Baker Mayfield

Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Quarterback

Age: 29y-9m-7d (Apr 14, 1995)

Exp: 6 Years

Country: US

College: Oklahoma

Drafted: Round 1 (#1 overall), 2018

Agent(s): Thomas Mills (Capital Sports Advisors)

2025 Cap Hit

$35,775,000

2025 Cash

$30,000,000

Career Earnings

$87,756,674

2024-2026 pending-free-agent-extension (CURRENT)

Baker Mayfield signed a 3 year , $100,000,000 contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, including $28,875,000 signing bonus, $50,000,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $33,333,333. In 2025, Mayfield will earn a base salary of $30,000,000, while carrying a cap hit of $35,775,000 and a dead cap value of $33,100,000.

Contract Terms:

3 yr(s) / $100,000,000

Average Salary:

$33,333,333

Signing Bonus:

$28,875,000

GTD at Sign:

$40,000,000

Total GTD:

$50,000,000

Free Agent:

2027 / UFA

MANAGE CONTRACT

Year	Age	Status	Cap HitAnnual	Cap % League Cap	Cash Annual	Cash Cumulative	Dead Cap Annual
2024	29		$6,900,000	2.70%	$32,500,000	$32,500,000	$40,125,000
POTENTIAL OUT: 2025, 1 YR, $32,500,000; $33,100,000 DEAD CAP
2025	30		$35,775,000	13.01%	$30,000,000	$62,500,000	$33,100,000
2026	31		$45,775,000	15.56%	$40,000,000	$102,500,000	$17,325,000
2027	32	Void UFA	$11,550,000	3.67%	-	$102,500,000	$11,550,000
2028		Void	$5,775,000	1.71%	-	$102,500,000	-

Year	Age	Status	Base P5 Salary	Signing Proration	Cap Hit	Cap % League Cap	Dead Cap
2024	29		$1,125,000	$5,775,000	$6,900,000	2.70%	$40,125,000
POTENTIAL OUT: 2025, 1 YR, $32,500,000; $33,100,000 DEAD CAP
2025	30		$30,000,000	$5,775,000	$35,775,000	13.01%	$33,100,000	2025 Release/Trade PRE-6/1 RELEASE Today → 03/16/2025 2025 Dead Cap: $33,100,000 2025 Cap Savings: $2,675,000 03/16/2025 → 06/01/2025 2025 Dead Cap: $43,100,000 2025 Cap Savings: $-7,325,000 PRE-6/1 TRADE 2025 Dead Cap: $23,100,000 2025 Savings: $12,675,000 What is a Pre-6/1 Release or Trade? When a player is released or traded before June 1st, all of the dead cap remaining on his contract (including any guaranteed salary) accelerates into the current year. POST-6/1 RELEASE 2025 Dead Cap: $15,775,000 2026 Dead Cap: $17,325,000 2025 Savings: $20,000,000 POST-6/1 TRADE 2025 Dead Cap: $5,775,000 2026 Dead Cap: $17,325,000 2025 Savings: $30,000,000 What is a Post-6/1 Release or Trade? When a release or trade is processed after June 1st (including a Post June 1st Designation transaction), the remaining dead cap on the contract is allowed to split across the current year & the following year. Dead cap that is directly associated with the current year plus all future guaranteed salary remains as current year dead cap, while the remaining future year dead cap is allocated to the following season.
2026	31		$40,000,000	$5,775,000	$45,775,000	15.56%	$17,325,000	2026 Release/Trade PRE-6/1 RELEASE 2026 Dead Cap: $17,325,000 2026 Savings: $28,450,000 PRE-6/1 TRADE 2026 Dead Cap: $17,325,000 2026 Savings: $28,450,000 What is a Pre-6/1 Release or Trade? When a player is released or traded before June 1st, all of the dead cap remaining on his contract (including any guaranteed salary) accelerates into the current year. POST-6/1 RELEASE 2026 Dead Cap: $5,775,000 2027 Dead Cap: $11,550,000 2026 Savings: $40,000,000 POST-6/1 TRADE 2026 Dead Cap: $5,775,000 2027 Dead Cap: $11,550,000 2026 Savings: $40,000,000 What is a Post-6/1 Release or Trade? When a release or trade is processed after June 1st (including a Post June 1st Designation transaction), the remaining dead cap on the contract is allowed to split across the current year & the following year. Dead cap that is directly associated with the current year plus all future guaranteed salary remains as current year dead cap, while the remaining future year dead cap is allocated to the following season.
2027	32	Void UFA	-	$5,775,000	$11,550,000	3.67%	$11,550,000	2027 Release/Trade PRE-6/1 RELEASE 2027 Dead Cap: $11,550,000 2027 Savings: $0 PRE-6/1 TRADE 2027 Dead Cap: $11,550,000 2027 Savings: $0 What is a Pre-6/1 Release or Trade? When a player is released or traded before June 1st, all of the dead cap remaining on his contract (including any guaranteed salary) accelerates into the current year. POST-6/1 RELEASE 2027 Dead Cap: $0 2028 Dead Cap: $11,550,000 2027 Savings: $11,550,000 POST-6/1 TRADE 2027 Dead Cap: $0 2028 Dead Cap: $11,550,000 2027 Savings: $11,550,000 What is a Post-6/1 Release or Trade? When a release or trade is processed after June 1st (including a Post June 1st Designation transaction), the remaining dead cap on the contract is allowed to split across the current year & the following year. Dead cap that is directly associated with the current year plus all future guaranteed salary remains as current year dead cap, while the remaining future year dead cap is allocated to the following season.
2028		Void	-	$5,775,000	$5,775,000	1.71%	-	2028 Release/Trade PRE-6/1 RELEASE 2028 Dead Cap: $0 2028 Savings: $5,775,000 PRE-6/1 TRADE 2028 Dead Cap: $0 2028 Savings: $5,775,000 What is a Pre-6/1 Release or Trade? When a player is released or traded before June 1st, all of the dead cap remaining on his contract (including any guaranteed salary) accelerates into the current year. POST-6/1 RELEASE 2028 Dead Cap: $0 2029 Dead Cap: $0 2028 Savings: $5,775,000 POST-6/1 TRADE 2028 Dead Cap: $0 2029 Dead Cap: $0 2028 Savings: $5,775,000 What is a Post-6/1 Release or Trade? When a release or trade is processed after June 1st (including a Post June 1st Designation transaction), the remaining dead cap on the contract is allowed to split across the current year & the following year. Dead cap that is directly associated with the current year plus all future guaranteed salary remains as current year dead cap, while the remaining future year dead cap is allocated to the following season.

