NFC North · 2026 League Year

Detroit Lions

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Cap Space

$11,859,080

Top-51 Cap

$276,489,430

Total Liabilities

$351,306,159

Dead Money

$35,835,591

Under Contract

91players

Spending by Position

OL$54.4M17%
WR$50.0M16%
QB$41.6M13%
DL$40.3M13%
CB$32.0M10%
LB$23.7M8%
EDGE$20.2M6%
S$17.1M5%
RB$15.5M5%
TE$14.3M5%
ST$6.1M2%

Cap Outlook

2026$351M$11.9M
2027$264M$62.6M
2028$291M$61.5M
2029$224M$0
2030$168M$0
2031$92.8M$0

bar = liabilitiesright = space vs projected cap

Pending Free Agents

Contracts expiring after 2026

RTLarry Borom$5.0M/yr
PJack Fox$3.5M/yr
CBRock Ya-Sin$3.2M/yr
EDGED.J. Wonnum$3.0M/yr
LBMalcolm Rodriguez$2.8M/yr
TESam LaPorta$2.4M/yr
SBrian Branch$2.0M/yr
SChristian Izien$2.0M/yr
RBIsiah Pacheco$1.8M/yr
CBKhalil Dorsey$1.6M/yr

Contracts & Cap Hits

Cap hit by league year · 2026 highlighted

Player	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030	2031	Free Agent
Offense44	$176M	$170M	$172M	$115M	$62.3M	$22.6M
QBJared Goff What if?	$37.6M	$62.6M	$69.6M	$16.0M	—	—	UFA 2030
WRAmon-Ra St. Brown What if?	$33.1M	$29.0M	$26.0M	$16.7M	—	—	UFA 2030
RTPenei Sewell What if?	$28.0M	$32.0M	$34.0M	$27.0M	—	—	UFA 2030
RBJahmyr Gibbs What if?	$8.7M	$6.3M	$8.4M	$19.3M	$22.2M	$22.6M	UFA 2032
WRJameson Williams What if?	$8.3M	$10.9M	$14.2M	$20.1M	$40.0M	—	UFA 2031
TESam LaPorta What if?	$6.7M	—	—	—	—	—	UFA 2027
RTLarry Borom What if?	$5.0M	—	—	—	—	—	UFA 2027
TEBrock Wright What if?	$4.7M	$2.8M	—	—	—	—	UFA 2028
RTBlake Miller What if?	$4.0M	$5.0M	$6.0M	$7.0M	—	—	UFA 2030
CCade Mays What if?	$2.8M	$9.3M	$4.4M	$8.5M	—	—	UFA 2030
RBIsiah Pacheco What if?	$1.8M	—	—	—	—	—	UFA 2027
RGTate Ratledge What if?	$1.7M	$2.1M	$2.4M	—	—	—	UFA 2029
CJuice Scruggs What if?	$1.6M	—	—	—	—	—	UFA 2027
WRIsaac TeSlaa What if?	$1.5M	$1.8M	$2.1M	—	—	—	UFA 2029
LTGiovanni Manu What if?	$1.3M	$1.4M	—	—	—	—	UFA 2028
WRGreg Dortch What if?	$1.2M	—	—	—	—	—	UFA 2027
RBSione Vaki What if?	$1.2M	$1.3M	—	—	—	—	UFA 2028
QBJoshua Dobbs What if?	$1.2M	—	—	—	—	—	UFA 2027
RGColby Sorsdal What if?	$1.2M	—	—	—	—	—	UFA 2027
RGChristian Mahogany What if?	$1.1M	$1.2M	—	—	—	—	UFA 2028
WRTom Kennedy What if?	$1.1M	—	—	—	—	—	UFA 2027
