$1,545,934$342,500$143,280,000$145,168,434

Cincinnati Bengals

$8,697,310$153,125$143,280,000$152,130,435

Cleveland Browns

$18,908,285($420,885)$143,280,000$161,767,400

Dallas Cowboys

$3,260,740$2,037,573$143,280,000$148,578,313

Denver Broncos

$5,870,000$916,024$143,280,000$150,066,024

Detroit Lions

$939,171$98,820$143,280,000$144,317,991

Green Bay Packers

$7,791,106$400,000$143,280,000$151,471,106

Houston Texans

$966,613$1,779,133$143,280,000$146,025,746

Indianapolis Colts

$7,699,867$1,443,525$143,280,000$152,423,392

Jacksonville Jaguars

$21,768,205$3,437,902$143,280,000$168,486,107

Kansas City Chiefs

$2,246,790$617,410$143,280,000$146,144,200

Miami Dolphins

$7,770,411$1,876,526$143,280,000$152,926,937

Minnesota Vikings

$5,723,960$624,000$143,280,000$149,627,960

New England Patriots

$6,442,054($5,143,970)$143,280,000$144,578,084

New Orleans Saints

$1,710,130$102,300$143,280,000$145,092,430

New York Giants

$151,000($19,117)$143,280,000$143,411,883

New York Jets

$12,619,394$250,000$143,280,000$156,149,394

Oakland Raiders

$7,400,000$1,192,756$143,280,000$151,872,756

Philadelphia Eagles

$15,715,700$876,678$143,280,000$159,872,378

Pittsburgh Steelers

$778,469$0$143,280,000$144,058,469

San Diego Chargers

$1,500,000($1,807,388)$143,280,000$142,972,612

San Francisco 49ers

$4,206,936$2,369,044$143,280,000$149,855,980

Seattle Seahawks

$4,825,000$152,738$143,280,000$148,257,738

St. Louis Rams

$0$1,393,387$143,280,000$144,673,387

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

$1,063,033$566,856$143,280,000$144,909,889

Tennessee Titans

$11,254,828($181,250)$143,280,000$154,353,578

Washington Redskins

$108,621$3,203,124$143,280,000$146,591,745

*numbers in chart as of March 2, 2015


UPDATE (3/24/2015 4:48 p.m. ET)

Through March 24, 2015, there were 153 total signings with $788,491,999 in guaranteed money and $1,802,821,620 in total contract value.

This breaks down as:

  • 97 unrestricted free agents signing with new teams (guaranteed: $644,104,999; total value: $1,413,501,620)
  • 56 unrestricted free agents re-signing with current teams (guaranteed: $144,387,000; total value: $389,320,000)

Per the Collective Bargaining Agreement, each club must average an 89% cash spend of the salary cap from 2013-2016.

The four teams which spent the least during the two-year period from 2013-2014 were the Oakland Raiders (80.16%), New York Jets (80.97%), Jacksonville Jaguars (82.24%) and New England Patriots (82.82%).

These four teams have spent the following in free agency thus far:

  • 30% of all guaranteed money
  • 27% of total contracts
  • 24% of first-year cash

These numbers only represent deals for which contracts were received and processed by the NFLPA by 2 p.m. ET on March 24, 2015.

Through March 17, 2015, there were 129 total signings with $772,837,000 in guaranteed money and $1,744,811,600 in total contract value.

This breaks down as:

  • 83 unrestricted free agents signing with new teams (guaranteed: $631,645,000; total value: $1,376,156,600)
  • 46 unrestricted free agents re-signing with current teams (guaranteed: $141,192,000; total value: $368,655,000)

These numbers only represent deals for which contracts were received and processed by the NFLPA by 4 p.m. ET on March 17, 2015.

Through the first 96 hours of free agency, there were 92 total signings with $612,247,000 in guaranteed money and $1,385,860,000 in total contract value.

This breaks down as:

  • 57 unrestricted free agents signing with new teams (guaranteed: $485,300,000; total value: $1,061,430,000)
  • 35 unrestricted free agents re-signing with current teams (guaranteed: $126,947,000; total value: $324,430,000)

These numbers only represent deals for which contracts were received and processed by the NFLPA by 4 p.m. ET on March 14, 2015.

Through the first 72 hours of 2015 Free Agency, there were 85 total signings with $589,797,000 in guaranteed money and $1,321,110,000 in total contract value.

This breaks down as:

  • 53 unrestricted free agents signing with new teams (guaranteed: $474,600,000; total value: $1,032,180,000)
  • 32 unrestricted free agents re-signing with current teams (guaranteed: $115,197,000; total value: $288,930,000)

These numbers only represent deals for which contracts were received and processed by the NFLPA by 4 p.m. ET on March 13, 2015.

Through the first 48 hours of Free Agency, there were 66 total signings with $477,463,000 in guaranteed money and $1,085,980,00 in total contract value.

This breaks down as:

  • 39 unrestricted free agents signing with new teams (guaranteed: $376,400,000; total value: $831,685,000)
  • 27 unrestricted free agents re-signing with current teams (guaranteed: $101,063,000; total value: $254,295,000)

These numbers only represent deals for which contracts were received and processed by the NFLPA by 4 p.m. ET on March 12, 2015.

Through the first 24 hours of 2015 Free Agency, there were 46 total signings with $375,975,000 in guaranteed money and $827,570,000 in total contract value.

This breaks down as:

  • 30 unrestricted free agents signing with new teams (guaranteed: $299,185,000; total value: $643,675,000)
  • 16 unrestricted free agents re-signing with current teams (guaranteed: $76,790,000; total value: $183,895,000)

These numbers only represent deals for which contracts were received and processed by the NFLPA by 4 p.m. ET on March 11, 2015.

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