A look at the 49ers 2024, & 2025 salary cap situation, with week 5 a day away

With week 4 behind us, and week 5 just a day away, I think it’s now time to begin with my weekly deep look at the 49ers 2024, & 2025 salary cap situations, as it stands right now.

Right now, the 49ers have 79 players signed for 2024, counting $216,925,871 against the salary cap, along with a dead money amount of $24,488,637, for a total commitment of $241,414,508, putting the 49ers $55,944,326 under their 2024 adjusted cap of $297,358,834.

Below are the 79 players signed.

53-Man Roster:

1. QB 13 Brock Purdy(2025)- $1,004,253
2. QB 17 Brandon Allen(2024)- $1,600,000
3. QB 5 Joshua Dobbs(2024)- $2,250,000
4. RB 24 Jordan Mason(2024)- $988,334
5. RB/KR 31 Isaac Guerendo(2027)- $971,132
6. RB 32 Patrick Taylor Jr.(2024)- $1,055,000
7. FB 44 Kyle Juszcyzk(2025)- $3,606,750
8. WR 11 Brandon Aiyuk(2028)- $5,275,000
9. WR 1 Deebo Samuel Sr.(2025)- $12,226,753
10. WR 15 Jauan Jennings(2025)- $2,774,941
11. WR 18 Chris Conley(2024)- $1,550,000
12. WR/PR 19 Jacob Cowing(2027)- $927,177
13. WR 10 Ronnie Bell(2026)- $934,445
14. TE 85 George Kittle(2025)- $12,205,575
15. TE 82 Eric Saubert(2024)- $1,056,250
16. TE 88 Jake Tonges(2024)- $915,000
17. C 64 Jake Brendel(2026)- $3,260,000
18. C 63 Nick Zakelj(2025)- $1,032,590
19. C 78 Ben Bartch(2024)- $985,000
20. LG 65 Aaron Banks(2024)- $3,742,110
21. LG 74 Spencer Burford(2025)- $1,153,014
22. RG 77 Dominick Puni(2027)- $1,036,463
23. LT 71 Trent Williams(2026)- $21,835,542
24. LT/RT 76 Jaylon Moore(2024)- $1,135,759
25. RT 68 Colton McKivitz(2025)- $2,913,000
26. DE 97 Nick Bosa(2028)- $14,671,000
27. DE 56 Leonard Floyd(2025)- $3,418,000
28. DE 51 Robert Beal Jr.(2026)- $976,245
29. DE 91 Sam Okuayinonu(2024)- $762,500
30. DT 99 Maliek Collins(2025)- $3,038,588
31. DT/NT 92 Jordan Elliott(2025)- $2,140,000
32. DT/NT 90 Kevin Givens(2024)- $1,192,500
33. NT 93 Kalia Davis(2025)- $1,018,003
34. WLB 59 De’Vondre Campbell(2024)- $2,200,000
35. WLB 53 Dee Winters(2026)- $948,333
36. MLB 54 Fred Warner(2026)- $12,649,000
37. MLB 50 Jalen Graham(2024)- $711,667
38. SLB 45 Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles(2024)- $1,292,500
39. SLB 48 Tatum Bethune(2027)- $815,452
40. CB 7 Charvarius Ward(2024)- $18,401,000
41. CB 2 Deommodore Lenoir(2024)- $3,187,217
42. CB 22 Isaac Yiadom(2024)- $1,900,000
43. CB 0 Renardo Green(2027)- $1,161,795
44. CB 33 Rock Ya-Sin(2024)- $1,056,250
45. CB 28 Darrell Luter Jr.(2026)- $993,378
46. FS 27 Ji’Ayir Brown(2026)- $1,226,319
47. SS 29 Talanoa Hufanga(2024)- $4,950,038
48. SS/FS 30 George Odum(2026)- $2,551,666
49. SS/FS 6 Malik Mustapha(2027)- $979,734
50. PK 4 Jake Moody(2026)- $1,205,473
51. P 3 Mitch Wishnowsky(2026)- $2,825,000
52. LS 46 Taybor Pepper(2025)- $1,300,000

Injured Reserve:

1. RB 23 Christian McCaffrey(2027)- $6,682,588
2. RB 25 Elijah Mitchell(2024)- $1,100,893
3. C/RG 55 Jon Feliciano(2024)- $2,280,000
4. DE 94 Yetur Gross-Matos(2025)- $3,328,000
5. NT 98 Javon Hargrave(2026)- $9,270,882
6. MLB 36 Curtis Robinson(2024)- $630,000
7. CB 20 Ambry Thomas(2024)- $1,425,154

