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. Russell Wilson
    SEA, QB
    $32,000,000
  2. Kirk Cousins
    MIN, QB
    $31,000,000
  3. Aaron Rodgers
    GB, QB
    $27,073,568
  4. Matt Ryan
    ATL, QB
    $26,912,500
  5. Jimmy Garoppolo
    SF, QB
    $26,382,353

Total Cash

  1. Dak Prescott
    DAL, QB
    $75,000,000
  2. T.J. Watt
    PIT, OLB
    $36,000,000
  3. Trent Williams
    SF, LT
    $32,267,647
  4. Jonathan Allen
    WAS, DT
    $31,142,235
  5. Tom Brady
    TB, QB
    $27,545,588

Base Salary

  1. Jimmy Garoppolo
    SF, QB
    $24,100,000
  2. Kirk Cousins
    MIN, QB
    $21,000,000
  3. Amari Cooper
    DAL, WR
    $20,000,000
  4. Derek Carr
    LV, QB
    $19,525,000
  5. Russell Wilson
    SEA, QB
    $19,000,000

Workout Bonus

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

Contract Length

  1. Patrick Mahomes
    KC, QB
    10
  2. Tyron Smith
    DAL, LT
    8
  3. Landon Collins
    WAS, SS
    6
  4. Aaron Donald
    LAR, DT
    6
  5. Von Miller
    DEN, OLB
    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
    24.66%
  2. Josh Allen
    BUF, QB
    23.56%
  3. Dak Prescott
    DAL, QB
    21.92%
  4. Deshaun Watson
    HOU, QB
    21.37%
  5. Russell Wilson
    SEA, QB
    19.18%

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
    $291,087,392
  2. Ben Roethlisberger
    PIT, QB
    $267,286,864
  3. Matt Ryan
    ATL, QB
    $267,007,749
  4. Aaron Rodgers
    GB, QB
    $263,308,010
  5. Matthew Stafford
    LAR, QB
    $246,506,037

2021 Positional Rankings Leaders

Cap Hit

  1. Russell Wilson
    SEA
    $32,000,000
  2. Derrick Henry
    TEN
    $13,500,000
  3. Amari Cooper
    DAL
    $22,000,000
  4. Zach Ertz
    PHI
    $12,721,500
  5. D.J. Humphries
    ARI
    $19,930,000
  6. Jack Conklin
    CLE
    $13,000,000
  7. Brandon Scherff
    WAS
    $18,036,000
  8. J.C. Tretter
    CLE
    $11,060,294
  9. Grady Jarrett
    ATL
    $20,833,000
  10. Frank Clark
    KC
    $25,800,000
  11. Bobby Wagner
    SEA
    $17,135,294
  12. Von Miller
    DEN
    $22,225,000
  13. Stephon Gilmore
    NE
    $16,265,595
  14. Tyrann Mathieu
    KC
    $19,733,334

Cash

  1. Dak Prescott
    DAL
    $75,000,000
  2. Aaron Jones
    GB
    $14,214,705
  3. Tyler Lockett
    SEA
    $21,000,000
  4. Kyle Pitts
    ATL
    $21,954,904
  5. Trent Williams
    SF
    $32,267,647
  6. Ryan Ramczyk
    NO
    $20,714,824
  7. Joe Thuney
    KC
    $18,100,000
  8. Corey Linsley
    LAC
    $17,000,000
  9. Jonathan Allen
    WAS
    $31,142,235
  10. Leonard Williams
    NYG
    $26,000,000
  11. Bobby Wagner
    SEA
    $13,385,294
  12. T.J. Watt
    PIT
    $36,000,000
  13. Tre'Davious White
    BUF
    $18,250,000
  14. Jamal Adams
    SEA
    $21,000,000

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. Brandon Scherff
    WAS
    $18,036,000
  8. Frank Ragnow
    DET
    $13,500,000
  9. Aaron Donald
    LAR
    $22,500,000
  10. Joey Bosa
    LAC
    $27,000,000
  11. Bobby Wagner
    SEA
    $18,000,000
  12. T.J. Watt
    PIT
    $28,002,750
  13. Jalen Ramsey
    LAR
    $20,000,000
  14. Jamal Adams
    SEA
    $17,500,000