With week 16 behind us, and week 17 a day away, I think it’s time to take another deep look into the 49ers current 2023 salary cap situation as it stands today.

Right now, they have 77 players signed, with $165,461,909 in committed salaries, plus $34,673,993 in dead money, for a total of $200,135,901 in total committed salaries, putting the team $37,384,367 under their 2023 adjusted cap of $237,520,268, giving them the most salary cap room in the NFL.

Now, below are the 77 players signed, with their 2023 salary cap number.

53-Man Roster:

  1. QB 13 Brock Purdy(2025)- $889,253
  2. QB 14 Sam Darnold(2023)- $6,241,176
  3. QB 17 Brandon Allen(2023)- $1,092,500
  4. RB 23 Christian McCaffrey(2025)- $3,424,000
  5. RB 25 Elijah Mitchell(2024)- $985,893
  6. RB 24 Jordan Mason(2024)- $873,333
  7. FB 44 Kyle Juszczyk(2025)- $6,565,221
  8. WR 19 Deebo Samuel(2025)- $8,697,647
  9. WR 11 Brandon Aiyuk(2023)- $3,987,248
  10. WR 15 Jauan Jennings(2023)- $940,000
  11. WR 10 Ronnie Bell(2026)- $770,482
  12. WR 84 Chris Conley(2023)- $261,111
  13. TE 85 George Kittle(2025)- $9,507,163
  14. TE 89 Charlie Woerner(2023)- $1,055,258
  15. TE 82 Ross Dwelley(2023)- $1,080,000
  16. TE 9 Brayden Willis(2026)- $771,039
  17. C 64 Jake Brendel(2026)- $2,272,000
  18. C 55 Jon Feliciano(2023)- $3,250,000
  19. LG 65 Aaron Banks(2024)- $1,929,166
  20. LG 78 Ben Bartch(2023)- $365,556
  21. RG 74 Spencer Burford(2025)- $1,038,014
  22. LT 71 Trent Williams(2026)- $12,539,424
  23. LT 76 Jaylon Moore(2024)- $1,020,759
  24. RT 68 Colton McKivitz(2024)- $1,568,353
  25. RT 75 Matt Pryor(2023)- $104,444
  26. DE 97 Nick Bosa(2023)- $11,080,000
  27. DE 5 Randy Gregory(2023)- $840,000
  28. DE 92 Chase Young(2023)- $561,111
  29. DE 94 Clelin Ferrell(2023)- $2,440,000
  30. DE 51 Robert Beal Jr.(2026)- $611,245
  31. DT 91 Arik Armstead(2024)- $12,108,236
  32. DT 90 Kevin Givens(2023)- $2,000,000
  33. DT/NT 99 Javon Kinlaw(2023)- $4,928,223
  34. DT/NT 69 Sebastian Joseph-Day(2023)- $400,000
  35. NT/DT 98 Javon Hargrave(2026)- $6,595,000
  36. SLB 48 Oren Burks(2023)- $2,773,000
  37. SLB 53 Dee Winters(2026)- $785,110
  38. WLB 57 Dre Greenlaw(2024)- $5,648,558
  39. WLB 45 Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles(2023)- $1,825,000
  40. MLB 54 Fred Warner(2026)- $9,049,000
  41. MLB 50 Jalen Graham(2026)- $770,482
  42. CB 7 Charvarius Ward(2024)- $6,421,000
  43. CB 20 Ambry Thomas(2024)- $1,305,232
  44. CB 2 Deommodore Lenoir(2024)- $1,011,217
  45. CB 26 Isaiah Oliver(2024)- $1,766,000
  46. CB 28 Darrell Luter Jr.(2026)- $661,711
  47. CB 0 Samuel Womack III(2025)- $721,387
  48. FS 31 Tashaun Gipson Sr.(2023)- $2,100,000
  49. FS 27 Ji’Ayir Brown(2026)- $993,368
  50. FS 33 Logan Ryan(2023)- $261,111
  51. PK 4 Jake Moody(2026)- $975,805
  52. P 18 Mitch Wishnowsky(2026)- $1,700,000
  53. LS 46 Taybor Pepper(2025)- $1,225,000

