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NFL Salary Rankings

NFL Salary Rankings NFL Salary Rankings

Listing the top salaries, cap hits, cash, earnings, contracts, and bonuses, for all active NFL players.

2021 Quarterback Rankings

Cap Hit

  1. Aaron Rodgers
    GB, QB
    $37,202,000
  2. Russell Wilson
    SEA, QB
    $32,000,000
  3. Kirk Cousins
    MIN, QB
    $31,000,000
  4. Ryan Tannehill
    TEN, QB
    $29,500,000
  5. Matt Ryan
    ATL, QB
    $26,912,500

Total Cash

  1. Dak Prescott
    DAL, QB
    $75,000,000
  2. Tom Brady
    TB, QB
    $27,545,588
  3. Jared Goff
    DET, QB
    $25,650,000
  4. Jimmy Garoppolo
    SF, QB
    $24,982,352
  5. Ryan Tannehill
    TEN, QB
    $24,500,000

Base Salary

  1. Ryan Tannehill
    TEN, QB
    $24,500,000
  2. Jimmy Garoppolo
    SF, QB
    $24,100,000
  3. Kirk Cousins
    MIN, QB
    $21,000,000
  4. Derek Carr
    LV, QB
    $19,525,000
  5. Russell Wilson
    SEA, QB
    $19,000,000

Workout Bonus

  1. Jimmy Garoppolo
    SF, QB
    $600,000
  2. Matthew Stafford
    LAR, QB
    $500,000
  3. Aaron Rodgers
    GB, QB
    $500,000
  4. Teddy Bridgewater
    CAR, QB
    $250,000
  5. Patrick Mahomes
    KC, QB
    $100,000

Contract Length

  1. Patrick Mahomes
    KC, QB
    10
  2. Matthew Stafford
    LAR, QB
    5
  3. Matt Ryan
    ATL, QB
    5
  4. Jimmy Garoppolo
    SF, QB
    5
  5. Derek Carr
    LV, QB
    5

Contract Value

  1. Patrick Mahomes
    KC, QB
    $450,000,000
  2. Dak Prescott
    DAL, QB
    $160,000,000
  3. Deshaun Watson
    HOU, QB
    $156,000,000
  4. Matt Ryan
    ATL, QB
    $150,000,000
  5. Russell Wilson
    SEA, QB
    $140,000,000

Contract AAV

  1. Patrick Mahomes
    KC, QB
    $45,000,000
  2. Dak Prescott
    DAL, QB
    $40,000,000
  3. Deshaun Watson
    HOU, QB
    $39,000,000
  4. Russell Wilson
    SEA, QB
    $35,000,000
  5. Jared Goff
    DET, QB
    $33,500,000

AAV % of Cap

  1. Patrick Mahomes
    KC, QB
    24.66%
  2. Dak Prescott
    DAL, QB
    21.92%
  3. Deshaun Watson
    HOU, QB
    21.37%
  4. Russell Wilson
    SEA, QB
    19.18%
  5. Jared Goff
    DET, QB
    18.36%

2-Year Cash

  1. Dak Prescott
    DAL, QB
    $95,000,000
  2. Russell Wilson
    SEA, QB
    $88,000,000
  3. Aaron Rodgers
    GB, QB
    $82,220,000
  4. Matt Ryan
    ATL, QB
    $74,014,610
  5. Matthew Stafford
    LAR, QB
    $67,500,000

3-Year Cash

  1. Dak Prescott
    DAL, QB
    $126,000,000
  2. Russell Wilson
    SEA, QB
    $107,000,000
  3. Aaron Rodgers
    GB, QB
    $103,770,000
  4. Matthew Stafford
    LAR, QB
    $100,200,000
  5. Kirk Cousins
    MIN, QB
    $96,000,000

Total Guarantees

  1. Patrick Mahomes
    KC, QB
    $141,481,905
  2. Dak Prescott
    DAL, QB
    $126,000,000
  3. Deshaun Watson
    HOU, QB
    $110,717,123
  4. Jared Goff
    DET, QB
    $110,042,682
  5. Carson Wentz
    IND, QB
    $107,970,683

Guarantees at Signing

  1. Dak Prescott
    DAL, QB
    $95,000,000
  2. Matt Ryan
    ATL, QB
    $94,500,000
  3. Aaron Rodgers
    GB, QB
    $79,200,000
  4. Deshaun Watson
    HOU, QB
    $73,717,123
  5. Russell Wilson
    SEA, QB
    $70,000,000

Signing Bonus

  1. Dak Prescott
    DAL, QB
    $66,000,000
  2. Russell Wilson
    SEA, QB
    $65,000,000
  3. Aaron Rodgers
    GB, QB
    $57,500,000
  4. Matthew Stafford
    LAR, QB
    $50,000,000
  5. Matt Ryan
    ATL, QB
    $46,500,000

Career Earnings

  1. Tom Brady
    TB, QB
    $291,087,392
  2. Drew Brees
    NO, QB
    $270,785,422
  3. Ben Roethlisberger
    PIT, QB
    $267,286,864
  4. Matt Ryan
    ATL, QB
    $267,007,749
  5. Aaron Rodgers
    GB, QB
    $263,764,529

2021 Positional Rankings Leaders

Cap Hit

Cash

Contract Average