2020 Salary Cap Projected To Be Around $200M Per Team

Tom Pelissero of NFL Media is reporting that the NFL and NFLPA are projecting a salary cap of roughly $200 million per club for the 2020 season.

Negotiations between the two parties are still ongoing, according to Pelissero. However, if new CBA is ratified, revenue would increase from expanded playoffs, which could cause the cap to rise to some degree with larger increases expected in 2021 and beyond.

The 2019 salary cap was set $188.2 million, which means there could end up being an increase of over $10 million per team or 4.5 – 7 percent, depending on where the final number comes in. 

Pelissero says the start of the new league year remains on track, which means free agency would officially open on March 18.

The NFLPA is expected to vote on the CBA deal at some point next week. 

The cap has gone up 65 percent dating back to 2011, which amounts to $76 million per team. The total projected player costs, including benefits, will be more than $7.7 billion in 2020 based on this projection. 

NFL teams are required to spend 89 percent of their cap and cash spending has to be 95 percent of the salary cap limit over a period of four years or the difference will go to the union, who would distribute the money between the players.

We’ll have more regarding the 2020 salary cap as the news is available.