NFL salary cap reaches a record-high $279.2 million for the 2025 season
INDIANAPOLIS — The NFL’s salary cap will be a record-high $279.2 million in 2025, an increase of $23.8 million.
The league informed teams of the new cap figure on Thursday during the NFL scouting combine.
The cap is up $102 million since 2018. It was $34.608 million in 1994, the first year the NFL had a salary cap. Total projected player costs, including benefits, are slotted at $362.48 million.
Teams must be under the cap by 4 p.m. ET on March 12.
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