RGMiles Frazier What if?	$1.1M	$1.2M	$1.3M	—	—	—	UFA 2029
LGMichael Niese What if?	$1.1M	—	—	—	—	—	UFA 2027
LTBen Bartch What if?	$1.1M	—	—	—	—	—	UFA 2027
TETyler Conklin What if?	$1.1M	—	—	—	—	—	UFA 2027
RBTrayveon Williams What if?	$1.1M	—	—	—	—	—	UFA 2027
WRDominic Lovett What if?	$1.0M	$1.1M	$1.3M	—	—	—	UFA 2029
RBJacob Saylors What if?	$1.0M	—	—	—	—	—	UFA 2027
LTDevin Cochran What if?	$1.0M	—	—	—	—	—	UFA 2027
QBMalik Cunningham What if?	$1.0M	—	—	—	—	—	UFA 2027
WRTay Martin What if?	$1.0M	—	—	—	—	—	UFA 2027
WRLucky Jackson What if?	$1.0M	—	—	—	—	—	UFA 2027
RGMelvin Priestly What if?	$892K	$1.1M	$1.2M	—	—	—	UFA 2029
QBLuke Altmyer What if?	$888K	$1.1M	$1.2M	—	—	—	UFA 2029
TEThomas Gordon What if?	$885K	—	—	—	—	—	UFA 2027
RBRoydell Williams What if?	$885K	—	—	—	—	—	UFA 2027
WRJackson Meeks What if?	$885K	—	—	—	—	—	UFA 2027
RTMason Miller What if?	$885K	—	—	—	—	—	UFA 2027
RBJabari Small What if?	$885K	—	—	—	—	—	UFA 2027
CSeth McLaughlin What if?	$885K	—	—	—	—	—	UFA 2027
CGus Hartwig What if?	$885K	—	—	—	—	—	UFA 2027
QBRyan Cooper What if?	$885K	—	—	—	—	—	UFA 2027
TEZach Horton What if?	$885K	—	—	—	—	—	UFA 2027
WRTarik Black What if?	$885K	—	—	—	—	—	UFA 2027
Defense44	$133M	$91.4M	$117M	$108M	$106M	$70.2M
IDLAlim McNeill What if?	$29.0M	$27.7M	$29.2M	$3.0M	—	—	UFA 2030
CBD.J. Reed What if?	$17.9M	$8.1M	$17.0M	—	—	—	UFA 2029
EDGEAidan Hutchinson What if?	$10.1M	$16.0M	$21.7M	$54.0M	$50.0M	$45.0M	UFA 2032
LBDerrick Barnes What if?	$9.8M	$4.3M	$7.4M	—	—	—	UFA 2029
SBrian Branch What if?	$6.5M	—	—	—	—	—	UFA 2027
SKerby Joseph What if?	$5.5M	$9.2M	$13.0M	$17.9M	$39.1M	—	UFA 2031
LBJack Campbell What if?	$4.8M	$5.5M	$9.3M	$24.1M	$16.8M	$25.2M	UFA 2032
IDLTyleik Williams What if?	$3.7M	$4.5M	$5.2M	—	—	—	UFA 2029
CBRock Ya-Sin What if?	$3.2M	—	—	—	—	—	UFA 2027
EDGED.J. Wonnum What if?	$3.0M	—	—	—	—	—	UFA 2027
EDGEDerrick Moore What if?	$2.1M	$2.6M	$3.1M	$3.6M	—	—	UFA 2030
SChristian Izien What if?	$2.0M	—	—	—	—	—	UFA 2027
CBEnnis Rakestraw What if?	$1.8M	$2.1M	—	—	—	—	UFA 2028
CBKhalil Dorsey What if?	$1.7M	—	—	—	—	—	UFA 2027
LBMalcolm Rodriguez What if?	$1.4M	—	—	—	—	—	UFA 2027
LBTrevor Nowaske What if?	$1.4M	—	—	—	—	—	UFA 2027
SChuck Clark What if?	$1.3M	—	—	—	—	—	UFA 2027
CBAvonte Maddox What if?	$1.3M	—	—	—	—	—	UFA 2027
