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NFL Draft Earnings TrackerNFL Draft Earnings Tracker

Highest earnings per round and pick for the NFL Draft.

Highest Earnings per Round

Round Year Player Draft Team Position College Earnings
1 2005 Aaron Rodgers GB QB California $342,496,898
2 2001 Drew Brees SD QB Purdue $269,710,422
3 2012 Russell Wilson SEA QB Wisconsin $266,362,520
4 2012 Kirk Cousins WAS QB Michigan State $231,669,486
5 2015 Stefon Diggs MIN WR Maryland $107,605,421
6 2000 Tom Brady NE QB Michigan $332,962,392
7 2005 Ryan Fitzpatrick STL QB Harvard $82,118,420


Highest Earnings per Pick

Pick Year Player Draft Team Position College Earnings
1 2009 Matthew Stafford DET QB Georgia $328,306,037
2 2011 Von Miller DEN OLB Texas A&M $179,385,534
3 2008 Matt Ryan ATL QB Boston College $303,713,631
4 2004 Philip Rivers NYG QB North Carolina State $243,944,322
5 2014 Khalil Mack OAK OLB Buffalo $150,345,498
6 2011 Julio Jones ATL WR Alabama $148,125,821
7 2010 Joe Haden CLE CB Florida $121,471,755
8 2012 Ryan Tannehill MIA QB Texas A&M $195,975,979
9 2011 Tyron Smith DAL LT Southern California $115,097,504
10 2017 Patrick Mahomes KC QB Texas Tech $136,254,472
11 2004 Ben Roethlisberger PIT QB Miami (OH) $267,286,864
12 2017 Deshaun Watson HOU QB Clemson $142,762,978
13 2014 Aaron Donald STL DT Pittsburgh $157,114,238
14 2007 Darrelle Revis NYJ CB Pittsburgh $124,211,129
15 2010 Jason Pierre-Paul NYG DE South Florida $103,692,245
16 2014 Zack Martin DAL G Notre Dame $93,985,531
17 2014 C.J. Mosley BAL ILB Alabama $85,656,002
18 2008 Joe Flacco BAL QB Delaware $174,383,819
19 1996 Marvin Harrison IND WR Syracuse $68,870,000
20 2014 Brandin Cooks NO WR Oregon State $108,470,356
21 2012 Chandler Jones NE OLB Syracuse $132,907,510
22 2011 Anthony Castonzo IND LT Boston College $76,281,227
23 2012 Riley Reiff DET LT Iowa $77,648,637
24 2005 Aaron Rodgers GB QB California $342,496,898
25 2015 Shaq Thompson CAR OLB Washington $66,337,269
26 2008 Duane Brown HOU LT Virginia Tech $102,479,492
27 2013 DeAndre Hopkins HOU WR Clemson $123,577,890
28 2007 Joe Staley SF LT Central Michigan $85,407,638
29 2012 Harrison Smith MIN FS Notre Dame $87,480,243
30 2017 T.J. Watt PIT OLB Wisconsin $89,852,038
31 2011 Cameron Heyward PIT DT Ohio State $115,582,735
32 2001 Drew Brees SD QB Purdue $269,710,422
33 1991 Brett Favre ATL QB Southern Mississippi $141,829,000
34 2014 DeMarcus Lawrence DAL DE Boise State $117,349,519
35 2011 Andy Dalton CIN QB Texas Christian $106,627,794
36 2014 Derek Carr OAK QB Fresno State $165,666,395
37 2016 Chris Jones KC DT Mississippi State $85,922,958
38 2016 Xavien Howard MIA CB Baylor $86,594,446
39 2012 Janoris Jenkins STL CB North Alabama $74,967,549
40 1993 Michael Strahan NYG DE Texas Southern $76,335,500
41 2013 Robert Woods BUF WR Southern California $70,174,057
42 2010 Rob Gronkowski NE TE Arizona $70,629,507
43 2011 Kyle Rudolph MIN TE Notre Dame $59,936,853
