NFL Career Earnings

Listing the top salaries, career earnings for all NFL players.

SEASON THRU
STATUS
 
Rank Player Pos Draft YOE Teams Earnings
1 Jason Witten TE 2003-R3 17
DAL: $89.23M / LV: $9.64M
$98,876,444
2 Travis Kelce TE 2013-R3 13
KC: $93.94M
$93,943,975
3 Vernon Davis TE 2006-R1 13
SF: $59.09M / WAS: $26.64M / DEN: $2.48M
$88,206,846
4 Jimmy Graham TE 2010-R3 12
SEA: $27.01M / GB: $22.25M / NO: $18.56M / CHI: $16.04M
$83,856,340
5 Rob Gronkowski TE 2010-R2 11
NE: $56.74M / TB: $25.25M
$81,989,507
6 Antonio Gates TE UDFA 15
SD: $77.34M
$77,336,236
7 Zach Ertz TE 2013-R2 13
PHI: $45.75M / ARI: $25.33M / WAS: $3.75M
$74,832,571
8 Tony Gonzalez TE 1997-R1 17
KC: $40.03M / ATL: $32.65M
$72,677,935
9 Greg Olsen TE 2007-R1 14
CAR: $56.85M / CHI: $7.11M / SEA: $6.91M
$70,866,613
10 Marcedes Lewis TE 2006-R1 19
JAX: $49.90M / GB: $16.67M / CHI: $4.17M
$70,735,443
11 Kyle Rudolph TE 2011-R2 12
MIN: $57.82M / NYG: $7.00M / TB: $4.00M
$68,818,197
12 Hunter Henry TE 2016-R2 10
NE: $48.82M / SD: $17.04M
$65,860,070
13 Jared Cook TE 2009-R3 14
STL: $21.01M / OAK: $16.28M / NO: $15.00M / LAC: $4.80M / TEN: $3.16M / GB: $2.55M
$62,799,235
14 George Kittle TE 2017-R5 9
SF: $62.51M
$62,505,903
15 Delanie Walker TE 2006-R6 13
TEN: $46.26M / SF: $11.23M
$57,497,653
16 Jordan Reed TE 2013-R3 8
WAS: $54.36M / SF: $1.05M
$55,406,248
17 David Njoku TE 2017-R1 8
CLE: $55.21M
$55,205,181
18 Mark Andrews TE 2018-R3 8
BAL: $52.46M
$52,464,674
19 Evan Engram TE 2017-R1 9
JAX: $34.70M / NYG: $16.73M
$51,431,304
20 T.J. Hockenson TE 2019-R1 7
MIN: $30.25M / DET: $19.84M
$50,089,225
21 Dallas Goedert TE 2018-R2 8
PHI: $47.38M
$47,383,876
22 Heath Miller TE 2005-R1 11
PIT: $46.20M
$46,200,256
23 Jack Doyle TE UDFA 9
IND: $45.98M / TEN: $0.02M
$45,990,687
24 Cameron Brate TE UDFA 8
TB: $45.18M / NO: $0.02M
$45,201,466
25 Darren Waller TE 2015-R6 8
LV: $29.79M / NYG: $11.88M / BAL: $3.32M
$44,985,046
26 Dallas Clark TE 2003-R1 11
IND: $38.93M / BAL: $3.02M / TB: $2.70M
$44,640,000
27 Tyler Higbee TE 2016-R4 10
LAR: $44.60M
$44,598,201
28 Jonnu Smith TE 2017-R3 9
NE: $26.76M / ATL: $8.50M / TEN: $4.55M / MIA: $4.31M
$44,126,978
29 Kellen Winslow TE 2004-R1 9
CLE: $22.02M / TB: $20.49M / NYJ: $0.85M / NE: $0.19M
$43,550,983
30 Benjamin Watson TE 2004-R1 15
NE: $12.79M / CLE: $12.00M / BAL: $9.25M / NO: $8.59M
$42,629,461
31 C.J. Uzomah TE 2015-R5 10
CIN: $23.71M / NYJ: $16.00M / PHI: $1.38M
$41,085,038
32 Austin Hooper TE 2016-R3 10
CLE: $23.13M / TEN: $6.00M / ATL: $4.49M / NE: $3.38M / LV: $2.75M
$39,743,671
33 Jermaine Gresham TE 2010-R1 9
ARI: $25.61M / CIN: $13.92M
$39,538,049
34 Lee Smith TE 2011-R5 12
OAK: $21.10M / BUF: $13.93M / ATL: $3.60M / NE: $0.34M
$38,973,330
35 Todd Heap TE 0-R0 12
