Washington Commanders Roster & Salary Cap
2026 Salary Cap
$27.6M6th
Cap Space
$249.8M20th
Active Cap
$25.4M13th
Dead Cap
$263.8M21st
Top-51
Value Index — how the contracts grade out
+$23.2M
10th of 32 · 47 graded players · $292.3M in annual salary
How Washington Commanders’ 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 breakdownQB best · WR worst
QB+$20.6M6th
EDGE+$11.3M7th
RB+$4.1M8th
IOL+$3.9M11th
CB+$3.9M14th
OT+$3.0M15th
S+$2.3M12th
LB+$1.9M12th
IDL−$7.1M21st
TE−$9.3M31st
WR−$11.4M27th
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 (59 players)
| Player | Pos | Cap Hit | APY | Worth | Base | Dead $ | Cut Savings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daron Payne | IDL | $27.9M | $22.5M | $15.7M | $16.4M | $16.2M | $11.8M |
| Samuel Cosmi | RG | $20.3M | $18.5M | $17.4M | $15.5M | $27.5M | $0 |
| Terry McLaurin | WR | $18.0M | $29.0M | $22.8M | $2.9M | $42.5M | $0 |
| Javon Kinlaw | IDL | $16.2M | $15.0M | $11.3M | $12.2M | $25.4M | $0 |
| Laremy Tunsil | LT | $11.9M | $30.1M | $25.9M | $1.5M | $74.6M | $0 |
| Dorance Armstrong Jr.UNDERPAID | ED | $11.6M | $11.0M | $20.7M | $8.6M | $9.0M | $2.6M |
| K'Lavon ChaissonUNDERPAID | ED | $11.5M | $11.0M | $21.6M | $3.3M | $10.3M | $1.2M |
| Frankie Luvu | ED | $11.3M | $10.3M | $7.2M | $7.6M | $6.9M | $4.4M |
| Jayden DanielsUNDERPAID | QB | $10.3M | $9.4M | $50.0M | $1.1M | $22.3M | $0 |
| Odafe Oweh | EDGE | $9.2M | $24.0M | $26.8M | $3.3M | $50.6M | $0 |
| Stefon DiggsUNDERPAID | WR | $8.0M | $8.0M | $16.3M | $5.2M | $7.2M | $850K |
| Marcus Mariota | QB | $7.3M | $7.0M | $4.2M | $1.4M | $6.4M | $950K |
| Sonny Styles | ILB | $6.8M | $9.3M | $4.4M | $885K | $37.2M | $0 |
| John Bates | TE | $5.8M | $7.0M | $3.7M | $3.0M | $7.7M | $0 |
| Chigoziem Okonkwo | TE | $5.3M | $9.0M | $11.1M | $2.4M | $16.7M | $0 |
| Nick CrossUNDERPAID | S | $5.2M | $6.5M | $15.5M | $3.0M | $6.0M | $0 |
| Amik Robertson | CB | $5.0M | $7.5M | $3.2M | $1.4M | $7.3M | $0 |
| Leo Chenal | LB | $4.3M | $8.2M | $13.9M | $1.6M | $12.4M | $0 |
| Quan Martin | S | $4.3M | $1.9M | $4.2M | $3.7M | $639K | $3.7M |
| Charles Omenihu | ED | $4.0M | $4.0M | $7.4M | $2.3M | $3.3M | $700K |
| Tim Settle | IDL | $3.9M | $8.0M | $2.3M | $1.3M | $7.3M | $0 |
| Nick Allegretti | LG | $3.8M | $3.8M | $5.6M | $1.5M | $7.5M | $0 |
| Josh Conerly Jr. | LT | $3.6M | $3.9M | $16.0M | $1.0M | $12.8M | $0 |
| Jeremy Reaves | S | $3.4M | $3.5M | $2.2M | $1.3M | $5.0M | $0 |
| Andrew Wylie | RT | $3.2M | $3.8M | $5.5M | $1.8M | $3.7M | $0 |
| Chris Paul | LG | $3.0M | $3.0M | $13.2M | $1.5M | $2.5M | $525K |
| Percy Butler | S | $2.8M | $2.1M | $3.6M | $1.5M | $675K | $2.1M |
| Jer'Zhan NewtonUNDERPAID | IDL | $2.7M | $2.4M | $25.3M | $1.7M | $4.4M | $0 |