44 2013 Kawann Short CAR DT Purdue $69,824,220
45 2012 Alshon Jeffery CHI WR South Carolina $63,001,459
46 2010 Linval Joseph NYG DT East Carolina $69,408,049
47 2012 Bobby Wagner SEA ILB Utah State $101,008,441
48 2013 Le'Veon Bell PIT RB Michigan State $45,379,637
49 2008 DeSean Jackson PHI WR California $91,655,027
50 2008 Calais Campbell ARI DE Miami (FL) $141,591,393
51 2002 Clinton Portis DEN RB Miami (FL) $43,101,000
52 2013 Jamie Collins NE OLB Southern Mississippi $55,319,238
53 2014 Davante Adams GB WR Fresno State $112,218,141
54 2010 Carlos Dunlap CIN DE Florida $81,140,148
55 2006 Andrew Whitworth CIN LT Louisiana State $107,775,928
56 2003 Osi Umenyiora NYG OLB Troy $45,510,110
57 2015 Rob Havenstein STL RT Wisconsin $49,688,815
58 2012 Lavonte David TB OLB Nebraska $83,247,757
59 2007 Ryan Kalil CAR C Southern California $77,647,500
60 2010 Golden Tate SEA WR Notre Dame $56,421,672
61 2014 Allen Robinson JAC WR Penn State $95,280,505
62 2014 Jimmy Garoppolo NE QB Eastern Illinois $149,567,439
63 2015 Frank Clark SEA DE Michigan $86,777,184
64 2011 Randall Cobb GB WR Kentucky $72,455,887
65 2012 Trumaine Johnson STL CB Montana $68,593,329
66 2014 Morgan Moses WAS RT Virginia $42,739,767
67 2017 Alvin Kamara NO RB Tennessee $43,033,272
68 2003 Lance Briggs CHI OLB Arizona $52,287,683
69 2013 Tyrann Mathieu ARI FS Louisiana State $91,094,901
70 2011 Justin Houston KC DE Georgia $107,165,369
71 2004 Randy Starks TEN DE Maryland $40,194,750
72 2012 Olivier Vernon MIA OLB Miami (FL) $84,420,072
73 1999 Joey Porter PIT LB Colorado State $45,294,000
74 2001 Steve Smith CAR WR Utah $81,040,745
75 2012 Russell Wilson SEA QB Wisconsin $266,362,520
76 2013 Keenan Allen SD WR California $110,012,117
77 2011 Jurrell Casey TEN DT Southern California $74,988,072
78 2016 Joe Thuney NE G North Carolina State $67,991,395
79 2016 Isaac Seumalo PHI G Oregon State $29,090,864
80 2011 Chris Culliver SF CB South Carolina $12,906,941
81 2014 Gabe Jackson OAK G Mississippi State $56,228,407
82 2010 Emmanuel Sanders PIT WR Southern Methodist $68,411,997
83 2007 Charles Johnson CAR DE Georgia $74,771,674
84 2017 Chris Godwin TB WR Penn State $60,631,664
85 2007 Brandon Mebane SEA DT California $47,711,996
86 2007 Marshal Yanda BAL G Iowa $70,241,120
87 2010 Eric Decker DEN WR Minnesota $29,396,843
88 2015 Danielle Hunter MIN DE Louisiana State $91,864,477
89 1996 Terrell Owens SF WR Tennessee-Chattanooga $79,628,334
90 2004 Matt Schaub ATL QB Virginia $94,353,850
91 2016 Jacoby Brissett NE QB North Carolina State $50,881,475
92 2012 T.Y. Hilton IND WR Florida International $78,149,649
93 2014 Brandon Linder JAC C Miami (FL) $44,518,706
94 2013 Brandon Williams BAL DT Missouri Southern State $52,343,733
95 2010 Jimmy Graham NO TE Miami (FL) $82,871,200
96 2017 Kenny Golladay DET WR Northern Illinois $45,092,781
97 2012 Lamar Miller MIA RB Miami (FL) $29,434,542
