Tampa Bay Buccaneers Roster & Salary Cap
2026 Salary Cap
$16.3M9th
Cap Space
$324.0M32nd
Active Cap
$15.8M7th
Dead Cap
$274.9M26th
Top-51
Value Index — how the contracts grade out
+$37.0M
5th of 32 · 41 graded players · $266.1M in annual salary
How Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ 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 · CB worst
WR+$25.9M3rd
EDGE+$24.0M2nd
IOL+$13.0M5th
QB+$9.0M11th
RB+$8.2M4th
S+$2.4M11th
LB+$1.7M13th
TE−$2.8M18th
IDL−$10.3M23rd
OT−$13.1M27th
CB−$21.0M29th
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 (55 players)
| Player | Pos | Cap Hit | APY | Worth | Base | Dead $ | Cut Savings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tristan Wirfs | RT | $36.3M | $28.1M | $28.5M | $26.0M | $61.6M | $0 |
| Baker MayfieldUNDERPAID | QB | $34.0M | $33.3M | $50.4M | $1.3M | $129.1M | $0 |
| Chris Godwin | WR | $33.7M | $22.0M | $25.7M | $22.0M | $49.9M | $0 |
| Antoine Winfield Jr. | S | $27.5M | $21.0M | $17.7M | $19.5M | $27.9M | $0 |
| Vita Vea | IDL | $10.8M | $30.0M | $20.0M | $1.3M | $52.5M | $0 |
| A'Shawn Robinson | IDL | $10.0M | $10.0M | $11.9M | $3.1M | $9.2M | $850K |
| Alex Anzalone | LB | $9.0M | $8.5M | $9.2M | $1.3M | $12.0M | $0 |
| Ben Bredeson | LG | $8.8M | $7.3M | $9.9M | $7.5M | $10.1M | $0 |
| Luke Goedeke | LG | $7.5M | $22.5M | $19.0M | $1.2M | $46.9M | $0 |
| Kenneth Gainwell | RB | $7.0M | $7.0M | $3.9M | $1.8M | $9.8M | $0 |
| Anthony Nelson | ED | $5.4M | $5.0M | $3.9M | $4.0M | $3.5M | $1.9M |
| Zyon McCollum | CB | $5.3M | $16.0M | $8.6M | $1.2M | $24.7M | $0 |
| Al-Quadin Muhammad | ED | $5.2M | $4.0M | $11.3M | $1.8M | $2.5M | $2.8M |
| Calijah Kancey | IDL | $4.6M | $3.6M | $13.4M | $2.7M | $19.1M | $0 |
| Rueben Bain | $4.3M | — | — | $885K | $23.8M | $0 | |
| Cody Mauch | RT | $4.3M | $1.9M | $19.3M | $3.7M | $611K | $3.7M |
| Cade Otton | TE | $4.1M | $10.0M | $13.5M | $1.2M | $20.0M | $0 |
| Emeka EgbukaUNDERPAID | WR | $4.1M | $4.5M | $23.8M | $1.0M | $14.9M | $0 |
| YaYa DiabyUNDERPAID | ED | $3.9M | $1.4M | $21.6M | $3.7M | $244K | $3.7M |
| Graham Barton | C | $3.8M | $3.5M | $11.0M | $1.6M | $8.3M | $0 |
| Chase McLaughlin | K | $3.8M | — | — | $3.8M | $0 | $3.8M |
| Riley Dixon | P | $3.0M | $3.0M | $2.4M | $2.5M | $0 | $3.0M |
| Sean Tucker | RB | $2.5M | $2.5M | $5.0M | $2.5M | $2.5M | $0 |
| Josiah Trotter | ILB | $2.0M | $2.7M | $3.4M | $885K | $10.9M | $0 |
| Benjamin Morrison | CB | $1.9M | $2.1M | $1.8M | $1.2M | $4.7M | $0 |
| Miles Killebrew | S | $1.8M | $1.8M | $1.4M | $1.3M | $0 | $1.8M |