| Mike Sainristil | CB | $2.1M | $1.9M | $12.5M | $1.5M | $2.1M | $0 |
| Rachaad White | RB | $2.0M | $2.0M | $3.3M | $1.3M | $1.7M | $285K |
| Treylon Burks | WR | $2.0M | $2.4M | $3.1M | $1.2M | $400K | $1.6M |
| Rasul Douglas | CB | $2.0M | $1.8M | $7.7M | $1.3M | $580K | $1.4M |
| Ben Sinnott | TE | $2.0M | $1.8M | $2.0M | $1.5M | $1.6M | $330K |
| Dyami Brown | WR | $1.7M | $1.8M | $2.4M | $1.2M | $250K | $1.5M |
| Trey Amos | CB | $1.7M | $1.8M | $6.8M | $1.2M | $3.2M | $0 |
| Brandon Coleman | LT | $1.7M | $1.5M | $9.7M | $1.3M | $613K | $1.0M |
| Luke McCaffrey | WR | $1.5M | $1.4M | $4.2M | $1.3M | $445K | $1.1M |
| Tyler Ott | LS | $1.5M | — | — | $1.3M | $133K | $1.4M |
| Tress Way | P | $1.5M | $3.0M | $2.1M | $2.9M | $3.0M | $0 |
| Antonio Williams | WR | $1.3M | $1.8M | $3.8M | $885K | $1.7M | $0 |
| Jeremy McNichols | RB | $1.3M | $1.5M | $1.9M | $1.3M | $562K | $700K |
| Jaylin Lane | WR | $1.2M | $1.3M | $2.1M | $1.0M | $685K | $548K |
| Jordan Magee | LB | $1.2M | $1.1M | $3.0M | $1.1M | $186K | $982K |
| Fabian Moreau | CB | $1.1M | $1.3M | $3.1M | $1.3M | $38K | $1.1M |
| Javontae Jean-Baptiste | ED | $1.1M | $1.0M | $4.7M | $1.1M | $61K | $1.0M |
| Tyler Owens | S | $1.1M | $950K | $2.0M | $1.1M | $7K | $1.1M |
| Colson Yankoff | RB | $1.1M | $947K | $2.4M | $1.1M | $3K | $1.1M |
| Shy Tuttle | IDL | $1.1M | $1.3M | $3.0M | $1.3M | $0 | $1.1M |
| Kain Medrano | LB | $1.1M | $1.1M | $4.2M | $1.0M | $156K | $901K |
| Jacory Croskey-Merritt | RB | $1.0M | $1.1M | $4.4M | $1.0M | $79K | $952K |
| Joshua Josephs | OLB | $1.0M | $1.2M | $3.3M | $885K | $526K | $490K |
| Lucas Patrick | RG | $1.0M | $2.1M | $2.3M | $1.3M | $0 | $1.0M |
| Kaytron Allen | RB | $961K | $1.2M | $2.6M | $885K | $304K | $657K |
| Matt Gulbin | C | $948K | $1.2M | $7.2M | $885K | $254K | $695K |
| Athan Kaliakmanis | QB | $926K | $1.1M | $9.0M | $885K | $165K | $762K |
| Tanoa Togiai | G | $890K | $1.0M | $5.4M | $885K | $140K | $750K |
| Drew Stevens | K | $886K | — | — | $885K | $2K | $883K |
| Deatrich Wise | ED | $715K | $1.4M | $3.1M | $1.3M | $75K | $640K |
| Van Jefferson | WR | $411K | $1.7M | $1.8M | $411K | $0 | $411K |
2026 Dead Money ($25.4M)
Cap dollars the Washington Commanders are paying players who are no longer on the roster. The logo is where he plays now.
| Player | Dead Cap |
|---|---|
Deebo Samuel  | $12.3M |
Tyler Biadasz  | $8.1M |
| Will Harris | $1.6M |
| Van Jefferson | $588K |
| Drake Jackson | $548K |
| Jerome Ford | $488K |
| Jeffrey M'ba | $252K |
| Nick Bellore | $248K |
| Robert Henry Jr. | $207K |
| Trenton Scott | $188K |
| Jake Moody | $175K |
| Quentin Moore | $171K |
| Dominique Hampton | $157K |
| Fabian Moreau | $150K |
| Malik Spencer | $133K |
| Shy Tuttle | $100K |