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	$103,215,972	15	$103,215,972
2	Edgerrin James Running Back 1999: R1, #4	$68,909,750	11	$68,909,750
3	Frank Gore Running Back 2005: R3, #65	$63,296,439	16	$63,296,439
4	Reggie Bush Running Back 2006: R1, #2	$63,196,734	11	$63,196,734
5	LeSean McCoy Running Back 2009: R2, #53	$63,074,623	12	$63,074,623
6	Emmitt Smith Running Back 1990: R1, #17	$61,275,000	15	$61,275,000
7	Ezekiel Elliott Running Back 2016: R1, #4	$58,268,561	6	$58,268,561
8	LaDainian Tomlinson Running Back 2001: R1, #5	$56,875,500	11	$56,875,500
9	Marshawn Lynch Running Back 2007: R1, #12	$56,769,878	12	$56,769,878
10	Steven Jackson Running Back 2004: R1, #24	$53,439,117	12	$53,439,117
11	Jonathan Stewart Running Back 2008: R1, #13	$51,125,506	11	$51,125,506
12	Darren McFadden Running Back 2008: R1, #4	$49,322,441	10	$49,322,441
13	Todd Gurley Running Back 2015: R1, #10	$49,066,286	6	$49,066,286
14	Marshall Faulk Running Back 1994: R1, #2	$48,935,000	13	$48,935,000
15	Curtis Martin Running Back 1995: R3, #74	$46,880,633	12	$46,880,633
16	Jamal Lewis Running Back 2000: R1, #5	$46,716,750	10	$46,716,750
17	DeAngelo Williams Running Back 2006: R1, #27	$46,204,195	11	$46,204,195
18	Chris Johnson Running Back 2008: R1, #24	$45,686,192	10	$45,686,192
19	Le'Veon Bell Running Back 2013: R2, #48	$45,379,637	8	$45,379,637
20	Christian McCaffrey Running Back 2017: R1, #8	$45,049,263	5	$45,049,263
21	Darren Sproles Running Back 2005: R4, #130	$44,587,765	15	$44,587,765
22	Matt Forte Running Back 2008: R2, #44	$44,003,802	10	$44,003,802
23	Clinton Portis Running Back 2002: R2, #51	$43,101,000	9	$43,101,000
24	Jamaal Charles Running Back 2008: R3, #73	$41,747,867	11	$41,747,867
25	Fred Taylor Running Back 1998: R1, #9	$40,963,748	13	$40,963,748
26	David Johnson Running Back 2015: R3, #86	$38,810,118	7	$38,810,118
27	Arian Foster Running Back 0: Undrafted	$37,748,161	8	$37,748,161
28	Maurice Jones-Drew Running Back 2006: R2, #60	$36,305,000	9	$36,305,000
29	Warrick Dunn Running Back 1997: R1, #12	$36,018,505	12	$36,018,505
30	Jerome Bettis Running Back 1993: R1, #10	$35,122,500	14	$35,122,500
31	Corey Dillon Running Back 1997: R2, #43	$35,108,125	10	$35,108,125
32	Mark Ingram Running Back 2011: R1, #28	$34,729,006	11	$34,729,006
33	Shaun Alexander Running Back 2000: R1, #19	$34,619,000	9	$34,619,000
34	Barry Sanders Running Back 1989: R1, #3	$33,779,500	10	$33,779,500
35	Ahman Green Running Back 1998: R3, #76	$33,145,001	12	$33,145,001
36	Willis McGahee Running Back 2003: R1, #23	$32,847,411	11	$32,847,411
37	Thomas Jones Running Back 2000: R1, #7	$32,835,000	12	$32,835,000
38	Michael Turner Running Back 2004: R5, #154	$32,425,000	9	$32,425,000
39	Derrick Henry Running Back 2016: R2, #45	$31,407,928	6	$31,407,928
40	Saquon Barkley Running Back 2018: R1, #2	$31,384,750	4	$31,384,750
41	Melvin Gordon Running Back 2015: R1, #15	$31,286,314	7	$31,286,314
42	Ronnie Brown Running Back 2005: R1, #2	$30,483,382	9	$30,483,382
43	Eddie George Running Back 1996: R1, #14	$29,937,501	9	$29,937,501
44	Ray Rice Running Back 2008: R2, #55	$29,723,176	7	$29,723,176
45	C.J. Spiller Running Back 2010: R1, #9	$29,633,298	8	$29,633,298
46	Lamar Miller Running Back 2012: R4, #97	$29,434,542	10	$29,434,542
47	Cordarrelle Patterson Running Back 2013: R1, #29	$29,164,015	9	$29,164,015
48	Leonard Fournette Running Back 2017: R1, #4	$28,733,454	5	$28,733,454
49	Chester Taylor Running Back 2002: R6, #207	$27,003,750	10	$27,003,750
50	Ryan Mathews Running Back 2010: R1, #12	$26,631,161	7	$26,631,161
