Houston Texans Salary Cap

Houston Texans

Top Executive: Bill O'Brien, Head Coach & General Manager (since 2019)

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025

Total Cap Liabilities: $210,431,437

Top 51: $190,610,077
Team Cap Space: $7,582,397

Offense: $108,513,432
Defense: $81,973,454
Special: $8,017,466

Contracted Players (54 total)

Player	Base Salary	Prorated Bonus	Roster Bonus		Workout Bonus	Other Bonus	Guaranteed Salary	Cap Number	Dead Money & Cap Savings
Player	Base Salary	Prorated Bonus	Regular	Per Game	Workout Bonus	Other Bonus	Guaranteed Salary	Cap Number	Dead Money & Cap Savings
J.J. Watt	$15,500,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$15,500,000	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$15,500,000 $15,500,000 $15,500,000 $15,500,000 $7,225,000 $11,560,000
Laremy Tunsil	$10,850,000	$3,250,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$10,850,000	$14,100,000	$40,000,000 $30,250,000 $13,000,000 $3,250,000 $0 $0	($25,900,000) ($16,150,000) $1,100,000 $10,850,000 $7,455,000 $7,952,000
Whitney Mercilus	$10,500,000	$1,500,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$10,500,000	$12,000,000	$27,000,000 $22,500,000 $6,000,000 $1,500,000 $0 $0	($15,000,000) ($10,500,000) $6,000,000 $10,500,000 $7,087,500 $7,560,000
David Johnson	$10,200,000	$0	$0	$300,000	$750,000	$0	$10,200,000	$11,156,250	$12,300,000 $12,300,000 $0 $0 $0 $0	($1,143,750) ($1,143,750) $11,156,250 $11,156,250 $5,020,000 $8,032,000
Will Fuller	$10,162,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$10,162,000	$10,162,000	$10,162,000 $10,162,000 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $10,162,000 $10,162,000 $0 $7,401,600
Deshaun Watson	$1,177,124	$7,453,997	$1,177,123	$0	$0	$0	$2,354,247	$9,808,244	$76,948,244 $55,348,244 $29,053,997 $7,453,997 $0 $0	($67,140,000) ($45,540,000) ($19,245,753) $2,354,247 $1,223,398 $1,223,398
Bradley Roby	$4,500,000	$1,000,000	$3,500,000	$500,000	$0	$0	$8,000,000	$9,312,500	$19,000,000 $17,000,000 $3,000,000 $1,000,000 $0 $0	($9,687,500) ($7,687,500) $6,312,500 $8,312,500 $4,726,667 $5,672,000
Nick Martin	$7,250,000	$1,250,000	$0	$250,000	$0	$0	$7,250,000	$8,750,000	$11,000,000 $8,500,000 $3,750,000 $1,250,000 $0 $0	($2,250,000) $250,000 $5,000,000 $7,500,000 $4,226,667 $5,072,000
Brandin Cooks	$8,000,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	$8,000,000 $8,000,000 $0 $0 $0 $0	$0 $0 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $5,317,500 $5,672,000
Kenny Stills	$6,975,000	$0	$0	$0	$25,000	$0	$0	$7,000,000	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $0 $4,760,000
Randall Cobb	$3,750,000	$2,000,000	$0	$375,000	$0	$0	$3,750,000	$6,101,563	$18,000,000 $14,000,000 $6,000,000 $2,000,000 $0 $0	($11,898,437) ($7,898,437) $101,563 $4,101,563 $1,800,000 $2,160,000
Zach Cunningham	$1,074,783	$2,748,043	$2,000,000	$0	$0	$0	$3,074,783	$5,822,826	$23,922,826 $14,322,826 $12,348,043 $2,748,043 $0 $0	($18,100,000) ($8,500,000) ($6,525,217) $3,074,783 $1,799,826 $1,799,826
Ka'imi Fairbairn	$4,000,000	$750,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$4,000,000	$4,750,000	$9,000,000 $6,750,000 $3,000,000 $750,000 $0 $0	($4,250,000) ($2,000,000) $1,750,000 $4,000,000 $2,317,500 $2,472,000
Eric Murray	$2,750,000	$1,500,000	$0	$250,000	$0	$0	$2,750,000	$4,390,625	$10,750,000 $7,750,000 $4,500,000 $1,500,000 $0 $0	($6,359,375) ($3,359,375) ($109,375) $2,890,625 $1,226,667 $1,472,000
Zach Fulton	$2,500,000	$750,000	$1,000,000	$0	$0	$0	$3,500,000	$4,250,000	$5,000,000 $4,250,000 $1,500,000 $750,000 $0 $0	($750,000) $0 $2,750,000 $3,500,000 $1,295,000 $2,072,000