Year	Age	Status	Base P5 Salary	Signing Bonus	Cash Total	Cash Cumulative	Cash Remaining
2024	29		$1,125,000	$28,875,000	$32,500,000	$32,500,000	$102,500,000
POTENTIAL OUT: 2025, 1 YR, $32,500,000; $33,100,000 DEAD CAP
2025	30		$30,000,000	-	$30,000,000	$62,500,000	$70,000,000
2026	31		$40,000,000	-	$40,000,000	$102,500,000	$40,000,000
2027	32	Void	-	-	-	$102,500,000	-
2028	33	Void	-	-	-	$102,500,000	-

Contract Notes

$40M guaranteed at signing (signing bonus + 2024 salary + $10M of 2025 salary)
Additional $10M of 2025 compensation becomes fully guaranteed 3/16/2025 (injury guaranteed at sign)
2027-2028 years automatically void 23 days before the 2027 league year
Annual Performance Incentives
Top 5 Passer Rating: $500,000 (earned 2024)
Top 10 NFL or Top 5 NFC in Completion %: $500,000 (earned 2024)
Top 10 NFL or Top 5 NFC in Yards/Attempt: $500,000 (earned 2024)
Improved at Passer Rating, Comp. %, Int. %, Total Yards, Yards/Att, TD Passes AND Top 10 NFL or Top 5 NFC in TD Passes: $500,000 (earned 2024)
Improved at Passer Rating, Comp. %, Int. %, Total Yards, Yards/Att, TD Passes AND Top 10 NFL or Top 5 NFC in Passing Yards: $500,000 (earned 2024)
Annual Playoff Incentives (non-cumulative)
Team Improvement Yards/Rush + Wild Card Win (75% snaps): $500,000
Divisional Round Win (75% snaps): $1.25M
Conference Championship Win (75% snaps): $1.75M
Super Bowl Win (75% snaps): $2.5M

Source: NFL contract specifics generally collected from verified reports.

