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NFL salaries & payrolls

NFL team payrolls and player contracts, updated from Spotrac.

TEAMS32
PLAYERS TRACKED4,966
BIGGEST PAYROLL$338,241,087

Biggest payrolls

Total NFL team spend

Pittsburgh Steelers $338m Tampa Bay Buccaneers $330m Cincinnati Bengals $327m Kansas City Chiefs $323m Seattle Seahawks $323m Dallas Cowboys $321m Los Angeles Rams $320m Baltimore Ravens $319m Chicago Bears $318m Carolina Panthers $313m New England Patriots $312m Detroit Lions $311m Tennessee Titans $300m Denver Broncos $298m Washington Commanders $296m Los Angeles Chargers $295m

Highest career earnings

Total earned across every season we hold, converted at $1.33 and €1.17 where the source figure was not in dollars

Matthew Stafford $426m Aaron Rodgers $418m Kirk Cousins $367m Tom Brady $333m Dak Prescott $331m Matt Ryan $321m Jared Goff $312m Russell Wilson $304m Drew Brees $295m Patrick Mahomes $289m Derek Carr $286m Ben Roethlisberger $267m Trent Williams $251m Philip Rivers $244m Lamar Jackson $240m Alex Smith $230m

The career earnings section

Every NFL career on this site counted by what it was paid: 1,924 careers, 15 season payrolls, 18 positions, 32 franchises, 111 colleges and 52 agencies

The league has paid £33.20bn to the players on this site between 2005 and 2026, 52.9% of it as base salary and 27.6% as signing bonus.

NFL career earnings The all-time money list Money still under contract Signing bonus earnings Base salary earnings Bonus money earnings Earnings by position Earnings by franchise Earnings by college Agencies ranked by client earnings Earnings by draft round The 2026 payroll The 2025 payroll The 2024 payroll The 2023 payroll The 2022 payroll The 2021 payroll The 2020 payroll The 2019 payroll The 2018 payroll The 2017 payroll The 2016 payroll The 2015 payroll

Highest paid in the NFL

Top 25 of the 3,672 players we hold a figure for

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01 Tua Tagovailoa Miami Dolphins
$55.4m
02 Matthew Stafford Los Angeles Rams
$48.3m
03 Kyler Murray Arizona Cardinals
$46.6m
04 Justin Herbert Los Angeles Chargers
$46.3m
05 Chris Jones Kansas City Chiefs
$44.9m
06 Dak Prescott Dallas Cowboys
$44.6m
07 Josh Allen Buffalo Bills
$44.2m
08 T.J. Watt Pittsburgh Steelers
$42.0m
09 Deshaun Watson Cleveland Browns
$41.0m
10 Baker Mayfield Tampa Bay Buccaneers
$40.0m
11 Sam Darnold Seattle Seahawks
$37.9m
12 Jared Goff Detroit Lions
$37.6m
13 Joe Burrow Cincinnati Bengals
$37.6m
14 Derek Carr New Orleans Saints
$36.7m
15 Tristan Wirfs Tampa Bay Buccaneers
$36.3m
16 Jordan Love Green Bay Packers
$36.1m
17 Maxx Crosby Las Vegas Raiders
$35.8m
18 Aaron Rodgers New York Jets
$35.0m
19 Patrick Mahomes Kansas City Chiefs
$34.7m
20 Lamar Jackson Baltimore Ravens
$34.4m
21 Chris Godwin Tampa Bay Buccaneers
$33.7m
22 Amon-Ra St. Brown Detroit Lions
$33.1m
23 Roquan Smith Baltimore Ravens
$32.7m
24 Jalen Hurts Philadelphia Eagles
$32.0m
25 D.K. Metcalf Pittsburgh Steelers
$31.0m

What a player in the NFL actually earns

Across the 3,672 roster rows carrying a figure, of 3,783 in the NFL squad lists

Under $1m
1,364 37%
$1m - $5m
1,782 49% median · average
$5m - $10m
273 7%
$10m - $20m
170 5%
$20m - $40m
74 2%
Over $40m
9 1%