Duke Johnson	$3,600,000	$0	$0	$400,000	$10,000	$0	$0	$4,100,000	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$4,100,000 $4,100,000 $4,100,000 $4,100,000 $1,350,000 $2,160,000
A.J. McCarron	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,750,000	$4,000,000	$3,750,000 $3,750,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $0 $0	$250,000 $250,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $0 $872,000
Darren Fells	$2,750,000	$500,000	$0	$250,000	$0	$0	$1,000,000	$3,500,000	$2,000,000 $1,500,000 $1,000,000 $500,000 $0 $0	$1,500,000 $2,000,000 $2,500,000 $3,000,000 $920,000 $1,472,000
Brandon Dunn	$2,500,000	$500,000	$0	$500,000	$0	$0	$2,500,000	$3,500,000	$4,000,000 $3,000,000 $1,500,000 $500,000 $0 $0	($500,000) $500,000 $2,000,000 $3,000,000 $1,060,000 $1,272,000
Tytus Howard	$1,050,707	$1,727,827	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,050,707	$2,778,534	$10,002,723 $6,547,069 $5,183,481 $1,727,827 $0 $0	($7,224,189) ($3,768,535) ($2,404,947) $1,050,707 $250,471 $300,566
Bryan Anger	$1,250,000	$416,666	$750,000	$0	$0	$0	$750,000	$2,416,666	$2,000,000 $1,166,666 $1,250,000 $416,666 $0 $0	$416,666 $1,250,000 $1,166,666 $2,000,000 $633,333 $760,000
Senio Kelemete	$1,300,000	$1,031,250	$0	$200,000	$0	$0	$0	$2,406,250	$1,281,250 $1,031,250 $1,281,250 $1,031,250 $0 $0	$1,125,000 $1,375,000 $1,125,000 $1,375,000 $125,000 $200,000
Dylan Cole	$2,133,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$2,133,000	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$2,133,000 $2,133,000 $2,133,000 $2,133,000 $0 $1,046,400
Brennan Scarlett	$1,125,000	$175,000	$0	$750,000	$0	$0	$0	$2,003,125	$175,000 $175,000 $175,000 $175,000 $0 $0	$1,828,125 $1,828,125 $1,828,125 $1,828,125 $0 $172,000
Roderick Johnson	$1,125,000	$375,000	$0	$250,000	$0	$0	$0	$1,750,000	$375,000 $375,000 $375,000 $375,000 $0 $0	$1,375,000 $1,375,000 $1,375,000 $1,375,000 $0 $240,000
Ross Blacklock	$610,000	$834,991	$0	$0	$0	$0	$610,000	$1,444,991	$4,921,212 $2,416,239 $3,339,964 $834,991 $0 $0	($3,476,221) ($971,248) ($1,894,973) $610,000 $0 $0
Vernon Hargreaves	$825,000	$250,000	$0	$250,000	$0	$0	$0	$1,309,375	$250,000 $250,000 $250,000 $250,000 $0 $0	$1,059,375 $1,059,375 $1,059,375 $1,059,375 $0 ($68,000)
Lonnie Johnson Jr.	$732,007	$453,028	$0	$0	$0	$0	$732,007	$1,185,035	$2,091,091 $1,185,035 $1,359,084 $453,028 $0 $0	($906,056) $0 ($174,049) $732,007 $38,005 $45,606
Max Scharping	$725,368	$426,470	$0	$0	$0	$0	$725,368	$1,151,838	$2,004,778 $1,151,838 $1,279,410 $426,470 $0 $0	($852,940) $0 ($127,572) $725,368 $33,579 $40,294
Justin Reid	$849,957	$259,914	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,109,871	$519,828 $259,914 $519,828 $259,914 $0 $0	$590,043 $849,957 $590,043 $849,957 $49,979 $79,966
Jordan Akins	$750,000	$190,379	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$940,379	$380,758 $190,379 $380,758 $190,379 $0 $0	$559,621 $750,000 $559,621 $750,000 $0 $0
Keke Coutee	$750,000	$182,257	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$932,257	$364,514 $182,257 $364,514 $182,257 $0 $0	$567,743 $750,000 $567,743 $750,000 $0 $0
Carlos Watkins	$825,000	$104,912	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$929,912	$104,912 $104,912 $104,912 $104,912 $0 $0	$825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $0 $0
Michael Thomas	$910,000	$137,500	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$887,500	$137,500 $137,500 $137,500 $137,500 $0 $0	$750,000 $750,000 $750,000 $750,000 $0 $0
