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49ers own about $8 million in salary cap space; Team’s 10 most expensive players in 2023
On January 30, the NFL announced that the
salary cap figure for each team would be $224.8 million in 2023. According to
updates from OverTheCap.com, the San Francisco 49ers have been hovering around $8 million in salary cap space. The team currently owns $8.16 million in salary cap space, per the site.
The NFL team with the most salary cap space is the Chicago Bears, currently listed at about $93.5 million. They are followed by the Atlanta Falcons ($56.5 million) and New York Giants ($47.5 million).
OverTheCap.com lists 14 teams over the upcoming salary cap limit. Those teams will have until the start of the new league year on March 15 to get under the $224.8 million limit. The New Orleans Saints are currently listed at $60.35 million over the cap, the most by any team in the NFL.
The 49ers own the third-lowest cap space among teams currently under the upcoming $224.8 million limit. The Philadelphia Eagles own $4.36 million in salary cap space, while the Pittsburgh Steelers are $1.03 million below the limit.
Below is the current salary cap space for each NFL team, per OverTheCap.com.
- Bears, $93,505,199
- Falcons, $56,540,855
- Giants, $47,519,461
- Texans, $37,556,053
- Bengals, $35,673,058
- Patriots, $32,730,947
- Seahawks, $31,042,644
- Ravens, $26,053,480
- Raiders, $18,842,838
- Cardinals, $14,589,205
- Lions, $13,827,618
- Chiefs, $13,512,266
- Colts, $12,586,428
- Broncos, $9,218,724
- Commanders, $8,358,246
- 49ers, $8,163,016
- Eagles, $4,361,666
- Steelers, $1,032,747
- Jets, ($914,498)
- Cowboys, ($7,055,002)
- Panthers, ($7,901,728)
- Rams, ($14,122,570)
- Browns, ($14,519,606)
- Dolphins, ($16,377,201)
- Packers, ($16,481,743)
- Bills, ($16,840,436)
- Chargers, ($20,261,524)
- Titans, ($21,478,634)
- Jaguars, ($22,233,686)
- Vikings, ($23,433,507)
- Buccaneers, ($55,031,921)
- Saints, ($60,354,996)
Below is a list of the 10 49ers players with the largest salary cap hits in 2023, per OverTheCap.com.
- OT Trent Williams, $27,227,424
- DL Arik Armstead, $23,993,059
- LB Fred Warner, $18,525,000
- TE George Kittle, $18,033,751
- DE Nick Bosa, $17,859,000
- CB Charvarius Ward, $16,405,000
- RB Christian McCaffrey, $12,000,000
- QB Trey Lance, $9,301,434
- WR Deebo Samuel, $8,653,529
- FB Kyle Juszczyk, $6,565,221
The following 21 49ers players are scheduled to become unrestricted free agents on March 15,
per Spotrac.com.
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