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Capital Sports Advisors NFL clients and what they earn

$329,386,010 of career earnings negotiated for 13 clients, led by Baker Mayfield on $153,407,230.

Capital Sports Advisors is 14th of the 162 firms with a client on record on career earnings, and 16th of the 52 with five clients or more on money per client. The figures are what the players were paid rather than what the firm collected: an agent's fee is capped at 3% of the contract.

CLIENT EARNINGS $329.4m
PER CLIENT $25.3m
CLIENTS 13
IN THE LEAGUE NOW 4
STILL CONTRACTED $0

The richest careers on the Capital Sports Advisors book

Money paid across a whole career

Baker Mayfield $153.4m

Baker Mayfield $153m Ben Powers $57m John Franklin-Myers $44m Jake Brendel $20m Jake Martin $12m John Cominsky $10m Logan Hall $9.3m Austin Schlottmann $7.0m Troy Dye $5.9m Trenton Irwin $3.6m Colson Yankoff $2.8m Ronnie Rivers $1.7m Earnest Brown $1.6m

Baker Mayfield alone holds 46.6% of everything the firm's clients have earned.

Every Capital Sports Advisors client ranked by NFL earnings

Money paid, and what is still contracted

13 clients

# Player Position Franchise Seasons Contracted Career earnings
001 Baker Mayfield Quarterback Tampa Bay Buccaneers 9 $153,407,230$153.4m
002 Ben Powers Guard Denver Broncos 8 $57,031,290$57.0m
003 John Franklin-Myers Defensive End Denver Broncos 8 $44,242,935$44.2m
004 Jake Brendel Center San Francisco 49ers 10 $20,167,281$20.2m
005 Jake Martin Defensive End Chicago Bears 10 $12,345,484$12.3m
006 John Cominsky Defensive End Detroit Lions 6 $10,280,067$10.3m
007 Logan Hall Defensive End Tampa Bay Buccaneers 4 $9,316,455$9.3m
008 Austin Schlottmann Center New York Giants 8 $6,970,527$7.0m
009 Troy Dye Inside Linebacker Los Angeles Chargers 5 $5,859,393$5.9m
010 Trenton Irwin Wide Receiver Cincinnati Bengals 6 $3,602,970$3.6m
011 Colson Yankoff Tight End Washington Commanders 3 $2,840,000$2.8m
012 Ronnie Rivers Running Back Los Angeles Rams 3 $1,688,444$1.7m
013 Earnest Brown Defensive End Tampa Bay Buccaneers 4 $1,633,934$1.6m

The table holds every one of the 13 clients the firm has on record. Money written into a season not yet played sits in its own column and is not counted in the career figure beside it.

How Capital Sports Advisors splits a contract

Every itemised dollar on the book, against the league's own split

31.0% signing and option bonus

  • Base salary 54.2%
  • Signing bonus 31.0%
  • Restructured money 5.8%
  • Roster bonus 7.1%
  • Workout bonus 1.6%
  • Incentives 0.2%
Part of the contract Share on this book Share across the league Negotiated
Base salary 54.2% 52.9% $178,376,157$178.4m
Signing bonus 31.0% 27.6% $102,076,401$102.1m
Restructured money 5.8% 6.3% $19,079,412$19.1m
Roster bonus 7.1% 6.6% $23,437,945$23.4m
Option bonus 0.0% 5.3% $50,000
Workout bonus 1.6% 0.7% $5,231,574$5.2m
Incentives 0.2% 0.5% $810,482

31.0% of the book's itemised money is signing or option bonus against 33.0% across the league, so more of it than usual is base salary, which stops the day a client is released. The signing bonus page ranks every career in the league by that part alone.

What Capital Sports Advisors represents

Client earnings by position

8 positions

Quarterback $153m Defensive End $78m Guard $57m Center $27m Inside Linebacker $5.9m Wide Receiver $3.6m Tight End $2.8m Running Back $1.7m

Quarterback is where the book's money is, $153,407,230 across one client. Every position is ranked across the league here.

Where the Capital Sports Advisors clients are

The franchises holding them, and what those careers are worth

10 franchises

# Franchise Clients Career earnings
01 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3 $164,357,619$164.4m
02 Denver Broncos 2 $101,274,225$101.3m
03 San Francisco 49ers 1 $20,167,281$20.2m
04 Chicago Bears 1 $12,345,484$12.3m
05 Detroit Lions 1 $10,280,067$10.3m
06 New York Giants 1 $6,970,527$7.0m
07 Los Angeles Chargers 1 $5,859,393$5.9m
08 Cincinnati Bengals 1 $3,602,970$3.6m
09 Washington Commanders 1 $2,840,000$2.8m
10 Los Angeles Rams 1 $1,688,444$1.7m

Where Capital Sports Advisors recruits

The programmes its clients came out of

11 schools

Oklahoma 2
California-Los Angeles 2
Stephen F. Austin 1
Temple 1
Charleston 1
Houston 1
Texas Christian 1
Oregon 1
Stanford 1
Fresno State 1
Northwestern 1

The bars count clients rather than dollars, because a firm recruits by the head and the money follows years later. Oklahoma has sent it 2 players. Every college is ranked by NFL earnings here.

What Capital Sports Advisors clients are paid each season

Every year of every career on the book, added together

Peak in 2024

2024 is the book's biggest year on record at $66,059,450. The whole 2024 payroll is ranked by player here.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Capital Sports Advisors's highest paid NFL client?

Baker Mayfield, $153,407,230, a first-round pick in 2018, 1st overall. Ben Powers is second on $57,031,290.

How much have Capital Sports Advisors clients earned in the NFL?

$329,386,010 across 13 careers, $25,337,385 a client. Capital Sports Advisors is 14th of the 162 firms with a client on record on career earnings, and 16th of the 52 with five clients or more on money per client.

How much does Capital Sports Advisors make from its NFL clients?

An agent's fee is capped at 3% of a player's contract, so a book worth $329,386,010 in career earnings is a fee pool of about $9,881,580 spread across the firm and the whole length of those careers. Every figure on this page is what the players were paid.

What kind of players does Capital Sports Advisors represent?

Quarterback more than any other on money, $153,407,230 across one client. The book covers 8 positions in all.

How many Capital Sports Advisors clients are in the NFL now?

4 men of the 13 here was on a roster in 2026.

Where to next

The firms either side of this one, and the rest of the money

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