Kicking off a new series, we’ll be taking a look at spending rankings for every NFL position by team for the 2025 season. Dead cap hits from players who are no longer on the team do not count towards their positional spending, so Russell Wilson will not show up for the Broncos’ quarterback room despite carrying a dead cap hit of $32,000,000 for the year.

Matthew Stafford

Up first is the most expensive individual position, and possibly the most important position in all of sports, the quarterback. Some of the teams at the top of the list are not surprising, as they’re teams with players who are a few years removed from an agreed extension, since those deals have started kicking in. Here’s a look at the most expensive quarterback rooms in the league of players currently on the roster.

Italicized = quarterback involved in starting competition
Underlined = quarterback not in running to start Week 1
Information compiled via Over The Cap
Depth charts pulled from OurLads

1 – Dallas Cowboys: $52,508,430

Percentage of total cap: 18.81 percent
Top cap hit: Dak Prescott, $52,508,430 (18.08 percent)
PFF grade: 67.9 (30th)
Depth chart: Prescott, Joe Milton, Will Grier

2 – Los Angeles Rams: $51,797,037

Percentage of total cap: 18.55 percent
Top cap hit: Matthew Stafford, $47,466,666 (17 percent)
PFF grade: 74.7 (21st)
Depth chart: Stafford, Jimmy Garoppolo, Stetson Bennett

3 – Arizona Cardinals: $49,753,333

Percentage of total cap: 17.82
Top cap hit: Kyler Murray, $43,325,677 (15.52 percent)
PFF grade: 82.1 (11th)
Depth chart: Murray, Jacoby Brissett, Clayton Tune

4 – Cincinnati Bengals: $48,903,117

Percentage of total cap: 17.52 percent
Top cap hit: Joe Burrow, $45,999,784 (16.48 percent)
PFF grade: 94.0 (2nd)
Depth chart: Burrow, Jake Browning, Logan Woodside, Payton Thorne

5 – Atlanta Falcons: $47,238,099

Percentage of total cap: 16.92 percent
Top cap hit: Kirk Cousins, $40,000,000 (14.33 percent)
PFF grade: 74.3 (23rd)*
Depth chart: Michael Penix Jr., Cousins, Easton Stick, Emory Jones
*Penix didn’t hit the snap minimum but had an 87.9 grade that would have been No. 7

6 – Baltimore Ravens: $47,204,000

Percentage of total cap: 16.91 percent
Top cap hit: Lamar Jackson, $43,500,000 (15.58 percent)
PFF grade: 94.9 (1st)
Depth chart: Jackson, Cooper Rush, Devin Leary

7 – Las Vegas Raiders: $43,884,485

Percentage of total cap: 15.72 percent
Top cap hit: Geno Smith, $40,000,000 (14.33 percent)
PFF grade: 82.5 (9th)
Depth chart: Smith, Aidan O’Connell, Cam Miller, Bradley Carter

8 – Cleveland Browns: $43,532,767

Percentage of total cap: 15.59 percent
Top cap hit: Deshaun Watson, $35,971,514 (12.88 percent)
PFF grade: 71.6 (26th, Flacco)
Depth chart: Joe Flacco, Kenny Pickett, Dillon Gabriel, Shedeur Sanders, Watson

9 – Miami Dolphins: $43,094,188

Percentage of total cap: 15.43 percent
Top cap hit: Tua Tagovailoa, $39,181,294 (14.03 percent)
PFF grade: 70.2 (28th)
Depth chart: Tagovailoa, Zach Wilson, Quinn Ewers, Brett Gabbert

10 – Los Angeles Chargers: $42,731,675

Percentage of total cap: 15.31 percent
Top cap hit: Justin Herbert, $37,345,675 (13.38 percent)
PFF grade: 91.2 (4th)
Depth chart: Herbert, Taylor Heinicke, Trey Lance, D.J. Uiagalalei

11 – Buffalo Bills: $41,810,284

Percentage of total cap: 14.98 percent
Top cap hit: Josh Allen, $36,335,281 (13.01 percent)
PFF grade: 91.9 (3rd)
Depth chart: Allen, Mitchell Trubisky, Mike White, Shane Buechele

12 – Detroit Lions: $35,289,735

Percentage of total cap: 12.64 percent
Top cap hit: Jared Goff, $32,600,000 (11.68 percent)
PFF grade: 78.8 (16th)
Depth chart: Goff, Hendon Hooker, Kyle Allen

13 – Green Bay Packers: $32,896,793

Percentage of total cap: 11.78 percent
Top cap hit: Jordan Love, $29,687,143 (10.63 percent)
PFF grade: 75.8 (20th)
Depth chart: Love, Malik Willis, Sean Clifford, Taylor Elgersma

14 – Kansas City Chiefs: $31,172,269

Percentage of total cap: 11.16 percent
Top cap hit: Patrick Mahomes, $28,062,269 (10.05 percent)
PFF grade: 84.1 (8th)
Depth chart: Mahomes, Gardner Minshew, Bailey Zappe, Chris Oladokun

15 – Tampa Bay Buccaneers: $30,583,333

Percentage of total cap: 10.95 percent
Top cap hit: Baker Mayfield, $25,358,000 (9.08 percent)
PFF grade: 85.9 (6th)
Depth chart: Mayfield, Kyle Trask, Michael Pratt, Connor Bazelak