Injured Reserve:

  1. WR 6 Danny Gray(2025)- $1,146,569
  2. WR/KR/PR 3 Ray-Ray McCloud III(2023)- $2,090,000
  3. TE 81 Cameron Latu(2026)- $664,378
  4. LG 63 Nick Zakelj(2025)- $742,034
  5. DE 95 Drake Jackson(2025)- $1,339,180
  6. NT 93 Kalia Davis(2025)- $733,003
  7. SS 29 Talanoa Hufanga(2024)- $1,000,038
  8. SS 30 George Odum(2024)- $2,340,000

Practice Squad:

  1. RB 32 Tyrion Davis-Price(2023)- $60,000
  2. WR 83 Willie Snead IV*(2023)- $41,200
  3. WR 86 Tay Martin(2023)- $245,667
  4. TE 88 Jake Tonges(2023)- $180,000
  5. C 61 Corey Luciano(2023)- $275,333
  6. LG 66 Jesse Davis*(2023)- $237,622
  7. LT — Sebastian Gutierrez(2023)- $24,000
  8. RT 77 Alfredo Gutierrez**(2023)- $0
  9. DE 58 Alex Barrett(2023)- $216,000
  10. DT/NT 96 T.Y. McGill Jr.*(2023)- $434,044
  11. DT/DE 69 Spencer Waege(2023)- $96,000
  12. WLB 59 Curtis Robinson(2023)- $336,667
  13. CB 22 Jason Verrett*(2023)- $114,022
  14. CB – Kemon Hall(2023)- $72,000
  15. FS 41 Tayler Hawkins(2023)- $132,000
  16. SS 35 Erik Harris*(2023)- $204,967

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

QB Sam Darnold – $58,824

FB Kyle Juszcyzk – $23,529

WR Deebo Samuel – $44,118

TE George Kittle – $29,412

LT Trent Williams – $44,118

RT Colton McKivitz – $17,647

DE Clelin Ferrell – $40,000

DT Arik Armstead – $44,118

WLB Dre Greenlaw – $29,412

CB Isaiah Oliver – $20,000

That’s a total of $351,176 needed this season to potentially payback 10 players.

Now let’s look at what players have LTBE incentives for 2023.

Now the 49ers have LTBEs as I stated, with them below.

Now let’s look at what players have LTBE incentives for 2023.

QB Sam Darnold – $1.8 million, $1.2 million of it is due to Darnold playing 25% of the Panthers offensive snaps, plus winning those games and as of now, the 49ers will get back $1.5 million of the $1.8 million

WR Deebo Samuel – $150,000, this is for Deebo rushing for 3 or more touchdowns, which he has 5 rush TDs, meaning he’ll have $150,000 in LTBE incentives counting in 2024.

C Jon Feliciano – $1,000,000, which starts at 60% playtime, but he hasn’t played enough to earn any of the $1 million, meaning they should get the $1 million back in 2024.

SS George Odum – $250,000, this is for Odum being named 2nd-team All-Pro last season, and with Odum’s season over, the 49ers should get back the $250,000.

P Mitch Wishnowsky – $100,000, this is for punt percentage for inside the 20-yard line, but since the 49ers haven’t punted enough, he likely won’t achieve this incentive, so the 49ers will get back the $100,000.

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

QB Sam Darnold

He gets $300,000 for each game he plays 25% of the 49ers offensive snaps, and the 49ers win that game, a total of $5.1 million

He gets $1 million for playing 50% of the regular season offensive snaps, and the 49ers make the playoffs

He gets $100,000 for each playoff game he plays 50% of the offensive snaps, a total of $400,000.

All in all, he can earn $6.5 million in incentives, with $1.8 million counting against the 2023 salary cap.

WR Deebo Samuel

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 2023 salary cap.