98 2016 Justin Simmons DEN FS Boston College $62,702,947
99 2011 K.J. Wright SEA OLB Mississippi State $49,101,594
100 2010 Everson Griffen MIN DE Southern California $63,027,231
101 2015 Trey Flowers NE DE Arkansas $63,298,964
102 2012 Kirk Cousins WAS QB Michigan State $231,669,486
103 2017 Trey Hendrickson NO DE Florida Atlantic $53,195,219
104 2004 Isaac Sopoaga SF DT Hawaii $27,543,624
105 2015 Jamison Crowder WAS WR Duke $30,778,026
106 2019 Maxx Crosby OAK DE Eastern Michigan $38,076,315
107 2014 Justin Ellis OAK DT Louisiana Tech $16,913,706
108 2006 Jahri Evans NO G Bloomsburg $55,358,235
109 2013 David Bakhtiari GB LT Colorado $127,446,517
110 2016 Tyler Higbee LAR TE Western Kentucky $34,654,087
111 2003 Terrence McGee CB Northwestern State $29,880,000
112 2017 Eddie Jackson CHI FS Alabama $49,529,175
113 2017 Rayshawn Jenkins LAC S Miami (FL) $31,090,072
114 2010 Dennis Pitta BAL TE Brigham Young $24,204,000
115 2016 De'Vondre Campbell ATL ILB Minnesota $34,314,499
116 2017 Carl Lawson CIN DE Auburn $37,749,669
117 2004 Robert Geathers CIN DE Georgia $38,866,000
118 2006 Stephen Gostkowski NE K Memphis $39,437,002
119 2006 Brandon Marshall DEN WR Central Florida $80,555,471
120 2010 Geno Atkins CIN DT Georgia $95,999,495
121 2008 Red Bryant SEA DE Texas A&M $22,705,255
122 2015 Za'Darius Smith BAL OLB Kentucky $77,967,546
123 2006 Domata Peko CIN DT Michigan State $47,185,981
124 2015 Kwon Alexander TB ILB Louisiana State $34,275,740
125 2003 Ike Taylor PIT CB Louisiana-Lafayette $45,351,970
126 2004 Jared Allen KC DE Idaho State $97,862,763
127 2014 Pierre Desir CLE CB Lindenwood $18,206,441
128 2015 Jon Feliciano OAK C Miami (FL) $21,184,979
129 2011 Julius Thomas DEN TE Portland State $30,358,585
130 2005 Darren Sproles SD RB Kansas State $44,587,765
131 2015 Shaq Mason NE G Georgia Tech $53,010,656
132 2012 Mike Daniels GB DT Iowa $46,090,425
133 2010 Kam Chancellor SEA SS Virginia Tech $48,094,881
134 2006 Kyle Williams BUF DT Louisiana State $57,228,000
135 2016 Dak Prescott DAL QB Mississippi State $162,317,825
136 2004 Gibril Wilson NYG S Tennessee $20,758,666
137 2015 Grady Jarrett ATL DT Clemson $89,859,675
138 2003 Robert Mathis IND OLB Alabama A&M $68,170,867
139 2012 Robert Blanton MIN SS Notre Dame $4,445,492
140 2008 Brandon Carr KC CB Grand Valley State $72,555,847
141 2004 Jake Scott IND G Idaho $22,800,279
142 2015 Adrian Amos CHI FS Penn State $40,216,940
143 2012 Josh Norman CAR CB Coastal Carolina $72,675,104
144 2013 Kenny Stills NO WR Oklahoma $36,334,988
145 2015 Bobby McCain MIA CB Memphis $25,762,695
146 2015 Stefon Diggs MIN WR Maryland $107,605,421
147 2016 Quinton Jefferson SEA DT Maryland $24,613,468
148 2013 A.J. Klein CAR OLB Iowa State $31,383,136
149 2019 Hunter Renfrow OAK WR Clemson $24,783,260
150 2008 Breno Giacomini GB RT Louisville $26,977,887
151 2014 Avery Williamson TEN ILB Kentucky $23,540,233
152 2016 Matthew Ioannidis WAS DE Temple $24,636,410
