2021 TOP 15 Average NFL salaries by position

[Florida_Ram]

According to Spotrac.com

The average 2021 NFL Salaries by position.


QB
Patrick Mahomes $45,000,000 KC
Dak Prescott $40,000,000 DAL
Deshaun Watson $39,000,000 HOU
Russell Wilson $35,000,000 SEA
Jared Goff $33,500,000 DET

Aaron Rodgers $33,500,000 GB
Kirk Cousins $33,000,000 MIN
Carson Wentz $32,000,000 IND
Matt Ryan $30,000,000 ATL
Ryan Tannehill $29,500,000 TEN

Jimmy Garoppolo $27,500,000 SF
Matthew Stafford $27,000,000 LAR
Derek Carr QB $25,000,000 LV
Tom Brady QB $25,000,000 TB
Ben Roethlisberger $14,000,000 PIT
88 John Wolford $762,500 LAR
95 Bryce Perkins $742,500 LAR

RB
Christian McCaffrey $16,015,875 CAR
Ezekiel Elliott $15,000,000 DAL
Alvin Kamara $15,000,000 NO
Dalvin Cook $12,600,000 MIN
Derrick Henry $12,500,000 TEN

Joe Mixon $12,000,000 CIN
Aaron Jones $12,000,000 GB
Melvin Gordon $8,000,000 DEN
Saquon Barkley $7,798,688 NYG
Austin Ekeler $6,125,000 LAC

Kareem Hunt $6,000,000 CLE
Tarik Cohen $5,750,000 CHI
Kenyan Drake $5,500,000 LV
Chris Carson $5,212,500 SEA
David Johnson $5,000,000 HOU

Cam Akers $1,543,259 LAR
Darrell Henderson $1,053,001 LAR
Jake Funk $897,057 LAR
Xavier Jones $764,667 LAR
Raymond Calais $695,000 LAR

WR
DeAndre Hopkins $27,250,000 AZ
Julio Jones $22,000,000 ATL
Keenan Allen $20,025,000 CHI
Amari Cooper $20,000,000 DAL
Michael Thomas $19,250,000 NO

Tyreek Hill $18,000,000 KC
Kenny Golladay $18,000,000 NYG
Odell Beckham, Jr. $18,000,000 CLE
Allen Robinson $17,880,000 CHI
Tyler Lockett $17,250,000 SEA

Mike Evans $16,500,000 TB
Robert Woods $16,250,000 LAR
Brandin Cooks $16,200,000 TEX
Adam Thielen $16,050,000 MIN
Chris Godwin $15,983,000 TB
Cooper Kupp $15,750,000 LAR

DeSean Jackson $4,500,000 LAR
Tutu Atwell $1,477,175 LAR
Van Jefferson $1,402,784 LAR
Ben Skowronek $891,131 LAR
Landen Akers $808,333 LAR
Jeremiah Haydel $808,333 LAR
Trishton Jackson $766,000 LAR
J.J. Koski $742,500 LAR
Nsimba Webster $540,000 LAR

TE
George Kittle $15,000,000 SF
Travis Kelce $14,312,500 KC
Hunter Henry $12,500,000 NE
Jonnu Smith $12,500,000 NE
Austin Hooper $10,500,000 CLE

Zach Ertz $8,500,000 PHI
Jimmy Graham $8,000,000 CHI
Rob Gronkowski $8,000,000 TB
Darren Waller $7,450,000 LV
Tyler Higbee $7,250,000 LAR

Jack Doyle $7,100,000 IND
Cameron Brate $6,800,000 TB
Nick Boyle $6,500,000 BAL
C.J. Uzomah $6,100,000 CIn
Gerald Everett $6,000,000 SEA

Bryce Hopkins $987,033 LAR
Johnny Mundt $920,000 LAR
Kendall Blanton $837,500 LAR
Jacob Harris TE/WR $660,000 LAR

FB
Kyle Juszczyk $5,400,000 SF
Patrick Ricard$3,651,084 BAL
Derek Watt$3,250,000 PIT
C.J. Ham$3,000,000 MIN
Nick Bellore$2,225,000 SEA

Andy Janovich $1,900,000 CLE
Keith Smith $1,433,333 ATL
Dan Vitale $1,300,000 NE
Alex Armah $1,127,500 NO
Elijhaa Penny $1,100,000 NYG

