NFC West

Arizona Cardinals

6-2 · 1st in the NFC West · GM: Ocks-Wifed

2026 cap

$301.5M

incl. $287K rollover

Active spending

$288.6M

53 active players

Dead money

$5.4M

Cap space

$7.5M

2027 committed

$307.5M

of $327.0M projected cap

2028 committed

$217.0M

of $352.0M projected cap

Below the roster minimum: LB 5 of 6, S 3 of 4.

Roster & contracts

Cap number by year

Pos	Player	2026	2027	2028	2029	Guaranteed	Cut savings
Offense
QB	C.J. Stroud	$11.5M	$25.9M	—	—	$5.7M	$0
QB	Tyler Huntley	$1.1M	—	—	—	—	$1.1M
QB	Joe Fagnano	$887K	$1.1M	$1.2M	—	$4K	$877K
RB	Saquon Barkley	$23.5M	—	—	—	—	$18.0M
RB	Chase Brown	$3.8M	—	—	—	—	$3.7M
RB	Kaytron Allen	$1.0M	$1.2M	$1.3M	$1.4M	—	$507K
WR	Davante Adams	$26.5M	$26.5M	$5.0M	—	$21.5M	−$10.0M
WR	Jaxon Smith-Njigba	$8.1M	$39.8M	$47.0M	$33.0M	$1.1M	−$93.2M
WR	Elic Ayomanor	$1.7M	$2.0M	$2.3M	—	$1.2M	−$1.6M
WR	De'Zhaun Stribling	$1.2M	$1.3M	$1.5M	$1.6M	—	$29K
WR	Mecole Hardman	$1.1M	—	—	—	—	$1.1M
TE	Dalton Kincaid	$7.7M	—	—	—	$1.2M	$5.4M
TE	Max Klare	$1.2M	$1.6M	$1.9M	$2.2M	—	−$185K
TE	Carsen Ryan	$917K	$1.1M	$1.2M	$1.3M	—	$789K
OL	Christian Darrisaw	$16.2M	$28.2M	$28.2M	$31.8M	$8.0M	−$22.2M
OL	Cole Van Lanen	$4.0M	$6.0M	$10.0M	—	$3.0M	−$7.0M
OL	Amarius Mims	$3.4M	$3.9M	—	—	$1.9M	−$3.9M
OL	Wyatt Milum	$1.2M	$1.4M	$1.5M	—	—	$530K
OL	Juice Scruggs	$1.2M	—	—	—	—	$1.1M
OL	James Daniels	$1.1M	—	—	—	$1.3M	$0
OL	Laken Tomlinson	$1.1M	—	—	—	$1.3M	$0
OL	Drew Kendall	$1.0M	$1.2M	$1.3M	—	—	$937K
OL	Micah Morris	$998K	$1.2M	$1.3M	$1.4M	—	$547K
OL	Logan Taylor	$910K	$1.1M	$1.2M	—	$885K	−$50K
OL	Kahlil Benson	$895K	$1.1M	$1.2M	—	$885K	−$20K
Defense
IDL	Chris Jones	$18.0M	$33.0M	$33.0M	$4.0M	$14.0M	−$45.0M
IDL	Tershawn Wharton	$6.0M	—	—	—	$5.0M	$0
IDL	Javon Hargrave	$5.0M	—	—	—	$3.0M	$0
IDL	Caleb Banks	$3.3M	$4.1M	$4.9M	$5.7M	$885K	−$14.7M
EDGE	Alex Highsmith	$29.0M	$41.0M	—	—	—	$7.0M
EDGE	Arnold Ebiketie	$5.5M	—	—	—	$3.5M	$0
EDGE	Myles Murphy	$5.3M	—	—	—	$1.5M	$0
EDGE	James Pearce Jr	$3.4M	$4.1M	$4.7M	—	$1.0M	−$8.8M
EDGE	Dani Dennis-Sutton	$1.5M	$1.9M	$2.3M	$2.7M	$885K	−$5.0M
EDGE	Ashton Gillotte	$1.2M	$1.4M	$1.5M	—	—	$534K
LB	Nick Bolton	$17.7M	$17.7M	$17.7M	—	$16.5M	−$2.4M
LB	Drue Tranquill	$12.0M	—	—	—	—	$10.0M
LB	Eric Wilson	$3.5M	—	—	—	$1.5M	$0
LB	D'Marco Jackson	$1.1M	—	—	—	$1.2M	$0
LB	Cooper McDonald	$1.0M	$1.1M	—	—	—	$1.0M
CB	Charvarius Ward Sr	$23.0M	$29.0M	$29.0M	—	$14.2M	−$5.0M
CB	Taron Johnson	$4.7M	$3.4M	—	—	$1.3M	−$2.1M
CB	D'Angelo Ponds	$2.3M	$2.9M	$3.5M	$4.1M	$885K	−$10.5M
CB	Chamarri Conner	$1.3M	—	—	—	$1.1M	$0
CB	Kader Kohou	$1.3M	—	—	—	$1.2M	$0
CB	Nehemiah Pritchett	$1.1M	$1.3M	—	—	—	$1.0M
CB	Caleb Ransaw	$1.1M	$1.2M	$1.3M	—	—	$795K
S	Elijah Molden	$8.0M	$9.0M	—	—	$5.0M	−$1.0M
S	Bryan Cook	$6.0M	$10.0M	$12.0M	—	$4.0M	−$12.0M
S	Jaylon Carlies	$1.1M	—	—	—	—	$1.1M
Special teams
K	Ryan Fitzgerald	$1.0M	$1.1M	—	—	$1.0M	−$3K
P	Ryan Eckley	$892K	$1.1M	$1.2M	—	$885K	−$14K
LS	Tyler Ott	$1.1M	—	—	—	$1.3M	$0

Cut savings: cap space freed this year by releasing the player (negative means releasing him costs space).

Dead money

CBKristian Fulton$2.0M
WRDarnell Mooney$1.5M
KYounghoe Koo$1.0M
SSydney Brown$278K
IDLZacch Pickens$214K
SMaxen Hook$131K
WRIsaiah Neyor$67K
CBAndre Fuller$52K
QBAidan O'Connell$47K
OLGottlieb Ayedze$41K
OLKT Leveston$41K
LBChandler Martin$33K
EDGEJavontae Jean-Baptiste$27K
RBCorey Kiner$17K

Draft picks

2027 1st round
2027 2nd round
2027 3rd round
2027 5th round
2027 6th round
2027 7th round
2028 1st round
2028 2nd round
2028 3rd round
2028 4th round
2028 5th round
2028 6th round
2028 7th round
2029 1st round
2029 2nd round
2029 3rd round
2029 4th round
2029 5th round
2029 6th round
2029 7th round

Schedule