Where the Highest Paid NFL Players Were Drafted

	Player	Team	Current AAV	Draft Round	Draft Pick
1	Russell Wilson	SEA	$35,000,000	3	75
2	Ben Roethlisberger	PIT	$34,000,000	1	11
3	Aaron Rodgers	GB	$33,500,000	1	24
4	Jared Goff	LAR	$33,500,000	1	1
5	Kirk Cousins	MIN	$33,000,000	4	102
6	Carson Wentz	PHI	$32,000,000	1	2
7	Dak Prescott	DAL	$31,409,000	4	135
8	Matt Ryan	ATL	$30,000,000	1	3
9	Ryan Tannehill	TEN	$29,500,000	1	8
10	Jimmy Garoppolo	SF	$27,500,000	2	62
11	Matthew Stafford	DET	$27,000,000	1	1
12	Derek Carr	LVR	$25,000,000	2	36
13	Tom Brady	TB	$25,000,000	6	199
14	Drew Brees	NO	$25,000,000	2	32
15	Philip Rivers	IND	$25,000,000	1	4
16	Alex Smith	WAS	$23,500,000	1	1
17	Teddy Bridgewater	CAR	$21,000,000	1	32
18	Taysom Hill	NO	$16,300,000	-	-
19	Jacoby Brissett	IND	$15,000,000	3	91
20	Marcus Mariota	LVR	$8,800,000	1	2
21	Kyler Murray	ARI	$8,789,661	1	1
22	Baker Mayfield	CLE	$8,170,745	1	1
23	Nick Foles	CHI	$8,000,000	3	88
24	Tua Tagovailoa	MIA	$7,568,860	1	5
25	Sam Darnold	NYJ	$7,561,929	1	3

	Player	Team	Current AAV	Draft Round	Draft Pick
1	Christian McCaffrey	CAR	$16,015,875	1	8
2	Ezekiel Elliott	DAL	$15,000,000	1	4
3	Le'Veon Bell	NYJ	$13,125,000	2	48
4	David Johnson	HOU	$13,000,000	3	86
5	Derrick Henry	TEN	$10,278,000	2	45
6	Kenyan Drake	ARI	$8,483,000	3	73
7	Melvin Gordon	DEN	$8,000,000	1	15
8	Saquon Barkley	NYG	$7,798,688	1	2
9	Leonard Fournette	JAC	$6,787,711	1	4
10	Austin Ekeler	LAC	$6,125,000	-	-
11	Todd Gurley	ATL	$5,500,000	1	10
12	Duke Johnson	HOU	$5,203,333	3	77
13	Mark Ingram	BAL	$5,000,000	1	28
14	Jordan Howard	MIA	$4,875,000	5	150
15	Giovani Bernard	CIN	$4,850,000	2	37
16	Tevin Coleman	SF	$4,250,000	3	73
17	James White	NE	$4,000,000	4	130
18	Latavius Murray	NO	$3,600,000	6	181
19	Jalen Richard	LVR	$3,500,000	-	-
20	Matt Breida	MIA	$3,259,000	-	-
21	Kareem Hunt	CLE	$3,259,000	3	86
22	Rex Burkhead	NE	$3,250,000	6	190
23	Mike Davis	CAR	$3,000,000	4	126
24	Josh Jacobs	LVR	$2,983,350	1	24
25	Raheem Mostert	SF	$2,900,000	-	-

