Chicago Bears Roster & Salary Cap
2026 Salary Cap
$7.7M23rd
Cap Space
$245.8M19th
Active Cap
$23.0M11th
Dead Cap
$262.8M20th
Top-51
Value Index — how the contracts grade out
+$42.4M
4th of 32 · 42 graded players · $274.1M in annual salary
How Chicago Bears’ contracts grade out against an average roster, room by room: their quarterbacks measured against the other 31 quarterback rooms, their receivers against the other 31, and so on. Negative means they are paying more for what they have than most of the league does. Compare all 32 →
Position-by-position breakdownWR best · IOL worst
WR+$30.4M2nd
OT+$12.4M5th
CB+$11.3M8th
TE+$11.2M6th
QB+$9.4M10th
RB+$5.5M6th
LB+$5.0M7th
S−$3.2M23rd
EDGE−$10.3M25th
IDL−$11.7M24th
IOL−$17.5M30th
Cap Scenario What-if
Cap Savings
$0
Dead Money
$0
Release and Trade carry the same cap impact; a Post-June 1 designation spreads the dead money across two seasons.
2026 Roster & Cap (57 players)
| Player | Pos | Cap Hit | APY | Worth | Base | Dead $ | Cut Savings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montez Sweat | ED | $25.1M | $24.5M | $20.6M | $20.9M | $18.2M | $6.9M |
| Jaylon Johnson | CB | $24.5M | $19.0M | $18.5M | $15.1M | $25.6M | $0 |
| Grady Jarrett | IDL | $18.9M | $14.5M | $7.0M | $14.2M | $22.2M | $0 |
| Joe Thuney | LG | $14.5M | $17.5M | $10.1M | $2.0M | $26.0M | $0 |
| Dayo Odeyingbo | ED | $13.5M | $16.0M | $14.6M | $1.5M | $24.2M | $0 |
| Kyler Gordon | CB | $12.9M | $13.3M | $11.3M | $10.0M | $27.5M | $0 |
| Jonah Jackson | RG | $12.8M | $14.8M | $8.3M | $1.2M | $21.8M | $0 |
| Caleb Williams | QB | $10.8M | $9.9M | $35.1M | $1.1M | $23.3M | $0 |
| Darnell WrightOVERPAID | RT | $10.5M | $29.0M | $17.9M | $1.1M | $42.8M | $0 |
| Cole Kmet | TE | $7.8M | $12.5M | $15.1M | $1.2M | $10.8M | $0 |
| T.J. Edwards | LB | $7.5M | $10.0M | $11.4M | $1.5M | $12.7M | $0 |
| Rome OdunzeUNDERPAID | WR | $6.2M | $5.7M | $25.0M | $1.1M | $13.4M | $0 |
| Colston LovelandUNDERPAID | TE | $6.1M | $6.7M | $22.7M | $1.0M | $21.8M | $0 |
| Coby Bryant | CB | $6.0M | $13.3M | $16.9M | $1.5M | $25.8M | $0 |
| D'Andre Swift | RB | $5.8M | $8.0M | $7.3M | $1.4M | $21.0M | $0 |
| Devin Bush | LB | $5.7M | $10.0M | $8.5M | $1.5M | $21.0M | $0 |
| Tyson Bagent | QB | $4.8M | $5.0M | $5.3M | $4.0M | $5.0M | $0 |
| Garrett Bradbury | C | $4.7M | $4.7M | $12.2M | $3.7M | $3.7M | $1.0M |
| Braxton Jones | LT | $4.3M | $5.0M | $11.5M | $2.0M | $3.0M | $1.3M |
| Tyrique Stevenson | CB | $4.1M | $1.6M | $12.6M | $3.7M | $423K | $3.7M |
| Neville Gallimore | IDL | $4.0M | $5.0M | $10.3M | $2.0M | $5.0M | $0 |
| Cairo Santos | K | $3.8M | $3.9M | $4.8M | $3.1M | $1.1M | $2.6M |
| Dillon Thieneman | SS | $3.5M | $4.9M | $3.2M | $885K | $19.5M | $0 |
| Kalif Raymond | WR | $3.5M | $3.5M | $3.4M | $2.0M | $3.0M | $470K |
| D'Marco JacksonUNDERPAID | LB | $3.0M | $3.8M | $15.4M | $1.8M | $3.6M | $0 |
