Who are the NFL’s highest-paid players at each position?

In the NFL, the bar is always increasing. Each low season, superstar restores the market, altering the salaries that the best players in each respective position hope to receive. The Eagles ‘Saquon Barkley, the Browns’ Myles Garrett and the Ja’mar Chase of the Bengals are the last to do so.

This low season, Barkley became the best paid corridor of all time, agreeing on an extension of two years worth $ 41 million. A day later, Maxx Crosby not only became the best paid defensive player, but also became a quarter of the history of the best paid NFL in the history of the NFL. However, only hero that title for a few days, until Garrett’s agreement exceeded his. Cleveland gave Garrett a record extension with an average annual salary of $ 40 million.

A few weeks later, Chase’s new contract beat Garrett’s, with the receiver now winning an average of $ 40.25 million per year.

They may not be the only ones this low season. The Cowboys supporter, Micah Parsons, could be the next candidate to become the best paid player in his position.

With that, we take a look at the best paid NFL players for average annual value (AAV), with all the salary numbers that come through Spotrac.

Prescott became the best paid player in the NFL when he signed his extension on the eve of the game 1 of the cowboys against the Cleveland Browns last season. The four-year contract and $ 240 million was the culmination of an uncomfortable low season in which the owner of the Cowboys, Jerry Jones, was Wishy-Washy to pay Prescott.

Prescott obtained his long -term agreement after the best season of his career in 2023, when he completed 69.5% of his passes and launched 36 leading touchdowns in the league. Its percentage of completion fell to 64.7 in the first eight games of the 2024 season before missing the last nine games with a partial torn hamstring.

The value of the runners constantly disputes and Barkley did a lot to help their peers, and himself. Barkley was rewarded with an extension of two years and $ 41 million after winning the offensive player of the NFL year in his first year with the Eagles. New York giants did not want to pay Barkley after six seasons with the team, so the advantage of ESO’s Eagles Tok, collecting it in free agency last season. Now, their investment has doubled, blocking Barkley after he hastened a 2,005 yards and 13 touchdowns race for the regular season and helped them win the Super Bowl Lix.

After waiting for a new agreement since the beginning of the 2024 season, Chase finally obtained the contract that was waiting to sign a four -year agreement worth $ 161 million with $ 112 million guaranteed. That makes it the best paid quarterback in the history of the NFL, breaking the record that Myles Garrett had. It is also the first receiver to eclipse $ 40 million a year in an annual extension. Chase obtained the agreement after a 2024 star campaign, having become the fifth receiver from the merger in leading the league in the three reception categories: join Jerry Rice (1990), Sterling Sharpe (1992), Steve Smith Mr. (2005) and Cooper Kupp (2021). Since he entered the League in 2021, no player has caught more touchdowns than Chase (46 reception touchdowns).

In April, the cardinals made McBride the best paid closed wing in the history of the NFL with an extension of four years and $ 76 million. The new McBride contract is worth an average of $ 19 million per year, Travis Kelce of size size ($ 17.125 million) as the largest winner in the position.

McBride, 25, is a professional year in Arizona. He made his first Pro Bowl in 2024 and also eclipsed the 1K reception mark for the first time with 1,146 yards in 16 games. The fourth in the fourth place in the League with 111 trapped, and was one of the 10 players in the NFL last season to record at least 100 receptions and 1,000 reception yards.

Since it was tasks in the second round of the NFL 2022 draft, McBride has become one of Kyler Murray’s favorite objectives. The closed wing has led the cardinals to receive each of the last two seasons.

Wirfs signed a five -year agreement and $ 140.6 million last summer to become the best paid offensive Tackle, be it the right or left side. Wirfs, thought, plays both sides of the line and does so at a high level. In fact, he became the first player to be named All-Pro of the first team in the left and right Tackle.

Wirfs obtained the highest rating of passes from any offensive liner in 2024 in 94.1, including the postseason, and allowed zero catches and only a success of QB, by Pro Football Focus. Wirfs also won the LV of the Super Bowl with the Buccaneers.

Despite being one of the two NFL players to receive the franchise label this low season, Smith will be the best paid offensive guard in the one -year tender. He and Chiefs could still agree on a long -term agreement before the deadline of July 15, he thought.

Smith played 1,288 snapshots in the right -handed place and gave only one sack, according to PFF. Joe Thuney and Nick Allegretti were the only guards to play more snapshots than Hey last season.

Humphrey, Smith’s neighbor on the offensive line, had the highest PFF block rating in any center in 2024 with 91.5, including the postseason. Allowed zero catches and only two hits of QB. In two or his four seasons of the NFL, he did not allow a sack, and only seven has been given in his career, according to PFF. Tandem Humphrey and Smith was crucial for the victories of the Super Bowl of the Chiefs in the 2022 and 2023 seasons, and their contracts are vital for the long -term success of the team.

