AFC North

Pittsburgh Steelers

2-6 · 4th in the AFC North · GM: ALayton90

2026 cap

$301.1M

incl. −$99K rollover

Active spending

$293.9M

53 active players

Dead money

$5.0M

Cap space

$2.2M

2027 committed

$256.6M

of $327.0M projected cap

2028 committed

$135.7M

of $352.0M projected cap

Below the roster minimum: EDGE 5 of 6.

Roster & contracts

Cap number by year

Pos	Player	2026	2027	2028	2029	Guaranteed	Cut savings
Offense
QB	Sam Darnold	$42.0M	$42.0M	—	—	$35.0M	−$33.0M
QB	Jameis Winston	$3.0M	—	—	—	$2.3M	$0
QB	Quinn Ewers	$1.3M	$1.4M	$1.5M	—	—	$481K
RB	Ashton Jeanty	$5.7M	$6.8M	$7.9M	—	$1.0M	−$14.7M
RB	Kenny Gainwell	$4.4M	—	—	—	$3.0M	$0
RB	Justice Hill	$1.3M	—	—	—	$1.3M	$0
WR	Wan'Dale Robinson	$17.0M	$19.0M	$21.0M	$23.0M	$12.0M	−$45.0M
WR	Darius Slayton	$7.0M	—	—	—	$5.4M	$0
WR	Christian Kirk	$6.0M	—	—	—	$3.3M	$0
WR	Tank Dell	$3.7M	—	—	—	—	$3.7M
WR	Marquez Valdes-Scantling	$1.3M	—	—	—	$1.3M	$0
WR	Xavier Restrepo	$1.2M	$1.3M	$1.5M	—	—	$556K
WR	LaJohntay Wester	$1.1M	$1.2M	—	—	$1.0M	−$1.2M
TE	Darren Waller	$17.7M	$20.0M	—	—	$17.7M	$0
TE	Dalton Schultz	$13.0M	—	—	—	—	$10.5M
TE	Jake Briningstool	$1.1M	$1.2M	$1.3M	—	—	$800K
OL	Tytus Howard	$8.0M	$11.0M	$14.0M	—	$6.0M	−$13.0M
OL	Greg Van Roten	$2.5M	—	—	—	$1.5M	$0
OL	Brady Christensen	$2.0M	—	—	—	$1.4M	$0
OL	Ozzy Trapilo	$1.3M	$1.4M	$1.5M	—	—	$480K
OL	Ethan Pocic	$1.3M	—	—	—	$1.3M	$0
OL	Daniel Faalele	$1.3M	—	—	—	$1.2M	$0
OL	Billy Schrauth	$1.2M	$1.5M	$1.8M	$2.1M	—	−$111K
OL	Seth McLaughlin	$1.1M	$1.2M	$1.3M	—	—	$798K
OL	Alex Harkey	$929K	$1.1M	$1.2M	$1.3M	—	$752K
OL	Fernando Carmona	$918K	$1.1M	$1.2M	—	$885K	−$67K
Defense
IDL	Ed Oliver	$14.0M	$18.0M	—	—	$10.0M	−$4.0M
IDL	Harrison Phillips	$5.0M	—	—	—	—	$3.0M
IDL	Tyler Davis	$1.2M	$1.3M	—	—	—	$943K
IDL	Rylie Mills	$1.1M	$1.2M	$1.3M	—	—	$804K
EDGE	Jaelan Phillips	$12.0M	$14.0M	$18.0M	$20.0M	$9.5M	−$19.0M
EDGE	Carl Granderson	$6.0M	—	—	—	$4.0M	$0
EDGE	Anfernee Jennings	$2.5M	—	—	—	$1.5M	$0
EDGE	Nic Scourton	$2.1M	$2.6M	$3.0M	—	$1.3M	−$3.8M
EDGE	JT Tuimoloau	$1.5M	$1.8M	$2.1M	—	—	$375K
LB	T.J. Edwards	$12.0M	$16.0M	—	—	$9.0M	−$3.0M
LB	Alex Singleton	$7.0M	$9.0M	$11.0M	—	$5.0M	−$11.0M
LB	Quincy Williams	$6.5M	$11.5M	—	—	$5.3M	−$1.2M
LB	Demetrius Knight Jr	$1.5M	$1.8M	$2.1M	—	—	$470K
LB	Barrett Carter	$1.3M	$1.4M	$1.5M	—	—	$484K
LB	Derrick Barnes	$1.3M	—	—	—	$1.2M	$0
CB	Cobie Durant	$9.0M	$12.0M	$16.0M	—	$6.0M	−$15.0M
CB	Jourdan Lewis	$6.0M	$8.0M	—	—	$4.0M	−$2.0M
CB	Ja'Quan McMillian	$5.8M	—	—	—	—	$5.1M
CB	Brandon Stephens	$2.5M	—	—	—	$1.5M	$0
CB	Jack Jones	$1.3M	—	—	—	$1.2M	$0
S	Talanoa Hufanga	$21.0M	$23.0M	$25.0M	—	$15.0M	−$48.0M
S	Justin Reid	$12.0M	$14.0M	—	—	$8.0M	−$14.0M
S	Nasir Adderley	$1.3M	—	—	—	$1.2M	$0
S	Billy Bowman Jr	$1.2M	$1.3M	$1.4M	—	—	$672K
Special teams
K	Ka'imi Fairbairn	$6.0M	$5.0M	—	—	$5.3M	−$750K
P	Ethan Evans	$4.5M	$4.5M	—	—	$2.5M	−$2.0M
LS	Luke Rhodes	$1.3M	—	—	—	$1.3M	$0

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

Dead money

OLKaleb McGary$2.5M
WRNoah Brown$1.3M
CBMarcus Allen$918K
CBZy Alexander$319K
OLJarrett Kingston$25K

Draft picks

2027 1st round
2027 7th round from CLE
2027 7th round from KC
2027 7th round from TEN
2028 6th round
2028 7th round
2029 1st round
2029 2nd round
2029 3rd round
2029 4th round
2029 5th round
2029 6th round

Schedule