	Player	Team	Current AAV	Draft Round	Draft Pick
1	Julio Jones	ATL	$22,000,000	1	6
2	Amari Cooper	DAL	$20,000,000	1	4
3	Michael Thomas	NO	$19,250,000	2	47
4	Tyreek Hill	KC	$18,000,000	5	165
5	Odell Beckham, Jr.	CLE	$18,000,000	1	12
6	A.J. Green	CIN	$17,865,000	1	4
7	Mike Evans	TB	$16,500,000	1	7
8	DeAndre Hopkins	ARI	$16,200,000	1	27
9	Brandin Cooks	HOU	$16,200,000	1	20
10	Adam Thielen	MIN	$16,050,000	-	-
11	Jarvis Landry	CLE	$15,100,000	2	63
12	Davante Adams	GB	$14,500,000	2	53
13	Stefon Diggs	BUF	$14,400,000	5	146
14	Allen Robinson	CHI	$14,000,000	2	61
15	T.Y. Hilton	IND	$13,000,000	3	92
16	Alshon Jeffery	PHI	$13,000,000	2	45
17	Emmanuel Sanders	NO	$12,000,000	3	82
18	Larry Fitzgerald	ARI	$11,500,000	1	3
19	Keenan Allen	LAC	$11,250,000	3	76
20	Tyrell Williams	LVR	$11,075,000	-	-
21	Tyler Boyd	CIN	$10,750,000	2	55
22	Tyler Lockett	SEA	$10,250,000	3	69
23	Sterling Shepard	NYG	$10,250,000	2	40
24	Robby Anderson	CAR	$10,000,000	-	-
25	Jamison Crowder	NYJ	$9,500,000	4	105

	Player	Team	Current AAV	Draft Round	Draft Pick
1	Hunter Henry	LAC	$10,607,000	2	35
2	Austin Hooper	CLE	$10,500,000	3	81
3	Travis Kelce	KC	$9,368,400	3	63
4	Rob Gronkowski	TB	$9,000,000	2	42
5	Kyle Rudolph	MIN	$9,000,000	2	43
6	Zach Ertz	PHI	$8,500,000	2	35
7	Jimmy Graham	CHI	$8,000,000	3	95
8	Jared Cook	NO	$7,500,000	3	89
9	Darren Waller	LVR	$7,450,000	6	204
10	Tyler Higbee	LAR	$7,250,000	4	110
11	Jack Doyle	IND	$7,100,000	-	-
12	Greg Olsen	SEA	$7,000,000	1	31
13	Cameron Brate	TB	$6,800,000	-	-
14	Vance McDonald	PIT	$6,550,000	2	55
15	Tyler Kroft	BUF	$6,250,000	3	85
16	C.J. Uzomah	CIN	$6,100,000	5	157
17	Eric Ebron	PIT	$6,000,000	1	10
18	Nick Boyle	BAL	$6,000,000	5	171
19	Jesse James	DET	$5,650,000	5	160
20	Blake Jarwin	DAL	$5,500,000	-	-
21	T.J. Hockenson	DET	$4,955,306	1	8
22	Tyler Eifert	JAC	$4,750,000	1	21
23	Jason Witten	LVR	$4,000,000	3	69
24	Jeff Heuerman	DEN	$4,000,000	3	92
25	Ryan Griffin	NYJ	$3,600,000	6	201

	Player	Team	Current AAV	Draft Round	Draft Pick
1	Laremy Tunsil	HOU	$22,000,000	1	13
2	Anthony Castonzo	IND	$16,500,000	1	22
3	Taylor Lewan	TEN	$16,000,000	1	11
4	Nate Solder	NYG	$15,500,000	1	17
5	D.J. Humphries	ARI	$14,583,333	1	24
6	Jake Matthews	ATL	$14,500,000	1	6
7	Donovan Smith	TB	$13,750,000	2	34
8	Trent Williams	SF	$13,600,000	1	4
9	Russell Okung	CAR	$13,250,000	1	6
10	Terron Armstead	NO	$13,000,000	3	75
11	Tyron Smith	DAL	$12,200,000	1	9
12	David Bakhtiari	GB	$12,000,000	4	109
13	Eric Fisher	KC	$12,000,000	1	1
14	Riley Reiff	MIN	$11,750,000	1	23
15	Duane Brown	SEA	$11,500,000	1	26
16	Andrew Whitworth	LAR	$10,000,026	2	55
17	Bryan Bulaga	LAC	$10,000,000	1	23
18	Charles Leno	CHI	$9,250,000	7	246
19	George Fant	NYJ	$9,100,000	-	-
20	Chris Hubbard	CLE	$7,300,000	-	-
21	Alejandro Villanueva	PIT	$6,000,000	-	-
22	Ronnie Stanley	BAL	$5,121,083	1	6
23	Ty Nsekhe	BUF	$5,000,000	-	-
24	Jonah Williams	CIN	$4,407,542	1	11
25	Austin Jackson	MIA	$3,410,086	1	18

