NFL Career Earnings

Listing the top salaries, career earnings for all NFL players.

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Rank Player Pos Draft YOE Teams Earnings
1 Aaron Rodgers QB 2005-R1 19
GB: $305.61M / NYJ: $36.89M
$342,496,898
2 Tom Brady QB 2000-R6 23
NE: $235.17M / TB: $97.80M
$332,962,392
3 Matthew Stafford QB 2009-R1 15
DET: $219.31M / LAR: $109.00M
$328,306,037
4 Matt Ryan QB 2008-R1 15
ATL: $267.01M / IND: $36.71M
$303,713,631
5 Drew Brees QB 2001-R2 20
NO: $256.53M / SD: $13.18M
$269,710,422
6 Ben Roethlisberger QB 2004-R1 18
PIT: $267.29M
$267,286,864
7 Russell Wilson QB 2012-R3 12
SEA: $181.36M / DEN: $85.00M
$266,362,520
8 Eli Manning QB 2004-R1 15
NYG: $252.28M
$252,280,004
9 Peyton Manning QB 1998-R1 18
IND: $171.73M / DEN: $77.00M
$248,732,000
10 Philip Rivers QB 2004-R1 17
SD: $218.92M / IND: $25.03M
$243,944,322
11 Kirk Cousins QB 2012-R4 12
MIN: $185.03M / WAS: $46.64M
$231,669,486
12 Ryan Tannehill QB 2012-R1 11
TEN: $123.43M / MIA: $72.55M
$195,975,979
13 Alex Smith QB 2005-R1 16
WAS: $71.00M / KC: $68.25M / SF: $50.48M
$189,725,000
14 Larry Fitzgerald WR 2004-R1 17
ARI: $180.76M
$180,757,239
15 Von Miller OLB 2011-R1 13
DEN: $143.75M / BUF: $34.82M / LAR: $0.72M
$179,295,534
16 Joe Flacco QB 2008-R1 16
BAL: $147.80M / DEN: $18.50M / NYJ: $5.24M / PHI: $2.84M / CLE: $1.29M
$175,675,063
17 Carson Palmer QB 2003-R1 15
CIN: $84.63M / ARI: $74.52M / OAK: $15.00M
$174,148,722
18 Trent Williams LT 2010-R1 14
WAS: $95.81M / SF: $72.85M
$168,658,608
19 Ndamukong Suh DT 2010-R1 12
DET: $64.22M / MIA: $60.00M / TB: $27.45M / LAR: $14.50M / PHI: $2.00M
$168,165,157
20 Derek Carr QB 2014-R2 10
OAK: $135.67M / NO: $30.00M
$165,666,395
21 Julius Peppers DE 2002-R1 17
CAR: $84.83M / CHI: $54.10M / GB: $26.05M
$164,973,786
22 Dak Prescott QB 2016-R4 8
DAL: $162.32M
$162,317,825
23 Jared Goff QB 2016-R1 8
LAR: $83.24M / DET: $77.78M
$161,016,068
24 Aaron Donald DT 2014-R1 9
LAR: $157.11M
$157,114,238
25 Khalil Mack OLB 2014-R1 10
CHI: $90.98M / LAC: $40.65M / OAK: $18.71M
$150,345,498
26 Julio Jones WR 2011-R1 12
ATL: $125.34M / TEN: $17.30M / TB: $5.49M / PHI: $1.04M
$149,167,021
27 Jimmy Garoppolo QB 2014-R2 10
SF: $122.24M / LV: $23.35M / NE: $3.07M
$148,667,439
28 Deshaun Watson QB 2017-R1 7
CLE: $91.37M / HOU: $51.40M
$142,762,978
29 Brett Favre QB 1991-R2 20
GB: $101.12M / MIN: $28.00M / NYJ: $12.00M / ATL: $0.71M
$141,829,000
30 Calais Campbell DE 2008-R2 16
ARI: $58.07M / JAX: $45.00M / BAL: $31.52M / ATL: $7.08M
$141,668,685
31 Patrick Mahomes QB 2017-R1 7
KC: $136.25M
$136,254,472
32 Cam Newton QB 2011-R1 12
CAR: $127.39M / NE: $6.15M
$133,545,071
33 Chandler Jones OLB 2012-R1 11
