Today’s news revolves around the NFL’s record-high salary cap for 2025. According to recent news, the NFL announced an increased salary cap for the 2025 season. This salary cap is the highest in the league's history. Each of the NFL 32 teams will have a salary cap of $279.2 Million. This news discusses the precious NFL salary caps, how the salary cap is determined, per team salary cap, and key points.
NFL 2025 Salary Cap Soars High
The National Football League (NFL) goes high in its 2025 salary cap per team. The highest-ever salary cap for the 2025 season is worth $279.2 million per team. Note that this salary cap is the most elevated in the league’s history.
This year NFL has maximised its salary cap per team from the previous year’s cap of $255.4 million to $279.2. The increase in the salary cap is approximately $23.8 million (8.5%) making it the third-largest salary cap since NFL’s salary cap in 1994.
NFL Salary Caps Increase in Previous Years
Let us have a look at the NFL Salary Caps increase in previous years:
- NFL salary cap increased by $30.6 million (11.98%) from 2023 to 2024
- NFL salary cap soars high by $25.7 million (12.3%) from 2021 to 2022.
NFL Salary Cap Formula
NFL sets its salary cap by keeping in consideration the NFL’s revenues. These revenues are distributed between the NFL and the NFL Players Association. There is no fixed amount of the salary cap, it changes every year depending on league earnings.
Also, media rights play an important role in the NFL’s success and league revenues, making it the basis for setting a salary cap. In the 2025 season, the cap was projected to be between $277.5 million to $281.5 million before it was set at $279.2 million.
In 2024, the cap faced a major decrease from $198.2 million to $182.5 million due to the pandemic. It is no surprise that one can assume an increase in salary cap each year due to the NFL’s success and ever-increasing league earnings.
Teams with the Most Cap Room
- Patriots: $128.1 million
- Raiders: $93.3 million
- Commanders: $83.7 million
- Bears: $78.9 million
- Cardinals: $67.7 million
Teams With the Least Cap
- Saints: $56.8 million over
- Browns: $29.9 million over
- Bills: $15.4 million over
- Seahawks: $13.4 million over
- Falcons: $6.97 million over
Key Dates To Note
March 10: Free agency begins at 12 p.m. ET
March 12: NFL teams must be under the salary cap by 4 p.m. ET on the league's new year beginings.