NFL Career Earnings

NFL Player Earnings NFL Player Earnings

Listing the top earnings for all active NFL players.

Player Earnings
Total
Seasons Earnings
Total
1

Tom Brady

Quarterback
2000: R6, #199
$302,962,392 22 $302,962,392
2

Drew Brees

Quarterback
2001: R2, #32
$269,710,422 20 $269,710,422
3

Ben Roethlisberger

Quarterback
2004: R1, #11
$267,286,864 18 $267,286,864
4

Matt Ryan

Quarterback
2008: R1, #3
$267,007,749 14 $267,007,749
5

Aaron Rodgers

Quarterback
2005: R1, #24
$263,608,010 17 $263,608,010
6

Eli Manning

Quarterback
2004: R1, #1
$252,280,004 16 $252,280,004
7

Peyton Manning

Quarterback
1998: R1, #1
$248,732,000 18 $248,732,000
8

Philip Rivers

Quarterback
2004: R1, #4
$243,944,322 17 $243,944,322
9

Matthew Stafford

Quarterback
2009: R1, #1
$239,306,037 13 $239,306,037
10

Alex Smith

Quarterback
2005: R1, #1
$189,725,000 16 $189,725,000
11

Russell Wilson

Quarterback
2012: R3, #75
$181,362,520 10 $181,362,520
12

Carson Palmer

Quarterback
2003: R1, #1
$174,148,722 15 $174,148,722
13

Joe Flacco

Quarterback
2008: R1, #18
$171,074,999 14 $171,074,999
14

Kirk Cousins

Quarterback
2012: R4, #102
$161,669,486 10 $161,669,486
15

Brett Favre

Quarterback
1991: R2, #33
$141,829,000 20 $141,829,000
16

Ryan Tannehill

Quarterback
2012: R1, #8
$139,975,979 10 $139,975,979
17

Cam Newton

Quarterback
2011: R1, #1
$133,545,071 11 $133,545,071
18

Sam Bradford

Quarterback
2010: R1, #1
$130,022,863 9 $130,022,863
19

Tony Romo

Quarterback
0: Undrafted
$127,422,458 14 $127,422,458
20

Jay Cutler

Quarterback
2006: R1, #11
$122,196,087 12 $122,196,087
21

Michael Vick

Quarterback
2001: R1, #1
$115,952,908 13 $115,952,908
22

Jimmy Garoppolo

Quarterback
2014: R2, #62
$114,164,507 8 $114,164,507
23

Dak Prescott

Quarterback
2016: R4, #135
$111,317,825 6 $111,317,825
24

Derek Carr

Quarterback
2014: R2, #36
$110,666,395 8 $110,666,395
25

Andrew Luck

Quarterback
2012: R1, #1
$109,107,998 8 $109,107,998
26

Jared Goff

Quarterback
2016: R1, #1
$108,891,068 6 $108,891,068
27

Carson Wentz

Quarterback
2016: R1, #2
$100,365,221 6 $100,365,221
28

Donovan McNabb

Quarterback
1999: R1, #2
$99,689,735 13 $99,689,735
29

Andy Dalton

Quarterback
2011: R2, #35
$96,627,794 11 $96,627,794
30

Matt Schaub

Quarterback
2004: R3, #90
$94,353,850 17 $94,353,850
31

Matt Hasselbeck

Quarterback
1998: R6, #184
$88,044,500 18 $88,044,500
32

Ryan Fitzpatrick

Quarterback
2005: R7, #250
$82,118,420 17 $82,118,420
33

Drew Bledsoe

Quarterback
1993: R1, #1
$80,056,250 14 $80,056,250
34

Nick Foles

Quarterback
2012: R3, #88
$78,445,346 10 $78,445,346
35

Steve McNair

Quarterback
0: Undrafted
$76,234,917 13 $76,234,917
36

Mark Sanchez

Quarterback
2009: R1, #5
$74,223,773 10 $74,223,773
37

Matt Cassel

Quarterback
2005: R7, #230
$65,494,057 14 $65,494,057
38

Kerry Collins

Quarterback
0: Undrafted
$63,748,000 17 $63,748,000
39

Jake Delhomme

Quarterback
0: Undrafted
$63,474,061 14 $63,474,061
40

Kurt Warner

Quarterback
0: Undrafted
$62,773,000 12 $62,773,000
41

Tyrod Taylor

Quarterback
2011: R6, #180
$59,630,703 11 $59,630,703
42

Jake Plummer

Quarterback
0: Undrafted
$58,777,775 11 $58,777,775
43

Marcus Mariota

Quarterback
2015: R1, #2
$57,791,683 7 $57,791,683
44

Teddy Bridgewater

Quarterback
2014: R1, #32
$55,559,985 8 $55,559,985
45

Troy Aikman

Quarterback
1989: R1, #1
$55,537,000 12 $55,537,000
46

Marc Bulger

Quarterback
2000: R6, #168
$55,391,000 10 $55,391,000
47

Brad Johnson

Quarterback
0: Undrafted
$53,120,500 17 $53,120,500
48

Jameis Winston

Quarterback
2015: R1, #1
$52,780,894 7 $52,780,894
49

Josh McCown

Quarterback
2002: R3, #81
