NFL Salary Rankings

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

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Cap Hit

FULL RANKS
  1. Drew Brees
    NO, QB
    $23,800,000
  2. Philip Rivers
    SD, QB
    $21,166,668
  3. Calvin Johnson
    DET, WR
    $20,558,000
  4. Charles Johnson
    CAR, DE
    $20,020,000
  5. Matt Ryan
    ATL, QB
    $19,500,000

Total Cash

FULL RANKS
  1. Eli Manning
    NYG, QB
    $37,010,004
  2. Ben Roethlisberger
    PIT, QB
    $35,257,482
  3. Philip Rivers
    SD, QB
    $32,007,656
  4. Russell Wilson
    SEA, QB
    $31,722,469
  5. A.J. Green
    CIN, WR
    $26,750,000

Base Salary

FULL RANKS
  1. Darrelle Revis
    NYJ, CB
    $16,000,000
  2. Jay Cutler
    CHI, QB
    $15,500,000
  3. Peyton Manning
    DEN, QB
    $15,000,000
  4. Philip Rivers
    SD, QB
    $15,000,000
  5. Drew Brees
    NO, QB
    $13,550,000

Workout Bonus

FULL RANKS
  1. Greg Hardy
    DAL, DE
    $1,311,600
  2. Torrey Smith
    SF, WR
    $750,000
  3. D'Brickashaw Ferguson
    NYJ, LT
    $750,000
  4. Terrance Knighton
    WAS, DT
    $550,000
  5. DeSean Jackson
    WAS, WR
    $500,000

Contract Length

FULL RANKS
  1. Tyron Smith
    DAL, LT
    8
  2. Nick Mangold
    NYJ, C
    7
  3. Donald Butler
    SD, ILB
    7
  4. Joe Thomas
    CLE, LT
    7
  5. Dan Bailey
    DAL, K
    7

Contract Value

FULL RANKS
  1. Jay Cutler
    CHI, QB
    $126,700,000
  2. Joe Flacco
    BAL, QB
    $120,600,000
  3. Ndamukong Suh
    MIA, DT
    $114,375,000
  4. Colin Kaepernick
    SF, QB
    $114,000,000
  5. Calvin Johnson
    DET, WR
    $113,450,000

Contract AAV

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  1. Aaron Rodgers
    GB, QB
    $22,000,000
  2. Russell Wilson
    SEA, QB
    $21,900,000
  3. Ben Roethlisberger
    PIT, QB
    $21,850,000
  4. Eli Manning
    NYG, QB
    $21,000,000
  5. Philip Rivers
    SD, QB
    $20,812,500

AAV% of Cap

FULL RANKS
  1. Aaron Rodgers
    GB, QB
    17.80%
  2. Matt Ryan
    ATL, QB
    16.79%
  3. Drew Brees
    NO, QB
    16.58%
  4. Joe Flacco
    BAL, QB
    16.26%
  5. Russell Wilson
    SEA, QB
    15.28%

Signing Bonus

FULL RANKS
  1. Drew Brees
    NO, QB
    $37,000,000
  2. Aaron Rodgers
    GB, QB
    $33,250,000
  3. Russell Wilson
    SEA, QB
    $31,000,000
  4. Ben Roethlisberger
    PIT, QB
    $31,000,000
  5. Eli Manning
    NYG, QB
    $31,000,000

2-Year Cash

FULL RANKS
  1. Eli Manning
    NYG, QB
    $55,010,004
  2. Philip Rivers
    SD, QB
    $54,007,656
  3. Ben Roethlisberger
    PIT, QB
    $53,007,482
  4. Matt Ryan
    ATL, QB
    $51,500,000
  5. Joe Flacco
    BAL, QB
    $51,000,000

3-Year Cash

FULL RANKS
  1. Eli Manning
    NYG, QB
    $68,510,004
  2. Philip Rivers
    SD, QB
    $68,007,656
  3. Cam Newton
    CAR, QB
    $67,666,666
  4. Ben Roethlisberger
    PIT, QB
    $65,007,482
  5. Matt Ryan
    ATL, QB
    $63,007,925

Total Guaranteed

FULL RANKS
  1. Ndamukong Suh
    MIA, DT
    $77,955,000
  2. Eli Manning
    NYG, QB
    $67,000,000
  3. Philip Rivers
    SD, QB
    $65,000,000
  4. Russell Wilson
    SEA, QB
    $61,542,000
  5. Colin Kaepernick
    SF, QB
    $61,000,000

GTD at Signing

FULL RANKS
  1. Ndamukong Suh
    MIA, DT
    $59,955,000
  2. Eli Manning
    NYG, QB
    $54,000,000
  3. Marcell Dareus
    BUF, DT
    $42,900,000
  4. Cam Newton
    CAR, QB
    $41,000,000
  5. Tony Romo
    DAL, QB
    $40,000,000

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