2023-2023 Free Agent

Contract Terms:

1 yr(s) / $4,000,000

Average Salary:

$4,000,000

Signing Bonus:

$2,875,000

GTD at Sign:

$4,000,000

Total GTD:

$4,000,000

Free Agent:

2024 / UFA

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2018-2022 Rookie

Contract Terms:

4 yr(s) / $32,682,980

Average Salary:

$8,170,745

Signing Bonus:

$21,849,440

GTD at Sign:

$32,682,980

Total GTD:

$32,682,980

Free Agent:

2023 / UFA

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Seasons

6 Years

Career Earnings thru 2025

$87,756,674

Earnings w/ Different Teams

4 teams

Earnings Per Year

Year	Age	Status	Cash Total	Cash Cumulative
2018	23	Active	$22,329,440	$22,329,440
2019	24	Active	$1,996,971	$24,326,411
2020	25	Active	$3,615,494	$27,941,905
2021	26	Injured	$5,106,770	$33,048,675
2022	27	Retained Retained Active / Club Exercised	$10,500,000 $3,508,555 $1,349,444	$43,548,675 $47,057,230 $48,406,674
2023	28	Active	$6,850,000	$55,256,674
2024	29	Active	$32,500,000	$87,756,674
Total			$87,756,674	$87,756,674
2025	30	Active	$30,000,000
2026	31	Active	$40,000,000
Total			$157,756,674

Earnings Per Team

Years	Base	Signing	Roster	Restructure	Option	Incentives	Cash Cumulative
5	$13,220,000	$21,849,440	$8,373,540	-	-	$105,695	$43,548,675
1	$3,508,556	-	-	-	-	-	$3,508,555
1	$1,349,444	-	-	-	-	-	$1,349,444
2	$2,250,000	$31,750,000	-	-	-	$5,350,000	$39,350,000

Year	Age	Base	Signing	Restructure	Incentives	Cash Total	Cash Cumulative
2018	23	$480,000	$21,849,440			$22,329,440	$22,329,440
2019	24	$570,000		$1,395,590	$31,381	$1,996,971	$24,326,411
2020	25	$750,000		$2,791,180	$74,314	$3,615,494	$27,941,905
2021	26	$920,000		$4,186,770		$5,106,770	$33,048,675
2022	27	$10,500,000 $3,508,556 $1,349,444				$10,500,000 $3,508,555 $1,349,444	$43,548,675 $47,057,230 $48,406,674
2023	28	$1,125,000	$2,875,000		$2,850,000	$6,850,000	$55,256,674
2024	29	$1,125,000	$28,875,000		$2,500,000	$32,500,000	$87,756,674
Total		$20,328,000	$53,599,440	$8,373,540	$5,455,695	$87,756,674	$87,756,674
2025	30	$30,000,000				$30,000,000
2026	31	$40,000,000				$40,000,000
Total		$90,328,000	$53,599,440	$8,373,540	$5,455,695	$157,756,674

Earnings Per Team

Years	Base	Signing	Roster	Restructure	Option	Incentives	Cash Cumulative
5	$13,220,000	$21,849,440	$8,373,540	-	-	$105,695	$43,548,675
1	$3,508,556	-	-	-	-	-	$3,508,555
1	$1,349,444	-	-	-	-	-	$1,349,444
2	$2,250,000	$31,750,000	-	-	-	$5,350,000	$39,350,000

Injuries

Year		Weeks	Reason
2021	CLE	15 - 15	COVID-19
2021	CLE	18 - 18	Shoulder
2020	CLE	9 - 9	COVID-19

Oct 25, 2024 Fined $11,255 Excessive Facemask against Baltimore (BAL)
Mar 10, 2024 Signed a 3 year $100 million contract extension with Tampa Bay (TB)
Mar 15, 2023 Signed a 1 year $4 million contract with Tampa Bay (TB)
Dec 06, 2022 Claimed off waivers by Los Angeles (LAR)
Dec 05, 2022 Waived by Carolina (CAR)
Jul 06, 2022 Traded to Carolina (CAR) from Cleveland (CLE) for 2024 5th round pick (#136 - traded)
Apr 23, 2021 Cleveland (CLE) exercised an $18.858 million option for 2022
Jul 24, 2018 Signed a 4 year $32.6 million contract with Cleveland (CLE)
Apr 26, 2018 Drafted by Cleveland (CLE): Round 1 (#1 overall)