Michael Burton $990,000 KC
Jakob Johnson $850,000 NE
Cullen Gillaspia $850,000 NYG
Khari Blasingame $850,000 TEN
Tory Carter $812,500 TEN

LT
Trent Williams $23,010,000 SF
David Bakhtiari $23,000,000 GB
Laremy Tunsil $22,000,000 HOU
Kolton Miller $18,000,000 LV
Garett Bolles $17,000,000 DEN

Taylor Lewan $16,000,000 TEN
Nate Solder $15,500,000 NYG
Donovan Smith $15,500,000 TB
Taylor Decker $15,000,000 DET
D.J. Humphries $14,583,333 AZ

Dion Dawkins $14,575,000 BUF
Jake Matthews $14,500,000 ATL
Cam Robinson $13,754,000 JAX
Terron Armstead $13,000,000 NO
Tyron Smith $12,200,000 DAL
Andrew Whitworth $10,000,026 LAR
Joseph Noteboom $863,011 LAR

RT
Lane Johnson $18,000,000 PHI
Jack Conklin $14,000,000 CLE
Taylor Moton $13,754,000 CAR
La'el Collins $10,000,000 DAL
Halapoulivaati Vaitai $9,000,000 DET

Trenton Brown $9,000,000 NE
Rob Havenstein $8,125,000 LAR
Andrew Thomas $8,086,397 NYG
Daryl Williams $8,000,000 BUF
Matt Feiler $7,000,000 LAC

Marcus Cannon $6,482,000 RT
Jesse Davis $5,000,000 MIA
Mike McGlinchey $4,585,430 SF
Brandon Shell $4,500,000 SEA
Germain Ifedi $4,250,000 CHI

Bobby Evans G/T $878,473 LAR
Alaric Jackson $815,000 LAR
Max Pircher $808,333 LAR

G
Brandon Scherff $18,036,000 WAS
Joe Thuney $16,000,000 KC
Brandon Brooks $14,087,500 PHI
Zack Martin $14,000,000 DAL
Andrew Norwell $13,300,000 JAX

Andrus Peat $11,500,000 NO
Rodger Saffold $11,000,000 TEN
Graham Glasgow $11,000,000 DEN
Ali Marpet $10,825,000 TB
David DeCastro $10,000,000 PIT

Ereck Flowers $10,000,000 WAS
Shaq Mason $9,000,000 NE
Justin Pugh $8,955,000 AZ
Joel Bitonio $8,527,463 CLE
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif $8,472,600 KC

Gabe Jackson $7,525,000 SEA
Kevin Zeitler $7,500,000 BAL
Billy Turner $7,000,000 GB
Alex Lewis $6,200,000 NYJ
Quenton Nelson $5,972,227 IND

Laken Tomlinson $5,500,000 SF
Mark Glowinski $5,400,000 IND
Isaac Seumalo $5,306,000 PHI
A.J. Cann $5,018,333 JAX
Jon Feliciano $4,800,000 BUF

Wes Schweitzer $4,500,000 WAS
Pat Elflein $4,500,000 CAR
Chris Lindstrom $3,681,822 ATL
Dan Feeney $3,500,000 NYJ
Nick Gates $3,412,500 NYG

Austin Corbett G/C $1,892,000 LAR
Bobby Evans G/T $878,473 LAR
Jamil Demby $850,000 LAR
Tremayne Anchrum $842,623 LAR
Jordan Meredith $808,333 LAR
David Edwards $696,130 LAR
Chandler Brewer $540,000 LAR

C
Frank Ragnow $13,500,000 DET
Corey Linsley $12,500,000 LAC
Ryan Kelly $12,500,000 IND
Mitch Morse $11,125,000 BUF
J.C. Tretter $10,850,000 CLE

Ryan Jensen $10,500,000 TB
Brandon Linder $10,340,600 JAX
Cody Whitehair $10,250,000 CHI
Chase Roullie $10,125,000 WAS
Rodney Hudson $10,000,000 AZ

Matt Paradis $9,676,667 CAR
Weston Richburg $9,500,000 SF
Connor McGovern $9,000,000 NYJ
Jason Kelce $9,000,000 PHI
Trey Hopkins $6,800,000 CIN