Phillip Gaines	$910,000	$137,500	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$887,500	$137,500 $137,500 $137,500 $137,500 $0 $0	$750,000 $750,000 $750,000 $750,000 $0 $0
Jonathan Greenard	$610,000	$223,495	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$833,495	$893,980 $223,495 $893,980 $223,495 $0 $0	($60,485) $610,000 ($60,485) $610,000 $0 $0
Tyrell Adams	$910,000	$60,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$810,000	$60,000 $60,000 $60,000 $60,000 $0 $0	$750,000 $750,000 $750,000 $750,000 $0 $0
Charlie Heck	$610,000	$177,676	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$787,676	$710,704 $177,676 $710,704 $177,676 $0 $0	$76,972 $610,000 $76,972 $610,000 $0 $0
Peter Kalambayi	$750,000	$29,602	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$779,602	$59,204 $29,602 $59,204 $29,602 $0 $0	$720,398 $750,000 $720,398 $750,000 $0 $0
DeAndre Carter	$750,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$750,000	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$750,000 $750,000 $750,000 $750,000 $0 $0
Buddy Howell	$750,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$750,000	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$750,000 $750,000 $750,000 $750,000 $0 $0
Cornell Armstrong	$750,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$750,000	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$750,000 $750,000 $750,000 $750,000 $0 $0
Brent Qvale	$910,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$162,500	$750,000	$162,500 $162,500 $0 $0 $0 $0	$587,500 $587,500 $750,000 $750,000 $0 $0
Keion Crossen	$750,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$750,000	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$750,000 $750,000 $750,000 $750,000 $0 $0
Jon Weeks	$1,050,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$112,500	$750,000	$112,500 $112,500 $0 $0 $0 $0	$637,500 $637,500 $750,000 $750,000 $0 $0
P.J. Hall	$750,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$750,000	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$750,000 $750,000 $750,000 $750,000 $0 $0
Jacob Martin	$750,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$750,000	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$750,000 $750,000 $750,000 $750,000 $0 $0
Charles Omenihu	$675,000	$74,101	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$749,101	$222,303 $74,101 $222,303 $74,101 $0 $0	$526,798 $675,000 $526,798 $675,000 $0 $0
John Reid	$610,000	$123,600	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$733,600	$494,400 $123,600 $494,400 $123,600 $0 $0	$239,200 $610,000 $239,200 $610,000 $0 $0
Pharaoh Brown	$750,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$705,882	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$705,882 $705,882 $705,882 $705,882 $0 $0
Cullen Gillaspia	$675,000	$25,888	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$700,888	$77,664 $25,888 $77,664 $25,888 $0 $0	$623,224 $675,000 $623,224 $675,000 $0 $0
Top 51 Cutoff
C.J. Prosise	$910,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$617,647	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$617,647 $617,647 $617,647 $617,647 $0 $0
Eli Ankou	$825,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$533,824	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$533,824 $533,824 $533,824 $533,824 $0 $0
Kyle Emanuel	$910,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$529,412	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$529,412 $529,412 $529,412 $529,412 $0 $0

