Updated breakdown of the 49ers 2023 salary cap situation

The 49ers’ adjusted salary cap for 2023 has been set at $235,520,268, so let’s take a look at a breakdown of the 49ers current cap situation.

The 49ers are $7,492,463 under their adjusted cap number, with 49 players signed, and $5,992,463 when they have 51 players signed, assuming those guys are making only the minimum of $750,000, which is unlikely.

Below are the 49 players signed for 2023, with their 2023 salary cap number.

1. QB 5 Trey Lance(2024)- $9,301,434
2. QB 13 Brock Purdy(2025)- $889,253
3. RB 23 Christian McCaffrey(2025)- $12,000,000
4. RB 25 Elijah Mitchell(2024)- $985,893
5. RB 32 Tyrion Davis-Price(2025)- $1,161,033
6. RB 24 Jordan Mason(2024)- $873,333
7. FB 44 Kyle Juszczyk(2025)- $6,565,221
8. WR 19 Deebo Samuel(2025)- $8,653,529
9. WR 11 Brandon Aiyuk(2023)- $3,987,248
10. WR 15 Jauan Jennings(2023)- $940,000
11. WR/KR/PR 3 Ray-Ray McCloud III(2023)- $2,090,000
12. WR 6 Danny Gray(2025)- $1,146,569
13. WR 86 Tay Martin(2023)- $750,000
14. WR 84 Dazz Newsome(2023)- $870,000
15. WR – Tyron Johnson(2023)- $1,010,000
16. TE 85 George Kittle(2025)- $18,033,751
17. TE 89 Charlie Woerner(2023)- $1,055,258
18. C 67 Keith Ismael(2023)- $940,000
19. LG 65 Aaron Banks(2024)- $1,929,166
20. LG 63 Nick Zakelj(2025)- $917,590
21. RG 74 Spencer Burford(2025)- $1,038,014
22. RG 62 Jason Poe(2023)- $750,000
23. LT 71 Trent Williams(2026)- $27,227,424
24. LT 78 Leroy Watson(2023)- $750,000
25. RT 76 Jaylon Moore(2024)- $1,020,759
26. RT 77 Alfredo Gutierrez(2023)- $750,000
27. DE 97 Nick Bosa(2023)- $17,859,000
28. DE 95 Drake Jackson(2025)- $1,339,180
29. DE 58 Alex Barrett(2023)- $870,000
30. DT 91 Arik Armstead(2024)- $23,993,059
31. DT/NT 99 Javon Kinlaw(2023)- $4,928,223
32. NT 93 Kalia Davis(2025)- $783,003
33. SLB 40 Marcelino McCrary-Ball(2023)- $750,000
34. WLB 57 Dre Greenlaw(2024)- $5,648,558
35. WLB 59 Curtis Robinson(2023)- $940,000
36. MLB 54 Fred Warner(2026)- $18,525,000
37. MLB 48 Oren Burks(2023)- $2,773,000
38. CB 7 Charvarius Ward(2024)- $16,405,000
39. CB 20 Ambry Thomas(2024)- $1,305,232
40. CB 38 Deommodore Lenoir(2024)- $1,011,217
41. CB 26 Samuel Womack III(2025)- $940,831
42. CB 43 Qwuantrezz Knight(2023)- $750,000
43. CB – A.J. Parker(2023)- $940,000
44. CB – Tre Swilling(2023)- $750,000
45. FS 41 Tayler Hawkins(2023)- $750,000
46. SS 29 Talanoa Hufanga(2024)- $1,000,038
47. SS 30 George Odum(2024)- $2,090,000
48. P 18 Mitch Wishnowsky(2026)- $1,700,000
49. LS 46 Taybor Pepper(2025)- $1,225,000

The 49ers still have to decide the futures of 3 restricted free agents, left tackle/right tackle Colton McKivitz, defensive tackle Kevin Givens, and strongside linebacker Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles, which if they tender all 3, would cost them $2.743 million for McKivitz, and $2.627 million for Givens, & Flannigan-Fowles, which would put the team $245,463 under that $237.52 million adjusted cap, meaning they will need to do some restructures, with the candidates below.

RB Christian McCaffrey – $8.576 million max, $7,146,666 minimum

TE George Kittle – $8.456 million max, $7,927,500 minimum

LT Trent Williams – $14.588 million max, $13,676,250 minimum

DT Arik Armstead – $11.78 million max, $11,043,750 minimum

MLB Fred Warner – $9.476 million max, $8,883,750 minimum

CB Charvarius Ward – $9.984 million max, $9.36 million minimum

There have been reports that the 49ers were working on restructures for Armstead, Warner, and Ward, which would save the team over $31 million in cap room, giving them around $30 million to spend in free agency, and on their draft picks.

The 49ers can also save cap room by extending star defensive end, and reigning defensive player of the year Nick Bosa, but the amount is unknown really of how much they will save, as this deal won’t get done until sometime in the summer, most likely.

The 49ers have the following pending free agents.

UFA:
QB Jimmy Garoppolo
QB Josh Johnson
TE Ross Dwelley
TE Tyler Kroft
TE Jordan Matthews
C Jake Brendel
RG Daniel Brunskill
RT Mike McGlinchey
DE Jordan Willis
DE Samson Ebukam
DE Kerry Hyder Jr.
DE Charles Omenihu
DT T.Y. McGill Jr.
DT Maurice Hurst Jr.
NT Hassan Ridgeway
SLB Azeez Al-Shaair
CB Emmanuel Moseley
CB Jason Verrett
FS Jimmie Ward
FS Tashaun Gipson Sr.
FS Tarvarius Moore
PK Robbie Gould

RFA:
LT Colton McKivitz
DT Kevin Givens
SLB Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles

As I said, the 49ers will have to decide on their RFAs, which I see them tendering all 3 of them, but they could re-sign them to cheaper deals to save cap room.

And there you have it, the 49ers current 2023 salary cap situation, I thank you for reading, and follow me on Twitter @49erscap for more salary cap information & tidbits.

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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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