Fines

Date	Reason	Fine Amount
Oct 25, 2024	Excessive Facemask against Baltimore (BAL)	$11,255
Dec 28, 2018	Taunting against Cincinnati (CIN)	$10,026
Fines: 2		$21,281

Year	Team	GP	GS	Snaps	Snaps%	Pass Attempts	Pass Completions	Pass Completion %	Pass Yards	Pass Yards/Gm	Pass Touchdowns	Pass Interceptions	Pass Rating	Rush Attempts	Rush Yards	Rush Touchdowns	Fum
2024	TB	17	17	1,123	98.30	570	407	71.4	4,500	264.7	41	16	106.76	60	378	3	12
2023	TB	17	17	1,100	99.70	566	364	64.3	4,044	237.9	28	10	94.57	62	163	1	8
2022	LAR	12	10	649	65.60	335	201	60.0	2,163	180.3	10	8	78.99	31	89	1	9
2021	CLE	14	14	877	84.20	418	253	60.5	3,010	215.0	17	13	83.12	37	134	1	6
2020	CLE	16	16	1,046	98.60	486	305	62.8	3,563	222.7	26	8	95.90	54	165	1	8
2019	CLE	16	16	1,062	99.30	534	317	59.4	3,827	239.2	22	21	78.76	28	141	3	6
2018	CLE	14	13	907	83.10	486	310	63.8	3,725	266.1	27	14	93.69	39	131	0	7

Calculated Market Value

$59.5M Avg. Annual Salary

Market Value

3 years, $178,407,405
Avg. Salary: $59,469,135
NFL Rank: 1
QB Rank: 1

Current Contract

Free Agent: 2027
Avg. Salary: $33,333,333
NFL Rank: 21
QB Rank: 18

Comparable Players

We've selected the following players based on their age, contract status, and statistical production to compare Baker Mayfield to.

Player	Length	Value	Avg. Salary	Age When Signed
Joe Burrow	5	$275,000,000	$55,000,000	26
Justin Herbert	5	$262,500,000	$52,500,000	25
Dak Prescott	4	$240,000,000	$60,000,000	31
Jared Goff	4	$212,000,000	$53,000,000	29
Averages	5	$247,375,000	$55,125,000	27.8

Base Calculated Value

After adjusting the above contracts as if signed at Mayfield's current age (29), a linear regression is performed, providing us with the following initial value.

Length	Value	Avg. Salary
3	$172,657,896	$57,552,632

Statistical Comparisons

Now we'll compare our variables and Mayfield statistically over the two seasons prior to their signing. In this case we're analyzing: GP%, Pass Yds/Gm, Pass TD/Gm, Pass INT/Gm, Pass Comp%, Pass Rat, Rush Yds/Gm, Rating

Player	GP%	Pass Yds/Gm	Pass TD/Gm	Pass INT/Gm	Pass Comp%	Pass Rat	Rush Yds/Gm	Rating
Joe Burrow 2021-2022	96.97	283.94	2.16	0.81	69.35	104.52	11.72	91.20
Justin Herbert 2021-2022	100.00	286.85	1.85	0.74	67.05	95.41	13.21	84.35
Dak Prescott 2022-2023	85.29	254.34	2.03	0.83	67.85	98.50	14.62	81.40
Jared Goff 2022-2023	100.00	265.09	1.74	0.56	66.20	98.62	2.76	78.40
Average	95.57	272.56	1.95	0.74	67.61	99.26	10.58	83.84
Baker Mayfield 2023-2024	100.00	251.29	2.03	0.76	67.85	100.67	15.91	80.30
Pct Change	4.64	-7.80	4.10	-2.70	0.35	1.42	50.38	-4.22
Median Prime % Change								0.89%
Average Prime % Change								5.77%

Calculated Market Value: Baker Mayfield

After applying our Prime % figures into our base calculated value, we're given two values. The average of these values becomes our current calculated market value.

Terms	Avg. Salary
3 years, $178,407,405	$59,469,135

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