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 Dak Prescott QB 2016-R4 9
DAL: $436.33M
$436,326,645
2 Matthew Stafford QB 2009-R1 16
DET: $219.31M / LAR: $203.01M
$422,313,912
3 Aaron Rodgers QB 2005-R1 19
GB: $305.61M / NYJ: $112.55M
$418,158,010
4 Kirk Cousins QB 2012-R4 12
MIN: $185.03M / ATL: $180.00M / WAS: $46.64M
$411,669,486
5 Jared Goff QB 2016-R1 8
DET: $318.39M / LAR: $83.24M
$401,627,068
6 Patrick Mahomes QB 2017-R1 7
KC: $368.83M
$368,829,472
7 Tom Brady QB 2000-R6 23
NE: $235.17M / TB: $97.80M
$332,962,392
8 Russell Wilson QB 2012-R3 13
SEA: $181.36M / DEN: $122.79M / PIT: $1.21M
$305,362,520
9 Matt Ryan QB 2008-R1 15
ATL: $267.01M / IND: $36.71M
$303,713,631
10 Kyler Murray QB 2019-R1 6
ARI: $295.96M
$295,957,938
11 Lamar Jackson QB 2018-R1 6
BAL: $292.02M
$292,024,549
12 Joe Burrow QB 2020-R1 5
CIN: $290.14M
$290,136,403
13 Derek Carr QB 2014-R2 11
NO: $150.00M / OAK: $135.67M
$285,666,395
14 Deshaun Watson QB 2017-R1 8
CLE: $229.37M / HOU: $51.40M
$280,762,978
15 Drew Brees QB 2001-R2 20
NO: $256.53M / SD: $13.18M
$269,710,422
16 Justin Herbert QB 2020-R1 5
LAC: $268.20M
$268,199,753
17 Ben Roethlisberger QB 2004-R1 18
PIT: $267.29M
$267,286,864
18 Tua Tagovailoa QB 2020-R1 5
MIA: $265.91M
$265,910,807
19 Jalen Hurts QB 2020-R2 5
PHI: $265.90M
$265,897,559
20 Chris Jones DT 2016-R2 8
KC: $253.17M
$253,173,058
21 Eli Manning QB 2004-R1 15
NYG: $252.28M
$252,280,004
22 Trent Williams LT 2010-R1 14
SF: $155.30M / WAS: $95.81M
$251,109,784
23 Jordan Love QB 2020-R1 5
GB: $250.88M
$250,883,455
24 Peyton Manning QB 1998-R1 18
IND: $171.73M / DEN: $77.00M
$248,732,000
25 Philip Rivers QB 2004-R1 17
SD: $218.92M / IND: $25.03M
$243,944,322
26 Trevor Lawrence QB 2021-R1 3
JAX: $233.12M
$233,116,194
27 Nick Bosa DE 2019-R1 6
SF: $222.57M
$222,565,793
28 Jalen Ramsey CB 2016-R1 8
MIA: $127.91M / LAR: $61.14M / JAX: $21.00M
$210,048,638
29 Ryan Tannehill QB 2012-R1 11
TEN: $123.43M / MIA: $72.55M
$195,975,979
30 Von Miller OLB 2011-R1 14
DEN: $143.75M / BUF: $47.28M / LAR: $0.72M
$191,757,201
31 Josh Allen QB 2018-R1 7
BUF: $190.58M
$190,576,199
32 Alex Smith QB 2005-R1 16
WAS: $71.00M / KC: $68.25M / SF: $50.48M
$189,725,000
33 Maxx Crosby DE 2019-R4 6
OAK: $184.31M
$184,311,315
34 Tyreek Hill WR 2016-R5 9
MIA: $143.34M / KC: $40.25M
$183,589,171
35 Larry Fitzgerald WR 2004-R1 17
ARI: $180.76M
$180,757,239
36 Joe Flacco QB 2008-R1 17