CBRoger McCreary What if?	$1.3M	—	—	—	—	—	UFA 2027
IDLLevi Onwuzurike What if?	$1.2M	—	—	—	—	—	UFA 2027
LBJimmy Rolder What if?	$1.2M	$1.3M	$1.5M	$1.6M	—	—	UFA 2030
IDLBen Stille What if?	$1.1M	—	—	—	—	—	UFA 2027
IDLTyler Lacy What if?	$1.1M	—	—	—	—	—	UFA 2027
EDGEPayton Turner What if?	$1.1M	—	—	—	—	—	UFA 2027
EDGEMyles Adams What if?	$1.1M	—	—	—	—	—	UFA 2027
IDLMekhi Wingo What if?	$1.1M	$1.2M	—	—	—	—	UFA 2028
IDLChris Smith What if?	$1.1M	—	—	—	—	—	UFA 2027
CBThomas Harper What if?	$1.1M	—	—	—	—	—	UFA 2027
LBTroy Reeder What if?	$1.1M	—	—	—	—	—	UFA 2027
LBAmen Ogbongbemiga What if?	$1.1M	—	—	—	—	—	UFA 2027
LBJoe Bachie What if?	$1.1M	—	—	—	—	—	UFA 2027
LBDevin White What if?	$1.1M	—	—	—	—	—	UFA 2027
CBKeith Abney II What if?	$1.0M	$1.2M	$1.3M	$1.4M	—	—	UFA 2030
SJason Taylor II What if?	$1.0M	—	—	—	—	—	UFA 2027
CBNick Whiteside What if?	$1.0M	—	—	—	—	—	UFA 2027
CBEkow Boye-Doe What if?	$1.0M	—	—	—	—	—	UFA 2027
EDGEAhmed Hassanein What if?	$985K	—	—	—	—	—	UFA 2027
IDLSkyler Gill-Howard What if?	$951K	$1.1M	$1.2M	$1.3M	—	—	UFA 2030
IDLTyre West What if?	$927K	$1.1M	$1.2M	$1.3M	—	—	UFA 2030
SDan Jackson What if?	$918K	$1.2M	$1.3M	—	—	—	UFA 2029
LBErick Hunter What if?	$893K	$1.1M	$1.2M	—	—	—	UFA 2029
CBAamaris Brown What if?	$890K	$1.1M	$1.2M	—	—	—	UFA 2029
EDGEAnthony Lucas What if?	$890K	$1.1M	$1.2M	—	—	—	UFA 2029
EDGEEric O'Neill What if?	$888K	$1.1M	$1.2M	—	—	—	UFA 2029
Special Teams3	$6.1M	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
PJack Fox What if?	$4.0M	—	—	—	—	—	UFA 2027
LSHogan Hatten What if?	$1.1M	—	—	—	—	—	UFA 2027
KJake Bates What if?	$1.1M	—	—	—	—	—	UFA 2027
Active total	$315M	$261M	$289M	$223M	$168M	$92.8M

Dead Money — 2026

$35,835,591

Taylor Decker$9,444,0003.1%
Terrion Arnold$6,662,8822.2%
David Montgomery$4,862,5011.6%
D.J. Reader$3,729,0001.2%
Frank Ragnow$3,600,0001.2%
Graham Glasgow$2,875,0001.0%
Alex Anzalone$1,200,0000.4%
Damone Clark$752,5000.2%
Kendrick Law$627,5330.2%
Cedrick Wilson Jr.$565,0000.2%
Hendon Hooker$289,8230.1%
Aidan Keanaaina$254,1660.1%
Brodric Martin$214,3780.1%
Teddy Bridgewater$187,5000.1%
Ahmed Hassanein$172,4190.1%
De'Shawn Rucker$165,0000.1%
Loren Strickland$125,5560.0%
Miles Kitselman$108,3330.0%