153 2008 Matthew Slater NE WR California-Los Angeles $30,078,710
154 2011 Richard Sherman SEA CB Stanford $83,860,115
155 2001 A.J. Feeley PHI QB Oregon $16,125,413
156 2002 Aaron Kampman GB DE Iowa $36,915,200
157 2015 C.J. Uzomah CIN TE Auburn $36,654,760
158 2012 Jack Crawford OAK DT Penn State $14,412,397
159 2013 Micah Hyde GB SS Iowa $54,646,595
160 2015 Jesse James PIT TE Penn State $18,347,976
161 2014 Corey Linsley GB C Ohio State $66,101,658
162 2007 Brent Celek PHI TE Cincinnati $29,517,350
163 2010 Reshad Jones MIA SS Georgia $58,237,432
164 2009 Thomas Morstead NO P Southern Methodist $36,343,893
165 2016 Tyreek Hill KC WR West Alabama $93,489,171
166 2012 Marvin Jones CIN WR California $59,064,628
167 2008 Erik Walden DAL OLB Middle Tennessee State $21,622,529
168 2000 Marc Bulger NO QB West Virginia $55,391,000
169 2010 Marshall Newhouse GB RT Texas Christian $11,642,189
170 2007 William Gay PIT CB Louisville $15,895,005
171 2015 Nick Boyle BAL TE Delaware $23,218,392
172 2011 Brandon Fusco MIN G Slippery Rock $19,806,483
173 1998 Matt Birk MIN C Harvard $51,498,037
174 2011 Charles Clay MIA TE Tulsa $38,451,264
175 2006 Delanie Walker SF TE Central Missouri $48,690,653
176 2011 Dwayne Harris DAL WR East Carolina $15,893,363
177 2012 Justin Bethel ARI CB Presbyterian $22,166,828
178 2017 Davon Godchaux MIA DT Louisiana State $31,558,169
179 2004 Corey Williams GB DT Arkansas State $33,206,000
180 2011 Tyrod Taylor BAL QB Virginia Tech $70,630,703
181 2013 Latavius Murray OAK RB Central Florida $22,114,719
182 2017 Aaron Jones GB RB Texas El-Paso $35,005,921
183 1987 Bo Jackson RAI RB Auburn $4,218,544
184 1998 Matt Hasselbeck GB QB Boston College $88,044,500
185 2003 Jeremy Bridges PHI G Southern Mississippi $9,219,648
186 2017 Chuck Clark BAL S Virginia Tech $19,221,267
187 2008 John Sullivan MIN C Notre Dame $35,800,021
188 2012 Danny Trevathan DEN ILB Kentucky $45,395,877
189 2016 Anthony Brown DAL CB Purdue $20,829,596
190 2008 Ahtyba Rubin CLE DT Iowa State $38,327,625
191 2011 Jason Kelce PHI C Cincinnati $81,708,745
192 2011 Matt Bosher ATL P Miami (FL) $16,646,128
193 2007 Mason Crosby GB K Colorado $44,498,884
194 2018 Russell Gage ATL WR Louisiana State $21,796,592
195 2010 Antonio Brown PIT WR Central Michigan $80,744,339
196 1995 Terrell Davis DEN RB Georgia $18,907,000
197 2012 Nate Ebner NE FS Ohio State $12,802,377
198 2017 D.J. Jones SF DT Mississippi $26,093,725
199 2000 Tom Brady NE QB Michigan $332,962,392
200 2015 Quandre Diggs DET SS Texas $51,575,237
201 1986 Ray Brown ARI G Arkansas State $19,516,162
202 2009 Brandon Myers OAK TE Iowa $9,523,082
203 2013 Ryan Jensen BAL C Colorado State-Pueblo $72,162,242
204 2015 Darren Waller BAL TE Georgia Tech $42,869,700
205 2008 Pierre Garcon IND WR Mount Union $67,572,809
206 2013 Vince Williams PIT ILB Florida State $22,468,065
207 2006 Antoine Bethea IND FS Howard $55,707,036
208 2018 Cedrick Wilson DAL WR Boise State $16,731,298