$52,302,471 18 $52,302,471
50

Dan Marino

Quarterback
1983: R1, #27
$51,510,000 17 $51,510,000
51

Deshaun Watson

Quarterback
2017: R1, #12
$51,395,478 5 $51,395,478
52

Vinny Testaverde

Quarterback
1987: R1, #1
$51,055,585 21 $51,055,585
53

Chad Pennington

Quarterback
2000: R1, #18
$50,966,000 10 $50,966,000
54

Steve Young

Quarterback
0: Undrafted
$49,372,000 15 $49,372,000
55

Blake Bortles

Quarterback
2014: R1, #3
$47,658,598 8 $47,658,598
56

Patrick Mahomes

Quarterback
2017: R1, #10
$47,454,472 5 $47,454,472
57

John Elway

Quarterback
1983: R1, #1
$45,445,000 16 $45,445,000
58

Case Keenum

Quarterback
0: Undrafted
$44,184,877 10 $44,184,877
59

Colin Kaepernick

Quarterback
2011: R2, #36
$43,479,216 6 $43,479,216
60

Brock Osweiler

Quarterback
2012: R2, #57
$41,396,679 7 $41,396,679
61

David Carr

Quarterback
2002: R1, #1
$40,000,000 12 $40,000,000
62

Chase Daniel

Quarterback
0: Undrafted
$39,828,471 13 $39,828,471
63

JaMarcus Russell

Quarterback
2007: R1, #1
$39,365,000 4 $39,365,000
64

Jacoby Brissett

Quarterback
2016: R3, #91
$38,231,475 6 $38,231,475
65

Josh Allen

Quarterback
2018: R1, #7
$38,114,794 4 $38,114,794
66

Warren Moon

Quarterback
0: Undrafted
$37,143,000 17 $37,143,000
67

Jeff Garcia

Quarterback
0: Undrafted
$36,637,500 10 $36,637,500
68

Chad Henne

Quarterback
2008: R2, #57
$36,605,500 14 $36,605,500
69

Rich Gannon

Quarterback
1987: R4, #98
$36,463,000 17 $36,463,000
70

Vince Young

Quarterback
2006: R1, #3
$35,390,000 7 $35,390,000
71

Daunte Culpepper

Quarterback
0: Undrafted
$34,990,000 11 $34,990,000
72

Jeff George

Quarterback
1990: R1, #1
$34,180,764 14 $34,180,764
73

Derek Anderson

Quarterback
2005: R6, #213
$33,374,303 15 $33,374,303
74

Robert Griffin III

Quarterback
2012: R1, #2
$33,235,752 8 $33,235,752
75

Chris Chandler

Quarterback
0: Undrafted
$33,060,000 11 $33,060,000
76

Baker Mayfield

Quarterback
2018: R1, #1
$33,048,675 4 $33,048,675
77

Jon Kitna

Quarterback
0: Undrafted
$32,755,600 16 $32,755,600
78

Mike Glennon

Quarterback
2013: R3, #73
$31,967,539 9 $31,967,539
79

Drew Stanton

Quarterback
2007: R2, #43
$31,951,719 14 $31,951,719
80

Mitchell Trubisky

Quarterback
2017: R1, #2
$31,686,690 5 $31,686,690
81

Joey Harrington

Quarterback
2002: R1, #3
$31,195,000 8 $31,195,000
82

Brian Hoyer

Quarterback
0: Undrafted
$30,971,545 13 $30,971,545
83

Neil O'Donnell

Quarterback
0: Undrafted
$30,540,000 14 $30,540,000
84

Sam Darnold

Quarterback
2018: R1, #3
$30,507,708 4 $30,507,708
85

Randall Cunningham

Quarterback
1985: R2, #37
$30,380,000 16 $30,380,000
86

Kyler Murray

Quarterback
2019: R1, #1
$30,246,386 3 $30,246,386
87

Kyle Orton

Quarterback
2005: R4, #106
$30,109,000 10 $30,109,000
88

Kevin Kolb

Quarterback
2007: R2, #36
$29,003,708 7 $29,003,708
89

Jim Kelly

Quarterback
1983: R1, #14
$28,715,000 11 $28,715,000
90

David Garrard

Quarterback
2002: R4, #108
$28,684,000 11 $28,684,000
91

Josh Freeman

Quarterback
2009: R1, #17
$28,328,824 7 $28,328,824
92

Kordell Stewart

Quarterback
0: Undrafted
$28,105,000 11 $28,105,000
93

Matt Moore

Quarterback
0: Undrafted
$27,519,500 13 $27,519,500
94

Byron Leftwich

Quarterback
2003: R1, #7
$27,212,000 10 $27,212,000
95

Trent Dilfer

Quarterback
1994: R1, #6
$27,050,000 14 $27,050,000
96

Jeff Blake

Quarterback
1992: R6, #166
$27,026,000 12 $27,026,000
97

Joe Burrow

Quarterback
2020: R1, #1
$26,727,373 2 $26,727,373
98

Shaun Hill

Quarterback
0: Undrafted
$25,779,225 14 $25,779,225
99

Joe Montana

Quarterback
1979: R3, #82
$25,555,000 14 $25,555,000
100

Boomer Esiason

Quarterback
1984: R2, #38
$25,145,000 14 $25,145,000