Dead Money

Name	Cap Number
Tashaun Gipson	$4,250,000
DeAndre Hopkins	$3,000,000
Aaron Colvin	$2,000,000
Angelo Blackson	$625,000
Martinas Rankin	$450,634
Dylan Stapleton	$236,960
D'Onta Foreman	$189,871
Jaylen Watkins	$150,000
Julie'n Davenport	$146,605
Jon Weeks	$137,500
Brent Qvale	$137,500
Xavier Crawford	$123,897
C.J. Prosise	$100,235
TOTAL	$11,927,085

Practice Squad

Name	Cap Number
Greg Mancz	$204,000
Jonathan Owens	$197,765
Devin Smith	$180,000
Scottie Phillips	$170,282
Nate Hall	$170,282
Corey Liuget	$168,000
Elijah Nkansah	$142,800
Steven Mitchell	$142,800
Chad Hansen	$142,800
Anthony Chesley	$142,800
Davin Bellamy	$142,800
Auzoyah Alufohai	$142,800
Troy Fumagalli	$134,400
Brett Maher	$100,800
Emmanuel Ellerbee	$100,800
Damion Ratley	$92,400
TOTAL	$2,375,529

Injured Reserve

Name	Cap Number
Benardrick McKinney	$7,406,250
Gareon Conley	$1,892,409
Kahale Warring	$881,303
Duke Ejiofor	$721,313
A.J. Moore	$502,941
Isaiah Coulter	$473,239
TOTAL	$11,877,455

COVID-19 Opt Out

Name	Cap Number
Eddie Vanderdoes	$0
TOTAL	$0

Total Cap Liabilities: $191,044,555

Top 51: $190,683,114
Team Cap Space: ($7,462,158)

Offense: $100,033,937
Defense: $83,532,511
Special: $7,116,666

Contracted Players (38 total)