209 2014 Quincy Enunwa NYJ WR Nebraska $25,214,544
210 2006 Zach Strief NO RT Northwestern $25,197,123
211 2017 Conor McDermott NE T California-Los Angeles $6,724,237
212 2006 Fred Evans MIA DT Texas State $8,642,500
213 2005 Derek Anderson BAL QB Oregon State $33,374,303
214 2011 Derek Newton HOU RT Arkansas State $17,193,903
215 2006 Cortland Finnegan TEN CB Samford $46,351,757
216 2009 Captain Munnerlyn CAR CB South Carolina $25,429,665
217 2015 Rakeem Nunez-Roches KC DT Southern Mississippi $15,744,592
218 2013 Jordan Poyer PHI FS Oregon State $44,000,136
219 2014 Travis Carrie OAK CB Ohio $23,411,162
220 2014 Shamar Stephen MIN DT Connecticut $17,151,429
221 2016 Ted Karras NE C Illinois $20,224,389
222 2003 Josh Brown SEA K Nebraska $20,863,957
223 2013 Nick Williams PIT DT Samford $13,678,537
224 2005 Jay Ratliff DAL DT Auburn $34,019,313
225 2012 J.R. Sweezy SEA G North Carolina State $30,256,184
226 2015 Bobby Hart NYG RT Florida State $18,116,356
227 2012 Rishard Matthews MIA WR Nevada $14,738,261
228 2016 Riley Dixon DEN P Syracuse $11,200,011
229 2008 Cary Williams TEN CB Washburn $17,533,797
230 2005 Matt Cassel NE QB Southern California $65,494,057
231 2009 Jamarca Sanford MIN SS Mississippi $7,447,811
232 2009 Julian Edelman NE WR Kent State $46,021,530
233 2018 Jordan Mailata PHI T $35,487,561
234 2006 Will Montgomery CAR C Virginia Tech $10,917,263
235 2014 Shelby Harris OAK DT Illinois State $30,010,716
236 2016 Dwayne Washington DET RB Washington $6,014,531
237 1999 Todd McClure ATL C Louisiana State $16,278,000
238 2018 Zach Sieler BAL DE Ferris State $16,923,881
239 2004 Eugene Amano TEN C Southeast Missouri State $17,976,500
240 2018 Richie James SF WR Middle Tennessee State $5,023,487
241 1990 Terry Allen MIN RB Clemson $16,827,000
242 2002 Brett Keisel PIT DE Brigham Young $32,033,750
243 2007 Clark Harris GB LS Rutgers $14,356,325
244 2015 Trenton Brown SF RT Florida $64,608,343
245 2003 Chris Johnson GB CB Louisville $13,348,342
246 2014 Charles Leno CHI LT Boise State $61,234,198
247 2015 Darryl Roberts NE CB Marshall $10,207,794
248 2012 Kelvin Beachum PIT LT Southern Methodist $41,690,833
249 2009 Clinton McDonald CIN DE Memphis $18,424,557
250 2005 Ryan Fitzpatrick STL QB Harvard $82,118,420
251 2004 Scott Wells GB C Tennessee $30,760,375
252 2006 Marques Colston NO WR Hofstra $41,570,058
253 2010 Erik Lorig TB FB Stanford $4,220,603
254 2014 Terrance Mitchell DAL CB Oregon $17,147,139
255 2003 Kevin Walter NYG WR Eastern Michigan $21,233,788
256 2009 Ryan Succop KC K South Carolina $32,799,154
257 2021 Jermar Jefferson DET RB Oregon State $984,491
258 2021 Dax Milne WAS WR Brigham Young $2,502,268
259 2021 Grant Stuard TB LB Houston $2,501,244
260 2022 Zander Horvath LAC RB Purdue $998,008
261 2022 A.J. Arcuri LAR T Michigan State $732,844
262 2022 Brock Purdy SF QB Iowa State $1,652,008
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