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. Joe Flacco
    BAL, QB
    $24,550,000
  2. Carson Palmer
    ARI, QB
    $24,125,000
  3. Kirk Cousins
    WAS, QB
    $23,943,600
  4. Matt Ryan
    ATL, QB
    $23,750,000
  5. Justin Houston
    KC, OLB
    $22,100,000

Total Cash

FULL RANKS
  1. Matthew Stafford
    DET, QB
    $51,000,000
  2. Andrew Luck
    IND, QB
    $27,000,000
  3. Derek Carr
    OAK, QB
    $25,175,000
  4. DeAndre Hopkins
    HOU, WR
    $24,000,000
  5. Kirk Cousins
    WAS, QB
    $23,950,935

Base Salary

FULL RANKS
  1. Kirk Cousins
    WAS, QB
    $23,943,600
  2. Ryan Tannehill
    MIA, QB
    $17,975,000
  3. Trumaine Johnson
    LAR, CB
    $16,742,400
  4. Von Miller
    DEN, OLB
    $16,500,000
  5. Josh Norman
    WAS, CB
    $16,500,000

Workout Bonus

FULL RANKS
  1. Tyron Smith
    DAL, LT
    $1,745,000
  2. Kevin Minter
    CIN, ILB
    $1,100,000
  3. Tamba Hali
    KC, OLB
    $750,000
  4. Al Woods
    IND, DT
    $750,000
  5. Alshon Jeffery
    PHI, WR
    $750,000

Contract Length

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  1. Tyron Smith
    DAL, LT
    8
  2. Dan Bailey
    DAL, K
    7
  3. Joe Thomas
    CLE, LT
    7
  4. Travis Frederick
    DAL, C
    6
  5. Sean Lee
    DAL, OLB
    6

Contract Value

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  1. Matthew Stafford
    DET, QB
    $135,000,000
  2. Derek Carr
    OAK, QB
    $125,000,000
  3. Andrew Luck
    IND, QB
    $122,970,000
  4. Ndamukong Suh
    MIA, DT
    $114,375,000
  5. Von Miller
    DEN, OLB
    $114,100,000

Contract AAV

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  1. Matthew Stafford
    DET, QB
    $27,000,000
  2. Derek Carr
    OAK, QB
    $25,000,000
  3. Andrew Luck
    IND, QB
    $24,594,000
  4. Carson Palmer
    ARI, QB
    $24,350,000
  5. Drew Brees
    NO, QB
    $24,250,000

AAV% of Cap

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  1. Aaron Rodgers
    GB, QB
    17.80%
  2. Matt Ryan
    ATL, QB
    16.79%
  3. Matthew Stafford
    DET, QB
    16.17%
  4. Andrew Luck
    IND, QB
    15.84%
  5. Carson Palmer
    ARI, QB
    15.68%

Signing Bonus

FULL RANKS
  1. Matthew Stafford
    DET, QB
    $50,000,000
  2. Joe Flacco
    BAL, QB
    $40,000,000
  3. Aaron Rodgers
    GB, QB
    $33,250,000
  4. Andrew Luck
    IND, QB
    $32,000,000
  5. Russell Wilson
    SEA, QB
    $31,000,000

2-Year Cash

FULL RANKS
  1. Matthew Stafford
    DET, QB
    $67,500,000
  2. Andrew Luck
    IND, QB
    $57,000,000
  3. Eli Manning
    NYG, QB
    $55,010,004
  4. Philip Rivers
    LAC, QB
    $54,007,656
  5. Ben Roethlisberger
    PIT, QB
    $53,007,482

3-Year Cash

FULL RANKS
  1. Matthew Stafford
    DET, QB
    $100,200,000
  2. Andrew Luck
    IND, QB
    $75,000,000
  3. Eli Manning
    NYG, QB
    $68,510,004
  4. Philip Rivers
    LAC, QB
    $68,007,656
  5. Derek Carr
    OAK, QB
    $67,675,000

Total Guaranteed

FULL RANKS
  1. Matthew Stafford
    DET, QB
    $92,000,000
  2. Andrew Luck
    IND, QB
    $87,000,000
  3. Ndamukong Suh
    MIA, DT
    $77,955,000
  4. Derek Carr
    OAK, QB
    $70,200,000
  5. Von Miller
    DEN, OLB
    $70,000,000

GTD at Signing

FULL RANKS
  1. Matthew Stafford
    DET, QB
    $60,500,000
  2. Ndamukong Suh
    MIA, DT
    $59,955,000
  3. Eli Manning
    NYG, QB
    $54,000,000
  4. Joe Flacco
    BAL, QB
    $44,000,000
  5. Andrew Luck
    IND, QB
    $44,000,000

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