PUP:

1. DE 95 Drake Jackson(2025)- $1,607,616
2. WLB 57 Dre Greenlaw(2024)- $9,602,970

NFI:

1. WR 14 Ricky Pearsall(2027)- $2,279,709

Practice Squad:

1. QB 4 Tanner Mordecai(2024)- $225,000
2. RB 40 Ke’Shawn Vaughn(2024)- $302,400
3. WR 81 Trent Taylor(2024)- $340,322
4. WR 84 Terrace Marshall Jr.(2024)- $302,400
5. WR 83 Terique Owens(2024)- $175,000
6. TE 9 Brayden Willis(2024)- $263,333
7. TE 89 Mason Pline(2024)- $225,000
8. C 66 Drake Nugent(2024)- $225,000
9. LT/RT 61 Chris Hubbard(2024)- $362,100
10. RT 67 Isaac Alarcón(2024)- $0
11. DE 58 Alex Barrett(2024)- $225,000
12. DE 60 Jonathan Garvin(2024)- $298,200
13. DT 96 T.Y. McGill Jr.(2024)- $416,822
14. NT 69 Evan Anderson(2024)- $256,667
15. SLB 47 DaShaun White(2024)- $225,000
16. CB 26 Chase Lucas(2024)- $225,000
17. FS 38 Jaylen Mahoney(2024)- $256,667

Now, let look at what the team needs in cap room for potential per game roster bonus paybacks.

QB Brandon Allen- $390,000

WR Jauan Jennings- $147,059

LT Trent Williams- $88,235

DT Maliek Collins- $29,412

WLB De’Vondre Campbell Sr.- $120,000

SS George Odum- $60,000

That’s a total of $834,706 for 6 players.

Now, let’s look at what players have LTBE incentives for 2024.

WR Deebo Samuel Sr. – $150,000, this if for Deebo rushing for 3 or more touchdowns.

C Jake Brendel – $500,000, this is for an undisclosed percentage of offensive snaps.

RT Colton McKivitz – $620,000, this is for an undisclosed percentage of offensive snaps.

CB Charvarius Ward – $500,000, this is divided into $250,000 for making last season’s Pro Bowl, and $250,000 for being named an All-Pro last season.

Next, let’s look at what players have incentives that are considered NLTBE, and what the player can earn in total.

WR Deebo Samuel Sr.

He can get $650,000 for 380 or more rushing yards

He can also get $150,000 for 3 or more rushing touchdowns.

In total he can earn a max of $650,000 in incentives, with $150,000 currently counting against the 2024 salary cap.

DE Leonard Floyd

He can earn as much as $2 million, this is broken down as follows.

$500,000 for having 8 or more sacks, plus unknown team achievements.

$1 million for having 10 or more sacks, plus unknown team achievements.

$2 million for having 12 or more sacks.

WLB Dre Greenlaw

He can earn $500,000 if he’s named to the Pro Bowl.

SS George Odum

He has an undisclosed amount for various triggers, but we do know that $250,000 would be for him being named to the 1st or 2nd Team All-Pro.

P Mitch Wishnowsky

He can earn $450,000 for various different triggers, as described below.

$250,000 for making the Pro Bowl on the original ballot

$100,000 for net punting.

$100,000 for punt percentage inside the 20-yard line.

All in all, he can earn $450,000.

Next, let’s look at what kind of adjustments/credits the 49ers can get back in 2025.

First off, the 49ers are projected to be $8,367,949 under a projected 2025 salary cap of $280 million, but that’s with just 37 players signed, so when they have enough to fill out the top 51 rule, they’d be just $3,392,051 over that $280 million projected cap, but that’s before any adjustments/credits, or carryover.

Before I go over what the 49ers can get back in 2025, let’s look at the 37 players signed for 2025, with their salary cap number.

