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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.

2022 Running Back Rankings

Cap Hit

  1. Ezekiel Elliott
    DAL, RB
    $18,220,000
  2. Dalvin Cook
    MIN, RB
    $11,883,625
  3. Joe Mixon
    CIN, RB
    $11,420,589
  4. Derrick Henry
    TEN, RB
    $9,367,647
  5. Christian McCaffrey
    CAR, RB
    $8,785,750

Total Cash

  1. Derrick Henry
    TEN, RB
    $14,000,000
  2. Ezekiel Elliott
    DAL, RB
    $12,400,000
  3. Alvin Kamara
    NO, RB
    $11,500,000
  4. Dalvin Cook
    MIN, RB
    $8,900,000
  5. Joe Mixon
    CIN, RB
    $8,700,000

Base Salary

  1. Ezekiel Elliott
    DAL, RB
    $12,400,000
  2. Dalvin Cook
    MIN, RB
    $8,300,000
  3. Joe Mixon
    CIN, RB
    $8,000,000
  4. Saquon Barkley
    NYG, RB
    $7,217,000
  5. Austin Ekeler
    LAC, RB
    $5,500,000

Workout Bonus

  1. Aaron Jones
    GB, RB
    $500,000
  2. Joe Mixon
    CIN, RB
    $200,000
  3. Christian McCaffrey
    CAR, RB
    $200,000
  4. Dalvin Cook
    MIN, RB
    $100,000
  5. Samaje Perine
    CIN, RB
    $100,000

Contract Length

  1. Ezekiel Elliott
    DAL, RB
    6
  2. Alvin Kamara
    NO, RB
    5
  3. Dalvin Cook
    MIN, RB
    5
  4. A.J. Dillon
    GB, RB
    4
  5. Isiah Pacheco
    KC, RB
    4

Contract Value

  1. Ezekiel Elliott
    DAL, RB
    $90,000,000
  2. Alvin Kamara
    NO, RB
    $75,000,000
  3. Christian McCaffrey
    CAR, RB
    $64,063,500
  4. Dalvin Cook
    MIN, RB
    $63,000,000
  5. Derrick Henry
    TEN, RB
    $50,000,000

Contract AAV

  1. Christian McCaffrey
    CAR, RB
    $16,015,875
  2. Alvin Kamara
    NO, RB
    $15,000,000
  3. Ezekiel Elliott
    DAL, RB
    $15,000,000
  4. Dalvin Cook
    MIN, RB
    $12,600,000
  5. Derrick Henry
    TEN, RB
    $12,500,000

AAV % of Cap

  1. Christian McCaffrey
    CAR, RB
    8.32%
  2. Alvin Kamara
    NO, RB
    7.79%
  3. Ezekiel Elliott
    DAL, RB
    7.79%
  4. Dalvin Cook
    MIN, RB
    6.55%
  5. Derrick Henry
    TEN, RB
    6.49%

2-Year Cash

  1. Christian McCaffrey
    CAR, RB
    $30,574,774
  2. Ezekiel Elliott
    DAL, RB
    $28,124,551
  3. Derrick Henry
    TEN, RB
    $25,500,000
  4. Saquon Barkley
    NYG, RB
    $23,145,035
  5. Aaron Jones
    GB, RB
    $19,976,460

3-Year Cash

  1. Derrick Henry
    TEN, RB
    $39,500,000
  2. Christian McCaffrey
    CAR, RB
    $39,174,774
  3. Ezekiel Elliott
    DAL, RB
    $37,724,551
  4. Aaron Jones
    GB, RB
    $35,976,460
  5. Alvin Kamara
    NO, RB
    $29,333,000

Total Guarantees

  1. Ezekiel Elliott
    DAL, RB
    $50,052,137
  2. Christian McCaffrey
    CAR, RB
    $38,162,500
  3. Alvin Kamara
    NO, RB
    $33,833,000
  4. Saquon Barkley
    NYG, RB
    $31,194,751
  5. Dalvin Cook
    MIN, RB
    $28,125,000

Guarantees at Signing

  1. Saquon Barkley
    NYG, RB
    $31,194,751
  2. Christian McCaffrey
    CAR, RB
    $30,062,500
  3. Ezekiel Elliott
    DAL, RB
    $28,052,137
  4. Derrick Henry
    TEN, RB
    $25,500,000
  5. Alvin Kamara
    NO, RB
    $22,833,000

Signing Bonus

  1. Christian McCaffrey
    CAR, RB
    $21,500,000
  2. Saquon Barkley
    NYG, RB
    $20,767,092
  3. Dalvin Cook
    MIN, RB
    $15,500,000
  4. Alvin Kamara
    NO, RB
    $15,000,000
  5. Aaron Jones
    GB, RB
    $13,000,000

Career Earnings

  1. Ezekiel Elliott
    DAL, RB
    $70,668,561
  2. Christian McCaffrey
    CAR, RB
    $53,649,263
  3. Derrick Henry
    TEN, RB
    $44,907,928
  4. Saquon Barkley
    NYG, RB
    $38,601,750
  5. Mark Ingram
    NO, RB
    $37,029,006

2022 Positional Rankings Leaders

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