Player	Base Salary	Prorated Bonus	Roster Bonus		Workout Bonus	Other Bonus	Guaranteed Salary	Cap Number	Dead Money & Cap Savings
Player	Base Salary	Prorated Bonus	Regular	Per Game	Workout Bonus	Other Bonus	Guaranteed Salary	Cap Number	Dead Money & Cap Savings
J.J. Watt	$17,500,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$17,500,000	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$17,500,000 $17,500,000 $17,500,000 $17,500,000 $0 $13,140,000
Laremy Tunsil	$16,150,000	$3,250,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$16,150,000	$19,400,000	$25,900,000 $19,400,000 $9,750,000 $3,250,000 $0 $0	($6,500,000) $0 $9,650,000 $16,150,000 $10,106,667 $12,128,000
Whitney Mercilus	$10,500,000	$1,500,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$10,500,000	$12,000,000	$15,000,000 $12,000,000 $4,500,000 $1,500,000 $0 $0	($3,000,000) $0 $7,500,000 $10,500,000 $6,283,333 $7,540,000
David Johnson	$7,950,000	$0	$0	$300,000	$750,000	$0	$2,100,000	$9,000,000	$2,100,000 $2,100,000 $0 $0 $0 $0	$6,900,000 $6,900,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $0 $6,168,000
Deshaun Watson	$10,540,000	$5,400,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$10,540,000	$15,940,000	$67,140,000 $50,940,000 $21,600,000 $5,400,000 $0 $0	($51,200,000) ($35,000,000) ($5,660,000) $10,540,000 $7,696,000 $7,696,000
Bradley Roby	$9,500,000	$1,000,000	$0	$500,000	$0	$0	$8,000,000	$11,000,000	$10,000,000 $9,000,000 $2,000,000 $1,000,000 $0 $0	$1,000,000 $2,000,000 $9,000,000 $10,000,000 $4,255,000 $6,808,000
Nick Martin	$7,250,000	$1,250,000	$0	$250,000	$0	$0	$0	$8,750,000	$2,500,000 $1,250,000 $2,500,000 $1,250,000 $0 $0	$6,250,000 $7,500,000 $6,250,000 $7,500,000 $3,130,000 $5,008,000
Brandin Cooks	$12,000,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$12,000,000	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $7,340,000 $8,808,000
Benardrick McKinney	$7,000,000	$750,000	$0	$750,000	$0	$0	$0	$8,500,000	$1,500,000 $750,000 $1,500,000 $750,000 $0 $0	$7,000,000 $7,750,000 $7,000,000 $7,750,000 $4,006,667 $4,808,000
Randall Cobb	$8,250,000	$2,000,000	$0	$375,000	$0	$0	$8,250,000	$10,625,000	$12,250,000 $10,250,000 $4,000,000 $2,000,000 $0 $0	($1,625,000) $375,000 $6,625,000 $8,625,000 $3,587,500 $5,740,000
Zach Cunningham	$8,500,000	$2,400,000	$0	$500,000	$0	$0	$8,500,000	$11,400,000	$18,100,000 $10,900,000 $9,600,000 $2,400,000 $0 $0	($6,700,000) $500,000 $1,800,000 $9,000,000 $5,685,000 $6,064,000
Ka'imi Fairbairn	$3,450,000	$750,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$2,000,000	$4,200,000	$4,250,000 $2,750,000 $2,250,000 $750,000 $0 $0	($50,000) $1,450,000 $1,950,000 $3,450,000 $1,640,000 $1,968,000
Eric Murray	$5,000,000	$1,500,000	$0	$250,000	$0	$0	$3,500,000	$6,750,000	$6,500,000 $5,000,000 $3,000,000 $1,500,000 $0 $0	$250,000 $1,750,000 $3,750,000 $5,250,000 $2,005,000 $3,208,000
Zach Fulton	$2,000,000	$750,000	$1,000,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$3,750,000	$750,000 $750,000 $750,000 $750,000 $0 $0	$3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $0 $1,608,000
Duke Johnson	$4,650,000	$0	$0	$400,000	$10,000	$0	$0	$5,150,000	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$5,150,000 $5,150,000 $5,150,000 $5,150,000 $0 $2,936,000
Darren Fells	$1,500,000	$500,000	$0	$800,000	$0	$0	$0	$2,800,000	$500,000 $500,000 $500,000 $500,000 $0 $0	$2,300,000 $2,300,000 $2,300,000 $2,300,000 $0 $408,000
Brandon Dunn	$3,250,000	$500,000	$0	$500,000	$0	$0	$0	$4,250,000	$1,000,000 $500,000 $1,000,000 $500,000 $0 $0	$3,250,000 $3,750,000 $3,250,000 $3,750,000 $1,130,000 $1,808,000
Tytus Howard	$1,606,414	$1,727,827	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,606,414	$3,334,241	$7,224,189 $5,496,362 $3,455,654 $1,727,827 $0 $0	($3,889,948) ($2,162,121) ($121,413) $1,606,414 $413,207 $661,131