1. QB 13 Brock Purdy(2025)- $1,119,253 (Base Salary will escalate from $1.1 million to whatever the 2^nd-round RFA tender level is, this is due to Brock making last season’s Pro Bowl)
2. RB 23 Christian McCaffrey(2027)- $9,658,941
3. RB/KR 31 Isaac Guerendo(2027)- $1,136,132
4. FB 44 Kyle Juszcyzk(2025)- $6,496,750
5. WR 11 Brandon Aiyuk(2028)- $11,191,000
6. WR 1 Deebo Samuel Sr.(2025)- $15,913,741
7. WR 15 Jauan Jennings(2025)- $4,258,000
8. WR 14 Ricky Pearsall(2027)- $2,849,636
9. WR/PR 19 Jacob Cowing(2027)- $1,092,177
10. WR 10 Ronnie Bell(2026)- $1,049,446
11. TE 85 George Kittle(2025)- $22,055,588
12. C 64 Jake Brendel(2026)- $3,285,000
13. C 63 Nick Zakelj(2025)- $1,147,590
14. LG 74 Spencer Burford(2025)- $1,268,014 (Base Salary will escalate from $1.1 million to whatever the Original Round RFA tender level is, this is due to him playing enough snaps to qualify for the increase for his 4^th-year)
15. RG 77 Dominick Puni(2027)- $1,295,579
16. LT 71 Trent Williams(2026)- $21,968,777
17. RT 68 Colton McKivitz(2025)- $4,678,000
18. DE 97 Nick Bosa(2028)- $20,519,105
19. DE 56 Leonard Floyd(2025)- $10,108,000
20. DE 94 Yetur Gross-Matos(2025)- $9,503,000
21. DE 51 Robert Beal Jr.(2026)- $1,091,245
22. DE 95 Drake Jackson(2025)- $1,847,852
23. DT 99 Maliek Collins(2025)- $4,762,000
24. DT 92 Jordan Elliott(2025)- $3,465,000
25. NT 98 Javon Hargrave(2026)- $27,487,353
26. NT 93 Kalia Davis(2025)- $1,133,003
27. WLB 53 Dee Winters(2026)- $1,063,333
28. MLB 54 Fred Warner(2026)- $29,174,000
29. SLB 48 Tatum Bethune(2027)- $980,452
30. CB 0 Renardo Green(2027)- $1,452,244
31. CB 28 Darrell Luter Jr.(2026)- $1,108,378
32. FS 27 Ji’Ayir Brown(2026)- $1,471,583
33. SS/FS 30 George Odum(2026)- $3,971,666
34. SS/FS 6 Malik Mustapha(2027)- $1,144,734
35. PK 4 Jake Moody(2026)- $1,446,568
36. P 3 Mitch Wishnowsky(2026)- $3,050,000
37. LS 46 Taybor Pepper(2025)- $1,430,000

Now, let’s look at what the 49ers can get back in 2025.

First up are the veterans.

TE Eric Saubert – Saubert was given $300,000 of his 2024 base salary fully guaranteed, and since he was released after the final cuts, and brought back, the 49ers will get back, at the moment, $273,611 of the $300,000, but they will get back all of the $300,000, as his deal is guaranteed for making the week 1 53-man roster.

C Ben Bartch – Bartch was given $302,400 fully guaranteed in his 2024 base salary, but like with Saubert he was released at cut down, and brought back, so the 49ers will, as of now, get back $273,611, but they will indeed get back all of the $302,400, as his deal is guaranteed for making the week 1 53-man roster.

LT Chris Hubbard – Hubbard was given $300,000 of his 2024 base salary fully guaranteed, but he was released at the final cut down day, but we re-signed to the 49ers practice squad after week 1, as of now the 49ers will get back $85,200 of the $300,000, if he sticks on the practice squad, then the 49ers will get back all of the $300,000.

CB Rock Ya-Sin – Ya-Sin got $985,000 0f his 2024 base salary fully guaranteed, and like with Saubert, & Bartch, Ya-Sin was re-signed at cut down day, and because of making the 53-man roster, the 49ers will get back the entire $985,000, but as of now he’s earned $273,611.

That’s a total of $906,033 in money that the 49ers will for sure get back, and most definitely will get back $1,887,400.

Next are UDFAs that were given guarantees in their base salaries.

QB Tanner Mordecai – Mordecai received $100,000 fully guaranteed, and as of now the 49ers will get back $62,500 of it.

TE Mason Pline – Pline got $50,000 in fully guaranteed money in his base salary, and has made $62,500, so the 49ers will get back the full $40,000.

C Drake Nugent – Nugent got $175,000 of his base salary fully guaranteed, as of now he’s earned $62,500, which the 49ers will get back.

NT Evan Anderson – Anderson got $250,000 of his 2024 base salary fully guaranteed, as of now he’s made $94,167, which the 49ers will get back.