16 – Indianapolis Colts: $25,459,910

Percentage of total cap: 9.12 percent
Top cap hit: Daniel Jones, $14,500,000 (5.19 percent)
PFF grade: 72.0 (25th, Jones)*
Depth chart: Jones, Anthony Richardson, Riley Leonard, Jason Bean
*Richardson had a 62.2 grade that was 35th

17 – Philadelphia Eagles: $24,881,738

Percentage of total cap: 8.91 percent
Top cap hit: Jalen Hurts, $21,869,800 (7.83 percent)
PFF grade: 81.6 (12th)
Depth chart: Hurts, Tanner McKee, Kyle McCord, Dorian Thompson-Robinson

18 – Jacksonville Jaguars: $20,876,666

Percentage of total cap: 7.48 percent
Top cap hit: Trevor Lawrence, $17,000,000 (6.09 percent)
PFF grade: 76.8 (19th)
Depth chart: Lawrence, Nick Mullens, John Wolford, Seth Henigan

19 – Pittsburgh Steelers: $19,029,525

Percentage of total cap: 6.82 percent
Top cap hit: Aaron Rodgers, $14,150,000 (5.07 percent)
PFF grade: 78.0 (18th)
Depth chart: Rodgers, Mason Rudolph, Will Howard, Skylar Thompson

20 – Washington Commanders: $19,016,284

Percentage of total cap: 6.81 percent
Top cap hit: Jayden Daniels, $8,578,784 (3.07 percent)
PFF grade: 90.6 (5th)
Depth chart: Daniels, Marcus Mariota, Josh Johnson, Sam Hartman

21 – New York Giants: $18,146,310

Percentage of total cap: 6.5 percent
Top cap hit: Russell Wilson, $11,029,412 (3.95 percent)
PFF grade: 79.5 (15th)
Depth chart: Wilson, Jaxson Dart, Jameis Winston, Tommy DeVito

22 – Seattle Seahawks: $17,628,925

Percentage of total cap: 6.3 percent
Top cap hit: Sam Darnold, $13,400,000 (4.80 percent)
PFF grade: 80.7 (13th)
Depth chart: Darnold, Drew Lock, Jalen Milroe

23 – Houston Texans: $16,614,460

Percentage of total cap: 5.95 percent
Top cap hit: C.J. Stroud, $9,894,339 (3.54 percent)
PFF grade: 79.9 (14th)
Depth chart: Stroud, Davis Mills, Graham Mertz, Kedon Slovis

24 – New York Jets: $16,481,666

Percentage of total cap: 5.9 percent
Top cap hit: Justin Fields, $8,000,000 (2.87 percent)
PFF grade: 71.0 (27th)
Depth chart: Fields, Tyrod Taylor, Adrian Martinez, Brady Cook

25 – Carolina Panthers: $15,358,383

Percentage of total cap: 5.5 percent
Top cap hit: Bryce Young, $10,351,383 (3.71 percent)
PFF grade: 74.4 (22nd)
Depth chart: Young, Andy Dalton, Jack Plummer, Ethan Garbers

26 – Tennessee Titans: $13,709,836

Percentage of total cap: 4.91 percent
Top cap hit: Cam Ward, $8,879,930 (3.18 percent)
PFF grade: NA
Depth chart: Ward, Will Levis, Brandon Allen, Tim Boyle

27 – San Francisco 49ers: $13,390,812

Percentage of total cap: 4.8 percent
Top cap hit: Brock Purdy, $9,119,253 (3.27 percent)
PFF grade: 82.4 (10th)
Depth chart: Purdy, Mac Jones, Kurtis Rourke, Tanner Mordecai

28 – Chicago Bears: $13,102,438

Percentage of total cap: 4.69 percent
Top cap hit: Caleb Williams, $8,974,104 (3.21 percent)
PFF grade: 67.6 (31st)
Depth chart: Williams, Case Keenum, Tyson Bagent, Austin Reed

29 – New England Patriots: $12,094,219

Percentage of total cap: 4.33 percent
Top cap hit: Drake Maye, $8,327,219 (2.98 percent)
PFF grade: 70.1 (29th)
Depth chart: Maye, Joshua Dobbs, Ben Woolridge

30 – Denver Broncos: $9,427,765

Percentage of total cap: 3.38 percent
Top cap hit: Bo Nix, $4,250,000 (1.52 percent)
PFF grade: 78.3 (17th)
Depth chart: Nix, Jarrett Stidham, Sam Ehlinger

31 – Minnesota Vikings: $7,965,332

Percentage of total cap: 2.85 percent
Top cap hit: J.J. McCarthy, $4,966,999 (1.78 percent)
PFF grade: NA
Depth chart: McCarthy, Sam Howell, Brett Rypien, Max Brosmer

32 – New Orleans Saints: $3,915,640

Percentage of total cap: 1.4 percent
Top cap hit: Jake Haener, $1,179,250 (0.43 percent)
PFF grade: 52.0 (42nd, Rattler*)
Depth chart: Tyler Shough, Spencer Rattler, Haener, Hunter Dekkers
*Carr’s grade of 85.6 was No. 7 in 2024

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