Bryan Anger	$2,500,000	$416,666	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$2,916,666	$833,334 $416,666 $833,334 $416,666 $0 $0	$2,083,332 $2,500,000 $2,083,332 $2,500,000 $712,500 $1,140,000
Senio Kelemete	$1,300,000	$250,000	$250,000	$200,000	$0	$0	$0	$2,000,000	$250,000 $250,000 $250,000 $250,000 $0 $0	$1,750,000 $1,750,000 $1,750,000 $1,750,000 $0 $380,000
Ross Blacklock	$971,248	$834,991	$0	$0	$0	$0	$971,248	$1,806,239	$3,476,221 $1,806,239 $2,504,973 $834,991 $0 $0	($1,669,982) $0 ($698,734) $971,248 $207,499 $248,998
Lonnie Johnson Jr.	$969,014	$453,028	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,422,042	$906,056 $453,028 $906,056 $453,028 $0 $0	$515,986 $969,014 $515,986 $969,014 $94,507 $151,211
Max Scharping	$955,736	$426,470	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,382,206	$852,940 $426,470 $852,940 $426,470 $0 $0	$529,266 $955,736 $529,266 $955,736 $87,868 $140,589
Justin Reid	$1,028,831	$259,914	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,288,745	$259,914 $259,914 $259,914 $259,914 $0 $0	$1,028,831 $1,028,831 $1,028,831 $1,028,831 $0 $143,065
Jordan Akins	$920,000	$190,379	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,110,379	$190,379 $190,379 $190,379 $190,379 $0 $0	$920,000 $920,000 $920,000 $920,000 $0 $56,000
Keke Coutee	$920,000	$182,257	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,102,257	$182,257 $182,257 $182,257 $182,257 $0 $0	$920,000 $920,000 $920,000 $920,000 $0 $56,000
Kahale Warring	$780,000	$223,051	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,003,051	$446,102 $223,051 $446,102 $223,051 $0 $0	$556,949 $780,000 $556,949 $780,000 $0 $0
Jonathan Greenard	$818,374	$223,495	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,041,869	$670,485 $223,495 $670,485 $223,495 $0 $0	$371,384 $818,374 $371,384 $818,374 $105,583 $126,699
Charlie Heck	$780,000	$177,676	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$957,676	$533,028 $177,676 $533,028 $177,676 $0 $0	$424,648 $780,000 $424,648 $780,000 $80,000 $96,000
Peter Kalambayi	$920,000	$29,602	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$949,602	$29,602 $29,602 $29,602 $29,602 $0 $0	$920,000 $920,000 $920,000 $920,000 $0 $56,000
Keion Crossen	$920,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$920,000	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$920,000 $920,000 $920,000 $920,000 $0 $56,000
Jacob Martin	$920,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$920,000	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$920,000 $920,000 $920,000 $920,000 $0 $56,000
Charles Omenihu	$850,000	$74,101	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$924,101	$148,202 $74,101 $148,202 $74,101 $0 $0	$775,899 $850,000 $775,899 $850,000 $35,000 $56,000
John Reid	$780,000	$123,600	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$903,600	$370,800 $123,600 $370,800 $123,600 $0 $0	$532,800 $780,000 $532,800 $780,000 $80,000 $96,000
Duke Ejiofor	$920,000	$46,313	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$966,313	$46,313 $46,313 $46,313 $46,313 $0 $0	$920,000 $920,000 $920,000 $920,000 $0 $56,000
Cullen Gillaspia	$850,000	$25,888	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$875,888	$51,776 $25,888 $51,776 $25,888 $0 $0	$824,112 $850,000 $824,112 $850,000 $35,000 $56,000
Isaiah Coulter	$780,000	$73,239	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$853,239	$219,717 $73,239 $219,717 $73,239 $0 $0	$633,522 $780,000 $633,522 $780,000 $80,000 $96,000
Eddie Vanderdoes	$990,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$990,000	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$990,000 $990,000 $990,000 $990,000 $0 $56,000

