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. Ndamukong Suh
    DET, DT
    $22,412,500
  2. Gerald McCoy
    TB, DT
    $21,295,000
  3. Eli Manning
    NYG, QB
    $20,400,000
  4. Ben Roethlisberger
    PIT, QB
    $18,895,000
  5. Mario Williams
    BUF, DE
    $18,800,000

Total Cash

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  1. Matt Ryan
    ATL, QB
    $36,500,000
  2. Joe Haden
    CLE, CB
    $22,978,193
  3. Joe Flacco
    BAL, QB
    $21,000,000
  4. Carson Palmer
    ARI, QB
    $19,000,000
  5. Alex Smith
    KC, QB
    $19,000,000

Base Salary

FULL RANKS
  1. Gerald McCoy
    TB, DT
    $17,500,000
  2. Jay Cutler
    CHI, QB
    $17,500,000
  3. Eli Manning
    NYG, QB
    $15,150,000
  4. Mike Wallace
    MIA, WR
    $15,000,000
  5. Peyton Manning
    DEN, QB
    $15,000,000

Workout Bonus

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  1. D'Brickashaw Ferguson
    NYJ, LT
    $750,000
  2. Nick Mangold
    NYJ, C
    $500,000
  3. Eli Manning
    NYG, QB
    $500,000
  4. DeSean Jackson
    WAS, WR
    $500,000
  5. Aaron Rodgers
    GB, QB
    $500,000

Contract Length

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  1. Tyron Smith
    DAL, LT
    8
  2. Donald Butler
    SD, ILB
    7
  3. Larry Fitzgerald
    ARI, WR
    7
  4. Joe Thomas
    CLE, LT
    7
  5. Jay Cutler
    CHI, QB
    7

Contract Value

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  1. Jay Cutler
    CHI, QB
    $126,700,000
  2. Joe Flacco
    BAL, QB
    $120,600,000
  3. Colin Kaepernick
    SF, QB
    $114,000,000
  4. Calvin Johnson
    DET, WR
    $113,450,000
  5. Larry Fitzgerald
    ARI, WR
    $113,000,000

Contract AAV

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  1. Aaron Rodgers
    GB, QB
    $22,000,000
  2. Matt Ryan
    ATL, QB
    $20,750,000
  3. Joe Flacco
    BAL, QB
    $20,100,000
  4. Drew Brees
    NO, QB
    $20,000,000
  5. Peyton Manning
    DEN, QB
    $19,200,000

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. Peyton Manning
    DEN, QB
    15.92%

Signing Bonus

FULL RANKS
  1. Drew Brees
    NO, QB
    $37,000,000
  2. Aaron Rodgers
    GB, QB
    $33,250,000
  3. Tom Brady
    NE, QB
    $30,000,000
  4. Charles Johnson
    CAR, DE
    $30,000,000
  5. Joe Flacco
    BAL, QB
    $29,000,000

2-Year Cash

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  1. Matt Ryan
    ATL, QB
    $51,500,000
  2. Joe Flacco
    BAL, QB
    $51,000,000
  3. Drew Brees
    NO, QB
    $50,000,000
  4. Aaron Rodgers
    GB, QB
    $49,158,256
  5. Calvin Johnson
    DET, WR
    $45,155,000

3-Year Cash

FULL RANKS
  1. Matt Ryan
    ATL, QB
    $63,007,925
  2. Joe Flacco
    BAL, QB
    $62,000,000
  3. Drew Brees
    NO, QB
    $61,000,000
  4. Aaron Rodgers
    GB, QB
    $60,767,029
  5. Peyton Manning
    DEN, QB
    $58,000,000

Total Guaranteed

FULL RANKS
  1. Colin Kaepernick
    SF, QB
    $61,000,000
  2. Peyton Manning
    DEN, QB
    $58,000,000
  3. Tony Romo
    DAL, QB
    $55,000,000
  4. Jay Cutler
    CHI, QB
    $54,000,000
  5. Aaron Rodgers
    GB, QB
    $54,000,000

GTD at Signing

FULL RANKS
  1. Drew Brees
    NO, QB
    $40,000,000
  2. Tony Romo
    DAL, QB
    $40,000,000
  3. Jay Cutler
    CHI, QB
    $38,000,000
  4. Matthew Stafford
    DET, QB
    $33,500,000
  5. Aaron Rodgers
    GB, QB
    $33,250,000

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