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NFL Salary Rankings

NFL Salary Rankings NFL Salary Rankings

Listing the top salaries, cap hits, cash, earnings, contracts, and bonuses, for all active NFL players.

2022 Rankings

Cap Hit

  1. Matt Ryan
    ATL, QB
    $48,662,500
  2. Aaron Rodgers
    GB, QB
    $46,444,157
  3. Kirk Cousins
    MIN, QB
    $45,000,000
  4. Deshaun Watson
    HOU, QB
    $40,400,000
  5. Ryan Tannehill
    TEN, QB
    $38,600,000

Total Cash

  1. Josh Allen
    BUF, QB
    $47,000,000
  2. Deshaun Watson
    HOU, QB
    $35,000,000
  3. Kirk Cousins
    MIN, QB
    $35,000,000
  4. Patrick Mahomes
    KC, QB
    $29,450,000
  5. Ryan Tannehill
    TEN, QB
    $29,000,000

Base Salary

  1. Kirk Cousins
    MIN, QB
    $35,000,000
  2. Deshaun Watson
    HOU, QB
    $35,000,000
  3. Ryan Tannehill
    TEN, QB
    $29,000,000
  4. Aaron Rodgers
    GB, QB
    $26,470,588
  5. Jimmy Garoppolo
    SF, QB
    $24,200,000

Workout Bonus

  1. David Bakhtiari
    GB, LT
    $800,000
  2. Za'Darius Smith
    GB, OLB
    $750,000
  3. Kenny Clark
    GB, DT
    $700,000
  4. Preston Smith
    GB, OLB
    $650,000
  5. Jimmy Garoppolo
    SF, QB
    $600,000

Contract Length

  1. Patrick Mahomes
    KC, QB
    10
  2. Tyron Smith
    DAL, LT
    8
  3. Charley Hughlett
    CLE, LS
    6
  4. Josh Allen
    BUF, QB
    6
  5. Cameron Brate
    TB, TE
    6

Contract Value

  1. Patrick Mahomes
    KC, QB
    $450,000,000
  2. Josh Allen
    BUF, QB
    $258,034,000
  3. Dak Prescott
    DAL, QB
    $160,000,000
  4. Deshaun Watson
    HOU, QB
    $156,000,000
  5. Matt Ryan
    ATL, QB
    $150,000,000

Contract AAV

  1. Patrick Mahomes
    KC, QB
    $45,000,000
  2. Josh Allen
    BUF, QB
    $43,005,667
  3. Dak Prescott
    DAL, QB
    $40,000,000
  4. Deshaun Watson
    HOU, QB
    $39,000,000
  5. Russell Wilson
    SEA, QB
    $35,000,000

AAV % of Cap

  1. Patrick Mahomes
    KC, QB
    23.38%
  2. Josh Allen
    BUF, QB
    22.34%
  3. Dak Prescott
    DAL, QB
    20.78%
  4. Deshaun Watson
    HOU, QB
    20.26%
  5. Russell Wilson
    SEA, QB
    18.18%

2-Year Cash

  1. Dak Prescott
    DAL, QB
    $95,000,000
  2. Russell Wilson
    SEA, QB
    $88,000,000
  3. Aaron Rodgers
    GB, QB
    $82,220,000
  4. Matt Ryan
    ATL, QB
    $74,014,610
  5. Matthew Stafford
    LAR, QB
    $67,500,000

3-Year Cash

  1. Dak Prescott
    DAL, QB
    $126,000,000
  2. Russell Wilson
    SEA, QB
    $107,000,000
  3. Aaron Rodgers
    GB, QB
    $103,798,775
  4. Matthew Stafford
    LAR, QB
    $100,200,000
  5. Kirk Cousins
    MIN, QB
    $96,028,856

Total Guarantees

  1. Josh Allen
    BUF, QB
    $150,000,000
  2. Patrick Mahomes
    KC, QB
    $141,481,905
  3. Dak Prescott
    DAL, QB
    $126,000,000
  4. Deshaun Watson
    HOU, QB
    $110,717,123
  5. Jared Goff
    DET, QB
    $110,042,682

