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San Francisco 49ers player earnings

$1,653,608,351 earned by the 60 players on the roster, led by Trent Williams on $251,418,608.

San Francisco 49ers are 5th of 32 on what the roster is worth and 2nd on what the club has paid out. The first number counts everything the men on the books have been paid anywhere in their careers and the second counts only the seasons the club's own name is against, which is why they disagree. The San Francisco 49ers cap sheet is here.

ROSTER EARNINGS $1.65bn
PAID OUT BY THE CLUB $1.74bn
PLAYERS 60
ON THE 2026 ROSTER 22
STILL CONTRACTED $153.3m

The twenty biggest earners on the roster

Career earnings, wherever the money was paid

Trent Williams $251.4m

Trent Williams $251m Nick Bosa $155m Javon Hargrave $127m Christian McCaffrey $110m Fred Warner $102m Brandon Aiyuk $89m Leonard Floyd $85m Deebo Samuel $82m George Kittle $78m Maliek Collins $60m Kyle Juszczyk $47m Charvarius Ward $47m De'Vondre Campbell $39m Yetur Gross-Matos $26m Jon Feliciano $25m Dre Greenlaw $22m Jake Brendel $20m George Odum $18m Jauan Jennings $18m Chris Conley $16m

The twenty here hold 85.6% of everything the roster has earned, and Trent Williams alone holds 15.2% of it. A roster is always shaped like this: a handful of second contracts and a long tail of men still on rookie money.

Every San Francisco 49ers player ranked by career earnings

Money paid, and what is still contracted

60 careers

# Player Position Seasons Signing Contracted Career earnings
001 Trent Williams Oklahoma Left Tackle 17 $86.6m $251,418,608$251.4m
002 Nick Bosa Ohio State Defensive End 10 $72.4m $67.2m $155,386,793$155.4m
003 Javon Hargrave South Carolina State Defensive Tackle 11 $35.9m $127,206,893$127.2m
004 Christian McCaffrey Stanford Running Back 11 $46.5m $17.5m $109,659,263$109.7m
005 Fred Warner Brigham Young Inside Linebacker 9 $13.3m $101,576,901$101.6m
006 Brandon Aiyuk Arizona State Wide Receiver 9 $29.7m $58.1m $88,531,342$88.5m
007 Leonard Floyd Georgia Defensive End 10 $45.3m $85,376,577$85.4m
008 Deebo Samuel South Carolina Wide Receiver 7 $27.7m $82,043,002$82.0m
009 George Kittle Iowa Tight End 9 $18.3m $77,505,903$77.5m
010 Maliek Collins Nebraska Defensive Tackle 10 $23.9m $60,130,815$60.1m
011 Kyle Juszczyk Harvard Fullback 13 $12.1m $47,028,083$47.0m
012 Charvarius Ward Middle Tennessee State Cornerback 7 $12.0m $46,596,455$46.6m
013 De'Vondre Campbell Minnesota Outside Linebacker 9 $24.9m $39,173,318$39.2m
014 Yetur Gross-Matos Penn State Defensive End 6 $11.8m $26,285,249$26.3m
015 Jon Feliciano Miami (FL) Guard 10 $7.5m $24,934,979$24.9m
016 Dre Greenlaw Arkansas Outside Linebacker 6 $5.0m $21,531,136$21.5m
017 Jake Brendel California-Los Angeles Center 10 $3.6m $20,167,281$20.2m
018 George Odum Central Arkansas Safety 9 $4.5m $18,114,726$18.1m
019 Jauan Jennings Tennessee Wide Receiver 6 $6.3m $17,957,800$18.0m
020 Chris Conley Georgia Wide Receiver 16 $2.5m $15,633,453$15.6m
021 Mitch Wishnowsky Utah Punter 8 $3.5m $15,049,072$15.0m
022 Rock Ya-Sin Temple Cornerback 6 $5.8m $14,375,943$14.4m
023 Jordan Elliott Missouri Defensive Tackle 6 $3.2m $12,197,484$12.2m
024 Ricky Pearsall Florida Wide Receiver 4 $5.9m $2.5m $10,033,617$10.0m
025 Joshua Dobbs Tennessee Quarterback 10 $2.6m $9,807,176$9.8m
026 Colton McKivitz West Virginia Right Tackle 6 $1.1m $9,749,665$9.7m
027 Eric Saubert Drake Tight End 13 $1.2m $9,220,788$9.2m
028 Aaron Banks Notre Dame Guard 4 $2.5m $8,565,019$8.6m
029 Brandon Allen Arkansas Quarterback 9 $1.2m $8,415,904$8.4m
030 Talanoa Hufanga Southern California Safety 4 $240k $8,259,078$8.3m
031 Isaac Yiadom Boston College Cornerback 7 $1.1m $7,990,353$8.0m
032 Taybor Pepper Michigan State Long Snapper 8 $530k $7,573,642$7.6m
033 Kevin Givens Penn State Defensive Tackle 6 $697k $6,598,051$6.6m
034 Ben Bartch Saint John Guard 8 $764k $6,365,283$6.4m
035 Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles Arizona Inside Linebacker 6 $717k $6,176,280$6.2m
036 Drake Jackson Southern California Defensive End 4 $1.5m $5,892,392$5.9m
037 Deommodore Lenoir Oregon Cornerback 4 $285k $5,825,872$5.8m
038 Jake Moody Michigan Kicker 4 $858k $5,304,082$5.3m
039 Ji'Ayir Brown Penn State Safety 4 $924k $4,944,488$4.9m
040 Renardo Green Florida State Cornerback 4 $1.5m $1.7m $4,723,527$4.7m
041 Ambry Thomas Michigan Cornerback 4 $841k $4,688,237$4.7m
042 Spencer Burford Texas-San Antonio Guard 4 $672k $4,332,056$4.3m
043 Dominick Puni Kansas Guard 4 $966k $1.6m $4,128,200$4.1m
044 Darrell Luter Jr. South Alabama Cornerback 4 $314k $3,986,848$4.0m
045 Brock Purdy Iowa State Quarterback 4 $77k $3,985,346$4.0m
046 Dee Winters Texas Christian Outside Linebacker 4 $133k $3,973,336$4.0m
047 Ronnie Bell Michigan Wide Receiver 4 $78k $3,917,776$3.9m
048 Robert Beal Jr. Georgia Defensive End 4 $245k $3,884,978$3.9m
049 Jaylon Moore Western Michigan Left Tackle 4 $323k $3,803,032$3.8m
050 Nick Zakelj Fordham Guard 4 $190k $3,674,801$3.7m
051 Patrick Taylor Memphis Running Back 5 $633k $3,656,067$3.7m
052 Malik Mustapha Wake Forest Safety 4 $739k $1.2m $3,568,936$3.6m
053 Isaac Guerendo Louisville Running Back 4 $705k $1.2m $3,534,528$3.5m
054 Elijah Mitchell Louisiana-Lafayette Running Back 4 $184k $3,375,792$3.4m
055 Jacob Cowing Arizona Wide Receiver 4 $529k $1.2m $3,358,708$3.4m
056 Kalia Davis Central Florida Defensive Tackle 4 $132k $3,347,016$3.3m
057 Tatum Bethune Florida State Outside Linebacker 4 $82k $1.2m $2,911,808$2.9m
058 Jordan Mason Georgia Tech Running Back 3 $10k $2,570,000$2.6m
059 Curtis Robinson Stanford Outside Linebacker 4 $190k $2,090,923$2.1m
060 Jake Tonges California Tight End 3 $7k $1,493,670$1.5m