Median $1.1m · average $2.9m · $10.59bn across the league

Where the money goes

Share of the NFL payroll by position

Defensive line
$2.36bn 22%
Offensive line
$1.98bn 19%
Receivers & tight ends
$1.81bn 17%
Defensive backs
$1.77bn 17%
Quarterbacks
$1.14bn 11%
Linebackers
$818.2m 8%
Running backs
$475.1m 4%
Special teams
$230.0m 2%

Peak earning years

Average NFL pay by age band

$1.6m 22-25 1,269
$3.9m 26-29 1,156
$6.7m 30-33 313
$6.1m 34 and over 61

Rankings & league tables

Highest paid NFL players

Every NFL team

32 clubs · sortable

TEAM ON A DEAL PAYROLL AVERAGE HIGHEST PAID
Dallas Cowboys 114 $365,470,820 $3,205,884 Dak Prescott $44.6m
New England Patriots 127 $356,077,358 $2,803,759 Milton Williams $28.5m
Pittsburgh Steelers 109 $352,031,533 $3,229,647 T.J. Watt $42.0m
New Orleans Saints 124 $348,752,951 $2,812,524 Derek Carr $36.7m
Cleveland Browns 121 $348,699,670 $2,881,815 Deshaun Watson $41.0m
Detroit Lions 110 $345,309,205 $3,139,175 Jared Goff $37.6m
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 108 $343,301,656 $3,178,719 Baker Mayfield $40.0m
Chicago Bears 110 $341,312,578 $3,102,842 Montez Sweat $25.1m
Carolina Panthers 119 $338,911,644 $2,847,997 Robert Hunt $24.3m
Las Vegas Raiders 118 $338,396,511 $2,867,767 Maxx Crosby $35.8m
Baltimore Ravens 116 $336,843,920 $2,903,827 Lamar Jackson $34.4m
Cincinnati Bengals 109 $336,135,642 $3,083,813 Joe Burrow $37.6m
Jacksonville Jaguars 127 $335,191,588 $2,639,304 Trevor Lawrence $24.0m
New York Jets 127 $333,874,323 $2,628,932 Aaron Rodgers $35.0m
Kansas City Chiefs 108 $333,839,359 $3,091,105 Chris Jones $44.9m
Arizona Cardinals 105 $332,882,619 $3,170,311 Kyler Murray $46.6m
Los Angeles Rams 115 $331,354,015 $2,881,339 Matthew Stafford $48.3m
Philadelphia Eagles 121 $330,716,983 $2,733,198 Jalen Hurts $32.0m
New York Giants 116 $330,410,526 $2,848,367 Paulson Adebo $24.2m
Buffalo Bills 127 $329,242,534 $2,592,461 Josh Allen $44.2m
Miami Dolphins 125 $328,370,735 $2,626,966 Tua Tagovailoa $55.4m
Minnesota Vikings 117 $327,597,273 $2,799,977 Justin Jefferson $21.2m
Tennessee Titans 117 $327,519,592 $2,799,313 Dan Moore $26.3m
Seattle Seahawks 111 $324,299,895 $2,921,621 Sam Darnold $37.9m
Green Bay Packers 110 $321,786,808 $2,925,335 Jordan Love $36.1m
Houston Texans 105 $316,880,610 $3,017,911 Tytus Howard $23.7m
Washington Commanders 100 $316,583,307 $3,165,833 Daron Payne $27.9m
Atlanta Falcons 118 $307,146,958 $2,602,940 Chris Lindstrom $26.3m
San Francisco 49ers 107 $306,408,498 $2,863,631 Brock Purdy $23.7m
Indianapolis Colts 111 $305,992,080 $2,756,685 DeForest Buckner $26.6m
Denver Broncos 106 $302,400,038 $2,852,831 Mike McGlinchey $23.8m
Los Angeles Chargers 114 $300,004,056 $2,631,615 Justin Herbert $46.3m

Every NFL player

4,966 players with a page of their own, A-Z