Dead Money

Name	Cap Number
Jaylen Watkins	$150,000
Angelo Blackson	$125,000
TOTAL	$361,441

Total Cap Liabilities: $177,634,776

Top 51: $177,634,776
Team Cap Space: $49,865,224

Offense: $103,652,376
Defense: $66,765,732
Special: $7,216,668

Contracted Players (24 total)

Player	Base Salary	Prorated Bonus	Roster Bonus		Workout Bonus	Other Bonus	Guaranteed Salary	Cap Number	Dead Money & Cap Savings
Player	Base Salary	Prorated Bonus	Regular	Per Game	Workout Bonus	Other Bonus	Guaranteed Salary	Cap Number	Dead Money & Cap Savings
Laremy Tunsil	$17,850,000	$3,250,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$21,100,000	$6,500,000 $3,250,000 $6,500,000 $3,250,000 $0 $0	$14,600,000 $17,850,000 $14,600,000 $17,850,000 $8,407,500 $13,452,000
Whitney Mercilus	$12,750,000	$1,500,000	$0	$250,000	$0	$0	$0	$14,500,000	$3,000,000 $1,500,000 $3,000,000 $1,500,000 $0 $0	$11,500,000 $13,000,000 $11,500,000 $13,000,000 $5,815,000 $9,304,000
Deshaun Watson	$35,000,000	$5,400,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$35,000,000	$40,400,000	$51,200,000 $40,400,000 $16,200,000 $5,400,000 $0 $0	($10,800,000) $0 $24,200,000 $35,000,000 $25,526,250 $27,228,000
Bradley Roby	$9,500,000	$1,000,000	$0	$500,000	$0	$0	$0	$11,000,000	$1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $0 $0	$10,000,000 $10,000,000 $10,000,000 $10,000,000 $0 $6,772,000
Nick Martin	$7,750,000	$1,250,000	$0	$250,000	$0	$0	$0	$9,250,000	$1,250,000 $1,250,000 $1,250,000 $1,250,000 $0 $0	$8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $0 $5,372,000
Brandin Cooks	$12,000,000	$0	$1,000,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$13,000,000	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$13,000,000 $13,000,000 $13,000,000 $13,000,000 $5,982,500 $9,572,000
Benardrick McKinney	$8,750,000	$750,000	$0	$750,000	$0	$0	$0	$10,250,000	$750,000 $750,000 $750,000 $750,000 $0 $0	$9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $3,857,500 $6,172,000
Randall Cobb	$7,875,000	$2,000,000	$0	$375,000	$0	$0	$0	$10,250,000	$2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $0 $0	$8,250,000 $8,250,000 $8,250,000 $8,250,000 $0 $5,404,000
Zach Cunningham	$10,000,000	$2,400,000	$0	$500,000	$0	$0	$0	$12,900,000	$7,200,000 $2,400,000 $7,200,000 $2,400,000 $0 $0	$5,700,000 $10,500,000 $5,700,000 $10,500,000 $6,023,333 $7,228,000
Ka'imi Fairbairn	$3,550,000	$750,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$4,300,000	$1,500,000 $750,000 $1,500,000 $750,000 $0 $0	$2,800,000 $3,550,000 $2,800,000 $3,550,000 $1,257,500 $2,012,000
Eric Murray	$5,000,000	$1,500,000	$0	$250,000	$0	$0	$0	$6,750,000	$1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $0 $0	$5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $0 $3,172,000
Brandon Dunn	$3,250,000	$500,000	$0	$500,000	$0	$0	$0	$4,250,000	$500,000 $500,000 $500,000 $500,000 $0 $0	$3,750,000 $3,750,000 $3,750,000 $3,750,000 $0 $1,772,000
Tytus Howard	$2,162,121	$1,727,827	$0	$0	$0	$0	$2,162,121	$3,889,948	$3,889,948 $3,889,948 $1,727,827 $1,727,827 $0 $0	$0 $0 $2,162,121 $2,162,121 $0 $1,069,697
Bryan Anger	$2,500,000	$416,668	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$2,916,668	$416,668 $416,668 $416,668 $416,668 $0 $0	$2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $0 $1,104,000
Ross Blacklock	$1,332,496	$834,991	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$2,167,487	$1,669,982 $834,991 $1,669,982 $834,991 $0 $0	$497,505 $1,332,496 $497,505 $1,332,496 $313,748 $501,997
Lonnie Johnson Jr.	$1,206,021	$453,028	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,659,049	$453,028 $453,028 $453,028 $453,028 $0 $0	$1,206,021 $1,206,021 $1,206,021 $1,206,021 $0 $304,817
Max Scharping	$1,186,104	$426,470	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,612,574	$426,470 $426,470 $426,470 $426,470 $0 $0	$1,186,104 $1,186,104 $1,186,104 $1,186,104 $0 $288,883
Kahale Warring	$895,000	$223,051	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,118,051	$223,051 $223,051 $223,051 $223,051 $0 $0	$895,000 $895,000 $895,000 $895,000 $0 $56,000
Jonathan Greenard	$1,008,000	$223,495	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,231,495	$446,990 $223,495 $446,990 $223,495 $0 $0	$784,505 $1,008,000 $784,505 $1,008,000 $151,500 $242,400
Charlie Heck	$895,000	$177,676	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,072,676	$355,352 $177,676 $355,352 $177,676 $0 $0	$717,324 $895,000 $717,324 $895,000 $95,000 $152,000
Charles Omenihu	$965,000	$74,101	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,039,101	$74,101 $74,101 $74,101 $74,101 $0 $0	$965,000 $965,000 $965,000 $965,000 $0 $112,000
John Reid	$895,000	$123,600	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,018,600	$247,200 $123,600 $247,200 $123,600 $0 $0	$771,400 $895,000 $771,400 $895,000 $95,000 $152,000
Cullen Gillaspia	$965,000	$25,888	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$990,888	$25,888 $25,888 $25,888 $25,888 $0 $0	$965,000 $965,000 $965,000 $965,000 $0 $112,000
Isaiah Coulter	$895,000	$73,239	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$968,239	$146,478 $73,239 $146,478 $73,239 $0 $0	$821,761 $895,000 $821,761 $895,000 $95,000 $152,000

Total Cap Liabilities: $128,001,945

Top 51: $128,001,945
Team Cap Space: $112,998,055

Offense: $80,420,915
Defense: $43,181,030
Special: $4,400,000

Contracted Players (12 total)

