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. Ryan Tannehill
    TEN, QB
    $38,600,000
  2. Patrick Mahomes
    KC, QB
    $35,793,381
  3. Kirk Cousins
    MIN, QB
    $31,416,668
  4. Jared Goff
    DET, QB
    $31,150,000
  5. Chris Jones
    KC, DT
    $29,415,667

Total Cash

FULL RANKS
  1. Matthew Stafford
    LAR, QB
    $61,500,000
  2. Russell Wilson
    DEN, QB
    $57,000,000
  3. Josh Allen
    BUF, QB
    $47,000,000
  4. Deshaun Watson
    CLE, QB
    $45,367,500
  5. Aaron Rodgers
    GB, QB
    $42,000,000

Base Salary

FULL RANKS
  1. Ryan Tannehill
    TEN, QB
    $29,000,000
  2. Lamar Jackson
    BAL, QB
    $23,016,000
  3. Carson Wentz
    WAS, QB
    $22,000,001
  4. Joey Bosa
    LAC, OLB
    $21,250,000
  5. Sam Darnold
    CAR, QB
    $18,858,000

Workout Bonus

FULL RANKS
  1. Frank Clark
    KC, DE
    $1,250,000
  2. Kenny Clark
    GB, DT
    $700,000
  3. David Bakhtiari
    GB, LT
    $700,000
  4. Jimmy Garoppolo
    SF, QB
    $600,000
  5. Patrick Mahomes
    KC, QB
    $550,000

Contract Length

FULL RANKS
  1. Patrick Mahomes
    KC, QB
    10
  2. Tyron Smith
    DAL, LT
    8
  3. Zack Martin
    DAL, G
    6
  4. Ezekiel Elliott
    DAL, RB
    6
  5. Josh Allen
    BUF, QB
    6

Contract Value

FULL RANKS
  1. Patrick Mahomes
    KC, QB
    $450,000,000
  2. Josh Allen
    BUF, QB
    $258,034,000
  3. Russell Wilson
    DEN, QB
    $242,588,236
  4. Kyler Murray
    ARI, QB
    $230,500,000
  5. Deshaun Watson
    CLE, QB
    $230,000,000

Contract AAV

FULL RANKS
  1. Aaron Rodgers
    GB, QB
    $50,271,667
  2. Russell Wilson
    DEN, QB
    $48,517,647
  3. Kyler Murray
    ARI, QB
    $46,100,000
  4. Deshaun Watson
    CLE, QB
    $46,000,000
  5. Patrick Mahomes
    KC, QB
    $45,000,000

AAV% of Cap

FULL RANKS
  1. Aaron Rodgers
    GB, QB
    24.15%
  2. Josh Allen
    BUF, QB
    23.56%
  3. Russell Wilson
    DEN, QB
    23.30%
  4. Patrick Mahomes
    KC, QB
    22.70%
  5. Kyler Murray
    ARI, QB
    22.14%

Signing Bonus

FULL RANKS
  1. Dak Prescott
    DAL, QB
    $66,000,000
  2. Matthew Stafford
    LAR, QB
    $60,000,000
  3. Russell Wilson
    DEN, QB
    $50,000,000
  4. Matt Ryan
    IND, QB
    $46,500,000
  5. Deshaun Watson
    CLE, QB
    $44,965,000

2-Year Cash

FULL RANKS
  1. Dak Prescott
    DAL, QB
    $95,000,000
  2. Deshaun Watson
    CLE, QB
    $91,367,500
  3. Matthew Stafford
    LAR, QB
    $89,000,000
  4. Russell Wilson
    DEN, QB
    $85,000,000
  5. Matt Ryan
    IND, QB
    $74,014,610

3-Year Cash

FULL RANKS
  1. Aaron Rodgers
    GB, QB
    $150,815,000
  2. Deshaun Watson
    CLE, QB
    $137,367,500
  3. Dak Prescott
    DAL, QB
    $126,000,000
  4. Matthew Stafford
    LAR, QB
    $125,000,000
  5. Russell Wilson
    DEN, QB
    $124,000,000

Total Guaranteed

FULL RANKS
  1. Deshaun Watson
    CLE, QB
    $230,000,000
  2. Russell Wilson
    DEN, QB
    $161,000,000
  3. Kyler Murray
    ARI, QB
    $159,797,000
  4. Aaron Rodgers
    GB, QB
    $150,815,000
  5. Josh Allen
    BUF, QB
    $150,000,000

GTD at Signing

FULL RANKS
  1. Deshaun Watson
    CLE, QB
    $230,000,000
  2. Russell Wilson
    DEN, QB
    $124,000,000
  3. Kyler Murray
    ARI, QB
    $103,300,000
  4. Aaron Rodgers
    GB, QB
    $101,515,000
  5. Josh Allen
    BUF, QB
    $100,038,596

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