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. Eli Manning
    NYG, QB
    $24,200,000
  2. Ben Roethlisberger
    PIT, QB
    $23,950,000
  3. Matt Ryan
    ATL, QB
    $23,750,000
  4. Joe Flacco
    BAL, QB
    $22,550,000
  5. Matthew Stafford
    DET, QB
    $22,500,000

Total Cash

FULL RANKS
  1. Drew Brees
    NO, QB
    $31,250,000
  2. Andrew Luck
    IND, QB
    $30,000,000
  3. Olivier Vernon
    NYG, DE
    $29,000,000
  4. Joe Flacco
    BAL, QB
    $29,000,000
  5. Fletcher Cox
    PHI, DT
    $27,299,000

Base Salary

FULL RANKS
  1. Kirk Cousins
    WAS, QB
    $19,953,000
  2. Ben Roethlisberger
    PIT, QB
    $17,750,000
  3. Eli Manning
    NYG, QB
    $17,500,000
  4. Matthew Stafford
    DET, QB
    $17,000,000
  5. Darrelle Revis
    NYJ, CB
    $17,000,000

Workout Bonus

FULL RANKS
  1. Torrey Smith
    SF, WR
    $1,000,000
  2. Russell Okung
    DEN, LT
    $1,000,000
  3. Tamba Hali
    KC, OLB
    $750,000
  4. Jonathan Stewart
    CAR, RB
    $750,000
  5. Jordy Nelson
    GB, WR
    $500,000

Contract Length

FULL RANKS
  1. Tyron Smith
    DAL, LT
    8
  2. Nick Mangold
    NYJ, C
    7
  3. Jay Cutler
    CHI, QB
    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. Andrew Luck
    IND, QB
    $122,970,000
  3. Ndamukong Suh
    MIA, DT
    $114,375,000
  4. Von Miller
    DEN, OLB
    $114,100,000
  5. Colin Kaepernick
    SF, QB
    $114,000,000

Contract AAV

FULL RANKS
  1. Andrew Luck
    IND, QB
    $24,594,000
  2. Carson Palmer
    ARI, QB
    $24,350,000
  3. Drew Brees
    NO, QB
    $24,250,000
  4. Joe Flacco
    BAL, QB
    $22,133,333
  5. Aaron Rodgers
    GB, QB
    $22,000,000

AAV% of Cap

FULL RANKS
  1. Aaron Rodgers
    GB, QB
    17.80%
  2. Matt Ryan
    ATL, QB
    16.79%
  3. Andrew Luck
    IND, QB
    15.84%
  4. Carson Palmer
    ARI, QB
    15.68%
  5. Drew Brees
    NO, QB
    15.62%

Signing Bonus

FULL RANKS
  1. Joe Flacco
    BAL, QB
    $40,000,000
  2. Aaron Rodgers
    GB, QB
    $33,250,000
  3. Andrew Luck
    IND, QB
    $32,000,000
  4. Russell Wilson
    SEA, QB
    $31,000,000
  5. Eli Manning
    NYG, QB
    $31,000,000

2-Year Cash

FULL RANKS
  1. Andrew Luck
    IND, QB
    $57,000,000
  2. Eli Manning
    NYG, QB
    $55,010,004
  3. Philip Rivers
    SD, QB
    $54,007,656
  4. Ben Roethlisberger
    PIT, QB
    $53,007,482
  5. Matt Ryan
    ATL, QB
    $51,500,000

3-Year Cash

FULL RANKS
  1. Andrew Luck
    IND, QB
    $75,000,000
  2. Eli Manning
    NYG, QB
    $68,510,004
  3. Philip Rivers
    SD, QB
    $68,007,656
  4. Cam Newton
    CAR, QB
    $67,666,666
  5. Ben Roethlisberger
    PIT, QB
    $65,007,482

Total Guaranteed

FULL RANKS
  1. Andrew Luck
    IND, QB
    $87,000,000
  2. Ndamukong Suh
    MIA, DT
    $77,955,000
  3. Von Miller
    DEN, OLB
    $70,000,000
  4. Eli Manning
    NYG, QB
    $67,000,000
  5. Philip Rivers
    SD, QB
    $65,000,000

GTD at Signing

FULL RANKS
  1. Ndamukong Suh
    MIA, DT
    $59,955,000
  2. Eli Manning
    NYG, QB
    $54,000,000
  3. Joe Flacco
    BAL, QB
    $44,000,000
  4. Andrew Luck
    IND, QB
    $44,000,000
  5. Marcell Dareus
    BUF, DT
    $42,900,000

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