Player	Base Salary	Prorated Bonus	Roster Bonus		Workout Bonus	Other Bonus	Guaranteed Salary	Cap Number	Dead Money & Cap Savings
Player	Base Salary	Prorated Bonus	Regular	Per Game	Workout Bonus	Other Bonus	Guaranteed Salary	Cap Number	Dead Money & Cap Savings
Laremy Tunsil	$18,500,000	$3,250,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$21,750,000	$3,250,000 $3,250,000 $3,250,000 $3,250,000 $0 $0	$18,500,000 $18,500,000 $18,500,000 $18,500,000 $0 $13,936,000
Whitney Mercilus	$12,250,000	$1,500,000	$0	$250,000	$0	$0	$0	$14,000,000	$1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $0 $0	$12,500,000 $12,500,000 $12,500,000 $12,500,000 $0 $8,868,000
Deshaun Watson	$20,000,000	$5,400,000	$17,000,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$42,400,000	$10,800,000 $5,400,000 $10,800,000 $5,400,000 $0 $0	$31,600,000 $37,000,000 $31,600,000 $37,000,000 $23,993,333 $28,792,000
Brandin Cooks	$12,500,000	$0	$1,500,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$14,000,000	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$14,000,000 $14,000,000 $14,000,000 $14,000,000 $0 $10,336,000
Benardrick McKinney	$9,500,000	$0	$0	$750,000	$0	$0	$0	$10,250,000	$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$10,250,000 $10,250,000 $10,250,000 $10,250,000 $0 $6,736,000
Zach Cunningham	$11,000,000	$2,400,000	$0	$500,000	$0	$0	$0	$13,900,000	$4,800,000 $2,400,000 $4,800,000 $2,400,000 $0 $0	$9,100,000 $11,500,000 $9,100,000 $11,500,000 $4,995,000 $7,992,000
Ka'imi Fairbairn	$3,650,000	$750,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$4,400,000	$750,000 $750,000 $750,000 $750,000 $0 $0	$3,650,000 $3,650,000 $3,650,000 $3,650,000 $0 $2,056,000
Ross Blacklock	$1,693,744	$834,991	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$2,528,735	$834,991 $834,991 $834,991 $834,991 $0 $0	$1,693,744 $1,693,744 $1,693,744 $1,693,744 $0 $754,995
Jonathan Greenard	$1,145,200	$223,495	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,368,695	$223,495 $223,495 $223,495 $223,495 $0 $0	$1,145,200 $1,145,200 $1,145,200 $1,145,200 $0 $316,160
Charlie Heck	$1,010,000	$177,676	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,187,676	$177,676 $177,676 $177,676 $177,676 $0 $0	$1,010,000 $1,010,000 $1,010,000 $1,010,000 $0 $208,000
John Reid	$1,010,000	$123,600	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,133,600	$123,600 $123,600 $123,600 $123,600 $0 $0	$1,010,000 $1,010,000 $1,010,000 $1,010,000 $0 $208,000
Isaiah Coulter	$1,010,000	$73,239	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,083,239	$73,239 $73,239 $73,239 $73,239 $0 $0	$1,010,000 $1,010,000 $1,010,000 $1,010,000 $0 $208,000

Total Cap Liabilities: $50,100,000

Top 51: $50,100,000
Team Cap Space: $205,900,000

Offense: $34,700,000
Defense: $15,400,000
Special: $0

Contracted Players (2 total)

Player	Base Salary	Prorated Bonus	Roster Bonus		Workout Bonus	Other Bonus	Guaranteed Salary	Cap Number	Dead Money & Cap Savings
Player	Base Salary	Prorated Bonus	Regular	Per Game	Workout Bonus	Other Bonus	Guaranteed Salary	Cap Number	Dead Money & Cap Savings
Deshaun Watson	$32,000,000	$5,400,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$34,700,000	$5,400,000 $5,400,000 $5,400,000 $5,400,000 $0 $0	$29,300,000 $29,300,000 $29,300,000 $29,300,000 $15,472,500 $24,756,000
Zach Cunningham	$12,500,000	$2,400,000	$0	$500,000	$0	$0	$0	$15,400,000	$2,400,000 $2,400,000 $2,400,000 $2,400,000 $0 $0	$13,000,000 $13,000,000 $13,000,000 $13,000,000 $0 $9,156,000

Total Cap Liabilities: $32,000,000

Top 51: $32,000,000
Team Cap Space: $0

Offense: $32,000,000
Defense: $0
Special: $0

Contracted Players (1 total)

Player	Base Salary	Prorated Bonus	Roster Bonus		Workout Bonus	Other Bonus		Guaranteed Salary		Cap Number		Dead Money & Cap Savings
Player	Base Salary	Prorated Bonus	Regular	Per Game	Workout Bonus	Other Bonus		Guaranteed Salary		Cap Number		Dead Money & Cap Savings
Deshaun Watson	$32,000,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0		$0		$32,000,000		$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0	$32,000,000 $32,000,000 $32,000,000 $32,000,000 $0 $24,720,000

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Houston Texans

Top Executive: Bill O'Brien, Head Coach & General Manager (since 2019)

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