WR Ray-Ray McCloud III

He can earn $500,000 for 46% or more offensive playtime, 40 or more catches, 400 or more receiving yards, and 200 or more rushing yards.

He can also earn $200,000 for being selected to the Pro Bowl.

All in all, he can earn $700,000 in incentives.

C Jake Brendel

He can earn $500,000 for an undisclosed percentage of offensive playtime.

RT Colton McKivitz

He can earn $135,000 for undisclosed percentage of offensive playtime, which he should earn if he keeps playing.

He also has a $485,000 base salary escalator that he should hit, adding to 2024’s cap number, which I’ve already included both the $135,000 playtime, and the escalator into my 2024 numbers.

DE Clelin Ferrell

He can get $250,000 for hitting 50% to 79.9% in defensive snaps.

He can get an additional $250,000 if he hits 80% or more in defensive snaps.

If he gets 5-6.5 sacks, m he gets $100,000, he’ll get $150,000 for 7-10.5 sacks, and a $250,000 for 11 or more sacks, a total of $500,000.

He can also earn $500,000 for making the First Team All-Pro team.

In total, he has $1.5 million in incentives.

DT Kevin Givens

He can earn $100,000 for an undisclosed percentage of defensive playtime.

WLB Dre Greenlaw

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

SLB Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles

He can earn $500,000 for an undisclosed percentage of defensive playtime.

CB Charvarius Ward

He can earn $250,000 for being named to the Pro Bowl.

He can also earn another $250,000 if he’s named 1st or 2nd team All-Pro.

All in all, he can earn $500,000 in incentives.

FS Tashaun Gipson Sr.

He can earn $300,000 for a combination of stats, & being named to the Pro Bowl, and right now he should earn $100,000 for playtime & stats.

SS George Odum

He has an undisclosed amount for various triggers, but we do know that $250,000 counts against the 2023 salary cap for him being named to the 2nd Team All-Pro last season.

P Mitch Wishnowsky

He can earn $450,000 for various different triggers, with $100,000 of it counting against the 2023 salary cap.

Next, let’s look at what kind of adjustments/credits the 49ers can get back in 2024.

First off, the 49ers are projected to be $38,731,217 over the 2024 salary cap, which is projected to be $256 million, but that’s with just 41 players signed, so when they have enough players signed to get to the top 51 rule, they’d be $46,681,217 over.

Before I go over what the 49ers can get back in 2024, let’s look at the 41 players signed for 2024, with their cap number.

  1. LT 71 Trent Williams(2026)- $31,568,542
  2. WR 19 Deebo Samuel(2025)- $28,633,765
  3. DT 91 Arik Armstead(2024)- $28,397,353
  4. MLB 54 Fred Warner(2026)- $24,469,000
  5. TE 85 George Kittle(2025)- $21,986,575
  6. CB 7 Charvarius Ward(2024)- $18,151,000
  7. NT 98 Javon Hargrave(2026)- $15,430,882
  8. DE 97 Nick Bosa(2028)- $14,671,000
  9. RB 23 Christian McCaffrey(2025)- $14,144,000
  10. WR 11 Brandon Aiyuk(2024)- $14,124,000
  11. WLB 57 Dre Greenlaw(2024)- $9,602,970
  12. FB 44 Kyle Juszczyk(2025)- $7,588,750
  13. C 64 Jake Brendel(2026)- $4,692,000
  14. CB 26 Isaiah Oliver(2024)- $3,866,000
  15. RT 68 Colton McKivitz(2024)- $3,156,000
  16. P 18 Mitch Wishnowsky(2026)- $2,925,000
  17. LG 65 Aaron Banks(2024)- $2,250,694
  18. SS 30 George Odum(2024)- $1,625,000
  19. DE 95 Drake Jackson(2025)- $1,590,561
  20. CB 20 Ambry Thomas(2024)- $1,425,154
  21. WR 6 Danny Gray(2025)- $1,375,883
  22. LS 46 Taybor Pepper(2025)- $1,300,000
  23. FS 27 Ji’Ayir Brown(2026)- $1,243,108
  24. PK 4 Jake Moody(2026)- $1,219,756
  25. TE 81 Cameron Latu(2026)- $1,219,756
  26. RG 74 Spencer Burford(2025)- $1,153,014
  27. RT 76 Jaylon Moore(2024)- $1,135,759
  28. CB 2 Deommodore Lenoir(2024)- $1,126,217
  29. SS 29 Talanoa Hufanga(2024)- $1,115,038
  30. RB 25 Elijah Mitchell(2024)- $1,100,893
  31. CB 0 Samuel Womack III(2025)- $1,055,831
  32. LG 63 Nick Zakelj(2025)- $1,032,590
  33. NT 93 Kalia Davis(2025)- $1,018,003
  34. QB 13 Brock Purdy(2025)- $1,004,253
  35. CB 28 Darrell Luter Jr.(2026)- $997,555
  36. RB 24 Jordan Mason(2024)- $988,334
  37. DE 51 Robert Beal Jr.(2026)- $979,510
  38. SLB 53 Dee Winters(2026)- $950,110
  39. TE 9 Brayden Willis(2026)- $936,039
  40. WR 10 Ronnie Bell(2026)- $935,482
  41. MLB 50 Jalen Graham(2026)- $935,482