The table holds every one of the 60 careers on the books. 46.4% of the money on this roster is base salary against 52.9% across the league, so more of it than usual was guaranteed before a snap was played.

What the San Francisco 49ers have paid out, season by season

Only the seasons the club's own name is against

Peak in 2024

2024 is the club's biggest year on record at $306,790,476 across 63 players. In 2026 it is $161,037,269 across 22 players. The whole 2024 payroll is ranked by player here.

How the San Francisco 49ers money is paid

The seven parts of a contract, for this roster and for the league

46.4% base salary

  • Base salary 46.4%
  • Signing bonus 29.8%
  • Restructured money 2.2%
  • Roster bonus 10.5%
  • Option bonus 9.4%
  • Workout bonus 0.7%
  • Incentives 0.9%

46.4% of the money on this roster is base salary against 52.9% across the league, so more of it than usual was guaranteed before a snap was played. Base salary, signing bonus money and the other five parts are each ranked across the whole league on their own pages.

What each position costs the San Francisco 49ers

Career earnings of the players on the books, by position

18 positions

Defensive End $277m Left Tackle $255m Wide Receiver $221m Defensive Tackle $209m Running Back $123m Inside Linebacker $108m Tight End $88m Cornerback $88m Outside Linebacker $70m Guard $52m Fullback $47m Safety $35m Quarterback $22m Center $20m Punter $15m Right Tackle $9.7m Long Snapper $7.6m Kicker $5.3m

Defensive End is the most expensive group on the roster at $276,825,989 across 5 players. Every position is ranked across the league here.

Money the San Francisco 49ers still owe

Written into contracts for seasons not yet played

$153.3m in all

# Player Position Earned so far Through Still contracted
01 Nick Bosa Defensive End $155.4m 2028 $67,179,000$67.2m
02 Brandon Aiyuk Wide Receiver $88.5m 2028 $58,124,000$58.1m
03 Christian McCaffrey Running Back $109.7m 2027 $17,500,000$17.5m
04 Ricky Pearsall Wide Receiver $10.0m 2027 $2,504,781$2.5m
05 Renardo Green Cornerback $4.7m 2027 $1,666,347$1.7m
06 Dominick Puni Guard $4.1m 2027 $1,572,348$1.6m
07 Malik Mustapha Safety $3.6m 2027 $1,190,000
08 Isaac Guerendo Running Back $3.5m 2027 $1,190,000
09 Jacob Cowing Wide Receiver $3.4m 2027 $1,190,000
10 Tatum Bethune Outside Linebacker $2.9m 2027 $1,190,000

10 players on the roster have money written into seasons that have not been played. None of it is counted in any career figure on this site, because it has not been paid. The whole league's contracted money is ranked here.

Where the San Francisco 49ers roster went to college

Schools with two or more players on the books

9 colleges

Stanford $112m
Georgia $105m
Penn State $38m
Arkansas $30m
Tennessee $28m
Southern California $14m
Michigan $14m
Arizona $9.5m
Florida State $7.6m

Stanford has 2 players on the roster worth $111,750,186 between them. Every college is ranked across the league here.

Frequently asked questions

Who is the highest paid San Francisco 49ers player?

Trent Williams, $251,418,608 across his career, a first-round pick in 2010, 4th overall. Nick Bosa is second on $155,386,793.

How much are the San Francisco 49ers roster worth?

$1,653,608,351 across 60 careers, counted as everything those players have been paid anywhere in the league. That is 5th of the 32 franchises.

How much have the San Francisco 49ers paid their players?

$1,741,430,685 across the 14 seasons on this site, 2012 to 2026, which is 2nd in the league.

What are the San Francisco 49ers paying in 2026?

$161,037,269 across 22 players. A further $153,306,476 is written into contracts for seasons after this one.

Which position costs the San Francisco 49ers most?

Defensive End, $276,825,989 across 5 players on the books, counted across those players' whole careers.

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