Ben Jones $6,750,000 TEN
Alex Mack $4,950,000 SF
David Andrews $4,750,000 NE
Andre James $4,325,000 LV
Garrett Bradbury $3,220,718 MIN

Austin Corbett G/C $1,892,000 LAR
Brian Allen $786,734 LAR
Chandler Brewer G/C $540,000

DE/Edge
Joey Bosa $27,000,000 LAC
Myles Garrett $25,000,000 CLE
Khalil Mac $23,500,000 CHI
DeMarcus Lawrence $21,000,000 DAL
Leonard Williams $21,000,000 NYG

Frank Clark $20,800,000 KC
Von Miller $19,016,667 DEN
Trey Flowers $18,000,000 DET
Cameron Jordan $17,500,000 NO
Dee Ford $17,100,000 SF

Arik Armstead $17,000,000 SF
Za'Darius Smith $16,500,000 GB
Bud Dupree $16,500,000 TEN
Chandler Jones $16,500,000 AZ
Leonard Floyd $16,000,000 LAR

Earnest Brown $728,443 LAR
Eric Banks $837,500 LAR
John Daka $742,500 LAR
Jonah Williams $660,000 LAR

OLB/Edge
Shaquil Barrett $17,000,000 TB
Robert Quinn $14,000,000 CHI
Carl Lawson $15,000,000 NYJ
Dante Fowler $15,000,000 ATL
Matt Judon $13,625,000 NE

Whitney Mercilus $13,500,000 HOU
Preston Smith $13,000,000 GB
Jason Pierre-Paul $12,500,000 TB
Lavonte David $12,500,000 TB
Matt Milano $10,375,000 BUF

Jamie Collins $10,000,000 DET
Demario Davis $9,000,000 NO
Chase Young $8,640,899 WAS
Anthony Barr $8,635,000 MIN
Nick Kwiatkoski $7,000,000 LV
Bradley Chubb $6,817,810 DEN

Terrell Lewis $1,159,648 LAR
Max Roberts $808,333 LAR
Travin Howard $780,000 LAR
Justin Hollins $706,433 LAR
Ogbonnia Okoronkwo $683,634 LAR
Chris Garrett $680,529 LAR
Justin Lawler $633,436 LAR

DT
Aaron Donald $22,500,000 LAR
DeForest Buckner $21,000,000 IND
Chris Jones $20,000,000 KC
Kenny Clark $17,500,000 GB
Fletcher Cox $17,100,000 PHI

Grady Jarrett $17,000,000 ATL
Cameron Heyward $16,400,000 PIT
D.J. Reader $13,250,000 CIN
Javon Hargrave $13,000,000 PHI
Akiem Hicks $12,000,000 CHI

Eddie Goldman $10,510,000 CHI
Dalvin Tomlinson $10,500,000 MIN
Brandon Williams $10,500,000 BAL
Grover Stewart $10,250,000 IND
Jordan Phillips $10,000,000 AZ
A'Shawn Robinson $8,500,000 LAR

Greg Gaines $786,653 LAR
Marquise Copeland $742,500 LAR
Mike Hoecht $742,500 LAR
Bobby Brown III $660,000 LAR
Sebastian Joseph-Day $653,809 LAR

LB
Bobby Wagner $18,000,000 SEA
C.J. Mosley $17,000,000 NYJ
Zach Cunningham $14,500,000 HOU
Deion Jones $14,250,000 ATL
Myles Jack $14,250,000 JAX

Shaq Thompson $13,608,250 CAR
Cory Littleton $11,750,000 LV
Jaylon Smith $11,403,500 DAL
Joe Schobert $10,750,000 JAX
Blake Martinez $10,250,000 NYG

Benardrick McKinney $10,000,000 MIA
Eric Kendricks $10,000,000 MIN
Anthony Hitchens $9,000,000 KC
Dont'a Hightower $8,875,000 NE
Jordan Hicks $8,500,000 AZ
Devin White $7,328,954 TB

Kenny Young $774,976 LAR
Micah Kiser $689,494 LAR
Ernest Jones $660,000 LAR
Troy Reeder $585,000 LAR

CB
Jalen Ramsey $20,000,000 LAR
Marlon Humphrey $19,500,000 BAL
Tre'Davious White $17,250,000 BUF
Darius Slay $16,683,333 PHI
Byron Jones $16,500,000 MIA