| Josh Blackwell | CB | $2.6M | $2.5M | $10.9M | $1.8M | $375K | $2.2M |
| Luther BurdenUNDERPAID | WR | $2.5M | $2.7M | $23.7M | $1.3M | $9.0M | $0 |
| Cameron Lewis | CB | $2.2M | $3.0M | $3.4M | $1.2M | $2.8M | $0 |
| Case Keenum | QB | $2.2M | $2.8M | $6.4M | $1.3M | $2.9M | $0 |
| Clark Phillips III | CB | $2.1M | $2.2M | $9.6M | $2.1M | $2.1M | $0 |
| Daniel Hardy | ED | $2.1M | $2.5M | $5.5M | $1.2M | $2.5M | $0 |
| Ozzy Trapilo | RT | $1.8M | $1.9M | $22.4M | $1.2M | $4.0M | $0 |
| Shemar Turner | IDL | $1.6M | $1.8M | $5.1M | $1.2M | $3.1M | $0 |
| Logan Jones | C | $1.5M | $2.1M | $6.6M | $885K | $6.6M | $0 |
| Elijah Hicks | S | $1.4M | $2.6M | $3.8M | $2.4M | $1.7M | $0 |
| Roschon Johnson | RB | $1.3M | $1.2M | $4.5M | $1.1M | $192K | $1.1M |
| Sam Roush | TE | $1.3M | $1.8M | $1.8M | $885K | $1.8M | $0 |
| Tory Taylor | P | $1.3M | — | — | $1.1M | $374K | $888K |
| Kentavius Street | ED | $1.3M | $1.5M | $1.7M | $1.3M | $100K | $1.2M |
| Jordan McFadden | LG | $1.2M | $1.3M | $4.5M | $1.1M | $25K | $1.2M |
| Zavion Thomas | WR | $1.2M | $1.7M | $3.8M | $885K | $1.4M | $0 |
| Austin Booker | ED | $1.2M | $1.1M | $5.3M | $1.1M | $175K | $988K |
| Malik Muhammad | CB | $1.2M | $1.4M | $15.1M | $885K | $1.1M | $58K |
| Xavier Woods | S | $1.1M | $1.4M | $7.1M | $1.3M | $50K | $1.1M |
| James Lynch | IDL | $1.1M | $1.2M | $4.5M | $1.2M | $0 | $1.1M |
| Jack Sanborn | LB | $1.1M | $1.2M | $3.7M | $1.2M | $0 | $1.1M |
| Luke Newman | LG | $1.1M | $1.1M | $5.1M | $1.0M | $173K | $890K |
| Kyle Monangai | RB | $1.0M | $1.1M | $4.7M | $1.0M | $96K | $941K |
| Jahdae Walker | WR | $1.0M | $995K | $4.3M | $1.0M | $13K | $998K |
| Jamree Kromah | ED | $1.0M | $1.0M | $6.8M | $1.0M | $0 | $1.0M |
| Theo Benedet | RT | $1.0M | $1.0M | $12.4M | $1.0M | $0 | $1.0M |
| Keyshaun Elliott | ILB | $1.0M | $1.2M | $3.3M | $885K | $468K | $534K |
| Jordan van den Berg | DT | $943K | $1.2M | $6.1M | $885K | $232K | $711K |
| Jayden Loving | DT | $892K | $1.0M | $4.6M | $885K | $245K | $647K |
| Skyler Thomas | SS | $892K | $1.0M | $3.2M | $885K | $220K | $672K |
| Beau Gardner | LS | $888K | — | — | $885K | $110K | $778K |
| Ruben Hyppolite II | LB | $760K | $1.3M | $4.2M | $1.0M | $660K | $100K |
2026 Dead Money ($23.0M)
Cap dollars the Chicago Bears are paying players who are no longer on the roster. The logo is where he plays now.
| Player | Dead Cap |
|---|---|
D.J. Moore  | $12.0M |
| Drew Dalman | $4.0M |
Tremaine Edmunds  | $2.4M |
Jaylon Jones  | $708K |
| Joe Tryon-Shoyinka | $540K |
Gervon Dexter  | $472K |
| Amen Ogbongbemiga | $375K |
| Kiran Amegadjie | $330K |
Zacch Pickens  | $298K |
| Caden Barnett | $258K |
| Zah Frazier | $240K |
| Gervarrius Owens | $240K |
| Miller Moss | $203K |
| Tyler Scott | $166K |
| Ray-Ray McCloud | $157K |
| Coleman Bennett | $132K |
| Omari Kelly | $128K |
| Marlen Sewell | $110K |
| Jaren Kump | $105K |
| James Lynch | $100K |