NFL Career Earnings

NFL Player Earnings

Listing the top earnings for all active NFL players.

	Player	Earnings Total	Seasons	Earnings Total
1	Drew Brees Quarterback 2001: R2, #32	$269,710,422	20	$269,710,422
2	Tom Brady Quarterback 2000: R6, #199	$263,541,804	21	$263,541,804
3	Ben Roethlisberger Quarterback 2004: R1, #11	$253,286,864	17	$253,286,864
4	Eli Manning Quarterback 2004: R1, #1	$252,280,004	16	$252,280,004
5	Peyton Manning Quarterback 1998: R1, #1	$248,732,000	18	$248,732,000
6	Matt Ryan Quarterback 2008: R1, #3	$244,007,749	13	$244,007,749
7	Philip Rivers Quarterback 2004: R1, #4	$243,944,322	17	$243,944,322
8	Aaron Rodgers Quarterback 2005: R1, #24	$240,943,304	16	$240,943,304
9	Matthew Stafford Quarterback 2009: R1, #1	$219,306,037	12	$219,306,037
10	Alex Smith Quarterback 2005: R1, #1	$189,725,000	16	$189,725,000
11	Carson Palmer Quarterback 2003: R1, #1	$174,148,722	15	$174,148,722
12	Joe Flacco Quarterback 2008: R1, #18	$167,575,000	13	$167,575,000
13	Russell Wilson Quarterback 2012: R3, #75	$162,362,520	9	$162,362,520
14	Brett Favre Quarterback 1991: R2, #33	$141,829,000	20	$141,829,000
15	Kirk Cousins Quarterback 2012: R4, #102	$140,669,486	9	$140,669,486
16	Sam Bradford Quarterback 2010: R1, #1	$130,022,863	9	$130,022,863
17	Tony Romo Quarterback 0: Undrafted	$127,422,458	14	$127,422,458
18	Cam Newton Quarterback 2011: R1, #1	$125,445,071	10	$125,445,071
19	Jay Cutler Quarterback 2006: R1, #11	$122,196,087	12	$122,196,087
20	Michael Vick Quarterback 2001: R1, #1	$115,952,908	13	$115,952,908
21	Ryan Tannehill Quarterback 2012: R1, #8	$115,475,979	9	$115,475,979
22	Andrew Luck Quarterback 2012: R1, #1	$109,107,998	8	$109,107,998
23	Donovan McNabb Quarterback 1999: R1, #2	$99,689,735	13	$99,689,735
24	Matt Schaub Quarterback 2004: R3, #90	$94,353,850	17	$94,353,850
25	Derek Carr Quarterback 2014: R2, #36	$91,041,395	7	$91,041,395
26	Jimmy Garoppolo Quarterback 2014: R2, #62	$88,758,637	7	$88,758,637
27	Matt Hasselbeck Quarterback 1998: R6, #184	$88,044,500	18	$88,044,500
28	Andy Dalton Quarterback 2011: R2, #35	$86,627,794	10	$86,627,794
29	Jared Goff Quarterback 2016: R1, #1	$80,741,068	5	$80,741,068
30	Drew Bledsoe Quarterback 1993: R1, #1	$80,056,250	14	$80,056,250
31	Carson Wentz Quarterback 2016: R1, #2	$79,059,339	5	$79,059,339
32	Steve McNair Quarterback 0: Undrafted	$76,234,917	13	$76,234,917
33	Nick Foles Quarterback 2012: R3, #88	$74,445,346	9	$74,445,346
34	Mark Sanchez Quarterback 2009: R1, #5	$74,223,773	10	$74,223,773
35	Ryan Fitzpatrick Quarterback 2005: R7, #250	$71,581,420	16	$71,581,420
36	Matt Cassel Quarterback 2005: R7, #230	$65,494,057	14	$65,494,057
37	Kerry Collins Quarterback 0: Undrafted	$63,748,000	17	$63,748,000
38	Jake Delhomme Quarterback 0: Undrafted	$63,474,061	14	$63,474,061
39	Kurt Warner Quarterback 0: Undrafted	$62,773,000	12	$62,773,000
40	Jake Plummer Quarterback 0: Undrafted	$58,777,775	11	$58,777,775
41	Troy Aikman Quarterback 1989: R1, #1	$55,537,000	12	$55,537,000
42	Marc Bulger Quarterback 2000: R6, #168	$55,391,000	10	$55,391,000
43	Tyrod Taylor Quarterback 2011: R6, #180	$54,307,174	10	$54,307,174
44	Marcus Mariota Quarterback 2015: R1, #2	$54,291,683	6	$54,291,683
45	Brad Johnson Quarterback 0: Undrafted	$53,120,500	17	$53,120,500
46	Josh McCown Quarterback 2002: R3, #81	$52,302,471	18	$52,302,471
47	Dan Marino Quarterback 1983: R1, #27	$51,510,000	17	$51,510,000
48	Vinny Testaverde Quarterback 1987: R1, #1	$51,055,585	21	$51,055,585
49	Chad Pennington Quarterback 2000: R1, #18	$50,966,000	10	$50,966,000