Now, let’s look at what the 49ers can get back in 2024.

First up are the veterans.

WR Chris Conley – The 49ers should get back all of the $400,000 that they gave out to Conley, but thus far they’ll for sure get back the $400,000 now that he’s been signed to the 53-man roster.

WR Willie Snead IV – $250,000, The team, as long as Snead remains on the practice squad, will get back the $250,000, as his salary is $370,800, & they’ll for sure get back the $250,000.

DE Austin Bryant – $550,000 was given to Bryant, & now he’s with the Vikings practuice squad, and as of now, the 49ers will get back at least $329,722.

DT T.Y. McGill Jr. – $370,800 out of $400,000, and McGill has earned enough that the 49ers will get back the full $400,000.

SLB Marcelino McCrary-Ball – $100,000, as he’s on the Jets practice squad, as of now the 49ers will get back for sure the $100,000

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

FB Jack Colletto – $100,000, as of now Colletto has earned $216,000.

C Corey Luciano – $5,000, as of now Luciano has earned $275,333, but they’ll only get back $5,000 of it.

G Joey Fisher – $115,000, as of now Fisher has earned $120,000.

DT Spencer Waege – $40,000, as of now Waege has earned $96,000.

Luciano & Waege are on the 49ers practice squad, while Fisher & Colletto are on the Steelers practice squad, so they would get back $260,000.

They also gave out the following to players not on their, or another teams’ practice squad.

RB Ronald Awatt – $5,000

RB Khalan Laborn – $30,000

WR Shae Wyatt – $35,000

MLB Mariano Sori-Marin – $30,000

FS Avery Young – $10,000

That’s a total of $110,000, but right now they wouldn’t get back any of it since none are signed to a practice squad.

The team will also get back $8,971 for each game that Brandon Allen is the emergency 3rd QB, as he has a $152,500 per game roster bonus, but the emergency 3rd QB doesn’t get credit for a per game roster bonus game check, so far they’d get back $143,529, which is 16 games worth of his per game roster bonus.

Plus they’ll get back $14,118 from Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles’ $240,000 per game roster bonus, which is 1 games worth, $39,706 from Ray-Ray McCloud III’s $135,000 per game roster bonus, & $44,118 from Javon Hargrave’s $750,000 per game roster bonus.

When it comes to incentives, so far, Deebo Samuel has 5 rush touchdowns, while Sam Darnold, & Jon Feliciano haven’t played enough offensive snaps to achieve their incentives, while George Odum is out for the season, and likely won’t be named as an All-Pro, meaning the 49ers would get back the $250,000, & Mitch Wishnowsky’s won’t be known until the end of the season.

