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 Quarterback Rankings

Cap Hit

  1. Russell Wilson
    SEA, QB
    $32,000,000
  2. Kirk Cousins
    MIN, QB
    $31,166,666
  3. Aaron Rodgers
    GB, QB
    $27,073,568
  4. Matt Ryan
    ATL, QB
    $26,912,500
  5. Jimmy Garoppolo
    SF, QB
    $26,400,000

Total Cash

  1. Dak Prescott
    DAL, QB
    $75,000,000
  2. Tom Brady
    TB, QB
    $39,420,588
  3. Jared Goff
    DET, QB
    $25,650,000
  4. Jimmy Garoppolo
    SF, QB
    $25,405,870
  5. Trevor Lawrence
    JAC, QB
    $24,778,900

Base Salary

  1. Jimmy Garoppolo
    SF, QB
    $24,100,000
  2. Kirk Cousins
    MIN, QB
    $21,000,000
  3. Derek Carr
    LV, QB
    $19,525,000
  4. Russell Wilson
    SEA, QB
    $19,000,000
  5. Carson Wentz
    IND, QB
    $15,400,000

Workout Bonus

  1. Jimmy Garoppolo
    SF, QB
    $600,000
  2. Matthew Stafford
    LAR, QB
    $500,000
  3. C.J. Beathard
    JAC, QB
    $100,000
  4. Patrick Mahomes
    KC, QB
    $100,000
  5. Derek Carr
    LV, QB
    $100,000

Contract Length

  1. Patrick Mahomes
    KC, QB
    10
  2. Josh Allen
    BUF, QB
    6
  3. Matt Ryan
    ATL, QB
    5
  4. Derek Carr
    LV, QB
    5
  5. Jimmy Garoppolo
    SF, QB
    5

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. Josh Allen
    BUF, QB
    23.56%
  2. Patrick Mahomes
    KC, QB
    22.70%
  3. Dak Prescott
    DAL, QB
    21.92%
  4. Deshaun Watson
    HOU, QB
    19.68%
  5. Aaron Rodgers
    GB, QB
    18.91%

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. Aaron Rodgers
    GB, QB
    $79,200,000
  5. Deshaun Watson
    HOU, QB
    $73,717,123

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
    $302,962,392
  2. Ben Roethlisberger
    PIT, QB
    $267,286,864
  3. Matt Ryan
    ATL, QB
    $267,007,749
  4. Aaron Rodgers
    GB, QB
    $263,608,010
  5. Matthew Stafford
    LAR, QB
    $239,306,037

2021 Positional Rankings Leaders

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