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Pay vs Performance

Kansas City Chiefs roster · each player vs his own position market · APY basis · updated 2026-09-12
Contracts
Lens
Whole roster on one map · no position filteringRole (snap share) exists for every position
Roster contracts
40
Roster APY
$298.0M
Rookie-scale deals
20
Top-quartile deals
11
League median APY
$2M
Market read
13roster contracts rank above their position market's median in both pay and role.
2top-quartile contracts here sit in the bottom half of their market's role.
2below-median contracts return top-quartile role in their markets.

Pay vs role

Chiefs roster · 40 contracts plotted · each vs his own position market
Snap-share percentile
0255075100
League median payLeague median roleRole ahead of payPremium starterLow-cost depthPay ahead of role
15
Mahomes
95
65
56
52
77
32
9
87
6
8
Fulton
17
92
83
2
71
23
1
97
4
Rice
76
20
43
66
11
38
12
31
27
Conner
21
64
24
81
44
30
40
82
45
48
47
0255075100
Pay percentile (APY)
Veteran dealRookie scaleLimited sample

Biggest rank gaps

Kansas City Chiefs roster · role lens · gap within each position market
Role ahead of pay
+81
Chamarri ConnerS
PAY 91
ROLE 10
$1.1M
98.2% snaps
Rookie scale
+36
Kingsley SuamataiaG
PAY 53
ROLE 17
$1.6M
98% snaps
Rookie scale
+33
Ashton GillotteEDGE
PAY 101
ROLE 68
$1.7M
46.6% snaps
Rookie scale
+29
Jaden HicksS
PAY 93
ROLE 64
$1.1M
42.8% snaps
Rookie scale
+27
Chris Roland-WallaceS
PAY 112
ROLE 85
$945K
18.3% snaps
Rookie scale
+24
Drue TranquillLB
PAY 56
ROLE 32
$3.5M
84.9% snaps
One-year
Pay ahead of role
-77
Kristian FultonCB
PAY 32
ROLE 109
$10M
20% snaps
Veteran
-51
Tyquan ThorntonWR
PAY 50
ROLE 101
$5.5M
33.1% snaps
Veteran
-50
Jack CochraneLB
PAY 84
ROLE 134
$1.4M
5.9% snaps
One-year
-46
Trey SmithG
PAY 3
ROLE 49
$23.5M
59.7% snaps
Veteran
-42
Nikko RemigioWR
PAY 127
ROLE 169
$1.1M
2.8% snaps
Rookie scale
-39
Jalen RoyalsWR
PAY 112
ROLE 151
$1.3M
7.7% snaps
Rookie scale

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