	Player	Team	Current AAV	Draft Round	Draft Pick
1	Lane Johnson	PHI	$18,000,000	1	4
2	Trenton Brown	LVR	$16,500,000	7	244
3	Jack Conklin	CLE	$14,000,000	1	8
4	Ja'Wuan James	DEN	$12,750,000	1	19
5	La'el Collins	DAL	$10,000,000	-	-
6	Halapoulivaati Vaitai	DET	$9,000,000	5	164
7	Mitchell Schwartz	KC	$8,151,667	2	37
8	Rob Havenstein	LAR	$8,125,000	2	57
9	Bobby Massie	CHI	$7,700,000	4	112
10	Morgan Moses	WAS	$7,700,000	3	66
11	Marcus Cannon	NE	$6,482,000	5	138
12	Dennis Kelly	TEN	$5,750,000	5	153
13	Ricky Wagner	GB	$5,500,000	5	168
14	Bobby Hart	CIN	$5,383,333	7	226
15	Jesse Davis	MIA	$5,000,000	-	-
16	Mike McGlinchey	SF	$4,585,430	1	9
17	Brandon Shell	SEA	$4,500,000	5	158
18	Cameron Fleming	NYG	$3,500,000	4	140
19	Greg Van Roten	NYJ	$3,500,000	-	-
20	Matt Feiler	PIT	$3,259,000	-	-
21	Tytus Howard	HOU	$3,056,388	1	23
22	Kaleb McGary	ATL	$2,566,436	1	31
23	Cedric Ogbuehi	SEA	$2,300,000	1	21
24	Joe Haeg	TB	$2,300,000	5	155
25	Kendall Lamm	CLE	$2,250,000	-	-

	Player	Team	Current AAV	Draft Round	Draft Pick
1	Brandon Scherff	WAS	$15,030,000	1	5
2	Joe Thuney	NE	$14,781,000	3	78
3	Brandon Brooks	PHI	$14,087,500	3	76
4	Zack Martin	DAL	$14,000,000	1	16
5	Andrew Norwell	JAC	$13,300,000	-	-
6	Andrus Peat	NO	$11,500,000	1	13
7	Trai Turner	LAC	$11,250,000	3	92
8	Gabe Jackson	LVR	$11,000,000	3	81
9	Graham Glasgow	DEN	$11,000,000	3	95
10	Rodger Saffold	TEN	$11,000,000	2	33
11	Ali Marpet	TB	$10,825,000	2	61
12	Kevin Zeitler	NYG	$10,666,667	1	27
13	David DeCastro	PIT	$10,000,000	1	24
14	Ereck Flowers	MIA	$10,000,000	1	9
15	Shaq Mason	NE	$9,000,000	4	131
16	Justin Pugh	ARI	$8,955,000	1	19
17	Joel Bitonio	CLE	$8,527,463	2	35
18	Laurent Duvernay-Tardif	KC	$8,472,600	6	200
19	Brian Winters	NYJ	$7,250,000	3	72
20	Zach Fulton	HOU	$7,000,000	6	193
21	Billy Turner	GB	$7,000,000	3	67
22	Richie Incognito	LVR	$6,350,000	3	81
23	Jamon Brown	ATL	$6,250,000	3	72
24	Alex Lewis	NYJ	$6,200,000	4	130
25	Quenton Nelson	IND	$5,972,227	1	6