Xavien Howard $15,050,000 MIA
James Bradberry $14,500,000 NYG
Trae Waynes $14,000,000 CIN
Marcus Peters $14,000,000 BAL
William Jackson $13,500,000 WAS

Shaquill Griffin $13,333,333 JAX
Adoree' Jackson $13,000,000 NYG
Stephon Gilmore $13,000,000 NE
Joe Haden $11,200,000 PIT
Bradley Roby $10,500,000 HOU

Darious Williams $4,766,000 LAR
David Long $950,348 LAR
Donte Deayon $920,000 LAR
Brontae Harris $808,333 LAR

S
Justin Simmons $15,250,000 DEN
Budda Baker $14,750,000 AZ
Eddie Jackson $14,600,000 CHI
Kevin Byard $14,100,000 TEN
Tyrann Mathieu $14,000,000 KC

Landon Collins $14,000,000 WAS
Devin McCourty $11,500,000 NE
John Johnson $11,250,000 CLE
Marcus Maye $10,612,000 NYJ
Marcus Williams $10,612,000 NO

Harrison Smith $10,250,000 MIN
Jordan Poyer $9,750,000 BUF
Micah Hyde $9,625,000 BUF
Jimmie Ward $9,500,000 SF
Adrian Amos $9,000,000 GB

Rayshawn Jenkins $8,750,000 JAX
Malcolm Jenkins $8,000,000 NO
Quandre Diggs $6,200,000 SEA
Eric Murray $6,000,000 HOU
Vonn Bell $6,000,000 CIN
Jalen Mills $6,000,000 NE

Taylor Rapp $1,168,424 LAR
Terrell Burgess $1,124,851 LAR
Jordan Fuller $866,428 LAR
Troy Warner $812,500 LAR
Paris Ford $808,333 LAR
Jovan Grant $808,333 LAR
Jake Gervase $780,000 LAR
JuJu Hughes $695,000 LAR
J.R. Reed $695,000 LAR
Nick Scott $649,332 LAR

K
Justin Tucker $5,000,000 BAL
Graham Gano $4,666,667 NYG
Ka'imi Fairbairn $4,412,500 HOU
Jason Sanders $4,400,000 MIA
Mason Crosby $4,300,000 GB

Brandon McManus $4,300,000 DEN
Chris Boswell $4,201,500 PIT
Harrison Butker $4,055,000 KC
Wil Lutz $4,050,000 NO
Ryan Succop $4,000,000 TB

Josh Lambo $3,875,000 JAX
Jason Myers $3,862,500 SEA
Jake Elliott $3,861,620 PHI
Robbie Gould $3,625,000 SF
Daniel Carlson $3,384,000 LV

Matt Gay $762,500 LAR
Austin MacGinnis $742,500 LAR

P
Johnny Hekker $3,762,943 LAR
Tress Way $3,412,500 WAS
Brett Kern $3,162,500 TEN
Britton Colquitt $3,000,000 MIN
Logan Cooke $3,000,000 JAX

Rigoberto Sanchez $2,900,000 IND
Riley Dixon $2,900,000 NYG
Bradley Pinion $2,750,000 TB
Cameron Johnston $2,666,667 HOU
Sam Koch $2,475,000 BAL

Sam Martin $2,350,000 DEN
Matt Haack $1,825,000 BUF
Pat O'Donnell $1,750,000 CHI
Kevin Huber $1,637,500 CIN
Andy Lee $1,500,000 AZ
Corey Bojorquez $1,020,000 LAR

LS
Kameron Canaday $1,212,500 PIT
Jon Weeks $1,212,500 HOU
Jake McQuaide $1,212,500 DAL
Luke Rhodes $1,212,500 IND
Clark Harris $1,212,500 CIN

J.J. Jansen $1,212,500 CAR
Morgan Cox $1,212,500 TEN
Zach Wood $1,195,000 NO
Don Muhlbach $1,175,000 DET
Trent Sieg $1,140,833 LV

Rick Lovato $1,131,250 PHI
Patrick Scales $1,127,500 CHI
Casey Kreiter $1,127,500 NYG
Tyler Ott $1,100,000 SEA
Thomas Hennessy $1,100,000 NYJ
Matthew Orzech $850,000 LAR
Steven Wirtel $742,500 LAR

 

[Merlin]

Matthew Stafford $27,000,000 LAR

I love that he's not asking for a new deal. The dude wants that championship bad.