BAL: $33.32M / ARI: $5.50M
$38,815,000
36 Charles Clay TE 2011-R6 9
BUF: $33.50M / MIA: $2.94M / ARI: $2.01M
$38,451,264
37 Eric Ebron TE 2014-R1 8
IND: $13.67M / DET: $12.28M / PIT: $12.00M
$37,953,036
38 Martellus Bennett TE 2008-R2 10
CHI: $15.25M / GB: $7.31M / NE: $6.69M / DAL: $5.73M / NYG: $2.50M
$37,483,685
39 Coby Fleener TE 2012-R2 6
NO: $26.98M / IND: $9.17M
$36,157,228
40 Ryan Griffin TE 2013-R6 10
NYJ: $17.43M / HOU: $16.30M / CHI: $2.21M
$35,935,488
41 Owen Daniels TE 2006-R4 10
HOU: $28.93M / DEN: $4.75M / BAL: $2.00M
$35,679,500
42 Anthony Fasano TE 2006-R2 12
MIA: $16.24M / KC: $8.91M / TEN: $7.89M / DAL: $2.46M
$35,497,064
43 Daniel Graham TE 2002-R1 11
DEN: $24.60M / NE: $6.10M / TEN: $3.75M / NO: $0.99M
$35,440,000
44 Dalton Schultz TE 2018-R4 8
HOU: $19.22M / DAL: $15.86M
$35,076,104
45 Trey Burton TE UDFA 7
CHI: $27.88M / PHI: $5.34M / IND: $1.00M
$34,228,104
46 Dennis Pitta TE 2010-R4 7
BAL: $34.23M
$34,227,000
47 Logan Thomas TE 2014-R4 8
WAS: $23.55M / BUF: $3.84M / ARI: $2.56M / DET: $1.73M / MIA: $1.03M / SF: $0.30M / NYG: $0.14M
$33,138,576
48 Kyle Pitts TE 2021-R1 5
ATL: $33.07M
$33,074,020
49 Dawson Knox TE 2019-R3 7
BUF: $32.81M
$32,808,519
50 Zach Miller TE 2007-R2 7
SEA: $25.89M / OAK: $6.62M
$32,509,500
51 Jim Kleinsasser TE 1999-R2 11
MIN: $31.99M
$31,992,500
52 Tyler Eifert TE 2013-R1 8
CIN: $22.98M / JAX: $8.99M
$31,969,061
53 Noah Fant TE 2019-R1 7
SEA: $21.06M / DEN: $10.56M
$31,624,993
54 Julius Thomas TE 2011-R4 7
JAX: $21.20M / MIA: $6.60M / DEN: $3.58M
$31,378,585
55 Jeremy Shockey TE 2002-R1 10
NYG: $17.42M / NO: $9.68M / CAR: $3.81M
$30,907,501
56 Alge Crumpler TE 2001-R2 9
ATL: $18.03M / TEN: $7.50M / NE: $5.30M
$30,831,000
57 Brent Celek TE 2007-R5 11
PHI: $30.78M
$30,781,710
58 Gerald Everett TE 2017-R2 7
LAC: $12.00M / CHI: $6.54M / LAR: $6.23M / SEA: $6.00M
$30,767,159
59 Taysom Hill TE UDFA 9
NO: $52.67M / GB: $0.01M
$30,000,000
60 Dwayne Allen TE 2012-R3 7
IND: $19.49M / NE: $8.88M / MIA: $1.35M
$29,718,412
61 Cole Kmet TE 2020-R2 6
CHI: $29.27M
$29,272,069
62 Vance McDonald TE 2013-R2 8
PIT: $17.23M / SF: $11.92M
$29,147,642
63 Jesse James TE 2015-R5 7
DET: $19.92M / PIT: $5.19M / CHI: $3.30M / CLE: $0.64M / LV: $0.04M
$29,089,176
64 Hayden Hurst TE 2018-R1 7
CAR: $13.00M / BAL: $7.61M / ATL: $3.57M / CIN: $3.48M / LAC: $1.13M
$28,784,536
65 Chris Cooley TE 2004-R3 9
WAS: $28.07M
$28,065,294
66 Mo Alie-Cox TE UDFA 8
IND: $27.07M
$27,066,638
67 Levine Toilolo TE 2013-R4 9
ATL: $17.84M / NYG: $4.85M / SF: $2.42M / DET: $1.50M
$26,608,674
68 Mike Gesicki TE 2018-R2 8
MIA: $17.77M / NE: $4.85M / CIN: $3.21M
$25,827,496
69 Will Dissly TE 2018-R4 8
SEA: $20.19M / LAC: $5.63M
$25,815,786
70 O.J. Howard TE 2017-R1 6