	Player	Team	Current AAV	Draft Round	Draft Pick
1	Rodney Hudson	LVR	$11,250,000	2	55
2	Mitch Morse	BUF	$11,125,000	2	49
3	Nick Martin	HOU	$11,000,000	2	50
4	Maurkice Pouncey	PIT	$11,000,000	1	18
5	J.C. Tretter	CLE	$10,850,000	4	122
6	Ryan Jensen	TB	$10,500,000	6	203
7	Brandon Linder	JAC	$10,340,600	3	93
8	Cody Whitehair	CHI	$10,250,000	2	56
9	Matt Paradis	CAR	$9,676,667	6	207
10	Weston Richburg	SF	$9,500,000	2	43
11	Connor McGovern	NYJ	$9,000,000	5	144
12	Mike Pouncey	LAC	$9,000,000	1	15
13	Alex Mack	ATL	$9,000,000	1	21
14	Corey Linsley	GB	$8,500,000	5	161
15	Jason Kelce	PHI	$8,166,667	6	191
16	Trey Hopkins	CIN	$6,800,000	-	-
17	Ben Jones	TEN	$6,750,000	4	99
18	Nick Easton	NO	$5,750,000	-	-
19	B.J. Finney	SEA	$4,000,000	-	-
20	Garrett Bradbury	MIN	$3,220,718	1	18
21	David Andrews	NE	$3,000,000	-	-
22	Greg Mancz	HOU	$3,000,000	-	-
23	Ted Karras	MIA	$3,000,000	6	221
24	Frank Ragnow	DET	$2,945,035	1	20
25	Billy Price	CIN	$2,928,123	1	21

	Player	Team	Current AAV	Draft Round	Draft Pick
1	Aaron Donald	LAR	$22,500,000	1	13
2	DeForest Buckner	IND	$21,000,000	1	7
3	Fletcher Cox	PHI	$17,100,000	1	12
4	Grady Jarrett	ATL	$17,000,000	5	137
5	Geno Atkins	CIN	$16,300,000	4	120
6	Chris Jones	KC	$16,126,000	2	37
7	D.J. Reader	CIN	$13,250,000	5	166
8	Javon Hargrave	PHI	$13,000,000	3	89
9	Sheldon Richardson	CLE	$12,333,333	1	13
10	Akiem Hicks	CHI	$12,000,000	3	89
11	Jarran Reed	SEA	$11,500,000	2	49
12	Eddie Goldman	CHI	$10,510,000	2	39
13	Brandon Williams	BAL	$10,500,000	3	94
14	Jordan Phillips	ARI	$10,000,000	2	52
15	Malik Jackson	PHI	$10,000,000	5	137
16	Cameron Heyward	PIT	$9,866,667	1	31
17	Michael Pierce	MIN	$9,000,000	-	-
18	David Onyemata	NO	$8,666,667	4	120
19	Linval Joseph	LAC	$8,500,000	2	46
20	A'Shawn Robinson	LAR	$8,500,000	2	46
21	Ndamukong Suh	TB	$8,000,000	1	2
22	Vernon Butler	BUF	$7,500,000	1	30
23	Matthew Ioannidis	WAS	$7,250,000	5	152
24	Solomon Thomas	SF	$7,038,592	1	3
25	DaQuan Jones	TEN	$7,000,000	4	112

