The Miami Dolphins have some work to do to get their 2025 books in order.
The Miami Dolphins have some work to do this offseason. The team has to figure out what went wrong during the 2024 season and devise a plan to address roster holes in preparation for the 2025 season. They have to do it all while entering the year well over the projected salary cap for the NFL this year.
What does Miami’s salary cap look like and how are they over the projected cap for 2025? We take a look.
Dolphins 2025 salary cap numbers
(All numbers via OverTheCap.com)
Dolphins roster
- Tua Tagovailoa, QB – $39.2 million
- Bradley Chubb, LB – $28.7 million
- Tyreek Hill, WR – $27.7 million
- Terron Armstead, OT – $22.8 million
- Jalen Ramsey, CB – $16.7 million
- Austin Jackson, $13.5 million
- Jaelan Phillips, LB – $13.3 million
- Zach Sieler, DT – $12.4 million
- Jordyn Brooks, LB – $11.1 million
- Kendall Fuller, CB – $8.2 million
- Aaron Brewer, C – $8.1 million
- Jaylen Waddle, WR – $8.0 million
- Alec Ingold, FB – $4.9 million
- Durham Smythe, TE – $4.8 million
- Jason Sanders, K – $4.7 million
- Jonnu Smith, TE – $4.6 million
- Raheem Mostert, RB – $3.9 million
- Chop Robinson, LB – $3.4 million
- Jake Bailey, P – $2.5 million
- Cam Smith, CB – $1.9 million
- Channing Tindall, LB – $1.6 million
- Patrick Paul, OT – $1.6 million
- De’Von Achane, RB – $1.5 million
- Blake Ferguson, LS – $1.2 million
- Jaylen Wright, RB – $1.2 million
- Neil Ferrell, Jr., DT – $1.1 million
- Tanner Conner, TE – $1.1 million
- Erik Ezukanma, WR – $1.1 million
- Mohamed Kamara, WR – $1.0 million
- Julian Hill, TE – $1.0 million
- Ethan Bonner, CB – $1.0 million
- Malik Washington, WR – $1.0 million
- Patrick McMorris, S – $1.0 million
- Storm Duck, CB – $1.0 million
- Andrew Meyer, C – $1.0 million
- Ryan Hayes, OT – $1.0 million
- Braeden Daniels, OT – $1.0 million
- William Bradley-King, LB – $1.0 million
- Chasen Hines, G – $1.0 million
- Tahj Washington, WR – $0.9 million
- Grayson Murphy, LB – $0.8 million
- Hayden Rucci, TE – $0.8 million
- Derrick McLendon II, LB – $0.8 million
- Bayron Matos, OT – $0.8 million
- Jason Maitre, CB – $0.8 million
- Dequan Jackson, LB – $0.8 million
- Jordan Colbert, S – $0.8 million
- Tarik Black, WR – $0.8 million
- Isaiah Johnson, CB – $0.8 million
Top 51 Salary Cap Number: $270.0 million
(49 players on roster)
Dead Money
(Dead money is money that likely has already been paid to a player through a signing bonus or other means, but has not been accounted for against a cap number – typically for players who were either cut this year or were post-June 1 cuts from the previous year allowing the team to split the money over multiple years.)
- Xavien Howard, CB – $15.7 million
- Odell Beckham, Jr., WR – $0.9 million
- Blake Ferguson, LS – $0.3 million
- Erik Ezukanma, WR – $0.2 million
Total: $17.1 million
Dolphins 2025 salary cap number
(Top 51 + Dead Money)
$287.1 million
Projected Dolphins 2025 cap space
$275 million cap
$287.1 million cap number
-$12.1 million