| Tykee SmithUNDERPAID | S | $1.6M | $1.4M | $13.4M | $1.3M | $478K | $1.1M |
| Christian Rozeboom | LB | $1.6M | $1.6M | $4.4M | $1.6M | $950K | $600K |
| Jalen McMillanUNDERPAID | WR | $1.5M | $1.4M | $15.8M | $1.3M | $469K | $1.1M |
| Jacob Parrish | CB | $1.4M | $1.6M | $12.1M | $1.1M | $943K | $500K |
| Ko Kieft | TE | $1.4M | $1.6M | $4.1M | $1.5M | $600K | $802K |
| Justin Skule | LT | $1.4M | $1.4M | $2.5M | $1.2M | $400K | $1.0M |
| Rakeem Nunez-Roches | IDL | $1.3M | $1.3M | $2.5M | $1.3M | $300K | $1.0M |
| Dan Feeney | LG | $1.3M | $1.5M | $2.7M | $1.3M | $1.0M | $262K |
| Bucky IrvingUNDERPAID | RB | $1.3M | $1.2M | $10.8M | $1.1M | $366K | $892K |
| Ted Hurst | WR | $1.3M | $1.7M | $3.8M | $885K | $1.5M | $0 |
| SirVocea Dennis | LB | $1.2M | $1.0M | $3.5M | $1.1M | $79K | $1.1M |
| Payne Durham | TE | $1.2M | $1.0M | $3.2M | $1.1M | $61K | $1.1M |
| Keionte Scott | CB | $1.2M | $1.4M | $12.3M | $885K | $1.2M | $9K |
| David Walker | ED | $1.1M | $1.3M | $4.7M | $885K | $722K | $403K |
| Elijah Roberts | ED | $1.1M | $1.2M | $10.5M | $1.0M | $307K | $800K |
| Kameron Johnson | WR | $1.1M | $947K | $4.3M | $1.1M | $3K | $1.1M |
| Evan Deckers | LS | $1.1M | — | — | $1.1M | $0 | $1.1M |
| David Sills | WR | $1.1M | $1.2M | $2.5M | $1.2M | $0 | $1.1M |
| Tez Johnson | WR | $1.0M | $1.1M | $4.6M | $1.0M | $93K | $943K |
| Ben Chukwuma | RT | $1.0M | $1.0M | $3.5M | $1.0M | $37K | $987K |
| DeMonte Capehart | DT | $1.0M | $1.2M | $6.1M | $885K | $502K | $508K |
| Billy Schrauth | G | $1.0M | $1.2M | $5.4M | $885K | $490K | $517K |
| Elijah Simmons | IDL | $1.0M | $922K | $4.5M | $1.0M | $0 | $1.0M |
| Luke Haggard | LT | $1.0M | $922K | $3.4M | $1.0M | $0 | $1.0M |
| Kevin Knowles II | CB | $1.0M | $922K | $5.1M | $1.0M | $0 | $1.0M |
| Bauer Sharp | TE | $964K | $1.2M | $1.8M | $885K | $317K | $648K |
| Jalon DanielsUNDERPAID | QB | $893K | $1.0M | $51.0M | $885K | $272K | $621K |
| Ayden Garnes | CB | $892K | $1.0M | $12.3M | $885K | $120K | $772K |
| Mohamed Kamara | ED | $565K | $1.1M | $4.7M | $1.1M | $0 | $565K |
2026 Dead Money ($15.8M)
Cap dollars the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are paying players who are no longer on the roster. The logo is where he plays now.
| Player | Dead Cap |
|---|---|
Mike Evans  | $13.1M |
| Chris Braswell | $671K |
| Jake Browning | $400K |
| Paul Rubelt | $258K |
| Henry Lutovsky | $252K |
| Eric Rivers | $233K |
John Bullock  | $210K |
| Damarion Williams | $188K |
| Xavier Williams | $172K |
| Ja'Qurious Conley | $160K |
| Michael Pratt | $125K |
| Javin Wright | $105K |