Guarantees at Signing

  1. Josh Allen
    BUF, QB
    $100,038,596
  2. Dak Prescott
    DAL, QB
    $95,000,000
  3. Matt Ryan
    ATL, QB
    $94,500,000
  4. T.J. Watt
    PIT, OLB
    $80,000,000
  5. Aaron Rodgers
    GB, QB
    $79,200,000

Signing Bonus

  1. Dak Prescott
    DAL, QB
    $66,000,000
  2. Russell Wilson
    SEA, QB
    $65,000,000
  3. Aaron Rodgers
    GB, QB
    $57,500,000
  4. Matthew Stafford
    LAR, QB
    $50,000,000
  5. Matt Ryan
    ATL, QB
    $46,500,000

Career Earnings

  1. Tom Brady
    TB, QB
    $318,357,980
  2. Aaron Rodgers
    GB, QB
    $290,878,598
  3. Matt Ryan
    ATL, QB
    $290,757,749
  4. Matthew Stafford
    LAR, QB
    $269,506,037
  5. Ben Roethlisberger
    PIT, QB
    $267,286,864

2022 Positional Rankings Leaders

Cap Hit

  1. Matt Ryan
    ATL
    $48,662,500
  2. Ezekiel Elliott
    DAL
    $18,220,000
  3. DeAndre Hopkins
    ARI
    $25,050,000
  4. George Kittle
    SF
    $16,011,754
  5. Laremy Tunsil
    HOU
    $26,153,333
  6. Ryan Ramczyk
    NO
    $23,041,608
  7. Zack Martin
    DAL
    $20,191,000
  8. Rodney Hudson
    ARI
    $12,610,000
  9. Chris Jones
    KC
    $29,415,667
  10. Leonard Williams
    NYG
    $27,300,000
  11. Bobby Wagner
    SEA
    $20,350,000
  12. T.J. Watt
    PIT
    $31,118,694
  13. Marshon Lattimore
    NO
    $27,453,800
  14. Justin Simmons
    DEN
    $18,850,000

Cash

  1. Josh Allen
    BUF
    $47,000,000
  2. Ezekiel Elliott
    DAL
    $12,400,000
  3. Amari Cooper
    DAL
    $20,000,000
  4. Mark Andrews
    BAL
    $19,000,000
  5. Laremy Tunsil
    HOU
    $17,850,000
  6. Ryan Ramczyk
    NO
    $19,241,608
  7. Joe Thuney
    KC
    $14,400,000
  8. Frank Ragnow
    DET
    $20,751,529
  9. Chris Jones
    KC
    $22,374,000
  10. Danielle Hunter
    MIN
    $19,794,110
  11. Bobby Wagner
    SEA
    $16,600,000
  12. T.J. Watt
    PIT
    $24,000,000
  13. Marshon Lattimore
    NO
    $24,103,000
  14. Justin Simmons
    DEN
    $15,100,000

Contract Average

  1. Patrick Mahomes
    KC
    $45,000,000
  2. Christian McCaffrey
    CAR
    $16,015,875
  3. DeAndre Hopkins
    ARI
    $27,250,000
  4. George Kittle
    SF
    $15,000,000
  5. Trent Williams
    SF
    $23,010,000
  6. Ryan Ramczyk
    NO
    $19,200,000
  7. Joel Bitonio
    CLE
    $16,000,000
  8. Frank Ragnow
    DET
    $13,500,000
  9. Aaron Donald
    LAR
    $22,500,000
  10. Myles Garrett
    CLE
    $25,000,000
  11. Darius Leonard
    IND
    $19,700,000
  12. T.J. Watt
    PIT
    $28,002,750
  13. Jalen Ramsey
    LAR
    $20,000,000
  14. Jamal Adams
    SEA
    $17,500,000