NFL Career Earnings

NFL Player Earnings

Listing the top earnings for all active NFL players.

	Player	Earnings Total	Seasons	Earnings Total
1	Adrian Peterson Running Back 2007: R1, #7	$101,753,319	13	$101,753,319
2	Edgerrin James Running Back 1999: R1, #4	$68,909,750	11	$68,909,750
3	Reggie Bush Running Back 2006: R1, #2	$63,196,734	11	$63,196,734
4	Frank Gore Running Back 2005: R3, #65	$62,246,439	15	$62,246,439
5	LeSean McCoy Running Back 2009: R2, #53	$62,024,623	11	$62,024,623
6	Emmitt Smith Running Back 1990: R1, #17	$61,275,000	15	$61,275,000
7	LaDainian Tomlinson Running Back 2001: R1, #5	$56,875,500	11	$56,875,500
8	Marshawn Lynch Running Back 2007: R1, #12	$56,769,878	12	$56,769,878
9	Steven Jackson Running Back 2004: R1, #24	$53,439,117	12	$53,439,117
10	Jonathan Stewart Running Back 2008: R1, #13	$51,125,506	11	$51,125,506
11	Darren McFadden Running Back 2008: R1, #4	$49,322,441	10	$49,322,441
12	Marshall Faulk Running Back 1994: R1, #2	$48,935,000	13	$48,935,000
13	Curtis Martin Running Back 1995: R3, #74	$46,880,633	12	$46,880,633
14	Jamal Lewis Running Back 2000: R1, #5	$46,716,750	10	$46,716,750
15	DeAngelo Williams Running Back 2006: R1, #27	$46,204,195	11	$46,204,195
16	Chris Johnson Running Back 2008: R1, #24	$45,686,192	10	$45,686,192
17	Darren Sproles Running Back 2005: R4, #130	$44,587,765	15	$44,587,765
18	Matt Forte Running Back 2008: R2, #44	$44,003,802	10	$44,003,802
19	Clinton Portis Running Back 2002: R2, #51	$43,101,000	9	$43,101,000
20	Jamaal Charles Running Back 2008: R3, #73	$41,747,867	11	$41,747,867
21	Fred Taylor Running Back 1998: R1, #9	$40,963,748	13	$40,963,748
22	Todd Gurley Running Back 2015: R1, #10	$38,484,917	5	$38,484,917
23	Arian Foster Running Back 0: Undrafted	$37,748,161	8	$37,748,161
24	Maurice Jones-Drew Running Back 2006: R2, #60	$36,305,000	9	$36,305,000
25	Warrick Dunn Running Back 1997: R1, #12	$36,018,505	12	$36,018,505
26	Jerome Bettis Running Back 1993: R1, #10	$35,122,500	14	$35,122,500
27	Corey Dillon Running Back 1997: R2, #43	$35,108,125	10	$35,108,125
28	Shaun Alexander Running Back 2000: R1, #19	$34,619,000	9	$34,619,000
29	Barry Sanders Running Back 1989: R1, #3	$33,779,500	10	$33,779,500
30	Ahman Green Running Back 1998: R3, #76	$33,145,001	12	$33,145,001
31	Willis McGahee Running Back 2003: R1, #23	$32,847,411	11	$32,847,411
32	Thomas Jones Running Back 2000: R1, #7	$32,835,000	12	$32,835,000
33	Michael Turner Running Back 2004: R5, #154	$32,425,000	9	$32,425,000
34	Le'Veon Bell Running Back 2013: R2, #48	$31,006,944	6	$31,006,944
35	Ronnie Brown Running Back 2005: R1, #2	$30,483,382	9	$30,483,382
36	Eddie George Running Back 1996: R1, #14	$29,937,501	9	$29,937,501
37	Ray Rice Running Back 2008: R2, #55	$29,723,176	7	$29,723,176
38	C.J. Spiller Running Back 2010: R1, #9	$29,633,298	8	$29,633,298
39	Ezekiel Elliott Running Back 2016: R1, #4	$28,832,974	4	$28,832,974
40	Lamar Miller Running Back 2012: R4, #97	$28,671,125	8	$28,671,125
41	Mark Ingram Running Back 2011: R1, #28	$28,516,375	9	$28,516,375
42	Chester Taylor Running Back 2002: R6, #207	$27,003,750	10	$27,003,750
43	Ryan Mathews Running Back 2010: R1, #12	$26,631,161	7	$26,631,161
44	Larry Johnson Running Back 2003: R1, #27	$26,130,411	9	$26,130,411
45	DeMarco Murray Running Back 2011: R3, #71	$25,715,703	7	$25,715,703
46	Cedric Benson Running Back 2005: R1, #4	$25,653,353	8	$25,653,353
47	Tiki Barber Running Back 1997: R2, #36	$25,383,250	10	$25,383,250
48	Brandon Jacobs Running Back 2005: R4, #110	$24,709,000	9	$24,709,000
49	Ricky Williams Running Back 1999: R1, #5	$24,349,000	10	$24,349,000
