{"id":670920,"date":"2026-01-12T08:08:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T08:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/670920\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T08:08:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T08:08:13","slug":"how-much-money-did-chiefs-te-make-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/670920\/","title":{"rendered":"How much money did Chiefs TE make in 2025?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jan. 11, 2026, 11:54 p.m. CT<\/p>\n

Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> tight end Travis Kelce is one of the NFL’s most iconic stars.<\/p>\n

But, despite his status as one of the league’s best pass-catchers, Kelce’s contract with the Chiefs doesn’t account for as much of Kansas City’s cap space as some fans might expect.<\/p>\n

How much money did Kelce make during the 2025 NFL season?<\/p>\n

Here’s a look at the star tight end’s current contract:<\/p>\n

Travis Kelce salary<\/p>\n

According to Spotrac.com<\/a>, Kelce’s base salary in 2025 was just $4,500,000. However, Kansas City also paid Kelce a $2,551,667 restructure proration, a $12,500,000 roster bonus, and a $250,279 workout bonus.<\/p>\n

Expert NFL picks: Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a>Travis Kelce cap number<\/p>\n

Overthecap.com<\/a> reports that Kelce’s total cap number for the 2025 season was $19,801,946. His salary accounted for 6.9 percent of Kansas City’s total cap space.<\/p>\n

Travis Kelce 2026 salary<\/p>\n

Kelce isn’t under contract for the 2026 season. It is unclear if he will return to the field with the Chiefs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan. 11, 2026, 11:54 p.m. CT Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce is one of the NFL’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":670921,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2063],"tags":[95878,346,7,118,110,2438,2437,6,96828,96829,95882,96540,95896,95888,95895,95897,95899,97650,95883,97651,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-670920","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kansas-city-chiefs","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-chiefs","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-kansas-city","12":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs","13":"tag-kansascity","14":"tag-kansascitychiefs","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-sstssportsnflchiefs","17":"tag-sstsnchiefs","18":"tag-tagamerican-football","19":"tag-tagkansas-city-chiefs","20":"tag-tagnational-sports","21":"tag-tagnfl","22":"tag-tagnfl-hub","23":"tag-tagoverall-negative","24":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","25":"tag-tagpatrick-mahomes","26":"tag-tagsports-news","27":"tag-tagtravis-kelce","28":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115881109339302364","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=670920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/670921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=670920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=670920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}