Of the NLTBEs, Jake Brendel should hit his $500,000, Tashaun Gipson Sr. should get $100,000, Colton McKivitz $135,000, & Mitch Wishnowsky $100,000.

And with Charvarius Ward named to the 2024 Pro Bowl, he’s officially earned $250,000, and he can earn another $250,000 if named an All-Pro.

So, as of now, the 49ers would get back $3,855,016.

I also need to mention that the 49ers have 3 players that could/will see base salary increases, Aaron Banks, Deommodore Lenoir, and Talanoa Hufanga, with Hufanga already guaranteed to see his base salary escalate to the 2nd-round RFA tender level, which would be $4.304 million.

Now, for Banks, & Lenoir, they would likely see their base salaries escalate to the original round tender level, which is projected to be $2.953 million, so all in all, that’s an extra $6,854,416 added to team commitments, putting them $45,585,633 over with 41 players signed, and $53,535,633 over with 51 players signed, so the team will need to create cap room next year with the options to create cap room listed below.

RB Christian McCaffrey – $8,472,000 (Restructure)

WR Deebo Samuel – $15,877,600 (Restructure)

TE George Kittle – $9,752,000 (Restructure)

LT Trent Williams – $15,072,000 (Restructure)

DT Arik Armstead – $12,960,000 (Extension or Restructure)

MLB Fred Warner – $11,340,000 (Restructure)

WLB Dre Greenlaw – $5,580,000 (Extension or Restructure)

CB Charvarius Ward – $9,148,000 (Extension or Restructure)

Now, let’s look at the teams’ pending free agents.

UFA:

QB Sam Darnold
QB Brandon Allen
WR/KR/PR Ray-Ray McCloud III
WR Chris Conley
TE Ross Dwelley
TE Charlie Woerner
C Jon Feliciano
LG Ben Bartch
RT Matt Pryor
DE Chase Young
DE Clelin Ferrell
DE Randy Gregory
DT Javon Kinlaw
DT Kevin Givens
WLB Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles
SLB Oren Burks
FS Tashaun Gipson Sr.
FS Logan Ryan

RFA:

WR Jauan Jennings

Now, if the salary cap does come in at $242 million, the RFA tenders would look something like this, courtesy/credit to OverTheCap.com.

1st-Round Tender: $6.464 million

2nd-Round Tender: $4.633 million

Original Round Tender: $2.953 million

Right of First Refusal Tender: $2.828 million

The team has 1 RFA, Jauan Jennings, who will most likely get the 2nd-round tender, keeping him a 49er for 1 more year after 2023, before he becomes a UFA in 2025, where he’ll get paid a good amount by another team.

The team currently has $37,384,367 in cap room for 2023, and I project that they’d get $3,855,106 in adjustments/credits from veteran base salary guarantees, UDFA guarantees, per game roster base salaries not achieved, and LTBE incentives not achieved.

Now, if for some reason the 49ers can indeed carryover the $37.384 million, which is unlikely, as in season roster moves will be made, & injuries will happen, plus projected adjustments, the team would $2,508,165 under with 41 players signed, or $5,441,835 over with 51 players signed, but when factoring in the escalators for Banks, Lenoir, & Hufanga, they’d be $4,346,251 over with 41 players signed, or $12,296,251 over with 51 players signed.

Now, if the 49ers are indeed over the 2024 salary cap, even with carryover, & adjustments, I’d expect the team to restructure Deebo Samuel’s contract, saving $15,877,600, and look to extend Arik Armstead, Dre Greenlaw, & Charvarius Ward, which could save the team $27.668 million total, which, with Samuel’s restructure, would be over $43 million in cap savings, so the 2024 49ers will have a good amount of salary cap room, while also being able to extend the likes of Brandon Aiyuk, Talanoa Hufanga, Aaron Banks, & Deommodore Lenoir, and keep the teams current core players on big money deals.

I do believe the 49ers can retain Chase Young, but it requires them to indeed redo Deebo Samuel’s deal, but it also may cost the 49ers a player or 2.

And that’s the 2023 & 2024 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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ByJason 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.

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