TB: $19.54M / HOU: $3.11M / BUF: $2.21M / LV: $0.45M
$25,303,007
71 Tyler Kroft TE 2015-R3 8
BUF: $10.59M / CIN: $7.72M / SF: $3.59M / NYJ: $1.79M / MIA: $1.19M
$24,879,421
72 Ed Dickson TE 2010-R3 9
CAR: $11.79M / SEA: $8.35M / BAL: $4.62M
$24,753,500
73 Nick Boyle TE 2015-R5 8
BAL: $24.58M
$24,580,090
74 Tyler Conklin TE 2018-R5 8
NYJ: $20.71M / MIN: $3.32M
$24,028,524
75 Visanthe Shiancoe TE 2003-R3 10
MIN: $18.50M / NYG: $2.74M / NE: $2.40M / TEN: $0.00M
$23,644,601
76 Randy McMichael TE 2002-R4 11
STL: $11.00M / MIA: $8.28M / SD: $3.58M
$22,852,500
77 Shannon Sharpe TE 0-R0 0
DEN: $15.33M / BAL: $7.00M
$22,328,500
78 Ladarius Green TE 2012-R4 5
PIT: $19.15M / SD: $3.16M
$22,312,235
79 Scott Chandler TE 2007-R4 8
BUF: $10.35M / NE: $9.75M / SD: $1.05M / NYG: $0.79M
$21,943,500
80 Maxx Williams TE 2015-R2 8
ARI: $13.07M / BAL: $7.95M
$21,022,315
81 Rhett Ellison TE 2012-R4 7
NYG: $13.00M / MIN: $7.52M
$20,522,057
82 Marcus Pollard TE UDFA 0
IND: $15.40M / DET: $4.03M / SEA: $0.86M / ATL: $0.10M
$20,383,647
83 Darren Fells TE UDFA 7
HOU: $5.61M / CLE: $5.00M / DET: $4.54M / ARI: $4.53M / TB: $0.65M
$20,332,734
84 Reggie Kelly TE 1999-R2 13
CIN: $16.81M / ATL: $3.49M
$20,292,500
85 Virgil Green TE 2011-R7 10
DEN: $11.52M / LAC: $8.63M
$20,151,758
86 Lance Kendricks TE 2011-R2 8
STL: $14.35M / GB: $4.00M / LAC: $1.64M / NE: $0.09M
$20,081,038
87 Luke Stocker TE 2011-R4 11
TB: $8.91M / ATL: $6.83M / MIN: $2.19M / TEN: $2.00M
$19,938,184
88 MyCole Pruitt TE 2015-R5 10
TEN: $10.36M / MIN: $2.93M / ATL: $2.54M / SF: $1.91M / PIT: $1.26M / HOU: $0.69M / CHI: $0.19M / BUF: $0.02M
$19,905,581
89 Craig Stevens TE 2008-R3 8
TEN: $19.73M
$19,726,056
90 John Carlson TE 2008-R2 7
MIN: $11.10M / SEA: $5.54M / ARI: $2.98M
$19,610,250
91 Kevin Boss TE 2007-R5 6
OAK: $12.00M / NYG: $4.82M / KC: $2.53M
$19,349,610
92 Brandon Manumaleuna TE 0-R0 10
SD: $8.13M / CHI: $6.11M / STL: $5.10M
$19,333,000
93 Josh Hill TE UDFA 8
NO: $19.05M
$19,048,581
94 Blake Jarwin TE UDFA 5
DAL: $18.92M
$18,922,661
95 Jordan Cameron TE 2011-R4 6
MIA: $12.56M / CLE: $6.14M
$18,704,300
96 Demetrius Harris TE UDFA 9
KC: $10.67M / CLE: $3.55M / ARI: $3.23M / CHI: $1.24M
$18,680,872
97 Eric Tomlinson TE UDFA 8
BAL: $4.70M / DEN: $4.07M / NYG: $3.42M / NYJ: $2.49M / LAC: $1.85M / HOU: $0.93M / OAK: $0.38M / NE: $0.17M / IND: $0.02M / PHI: $0.01M
$18,037,359
98 Nick Vannett TE 2016-R3 10
NO: $5.70M / SEA: $4.92M / DEN: $3.09M / PIT: $1.21M / TEN: $1.13M / LAC: $0.81M / NYG: $0.79M / HOU: $0.25M
$17,895,250
99 Geoff Swaim TE 2015-R7 10
TEN: $8.63M / DAL: $3.87M / JAX: $2.24M / ARI: $1.74M / CLE: $1.39M
$17,875,460
100 Niles Paul TE 2011-R5 8
WAS: $13.64M / JAX: $4.19M
$17,831,107
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