FS Jaylen Mahoney – Mahoney got $27,000 of his 2024 base salary fully guaranteed, and as of now he’s earned $94,167, but since he’s made enough, the 49ers will only get back the $27,000.

All 5 of the above players are on the 49ers’ practice squad, so they would get back $286,167, for a total of $1,192,200 between veterans & UDFA base salary guarantee paybacks, as of now.

Finally, we have per game roster bonuses that count against the cap, but haven’t or won’t be achieved.

RB Christian McCaffrey – $117,647 of his $500,000 per game roster bonus.

TE George Kittle – $29,412 of his $500,000 per game roster bonus.

C Jon Feliciano – $147,059 of his $500,000 per game roster bonus.

DE Yetur Gross-Matos – $30,000 of his $510,000 per game roster bonus.

NT Javon Hargrave – $573,529 of his $750,000 per game roster bonus.

WLB Dre Greenlaw – $117,647 of his $500,000 per game roster bonus.

When we add in the UDFA credits, Veteran credits, & per game roster bonus credits, the 49ers will for sure get back $2,207,494, but if all goes as planned, and the teams 5 UDFAs on the practice squad, along with Chris Hubbard also on the practice squad, stay on the 49ers or another teams’ roster, the 49ers should get back $3,494,694 in adjustments/credits for 2025.

Now, let’s look at the 49ers pending free agents for 2025.

UFA:

QB Joshua Dobbs
QB Brandon Allen
RB Elijah Mitchell
RB Patrick Taylor Jr.
WR Chris Conley
TE Eric Saubert
C Ben Bartch
LG Aaron Banks
RG Jon Feliciano
LT Jaylon Moore
DT Kevin Givens
SLB Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles
WLB Dre Greenlaw
WLB De’Vondre Campbell
CB Charvarius Ward
CB Deommodore Lenoir
CB Isaac Yiadom
CB Rock Ya-Sin
CB Ambry Thomas
SS Talanoa Hufanga

RFA:

RB Jordan Mason

ERFA:

TE Jake Tonges
DE Sam Okuayinonu
MLB Curtis Robinson
MLB Jalen Graham

SFA:

QB Tanner Mordecai
RB Ke’Shawn Vaughn
WR Trent Taylor
WR Terrace Marshall Jr.
WR Terique Owens
TE Mason Pline
TE Brayden Willis
C Drake Nugent
LT Chris Hubbard
RT Isaac Alacron
DE Alex Barrett
DT T.Y. McGill Jr.
NT Evan Anderson
SLB DaShaun White
CB Chase Lucas
FS Jaylen Mahoney

As of now, the 49ers have $55,944,326 in salary cap room for 2024, if the 49er are able to carryover that amount, which is unlikely, plus the adjustments/credits I mentioned that they’re guaranteed to get back, the 49ers as of now would be $66,382,291 under a projected 2025 adjusted salary cap of $338,134,341, but with just 37 players signed, so when they sign enough, if all 14 players are making the 2025 rookie minimum of $840,000, the 49ers would be $54,622,291 under that adjusted salary cap, with 51 players signed.

The 49ers have some options in 2025 for savings salary cap room, but not many, as they already restructured Deebo Samuel Sr., Jake Brendel, & Maliek Collins’ deals that included adjustments to their 2025 cap numbers, lowering them significantly, while Trent Williams new revised 3-year, $82.66 million lowered his 2025 cap number by over $10 million, & Christian McCaffrey’s extension also lowered his 2025 cap number significantly, but the other options are below.

TE George Kittle – $10.516 million ($13.145 million signing bonus, prorated at $2.629 million from 2025-2029) with a Restructure or Extension.

NT Javon Hargrave – $14.916 million savings ($18.645 million signing bonus, prorated at $3.729 million from 2025-2029) with a Restructure.

MLB Fred Warner – $13.184 million savings ($16.48 million signing bonus, prorated at $3.296 million from 2025-2029) with a Restructure or Extension.

Of the above 3 players, I’d expect the 49ers to look to extend both Kittle, & Warner, while they would be able to release Hargrave pre June 1, but they’d only save $2,747,353, while a post June 1 cut saves the team $20,032,353, but the money wouldn’t be available to them until June 2^nd, 2025.

As for players who restructured their deals, or signed new deals this offseason, that affected the 2025 salary cap, the 49ers won’t be able to offload Samuel before June 1, as they’d lose $29.229 million in 2025 cap room, while Brendel losses the team $2.093 million with a pre June 1 cut, and Collins would lose the team $670,000 with a pre June 1 cut.