	Player	Team	Current AAV	Draft Round	Draft Pick
1	Khalil Mack	CHI	$23,500,000	1	5
2	DeMarcus Lawrence	DAL	$21,000,000	2	34
3	Frank Clark	KC	$20,800,000	2	63
4	Von Miller	DEN	$19,016,667	1	2
5	Trey Flowers	DET	$18,000,000	4	101
6	Yannick Ngakoue	JAC	$17,788,000	3	69
7	Cameron Jordan	NO	$17,500,000	1	24
8	Dee Ford	SF	$17,100,000	1	23
9	Arik Armstead	SF	$17,000,000	1	17
10	Olivier Vernon	CLE	$17,000,000	3	72
11	Matt Judon	BAL	$16,808,000	5	146
12	J.J. Watt	HOU	$16,667,571	1	11
13	Chandler Jones	ARI	$16,500,000	1	21
14	Za'Darius Smith	GB	$16,500,000	4	122
15	Leonard Williams	NYG	$16,126,000	1	6
16	Kawann Short	CAR	$16,100,000	2	44
17	Melvin Ingram	LAC	$16,000,000	1	18
18	Bud Dupree	PIT	$15,828,000	1	22
19	Shaquil Barrett	TB	$15,828,000	-	-
20	Jurrell Casey	DEN	$15,100,000	3	77
21	Dante Fowler Jr.	ATL	$15,000,000	1	3
22	Danielle Hunter	MIN	$14,400,000	3	88
23	Robert Quinn	CHI	$14,000,000	1	14
24	Carlos Dunlap	CIN	$13,550,000	2	54
25	Whitney Mercilus	HOU	$13,500,000	1	26

	Player Name	Team Abbr	Cont. AAV	Draft Round	Draft Pick
1	Bobby Wagner	SEA	$18,000,000	2	47
2	C.J. Mosley	NYJ	$17,000,000	1	17
3	Myles Jack	JAC	$14,250,000	2	36
4	Deion Jones	ATL	$14,250,000	2	52
5	Shaq Thompson	CAR	$13,608,250	1	25
6	Cory Littleton	LVR	$11,750,000	-	-
7	Jaylon Smith	DAL	$11,403,500	2	34
8	Joe Schobert	JAC	$10,750,000	4	99
9	Blake Martinez	NYG	$10,250,000	4	131
10	Lavonte David	TB	$10,050,000	2	58
11	Benardrick McKinney	HOU	$10,000,000	2	43
12	Eric Kendricks	MIN	$10,000,000	2	45
13	Leonard Floyd	LAR	$10,000,000	1	9
14	Anthony Hitchens	KC	$9,000,000	4	119
15	Jordan Hicks	ARI	$8,500,000	3	84
16	Avery Williamson	NYJ	$7,500,000	5	151
17	Devin White	TB	$7,328,954	1	5
18	Danny Trevathan	CHI	$7,250,000	6	188
19	Christian Kirksey	GB	$6,500,000	3	71
20	Vince Williams	PIT	$6,200,000	6	206
21	De'Vondre Campbell	ARI	$6,000,000	4	115
22	Denzel Perryman	LAC	$6,000,000	2	48
23	Todd Davis	DEN	$5,000,000	-	-
24	Devin Bush	PIT	$4,717,941	1	10
25	Roquan Smith	CHI	$4,619,292	1	8

	Player	Team	Current AAV	Draft Round	Draft Pick
1	Darius Slay	PHI	$16,683,333	2	36
2	Byron Jones	MIA	$16,500,000	1	27
3	Xavien Howard	MIA	$15,050,000	2	38
4	James Bradberry	NYG	$14,500,000	2	62
5	Patrick Peterson	ARI	$14,010,000	1	5
6	Trae Waynes	CIN	$14,000,000	1	11
7	Marcus Peters	BAL	$14,000,000	1	18
8	Kyle Fuller	CHI	$13,500,000	1	14
9	A.J. Bouye	DEN	$13,500,000	-	-
10	Stephon Gilmore	NE	$13,000,000	1	10
11	Malcolm Butler	TEN	$12,250,000	-	-
12	Joe Haden	PIT	$11,200,000	1	7
13	Casey Hayward	LAC	$11,083,333	2	62
14	Bradley Roby	HOU	$10,500,000	1	31
15	Kendall Fuller	WAS	$10,000,000	3	84
16	Desmond Trufant	DET	$10,000,000	1	22
17	Richard Sherman	SF	$9,050,000	5	154
18	Justin Coleman	DET	$9,000,000	-	-
19	Tavon Young	BAL	$8,600,000	4	104
20	Steven Nelson	PIT	$8,500,000	3	98
21	Chris Harris	LAC	$8,500,000	-	-
22	Janoris Jenkins	NO	$8,375,000	2	39
23	Kenny Moore	IND	$8,325,000	-	-
24	Robert Alford	ARI	$7,500,000	2	60
25	Denzel Ward	CLE	$7,291,339	1	4