BAL: $147.80M / DEN: $18.50M / NYJ: $5.24M / IND: $4.50M / PHI: $2.84M / CLE: $1.29M
$180,175,063
37 Lane Johnson RT 2013-R1 12
PHI: $179.94M
$179,936,625
38 Leonard Williams DE 2015-R1 10
NYG: $82.00M / SEA: $65.15M / NYJ: $29.36M
$176,508,445
39 Joshua Hines-Allen OLB 2019-R1 6
JAX: $174.90M
$174,895,539
40 Carson Palmer QB 2003-R1 15
CIN: $84.63M / ARI: $74.52M / OAK: $15.00M
$174,148,722
41 Davante Adams WR 2014-R2 11
GB: $61.97M / LV: $55.97M / LAR: $44.00M / NYJ: $11.59M
$173,528,141
42 Justin Jefferson WR 2020-R1 5
MIN: $173.04M
$173,041,172
43 Brian Burns OLB 2019-R1 5
NYG: $141.00M / CAR: $29.76M
$170,759,466
44 D.J. Moore WR 2018-R1 6
CHI: $137.77M / CAR: $32.15M
$169,910,079
45 Khalil Mack DE 2014-R1 11
CHI: $90.98M / LAC: $59.85M / OAK: $18.71M
$169,545,498
46 Ndamukong Suh DT 2010-R1 12
DET: $64.22M / MIA: $60.00M / TB: $27.45M / LAR: $14.50M / PHI: $2.00M
$168,165,157
47 CeeDee Lamb WR 2020-R1 5
DAL: $168.13M
$168,128,439
48 Julius Peppers DE 2002-R1 17
CAR: $84.83M / CHI: $54.10M / GB: $26.05M
$164,973,786
49 Laremy Tunsil LT 2016-R1 9
HOU: $153.49M / MIA: $10.31M
$163,802,675
50 Garett Bolles LT 2017-R1 7
DEN: $161.31M
$161,307,952
51 DeForest Buckner DT 2016-R1 9
IND: $142.40M / SF: $18.19M
$160,592,973
52 Cameron Heyward DT 2011-R1 13
PIT: $160.58M
$160,582,735
53 Baker Mayfield QB 2018-R1 6
TB: $109.35M / CLE: $43.55M / CAR: $3.51M / LAR: $1.35M
$157,756,674
54 Aaron Donald DT 2014-R1 9
LAR: $157.11M
$157,114,238
55 Mike Evans WR 2014-R1 11
TB: $155.03M
$155,029,030
56 Jimmy Garoppolo QB 2014-R2 11
SF: $122.24M / LV: $23.35M / NE: $3.07M / LAR: $3.04M
$151,711,744
57 Kenny Clark DT 2016-R1 8
GB: $151.33M
$151,327,719
58 Cameron Jordan DE 2011-R1 13
NO: $150.52M
$150,520,690
59 Julio Jones WR 2011-R1 12
ATL: $125.34M / TEN: $17.30M / TB: $5.49M / PHI: $1.04M
$149,167,021
60 Tristan Wirfs LT 2020-R1 4
TB: $147.07M
$147,072,026
61 Brandon Aiyuk WR 2020-R1 5
SF: $146.66M
$146,655,342
62 Calais Campbell DE 2008-R2 17
ARI: $58.07M / JAX: $45.00M / BAL: $31.52M / ATL: $7.08M / MIA: $3.03M
$144,693,685
63 A.J. Brown WR 2019-R2 6
PHI: $139.86M / TEN: $4.39M
$144,247,060
64 Denzel Ward CB 2018-R1 7
CLE: $143.92M
$143,917,430
65 Danielle Hunter DE 2015-R3 9
MIN: $94.86M / HOU: $49.00M
$143,864,477
66 Jake Matthews LT 2014-R1 11
ATL: $143.18M
$143,180,093
67 Joey Bosa OLB 2016-R1 9
SD: $142.89M
$142,894,417