ARI: $90.32M / LV: $32.63M / NE: $8.17M
$131,124,510
34 Sam Bradford QB 2010-R1 9
STL: $65.06M / MIN: $25.03M / PHI: $24.00M / ARI: $15.94M
$130,022,863
35 J.J. Watt DE 2011-R1 12
HOU: $100.75M / ARI: $29.00M
$129,748,000
36 Carson Wentz QB 2016-R1 8
PHI: $79.06M / WAS: $28.29M / IND: $21.31M / LAR: $0.77M
$129,429,340
37 Joey Bosa DE 2016-R1 8
SD: $127.89M
$127,894,417
38 Tony Romo QB UDFA 14
DAL: $127.42M
$127,422,458
39 David Bakhtiari LT 2013-R4 10
GB: $126.88M
$126,875,928
40 Fletcher Cox DT 2012-R1 11
PHI: $125.89M
$125,890,246
41 DeAndre Hopkins WR 2013-R1 11
HOU: $56.70M / ARI: $54.88M / TEN: $13.88M
$125,457,890
42 Cameron Jordan DE 2011-R1 13
NO: $125.02M
$125,020,690
43 Darrelle Revis CB 2007-R1 9
NYJ: $95.86M / TB: $16.00M / NE: $12.00M / KC: $0.35M
$124,211,129
44 Joe Thomas LT 2007-R1 11
CLE: $122.85M
$122,850,000
45 Jay Cutler QB 2006-R1 12
CHI: $96.92M / DEN: $15.28M / MIA: $10.00M
$122,196,087
46 Gerald McCoy DT 2010-R1 12
TB: $110.11M / CAR: $8.02M / DAL: $3.10M / LV: $0.88M
$122,118,464
47 Joe Haden CB 2010-R1 12
CLE: $75.07M / PIT: $46.40M
$121,471,755
48 Mario Williams DE 2006-R1 11
BUF: $67.40M / HOU: $44.50M / MIA: $8.50M
$120,400,000
49 Jason Peters LT UDFA 19
PHI: $104.11M / BUF: $11.66M / DAL: $1.88M / CHI: $1.53M / SEA: $0.90M
$120,071,925
50 Tyron Smith LT 2011-R1 13
DAL: $119.10M
$119,097,504
51 A.J. Green WR 2011-R1 12
CIN: $108.06M / ARI: $10.72M
$118,781,164
52 Lane Johnson RT 2013-R1 11
PHI: $118.44M
$118,436,625
53 DeMarcus Lawrence DE 2014-R2 10
DAL: $117.35M
$117,349,519
54 Amari Cooper WR 2015-R1 9
DAL: $54.39M / CLE: $40.00M / OAK: $22.28M
$116,672,334
55 Michael Vick QB 2001-R1 13
ATL: $57.46M / PHI: $53.48M / NYJ: $4.00M / PIT: $1.02M
$115,952,908
56 Cameron Heyward DE 2011-R1 13
PIT: $115.58M
$115,582,735
57 Patrick Peterson CB 2011-R1 12
ARI: $94.76M / MIN: $12.00M / PIT: $7.15M
$113,907,324
58 Josh Allen QB 2018-R1 6
BUF: $113.08M
$113,076,199
59 Lamar Jackson QB 2018-R1 6
BAL: $112.77M
$112,774,549
60 Robert Quinn DE 2011-R1 12
STL: $49.05M / CHI: $42.37M / MIA: $12.57M / DAL: $7.96M / PHI: $0.68M
$112,630,637
61 Davante Adams WR 2014-R2 10
GB: $61.97M / LV: $50.25M
$112,218,141
62 Calvin Johnson WR 2007-R1 9
DET: $112.22M
$112,216,086
63 Jake Matthews LT 2014-R1 10
ATL: $112.18M
$112,180,093
64 Leonard Williams DE 2015-R1 9
NYG: $82.00M / NYJ: $29.36M / SEA: $0.65M
$112,008,445
65 Mike Evans WR 2014-R1 10
TB: $110.36M
$110,362,362
66 Keenan Allen WR 2013-R3 11
SD: $110.01M
$110,012,117
67 Stephon Gilmore CB 2012-R1 12
NE: $58.20M / BUF: $23.17M / IND: $10.99M / DAL: $10.98M / CAR: $6.09M
$109,426,433
68 Andrew Luck QB 2012-R1 7
IND: $109.11M
$109,107,998
69 Russell Okung LT 2010-R1 11