	Player	Team	Current AAV	Draft Round	Draft Pick
1	Eddie Jackson	CHI	$14,600,000	4	112
2	Kevin Byard	TEN	$14,100,000	3	64
3	Landon Collins	WAS	$14,000,000	2	33
4	Tyrann Mathieu	KC	$14,000,000	3	69
5	Earl Thomas	BAL	$13,750,000	1	14
6	Devin McCourty	NE	$11,500,000	1	27
7	Justin Simmons	DEN	$11,441,000	3	98
8	Anthony Harris	MIN	$11,441,000	-	-
9	Kareem Jackson	DEN	$11,000,000	1	20
10	LaMarcus Joyner	LVR	$10,500,000	2	41
11	Harrison Smith	MIN	$10,250,000	1	29
12	Jordan Poyer	BUF	$9,750,000	7	218
13	Jimmie Ward	SF	$9,500,000	1	30
14	Adrian Amos	GB	$9,000,000	5	142
15	Malcolm Jenkins	NO	$8,000,000	1	14
16	Bobby McCain	MIA	$6,750,000	5	145
17	Jaquiski Tartt	SF	$6,500,000	2	46
18	Ricardo Allen	ATL	$6,500,000	5	147
19	Quandre Diggs	SEA	$6,200,000	6	200
20	Micah Hyde	BUF	$6,100,000	5	159
21	Vonn Bell	CIN	$6,000,000	2	61
22	Eric Murray	HOU	$6,000,000	4	106
23	Tre Boston	CAR	$6,000,000	4	128
24	Kenny Vaccaro	TEN	$6,000,000	1	15
25	Jamal Adams	NYJ	$5,564,685	1	6

	Player	Team	Current AAV	Draft Round	Draft Pick
1	Justin Tucker	BAL	$5,000,000	-	-
2	Robbie Gould	SF	$4,750,000	-	-
3	Ka'imi Fairbairn	HOU	$4,412,500	-	-
4	Mason Crosby	GB	$4,300,000	6	193
5	Graham Gano	CAR	$4,250,000	-	-
6	Chris Boswell	PIT	$4,201,500	-	-
7	Harrison Butker	KC	$4,055,000	7	233
8	Wil Lutz	NO	$4,050,000	-	-
9	Steven Hauschka	BUF	$4,000,000	-	-
10	Thomas Morstead	NO	$3,962,500	5	164
11	Josh Lambo	JAC	$3,875,000	-	-
12	Jason Myers	SEA	$3,862,500	-	-
13	Jake Elliott	PHI	$3,861,620	5	153
14	Matt Prater	DET	$3,800,000	-	-
15	Johnny Hekker	LAR	$3,762,943	-	-
16	Brandon McManus	DEN	$3,751,333	-	-
17	Tress Way	WAS	$3,412,500	-	-
18	Dan Bailey	MIN	$3,333,333	-	-
19	Aldrick Rosas	NYG	$3,259,000	-	-
20	Zane Gonzalez	ARI	$3,259,000	7	224
21	Brett Kern	TEN	$3,162,500	-	-
22	Britton Colquitt	MIN	$3,000,000	-	-
23	Riley Dixon	NYG	$2,900,000	7	228
24	Rigoberto Sanchez	IND	$2,900,000	-	-
25	Bryan Anger	HOU	$2,750,000	3	70

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