50	Steve Young Quarterback 0: Undrafted	$49,372,000	15	$49,372,000
51	Blake Bortles Quarterback 2014: R1, #3	$47,497,154	7	$47,497,154
52	Jameis Winston Quarterback 2015: R1, #1	$47,280,894	6	$47,280,894
53	John Elway Quarterback 1983: R1, #1	$45,445,000	16	$45,445,000
54	Teddy Bridgewater Quarterback 2014: R1, #32	$44,082,985	7	$44,082,985
55	Colin Kaepernick Quarterback 2011: R2, #36	$43,479,216	6	$43,479,216
56	Brock Osweiler Quarterback 2012: R2, #57	$41,396,679	7	$41,396,679
57	Deshaun Watson Quarterback 2017: R1, #12	$40,855,478	4	$40,855,478
58	David Carr Quarterback 2002: R1, #1	$40,000,000	12	$40,000,000
59	JaMarcus Russell Quarterback 2007: R1, #1	$39,365,000	4	$39,365,000
60	Case Keenum Quarterback 0: Undrafted	$38,184,877	9	$38,184,877
61	Chase Daniel Quarterback 0: Undrafted	$37,828,471	12	$37,828,471
62	Warren Moon Quarterback 0: Undrafted	$37,143,000	17	$37,143,000
63	Jeff Garcia Quarterback 0: Undrafted	$36,637,500	10	$36,637,500
64	Rich Gannon Quarterback 1987: R4, #98	$36,463,000	17	$36,463,000
65	Dak Prescott Quarterback 2016: R4, #135	$36,317,825	5	$36,317,825
66	Vince Young Quarterback 2006: R1, #3	$35,390,000	7	$35,390,000
67	Chad Henne Quarterback 2008: R2, #57	$35,355,500	13	$35,355,500
68	Daunte Culpepper Quarterback 0: Undrafted	$34,990,000	11	$34,990,000
69	Jeff George Quarterback 1990: R1, #1	$34,180,764	14	$34,180,764
70	Derek Anderson Quarterback 2005: R6, #213	$33,374,303	15	$33,374,303
71	Robert Griffin III Quarterback 2012: R1, #2	$33,235,752	8	$33,235,752
72	Jacoby Brissett Quarterback 2016: R3, #91	$33,231,475	5	$33,231,475
73	Chris Chandler Quarterback 0: Undrafted	$33,060,000	11	$33,060,000
74	Jon Kitna Quarterback 0: Undrafted	$32,755,600	16	$32,755,600
75	Drew Stanton Quarterback 2007: R2, #43	$31,951,719	14	$31,951,719
76	Joey Harrington Quarterback 2002: R1, #3	$31,195,000	8	$31,195,000
77	Mike Glennon Quarterback 2013: R3, #73	$30,592,539	8	$30,592,539
78	Neil O'Donnell Quarterback 0: Undrafted	$30,540,000	14	$30,540,000
79	Randall Cunningham Quarterback 1985: R2, #37	$30,380,000	16	$30,380,000
80	Kyle Orton Quarterback 2005: R4, #106	$30,109,000	10	$30,109,000
81	Brian Hoyer Quarterback 0: Undrafted	$29,896,549	12	$29,896,549
82	Mitchell Trubisky Quarterback 2017: R1, #2	$29,186,690	4	$29,186,690
83	Kevin Kolb Quarterback 2007: R2, #36	$29,003,708	7	$29,003,708
84	Jim Kelly Quarterback 1983: R1, #14	$28,715,000	11	$28,715,000
85	David Garrard Quarterback 2002: R4, #108	$28,684,000	11	$28,684,000
86	Josh Freeman Quarterback 2009: R1, #17	$28,328,824	7	$28,328,824
87	Kordell Stewart Quarterback 0: Undrafted	$28,105,000	11	$28,105,000
88	Baker Mayfield Quarterback 2018: R1, #1	$27,941,905	3	$27,941,905
89	Matt Moore Quarterback 0: Undrafted	$27,519,500	13	$27,519,500
90	Byron Leftwich Quarterback 2003: R1, #7	$27,212,000	10	$27,212,000
91	Trent Dilfer Quarterback 1994: R1, #6	$27,050,000	14	$27,050,000
92	Jeff Blake Quarterback 1992: R6, #166	$27,026,000	12	$27,026,000
93	Kyler Murray Quarterback 2019: R1, #1	$26,380,146	2	$26,380,146
94	Shaun Hill Quarterback 0: Undrafted	$25,779,225	14	$25,779,225
95	Sam Darnold Quarterback 2018: R1, #3	$25,733,023	3	$25,733,023
96	Joe Montana Quarterback 1979: R3, #82	$25,555,000	14	$25,555,000
97	Boomer Esiason Quarterback 1984: R2, #38	$25,145,000	14	$25,145,000
98	Patrick Mahomes Quarterback 2017: R1, #10	$24,647,567	4	$24,647,567
99	Joe Burrow Quarterback 2020: R1, #1	$24,472,367	1	$24,472,367
100	Jason Campbell Quarterback 2005: R1, #25	$24,454,500	10	$24,454,500