SEA: $48.52M / LAC: $39.31M / CAR: $13.05M / DEN: $8.00M
$108,873,265
70 Brandin Cooks WR 2014-R1 10
HOU: $45.51M / LAR: $42.46M / DAL: $12.00M / NO: $6.94M / NE: $1.56M
$108,470,356
71 Terrell Suggs OLB 2003-R1 17
BAL: $105.21M / ARI: $2.65M / KC: $0.37M
$108,228,797
72 Andrew Whitworth LT 2006-R2 16
CIN: $54.23M / LAR: $53.55M
$107,775,928
73 Stefon Diggs WR 2015-R5 9
BUF: $78.92M / MIN: $28.69M
$107,605,421
74 Justin Houston DE 2011-R3 12
KC: $71.55M / IND: $23.04M / BAL: $6.58M / CAR: $6.00M
$107,165,369
75 Andy Dalton QB 2011-R2 13
CIN: $83.53M / CHI: $10.00M / CAR: $6.00M / NO: $4.00M / DAL: $3.10M
$106,627,794
76 Andre Johnson WR 2003-R1 13
HOU: $95.56M / IND: $10.00M / TEN: $0.46M
$106,022,999
77 Myles Garrett DE 2017-R1 7
CLE: $104.52M
$104,524,426
78 Jason Pierre-Paul DE 2010-R1 12
NYG: $56.69M / TB: $45.85M / BAL: $1.15M / MIA: $0.19M / NO: $0.10M
$103,983,333
79 Adrian Peterson RB 2007-R1 13
MIN: $94.71M / WAS: $3.55M / NO: $2.79M / DET: $1.15M / ARI: $0.71M / TEN: $0.18M / SEA: $0.13M
$103,215,972
80 Champ Bailey CB 1999-R1 15
DEN: $91.03M / WAS: $11.28M / NO: $0.50M
$102,807,025
81 Laremy Tunsil LT 2016-R1 8
HOU: $92.39M / MIA: $10.31M
$102,702,675
82 Bobby Wagner ILB 2012-R2 12
SEA: $91.76M / LAR: $10.75M
$102,508,441
83 Duane Brown LT 2008-R1 15
SEA: $50.45M / HOU: $32.32M / NYJ: $19.00M
$101,773,607
84 Terron Armstead LT 2013-R3 11
NO: $68.10M / MIA: $33.41M
$101,515,138
85 Ronnie Stanley LT 2016-R1 8
BAL: $101.15M
$101,145,183
86 Brandon Scherff G 2015-R1 9
WAS: $66.84M / JAX: $33.88M
$100,726,076
87 Donovan McNabb QB 1999-R1 13
PHI: $76.06M / WAS: $18.58M / MIN: $5.05M
$99,689,735
88 Kyler Murray QB 2019-R1 5
ARI: $99.27M
$99,272,938
89 Odell Beckham, Jr. WR 2014-R1 10
CLE: $46.78M / NYG: $31.87M / BAL: $16.00M / LAR: $4.25M
$98,896,476
90 Darius Slay CB 2013-R2 11
PHI: $54.85M / DET: $43.94M
$98,789,394
91 Dwight Freeney OLB 2002-R1 13
IND: $86.17M / SD: $9.27M / ARI: $1.21M / ATL: $1.00M / DET: $0.48M / SEA: $0.27M
$98,394,175
92 Charles Woodson SS 1998-R1 18
GB: $57.87M / OAK: $40.02M
$97,899,369
93 Jared Allen DE 2004-R4 12
MIN: $78.73M / CHI: $14.72M / KC: $3.59M / CAR: $0.82M
$97,862,763
94 Geno Atkins DT 2010-R4 11
CIN: $96.00M
$95,999,495
95 Ray Lewis LB 1996-R1 17
BAL: $95.73M
$95,725,000
96 Allen Robinson WR 2014-R2 11
CHI: $60.84M / LAR: $25.75M / PIT: $5.00M / JAX: $3.69M
$95,280,505
97 Danielle Hunter DE 2015-R3 9
MIN: $94.86M
$94,864,477
98 Matt Schaub QB 2004-R3 17
HOU: $69.40M / ATL: $14.95M / OAK: $8.00M / BAL: $2.00M
$94,353,850
99 DeForest Buckner DT 2016-R1 8
IND: $76.15M / SF: $18.19M
$94,342,973
100 Zack Martin G 2014-R1 10
DAL: $93.99M
$93,985,531

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