NFL salary cap set at $188.2M for 2019

The numbers are in for the 2019 NFL salary cap. According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, the league has informed teams this year’s number is $188.2 million.

Officially, the salary cap for 2019 is $188.2M.

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 1, 2019

In 2018, the cap was $177.2, so the increase is $11 million. It is the sixth straight year the cap has gone up by at least $10 million.

However, this increase is the lowest percentage increase of the last few seasons.

Salary cap growth of 6.2% ranks 16th out of all the years of the cap, which is near the bottom. Cap growth was 7.9% from 2013 thru 2017. Last two years down around 6.2%

— Jason_OTC (@Jason_OTC) March 1, 2019

The Arizona Cardinals rolled over $6.4 million of unused cap space from 2018, so their actual salary cap will be $194.6 million. They will have an estimated $38 million to spend in free agency.

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