If the 49ers wanted to offload these players after June 1, they’d save just $750,000 from Samuel, $1.765 million from Brendel, and $3.404 million from Collins, but that would also mean that they’d have significant dead money in 2026, whch as of now, Samuel, & Collins do have pending 2026 dead money.

As for Williams, & McCaffrey, the team would lose $34,854,781 if they cut Williams pre June 1, while only saving $750,000 with a post June 1 cut, as for McCaffrey, they’d lose $23,705,059 with a pre June 1 cut, and only save $352,941 with a post June 1 cut.

So basically, those 5 players are, in my eyes, guaranteed to be here in 2025, as team losses cap room on all 5 players, while only saving a total of $7,021,941, while losing 4 either great or good players, and a serviceable interior offensive lineman, and would be settled with a ton of dead money in 2026.

Going back to the 49ers potential carryover + adjustments/credits, I expect the 49ers to be able to carryover at least $50 million into 2025, while also getting back $3,405,871 in adjustments/credits, which could increase, depending on injuries, players missing games, etc…

So, the 49ers should be looking at somewhere in the $55 million salary cap room heading into the 2025 offseason, which would go a long ways in keeping their core together, with guys like left guard Aaron Banks, weakside linebacker Dre Greenlaw, cornerbacks Charvarius Ward, & Deommodore Lenoir, & strong safety Talanoa Hufanga all scheduled to be UFAs, with the 49ers potentially being able to bring back 3 of these 5, with the most likely being Greenlaw, Lenoir, and either Ward or Hufanga, depending on whether or not the 49ers want to go over $20 million a year on Ward, or if they want to go over $15 million a year on Hufanga.

As for Banks, the 49ers have shown that they value other positions more, money wise, than interior offensive lineman, so giving Banks anywhere near or over $10 million to $15 million a year is unlikely, especially with the way the offensive guard market has exploded, similar to the wide receiver, & cornerback markets have as well.

Next up, we have the projected RFA tenders for 2025, if the 2025 salary cap does come in at $280 million, which would be a 9.63195% increase over the 2024 salary cap of $255.4 million.

1^st-Round RFA Tender: $7.479 million

2^nd-Round RFA Tender: $5.361 million

Original Round RFA Tender: $3.471 million

Right of First Refusal Tender: $3.273 million

The team has 1 pending RFA, running back Jordan Mason, and with the way he’s played through 3 weeks, there’s no way the 49ers don’t at least tender him at the 2^nd-round level, as if they don’t, they’d lose him for nothing, as he was a UDFA.

As for their ERFAs, they have 4 potential players, tight end Jake Tonges, defensive end Sam Okuayinonu, and middle linebackers Curtis Robinson, & Jalen Graham, although it’s possible that Robinson might be a UFA.

When it comes to Tonges, Okuayinonu, & Graham, they both have base salaries of just $915,000, with Okuayinonu counting just $762,500 against the 2024 cap, as he’s getting 15 weeks worth of a $915,000 base salary, while Graham counts $711,667 against the 2024 cap, as he’s getting 14 weeks worth of a $915,000 base salary, & in 2025 the ERFA tender for all 3 would be $1.03 million.

If Robinson is indeed an ERFA, his tender would be $1.1 million, so that would be a total of $4.19 million between the three potential ERFAs, so I’d expect the 49ers to tender all 4 players, along with Jordan Mason at the 2^nd-round RFA tender, which again would be $5.361 million on a $280 million base salary cap for 2025.

If we deduct these numbers from a potential of $55 million in cap room, after carryover & adjustments/credits, plus when we add in Purdy, & Burford’s base salaries escalating, the 49ers would have $38.817 million in 2025 salary cap room, more than enough to get 3 of the 5 players I mentioned earlier re-signed.

And there you guys go, my first look at the 49ers 2024 & 2025 salary cap situations as of today, as always, thank you for reading, you can follow me on X/Twitter @49erscap for more salary cap information & tidbits.

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Jason Hurley

Die Hard 49ers fan from New York, been covering the 49ers salary cap since 2005, with several different websites, including NinersNation.com, & the now defunct NinerCapHell, I have a track record of being as accurate as possible, I try to be as thorough as possible, and you can find me on X/Twitter @49erscap, & on Blue Sky App @49erscap.bsky.social.

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