68 Brett Favre QB 1991-R2 20
GB: $101.12M / MIN: $28.00M / NYJ: $12.00M / ATL: $0.71M
$141,829,000
69 Bradley Chubb OLB 2018-R1 6
MIA: $108.50M / DEN: $33.27M
$141,774,839
70 Taylor Decker LT 2016-R1 9
DET: $140.92M
$140,922,175
71 Andrew Thomas LT 2020-R1 4
NYG: $140.47M
$140,473,529
72 DeAndre Hopkins WR 2013-R1 12
HOU: $56.70M / ARI: $54.88M / TEN: $24.42M / KC: $3.46M
$139,457,890
73 Quinnen Williams DT 2019-R1 6
NYJ: $138.56M
$138,558,961
74 Stefon Diggs WR 2015-R5 10
BUF: $78.92M / HOU: $29.77M / MIN: $28.69M
$137,370,421
75 Amari Cooper WR 2015-R1 10
CLE: $59.19M / DAL: $54.39M / OAK: $22.28M / BUF: $0.81M
$136,672,334
76 Christian Wilkins DT 2019-R1 6
LV: $109.71M / MIA: $26.34M
$136,052,010
77 Cam Newton QB 2011-R1 12
CAR: $127.39M / NE: $6.15M
$133,545,071
78 Cooper Kupp WR 2017-R3 7
LAR: $133.50M
$133,498,331
79 Penei Sewell RT 2021-R1 3
DET: $133.14M
$133,138,832
80 Keenan Allen WR 2013-R3 12
SD: $110.01M / CHI: $23.10M
$133,112,117
81 Jordan Mailata T 2018-R7 7
PHI: $132.99M
$132,987,561
82 Carson Wentz QB 2016-R1 9
PHI: $79.06M / WAS: $28.29M / IND: $21.31M / KC: $3.33M / LAR: $0.77M
$132,754,340
83 T.J. Watt OLB 2017-R1 8
PIT: $131.95M
$131,952,038
84 Saquon Barkley RB 2018-R1 7
PHI: $83.20M / NYG: $48.69M
$131,892,750
85 Terron Armstead LT 2013-R3 12
NO: $68.10M / MIA: $63.35M
$131,448,667
86 Derrick Brown DT 2020-R1 4
CAR: $131.38M
$131,384,932
87 Chandler Jones OLB 2012-R1 11
ARI: $90.32M / LV: $32.63M / NE: $8.17M
$131,124,510
88 Chris Lindstrom G 2019-R1 5
ATL: $130.73M
$130,727,754
89 Sam Bradford QB 2010-R1 9
STL: $65.06M / MIN: $25.03M / PHI: $24.00M / ARI: $15.94M
$130,022,863
90 J.J. Watt DE 2011-R1 12
HOU: $100.75M / ARI: $29.00M
$129,748,000
91 Roquan Smith ILB 2018-R1 7
BAL: $100.58M / CHI: $28.05M
$128,625,696
92 Tyron Smith LT 2011-R1 14
DAL: $119.10M / NYJ: $9.25M
$128,347,504
93 Christian McCaffrey RB 2017-R1 7
SF: $74.51M / CAR: $52.96M
$127,466,910
94 Jaylen Waddle WR 2021-R1 4
MIA: $127.43M
$127,426,450
95 Tony Romo QB UDFA 14
DAL: $127.42M
$127,422,458
96 DeMarcus Lawrence DE 2014-R2 11
DAL: $127.35M
$127,349,519
97 David Bakhtiari LT 2013-R4 10
GB: $126.88M
$126,875,928
98 Amon-Ra St. Brown WR 2021-R4 3
DET: $126.59M
$126,586,252
99 Darius Slay CB 2013-R2 12
PHI: $82.20M / DET: $43.94M
$126,139,394
100 Myles Garrett DE 2017-R1 8
CLE: $125.98M
$125,983,901

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