Garrett was the fourth part of all times of all time before Ja’mar Chase signed his agreement, signing a contract worth $ 160 million, including $ 123.5 million in guarantees, by Jordan Schultz de Fox Sports.

The extension occurred more than a month after the Browns Passusherher star had requested an exchange. Cleveland’s main office, he thought, insisted that Garrett would not be treated. In the end, both parties reached an agreement to keep the AP 2023 defensive player in Ohio.

The Browns selected Garrett with the first selection in the 2017 NFL Draft. Since then, he has lived up to the exaggeration, with a franchise of 102.5 captures. It is a leg named First Team All-Pro four times and has made six pro Bowls. In 2024, he led the Browns with 14 captures and a league leadership 22 tacle for loss, but they are only 3-14. Garrett has only played in three postseason games in his eight seasons in Cleveland.

Jones became the best paid defensive Tackle when he accepted a five -year agreement and $ 158.75 million to remain in Kansas City Duration in the low season of 2024.

The Chiefs star certainly made a strong claim to win the best paid player title in position. The six times PRO Bowler and the three times of the first All-Pro team have registered at least nine captures in five of the last seven seasons, helping Kansas City to win three Super Bowls at that time.

Jones had 3 tacle in total and five captures of about 15 games last season. While the statistics of his cash score could not appear, Jones led all defensive tacle at the passenger victories rate (16%) and was second in pressures (74) in the position, according to PFF.

Josh Allen of the Buffalo Bills could have an MVP, but he cannot say that he is the best paid player in his position like Josh Hines’ can. The letter became the best paid external supporter in the low season of 2024 when he signed a deal of five years and $ 141.25 million with the Jaguars.

HIES-ALS has been effective as a hurry, publishing at least seven captures in five of his first six seasons. He had a whopping 17.5 captures in 2023, ending in the top 12 in pressures in each of the last three seasons.

Of the defensive positions, the internal supporter has the leader of the cheapest annual value contract. Even so, Smith is making a penny a lot. It reached an extension of five years and $ 100 million ($ 60 million guaranteed) with the Ravens in January 2023, doing so after the Chicago Bears changed it in the mid -2022 season.

Smith has been Arguffy the best internal NFL supporter since the Bears selected it with the eighth general selection in the 2018 Draft. It has been appointed for an All-Pro team in five of its first seven seasons, including three nods of the first team. He has also registered at least 100 total cups in each season of his career, registering more than 120 total tacle in six of them.

While Smith has never led the league in tacle, it has ended at the Top 10 five times and has finished in the first five in race stops three times, by PFF.

Stingley Jr. obtained a great increase after his first All-Pro season in 2024. The Texans cool the first round of 2022, a three-year record extension and $ 90 million.

The 23 -year -old provides Houston versatility in high school, showing his game skills in man and area coverage. Stingley has dropped five interceptions in each of the last two seasons and totaled 18 passes, the maximum of his career, defendants and 54 cup in 2024, his first Pro Bowl season. Hey allowed a pin or 25.5 rating, the best of all corners with a minimum or 100 coverage snapshots (including playoffs), by PFF.

Joseph has been an integral part of Detroit’s defense since his rookie campaign 2022. After consecutive seasons with four interceptions, Joseph led the NFL with nine selections in 2024, helping him win the honors All-Pro. In addition, Joseph occupied the first place between the insurance in the general degree (90.4) and the degree of coverage (91.1), according to the professional football approach.

Now, it is the best paid security in sport, since Joseph signed an extension of four years and $ 86 million with the lions, according to Jordan Schultz de Fox Sports.

After helping the Chiefs win a third duration of the Super Bowl in the 2023 season, Butker received a record contract. He signed a four -year agreement and $ 25.6 million in August 2024.

Butker has really never been appointed Pro Bowler or All-Pro, but has been one of the most precise pateters of the NFL since he joined the Chiefs in 2017. He led the league at points in 2019, while his 88.6 field made percentage is the second advantage. He has also made some pretty clutch kicks, exhausting a memorable field goal in the bell to send the game of the divisional round against the Buffalo Bills in extra time in January 2022 and break the record of the goal of the longest honey goal 2024.

Or the players on this list, Dickson’s contract is the oldest. He signed its extension of four years and $ 14.5 million in June 2021.

Just although Dickson has been appointed all-pr or Pro Bowler duration the duration of the contract, the agreement has aged. It is the third of all time in yards per point (48.2), ending in the top 10 in statistics in each of the last three seasons.

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