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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.

2021 Rankings

Cap Hit

  1. Ben Roethlisberger
    PIT, QB
    $41,250,000
  2. Matt Ryan
    ATL, QB
    $40,912,500
  3. Aaron Rodgers
    GB, QB
    $36,352,000
  4. Drew Brees
    NO, QB
    $36,150,000
  5. Carson Wentz
    PHI, QB
    $34,673,536

Total Cash

  1. Jared Goff
    LAR, QB
    $27,825,000
  2. Tom Brady
    TB, QB
    $27,375,000
  3. Carson Wentz
    PHI, QB
    $25,400,000
  4. Drew Brees
    NO, QB
    $25,000,000
  5. Jimmy Garoppolo
    SF, QB
    $24,805,882

Base Salary

  1. Jared Goff
    LAR, QB
    $25,325,000
  2. Drew Brees
    NO, QB
    $25,000,000
  3. Ryan Tannehill
    TEN, QB
    $24,500,000
  4. Jimmy Garoppolo
    SF, QB
    $24,100,000
  5. Matt Ryan
    ATL, QB
    $23,000,000

Workout Bonus

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

Contract Length

  1. Kyle Murphy
    NYG, G
    12
  2. Patrick Mahomes
    KC, QB
    10
  3. Tyron Smith
    DAL, LT
    8
  4. Fletcher Cox
    PHI, DT
    6
  5. Khalil Mack
    CHI, OLB
    6

Contract Value

  1. Patrick Mahomes
    KC, QB
    $450,000,000
  2. Deshaun Watson
    HOU, QB
    $156,000,000
  3. Matt Ryan
    ATL, QB
    $150,000,000
  4. Khalil Mack
    CHI, OLB
    $141,000,000
  5. Russell Wilson
    SEA, QB
    $140,000,000

Contract AAV

  1. Patrick Mahomes
    KC, QB
    $45,000,000
  2. Deshaun Watson
    HOU, QB
    $39,000,000
  3. Russell Wilson
    SEA, QB
    $35,000,000
  4. Ben Roethlisberger
    PIT, QB
    $34,000,000
  5. Jared Goff
    LAR, QB
    $33,500,000

AAV % of Cap

  1. Patrick Mahomes
    KC, QB
    22.70%
  2. Deshaun Watson
    HOU, QB
    19.68%
  3. Aaron Rodgers
    GB, QB
    18.91%
  4. Russell Wilson
    SEA, QB
    18.60%
  5. Ben Roethlisberger
    PIT, QB
    18.07%

2-Year Cash

  1. Russell Wilson
    SEA, QB
    $88,000,000
  2. Aaron Rodgers
    GB, QB
    $82,220,000
  3. Matt Ryan
    ATL, QB
    $74,014,610
  4. Matthew Stafford
    DET, QB
    $67,500,000
  5. Ben Roethlisberger
    PIT, QB
    $66,000,000

3-Year Cash

  1. Russell Wilson
    SEA, QB
    $107,000,000
  2. Aaron Rodgers
    GB, QB
    $103,770,000
  3. Matthew Stafford
    DET, QB
    $100,200,000
  4. Kirk Cousins
    MIN, QB
    $96,000,000
  5. Matt Ryan
    ATL, QB
    $94,514,610

Total Guarantees

  1. Patrick Mahomes
    KC, QB
    $141,481,905
  2. Deshaun Watson
    HOU, QB
    $110,717,123
  3. Jared Goff
    LAR, QB
    $110,042,682
  4. Carson Wentz
    PHI, QB
    $107,970,683
  5. Russell Wilson
    SEA, QB
    $107,000,000

Guarantees at Signing

  1. Matt Ryan
    ATL, QB
    $94,500,000
  2. Aaron Rodgers
    GB, QB
    $79,200,000
  3. Joey Bosa
    LAC, DE
    $78,000,000
  4. Deshaun Watson
    HOU, QB
    $73,717,123
  5. Russell Wilson
    SEA, QB
    $70,000,000

Signing Bonus

  1. Russell Wilson
    SEA, QB
    $65,000,000
  2. Aaron Rodgers
    GB, QB
    $57,500,000
  3. Matthew Stafford
    DET, QB
    $50,000,000
  4. Matt Ryan
    ATL, QB
    $46,500,000
  5. Aaron Donald
    LAR, DT
    $40,000,000

Career Earnings

  1. Drew Brees
    NO, QB
    $294,710,422
  2. Tom Brady
    TB, QB
    $289,166,804
  3. Ben Roethlisberger
    PIT, QB
    $272,286,864
  4. Matt Ryan
    ATL, QB
    $266,972,535
  5. Aaron Rodgers
    GB, QB
    $262,914,529