50	Devonta Freeman Running Back 2014: R4, #103	$24,249,435	6	$24,249,435
51	Thurman Thomas Running Back 1988: R2, #40	$23,600,000	13	$23,600,000
52	Saquon Barkley Running Back 2018: R1, #2	$23,145,035	2	$23,145,035
53	Leonard Fournette Running Back 2017: R1, #4	$22,983,454	3	$22,983,454
54	Chris Ivory Running Back 0: Undrafted	$22,976,916	9	$22,976,916
55	David Johnson Running Back 2015: R3, #86	$22,947,432	5	$22,947,432
56	Doug Martin Running Back 2012: R1, #31	$21,900,918	8	$21,900,918
57	Cordarrelle Patterson Running Back 2013: R1, #29	$21,374,683	7	$21,374,683
58	Carnell Williams Running Back 2005: R1, #5	$21,240,900	7	$21,240,900
59	Donald Brown Running Back 2009: R1, #27	$20,740,849	8	$20,740,849
60	Giovani Bernard Running Back 2013: R2, #37	$20,621,035	7	$20,621,035
61	Knowshon Moreno Running Back 2009: R1, #12	$20,084,000	6	$20,084,000
62	Jerick McKinnon Running Back 2014: R3, #96	$19,145,307	6	$19,145,307
63	Terrell Davis Running Back 1995: R6, #196	$18,907,000	8	$18,907,000
64	Eric Dickerson Running Back 1983: R1, #2	$18,636,000	12	$18,636,000
65	Dorsey Levens Running Back 1994: R5, #149	$18,592,750	11	$18,592,750
66	Fred Jackson Running Back 0: Undrafted	$18,428,126	10	$18,428,126
67	Trent Richardson Running Back 2012: R1, #3	$18,055,062	4	$18,055,062
68	Jamal Anderson Running Back 1994: R7, #201	$17,880,000	8	$17,880,000
69	Bilal Powell Running Back 2011: R4, #126	$17,535,329	9	$17,535,329
70	Joseph Addai Running Back 2006: R1, #30	$16,970,000	7	$16,970,000
71	Terry Allen Running Back 1990: R9, #241	$16,827,000	11	$16,827,000
72	Latavius Murray Running Back 2013: R6, #181	$15,479,186	7	$15,479,186
73	Dion Lewis Running Back 2011: R5, #149	$15,415,598	9	$15,415,598
74	Melvin Gordon Running Back 2015: R1, #15	$15,300,542	5	$15,300,542
75	Ahmad Bradshaw Running Back 2007: R7, #250	$15,239,416	9	$15,239,416
76	Danny Woodhead Running Back 0: Undrafted	$15,171,382	10	$15,171,382
77	Christian McCaffrey Running Back 2017: R1, #8	$14,474,489	3	$14,474,489
78	Marcus Allen Running Back 1982: R1, #10	$14,290,000	16	$14,290,000
79	Ki-Jana Carter Running Back 1995: R1, #1	$13,934,000	9	$13,934,000
80	Rashard Mendenhall Running Back 2008: R1, #23	$13,805,000	6	$13,805,000
81	C.J. Anderson Running Back 0: Undrafted	$13,709,749	7	$13,709,749
82	Pierre Thomas Running Back 0: Undrafted	$13,546,727	9	$13,546,727
83	Theo Riddick Running Back 2013: R6, #199	$13,524,997	7	$13,524,997
84	Shane Vereen Running Back 2011: R2, #56	$13,443,070	6	$13,443,070
85	Dexter McCluster Running Back 2010: R2, #36	$12,762,530	7	$12,762,530
86	James White Running Back 2014: R4, #130	$12,437,849	6	$12,437,849
87	Carlos Hyde Running Back 2014: R2, #57	$12,055,600	6	$12,055,600
88	Chris Thompson Running Back 2013: R5, #154	$12,034,696	7	$12,034,696
89	Julius Jones Running Back 2004: R2, #43	$11,770,587	7	$11,770,587
90	T.J. Duckett Running Back 2002: R1, #18	$11,755,000	7	$11,755,000
91	Rex Burkhead Running Back 2013: R6, #190	$11,724,700	7	$11,724,700
92	Rodney Hampton Running Back 1990: R1, #24	$11,700,000	7	$11,700,000
93	Leon Washington Running Back 2006: R4, #117	$11,470,309	9	$11,470,309
94	Michael Bush Running Back 2007: R4, #100	$11,217,059	8	$11,217,059
95	Justin Forsett Running Back 2008: R7, #233	$11,102,427	9	$11,102,427
96	Toby Gerhart Running Back 2010: R2, #51	$10,904,000	6	$10,904,000
97	Felix Jones Running Back 2008: R1, #22	$10,887,500	6	$10,887,500
98	Duke Johnson Running Back 2015: R3, #77	$10,619,592	5	$10,619,592
99	Ron Dayne Running Back 2000: R1, #11	$10,378,000	8	$10,378,000
100	Rashad Jennings Running Back 2009: R7, #250	$9,986,367	8	$9,986,367