51	Devonta Freeman Running Back 2014: R4, #103	$26,467,827	8	$26,467,827
52	Larry Johnson Running Back 2003: R1, #27	$26,130,411	9	$26,130,411
53	Giovani Bernard Running Back 2013: R2, #37	$26,000,336	9	$26,000,336
54	DeMarco Murray Running Back 2011: R3, #71	$25,715,703	7	$25,715,703
55	Cedric Benson Running Back 2005: R1, #4	$25,653,353	8	$25,653,353
56	Tiki Barber Running Back 1997: R2, #36	$25,383,250	10	$25,383,250
57	Brandon Jacobs Running Back 2005: R4, #110	$24,709,000	9	$24,709,000
58	Ricky Williams Running Back 1999: R1, #5	$24,349,000	10	$24,349,000
59	Joe Mixon Running Back 2017: R2, #48	$24,079,453	5	$24,079,453
60	Thurman Thomas Running Back 1988: R2, #40	$23,600,000	13	$23,600,000
61	Dalvin Cook Running Back 2017: R2, #41	$23,317,150	5	$23,317,150
62	Chris Ivory Running Back 0: Undrafted	$22,976,916	9	$22,976,916
63	Doug Martin Running Back 2012: R1, #31	$21,900,918	8	$21,900,918
64	Carnell Williams Running Back 2005: R1, #5	$21,240,900	7	$21,240,900
65	Jerick McKinnon Running Back 2014: R3, #96	$21,045,307	8	$21,045,307
66	Donald Brown Running Back 2009: R1, #27	$20,740,849	8	$20,740,849
67	Alvin Kamara Running Back 2017: R3, #67	$20,713,272	5	$20,713,272
68	Knowshon Moreno Running Back 2009: R1, #12	$20,084,000	6	$20,084,000
69	Latavius Murray Running Back 2013: R6, #181	$19,804,186	9	$19,804,186
70	Nick Chubb Running Back 2018: R2, #35	$19,046,499	4	$19,046,499
71	Terrell Davis Running Back 1995: R6, #196	$18,907,000	8	$18,907,000
72	Eric Dickerson Running Back 1983: R1, #2	$18,636,000	12	$18,636,000
73	Dorsey Levens Running Back 1994: R5, #149	$18,592,750	11	$18,592,750
74	Fred Jackson Running Back 0: Undrafted	$18,428,126	10	$18,428,126
75	James White Running Back 2014: R4, #130	$18,415,682	8	$18,415,682
76	Aaron Jones Running Back 2017: R5, #182	$18,290,921	5	$18,290,921
77	Trent Richardson Running Back 2012: R1, #3	$18,055,062	4	$18,055,062
78	Jamal Anderson Running Back 1994: R7, #201	$17,880,000	8	$17,880,000
79	Bilal Powell Running Back 2011: R4, #126	$17,535,329	9	$17,535,329
80	Carlos Hyde Running Back 2014: R2, #57	$17,246,768	8	$17,246,768
81	Joseph Addai Running Back 2006: R1, #30	$16,970,000	7	$16,970,000
82	Dion Lewis Running Back 2011: R5, #149	$16,965,598	10	$16,965,598
83	Terry Allen Running Back 1990: R9, #241	$16,827,000	11	$16,827,000
84	Kenyan Drake Running Back 2016: R3, #73	$16,166,051	6	$16,166,051
85	Rex Burkhead Running Back 2013: R6, #190	$15,622,248	9	$15,622,248
86	Austin Ekeler Running Back 0: Undrafted	$15,466,224	5	$15,466,224
87	Ahmad Bradshaw Running Back 2007: R7, #250	$15,239,416	9	$15,239,416
88	Danny Woodhead Running Back 0: Undrafted	$15,171,382	10	$15,171,382
89	Duke Johnson Running Back 2015: R3, #77	$15,024,479	7	$15,024,479
90	Marcus Allen Running Back 1982: R1, #10	$14,290,000	16	$14,290,000
91	Theo Riddick Running Back 2013: R6, #199	$14,248,375	9	$14,248,375
92	Ki-Jana Carter Running Back 1995: R1, #1	$13,934,000	9	$13,934,000
93	Rashard Mendenhall Running Back 2008: R1, #23	$13,805,000	6	$13,805,000
94	C.J. Anderson Running Back 0: Undrafted	$13,709,749	7	$13,709,749
95	Pierre Thomas Running Back 0: Undrafted	$13,546,727	9	$13,546,727
96	Chris Thompson Running Back 2013: R5, #154	$13,516,536	9	$13,516,536
97	Shane Vereen Running Back 2011: R2, #56	$13,443,070	6	$13,443,070
98	Tevin Coleman Running Back 2015: R3, #73	$12,811,542	7	$12,811,542
99	Dexter McCluster Running Back 2010: R2, #36	$12,762,530	7	$12,762,530
100	Mike Davis Running Back 2015: R4, #126	$12,269,466	7	$12,269,466