Aaron Jones

Minnesota Vikings, Running Back

2025-2026 pending-free-agent-extension (CURRENT)

Year	Age	Status	Cap HitAnnual	Cap % League Cap	Cash Annual	Cash Cumulative	Dead Cap Annual
2025	31		$4,800,000	1.72%	$10,000,000	$10,000,000	$13,700,000
2026	32		$12,800,000	4.17%	$10,000,000	$20,000,000	$9,400,000
2027	33	Void UFA	$4,600,000	1.36%	-	$20,000,000	$4,600,000
2028		Void	$2,800,000	0.75%	-	$20,000,000	-

Year	Age	Status	Base P5 Salary	Signing Proration	Roster/Gm Bonus	Workout Bonus	Cap Hit	Cap % League Cap	Dead Cap
2025	31		$1,500,000	$2,800,000	$350,000	$150,000	$4,800,000	1.72%	$13,700,000	2025 Release/Trade PRE-6/1 RELEASE 2025 Dead Cap: $13,700,000 2025 Savings: $-8,900,000 PRE-6/1 TRADE 2025 Dead Cap: $10,200,000 2025 Savings: $-5,400,000 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: $6,300,000 2026 Dead Cap: $7,400,000 2025 Savings: $-1,500,000 POST-6/1 TRADE 2025 Dead Cap: $2,800,000 2026 Dead Cap: $7,400,000 2025 Savings: $2,000,000 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	32		$9,000,000	$2,800,000	$850,000	$150,000	$12,800,000	4.17%	$9,400,000	2026 Release/Trade PRE-6/1 RELEASE 2026 Dead Cap: $9,400,000 2026 Savings: $3,400,000 PRE-6/1 TRADE 2026 Dead Cap: $7,400,000 2026 Savings: $5,400,000 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: $4,800,000 2027 Dead Cap: $4,600,000 2026 Savings: $8,000,000 POST-6/1 TRADE 2026 Dead Cap: $2,800,000 2027 Dead Cap: $4,600,000 2026 Savings: $10,000,000 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	33	Void UFA	-	$2,800,000	-	-	$4,600,000	1.36%	$4,600,000	2027 Release/Trade PRE-6/1 RELEASE 2027 Dead Cap: $4,600,000 2027 Savings: $0 PRE-6/1 TRADE 2027 Dead Cap: $4,600,000 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: $4,600,000 2027 Savings: $4,600,000 POST-6/1 TRADE 2027 Dead Cap: $0 2028 Dead Cap: $4,600,000 2027 Savings: $4,600,000 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	-	$2,800,000	-	-	$2,800,000	0.75%	-	2028 Release/Trade PRE-6/1 RELEASE 2028 Dead Cap: $0 2028 Savings: $2,800,000 PRE-6/1 TRADE 2028 Dead Cap: $0 2028 Savings: $2,800,000 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: $2,800,000 POST-6/1 TRADE 2028 Dead Cap: $0 2029 Dead Cap: $0 2028 Savings: $2,800,000 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	Roster/Gm Bonus	Workout Bonus	Cash Total	Cash Cumulative	Cash Remaining
2025	31		$1,500,000	$8,000,000	$350,000	$150,000	$10,000,000	$10,000,000	$20,000,000
2026	32		$9,000,000	-	$850,000	$150,000	$10,000,000	$20,000,000	$10,000,000
2027	33	Void	-	-	-	-	-	$20,000,000	-
2028	34	Void	-	-	-	-	-	$20,000,000	-

Contract Notes

$11M guaranteed at signing (signing bonus + 2025 salary + $2M of 2026 salary)
Additional $2M of 2026 salary fully guarantees the 3rd league day of 2026 (injury guaranteed at sign)
2025 Per Game Active Bonus: $20,588 ($350,000)
2026 Per Game Active Bonus: $50,000 ($850,000)
TBD: Void years may be included

Source: NFL contract specifics generally collected from verified reports.

