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.

2023 Defensive Tackle Rankings

Cap Hit

  1. Chris Jones
    KC, DT
    $26,808,355
  2. Aaron Donald
    LAR, DT
    $26,000,000
  3. Jonathan Allen
    WAS, DT
    $21,441,168
  4. Grady Jarrett
    ATL, DT
    $20,625,000
  5. DeForest Buckner
    IND, DT
    $17,250,000

Total Cash

  1. Daron Payne
    WAS, DT
    $31,010,000
  2. Aaron Donald
    LAR, DT
    $28,500,000
  3. Quinnen Williams
    NYJ, DT
    $26,094,000
  4. Jeffery Simmons
    TEN, DT
    $25,506,460
  5. Javon Hargrave
    SF, DT
    $24,926,755

Base Salary

  1. Chris Jones
    KC, DT
    $18,416,667
  2. Grady Jarrett
    ATL, DT
    $16,500,000
  3. Jonathan Allen
    WAS, DT
    $14,000,000
  4. DeForest Buckner
    IND, DT
    $13,750,000
  5. Aaron Donald
    LAR, DT
    $13,500,000

Workout Bonus

  1. Kenny Clark
    GB, DT
    $700,000
  2. Daron Payne
    WAS, DT
    $500,000
  3. Foley Fatukasi
    JAC, DT
    $500,000
  4. Jonathan Allen
    WAS, DT
    $500,000
  5. Roy Robertson-Harris
    JAC, DT
    $400,000

Contract Length

  1. Neil Farrell Jr.
    KC, DT
    4
  2. Otito Ogbonnia
    LAC, DT
    4
  3. Scott Matlock
    LAC, DT
    4
  4. Byron Young
    LV, DT
    4
  5. Bobby Brown
    LAR, DT
    4

Contract Value

  1. Quinnen Williams
    NYJ, DT
    $96,000,000
  2. Aaron Donald
    LAR, DT
    $95,000,000
  3. Jeffery Simmons
    TEN, DT
    $94,000,000
  4. Daron Payne
    WAS, DT
    $90,000,000
  5. Dexter Lawrence
    NYG, DT
    $87,500,000

Contract AAV

  1. Aaron Donald
    LAR, DT
    $31,666,667
  2. Quinnen Williams
    NYJ, DT
    $24,000,000
  3. Jeffery Simmons
    TEN, DT
    $23,500,000
  4. Daron Payne
    WAS, DT
    $22,500,000
  5. Dexter Lawrence
    NYG, DT
    $21,875,000

AAV % of Cap

  1. Aaron Donald
    LAR, DT
    15.21%
  2. Quinnen Williams
    NYJ, DT
    10.68%
  3. DeForest Buckner
    IND, DT
    10.60%
  4. Jeffery Simmons
    TEN, DT
    10.45%
  5. Daron Payne
    WAS, DT
    10.01%

2-Year Cash

  1. Aaron Donald
    LAR, DT
    $60,000,000
  2. Daron Payne
    WAS, DT
    $47,020,000
  3. Jeffery Simmons
    TEN, DT
    $42,506,460
  4. Dexter Lawrence
    NYG, DT
    $41,753,000
  5. Quinnen Williams
    NYJ, DT
    $41,594,000

3-Year Cash

  1. Daron Payne
    WAS, DT
    $67,590,000
  2. Aaron Donald
    LAR, DT
    $65,000,000
  3. Javon Hargrave
    SF, DT
    $61,287,637
  4. Jeffery Simmons
    TEN, DT
    $60,506,460
  5. Dexter Lawrence
    NYG, DT
    $58,753,000

Total Guarantees

  1. Aaron Donald
    LAR, DT
    $95,000,000
  2. Quinnen Williams
    NYJ, DT
    $66,000,000
  3. Dexter Lawrence
    NYG, DT
    $60,000,000
  4. Jeffery Simmons
    TEN, DT
    $59,330,000
  5. Daron Payne
    WAS, DT
    $59,010,000

Guarantees at Signing

  1. Daron Payne
    WAS, DT
    $55,010,000
  2. Quinnen Williams
    NYJ, DT
    $47,835,000
  3. Jeffery Simmons
    TEN, DT
    $47,830,000
  4. Dexter Lawrence
    NYG, DT
    $46,500,000
  5. Aaron Donald
    LAR, DT
    $46,500,000

Signing Bonus

  1. Jonathan Allen
    WAS, DT
    $30,000,000
  2. Daron Payne
    WAS, DT
    $28,000,000
  3. Kenny Clark
    GB, DT
    $25,000,000
  4. Aaron Donald
    LAR, DT
    $25,000,000
  5. Quinnen Williams
    NYJ, DT
    $24,500,000

Career Earnings

  1. Aaron Donald
    LAR, DT
    $157,114,238
  2. Fletcher Cox
    PHI, DT
    $125,890,246
  3. DeForest Buckner
    IND, DT
    $94,342,973
  4. Chris Jones
    KC, DT
    $90,172,958
  5. Grady Jarrett
    ATL, DT
    $89,875,147

2023 Positional Rankings Leaders

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