 

[OldSchool]

Curious but how did you sort the numbers? Staffords base salary is $9.5 million and he has a roster bonus of another $10 million with a workout bonus of 500k for a total cap hit of $20 million this year. Is this list by yearly average for their current deals? Because none of these seem to jive with what current salaries are nor with their 2021 cap hit.

 

[Florida_Ram]

Curious but how did you sort the numbers? Staffords base salary is $9.5 million and he has a roster bonus of another $10 million with a workout bonus of 500k for a total cap hit of $20 million this year. Is this list by yearly average for their current deals? Because none of these seem to jive with what current salaries are nor with their 2021 cap hit.

It's not how I sorted the numbers @OldSchool.

This calculation by Spotrac is based on individual player annual (average salary) from their current 2021 contracts.

What is really interesting is how the Rams have allocated their salaries based on all the position groups.

You can clearly see where the Rams are top heavy and what position groups they've invested in based on their roster building model.

Spotrac 2021 NFL Salary Rankings by position groups.​

2021 Quarterback Average salary Rankings

1 Patrick Mahomes $45,000,000 KC
2 Dak Prescott $40,000,000 DAL
3 Deshaun Watson $39,000,000 HOU
4 Russell Wilson $35,000,000 SEA
5 Jared Goff $33,500,000 DET

6 Aaron Rodgers $33,500,000 GB
7 Kirk Cousins $33,000,000 MIN
8 Carson Wentz $32,000,000 IND
9 Matt Ryan $30,000,000 ATL
10 Ryan Tannehill $29,500,000 TEN

11 Jimmy Garoppolo $27,500,000 SF
12 Matthew Stafford $27,000,000 LAR
13 Derek Carr QB $25,000,000 LV
14 Tom Brady QB $25,000,000 TB
15 Ben Roethlisberger $14,000,000 PIT

2024 NFL Rankings

Listing the top salaries, cap hits, cash, earnings, contracts, and bonuses, for all active NFL players.

www.spotrac.com

 

[OldSchool]

It's not how I sorted the numbers @OldSchool.

What is really interesting is how the Rams have allocated their salaries based on all the position groups.

You can clearly see where the Rams are top heavy and what position groups they've invested in based on their roster building model.

Spotrac 2021 NFL Salary Rankings by position groups.​

2021 Quarterback Average salary Rankings

1 Patrick Mahomes $45,000,000 KC
2 Dak Prescott $40,000,000 DAL
3 Deshaun Watson $39,000,000 HOU
4 Russell Wilson $35,000,000 SEA
5 Jared Goff $33,500,000 DET

6 Aaron Rodgers $33,500,000 GB
7 Kirk Cousins $33,000,000 MIN
8 Carson Wentz $32,000,000 IND
9 Matt Ryan $30,000,000 ATL
10 Ryan Tannehill $29,500,000 TEN

11 Jimmy Garoppolo $27,500,000 SF
12 Matthew Stafford $27,000,000 LAR
13 Derek Carr QB $25,000,000 LV
14 Tom Brady QB $25,000,000 TB
15 Ben Roethlisberger $14,000,000 PIT

2024 NFL Rankings

Listing the top salaries, cap hits, cash, earnings, contracts, and bonuses, for all active NFL players.

www.spotrac.com

So it's average yearly value of the total contract nothing to do with 2021 got it. That's all I was asking thank you for the list.

 

[Juice]

It's really awesome to have a great GM.

 

[RocknRam29]

View: https://twitter.com/TomPelissero/status/1397617126458855425

 

[CGI_Ram]

1 Patrick Mahomes $45,000,000 KC
2 Dak Prescott $40,000,000 DAL
3 Deshaun Watson $39,000,000 HOU
4 Russell Wilson $35,000,000 SEA
5 Jared Goff $33,500,000 DET

That really speaks to the advantage having a rookie QB that can perform.

You got a rookie, you got $30MM-$40MM more to spend.

NFL needs to figure this one out. That divide seems too wide.

 

[FrantikRam]

Pretty crazy that every single contract is in line with the players value relative to what their peers are making

 

[Tano]

What I find most surprising is AD is only $1.5M higher than the next highest DT.