Earnings Per Year

Year	Age	Status	Cash Total	Cash Cumulative
2017	23	Active	$660,998	$660,998
2018	24	Injured	$474,822	$1,135,820
2019	25	Active	$645,000	$1,780,820
2020	26	Active	$2,283,641	$4,064,461
2021	27	Active	$14,226,460	$18,290,921
2022	28	Active	$5,750,000	$24,040,921
2023	29	Active	$10,647,352	$34,688,273
2024	30	Active	$7,000,000	$41,688,273
Total			$41,688,273	$41,688,273
2025	31	Active	$10,000,000
2026	32	Active	$10,000,000
Total			$61,688,273

Earnings Per Team

Years	Team	Base	Signing	Roster	Restructure	Option	Incentives	Cash Cumulative
7		$6,797,822	$13,195,998	$576,460	$12,335,000	$1,050,000	$150,641	$34,688,273
1		$2,000,000	$4,000,000	-	-	$150,000	-	$7,000,000

Year	Age	Base	Signing	Roster	Restructure	Workout	Incentives	Cash Total	Cash Cumulative
2017	23	$465,000	$195,998					$660,998	$660,998
2018	24	$474,822						$474,822	$1,135,820
2019	25	$645,000						$645,000	$1,780,820
2020	26	$2,133,000					$150,641	$2,283,641	$4,064,461
2021	27	$1,000,000	$13,000,000		$176,460	$50,000		$14,226,460	$18,290,921
2022	28	$1,000,000		$3,850,000	$400,000	$500,000		$5,750,000	$24,040,921
2023	29	$1,080,000		$8,485,000		$500,000		$10,647,352	$34,688,273
2024	30	$2,000,000	$4,000,000			$150,000		$7,000,000	$41,688,273
Total		$8,797,822	$17,195,998	$12,335,000	$576,460	$1,200,000	$150,641	$41,688,273	$41,688,273
2025	31	$1,500,000	$8,000,000			$150,000		$10,000,000
2026	32	$9,000,000				$150,000		$10,000,000
Total		$19,297,822	$25,195,998	$12,335,000	$576,460	$1,500,000	$150,641	$61,688,273

Earnings Per Team

Years	Team	Base	Signing	Roster	Restructure	Option	Incentives	Cash Cumulative
7		$6,797,822	$13,195,998	$576,460	$12,335,000	$1,050,000	$150,641	$34,688,273
1		$2,000,000	$4,000,000	-	-	$150,000	-	$7,000,000

Cap Hit

$4,800,000 / 508th

Cash Total

$10,000,000 / 230th

Contract Value

$20,000,000 / 353rd

Contract Average

$10,000,000 / 283rd

AAV% of Cap

3.58% / 309th

Signing Bonus

$8,000,000 / 253rd

2-Year Cash

$20,000,000 / 256th

3-Year Cash

$20,000,000 / 328th

Total Guaranteed

$13,500,000 / 353rd

Guaranteed at Signing

$11,500,000 / 382nd

Mar 09, 2025 Signed a 2 year $20 million contract extension with Minnesota (MIN)
Nov 01, 2024 Fined $11,817 Low Block against Los Angeles (LAR)
Mar 12, 2024 Signed a 1 year $7 milion contract with Minnesota (MIN)
Mar 11, 2024 Released by Green Bay (GB), clearing $5.2M of cap
Feb 17, 2023 Accepted a $5M pay cut for 2023, while also converting $8.52M of salary & roster bonus into signing bonus, adding one void year, freeing up $11.816M of cap space with Green Bay (GB)
Feb 24, 2022 Converted his $3.75M roster bonus plus $100,000 of base salary into signing bonus, adding two void years, freeing up $3.08M of cap space with Green Bay (GB)
Mar 14, 2021 Signed a 4 year $48 million contract extension with Green Bay (GB)
Oct 11, 2019 Fined $10,527 Taunting against Dallas (DAL)
Jul 03, 2018 Suspended 2 games for violating the league's substance abuse policy, forfeiting $71,233 in 2018 salary/bonus with Green Bay (GB)
May 05, 2017 Signed a 4 year $2.6 million contract with Green Bay (GB)
Apr 29, 2017 Drafted by Green Bay (GB): Round 5 (#182 overall)