Highest-paid NFL players 2025: Dak Prescott, Josh Allen top list
The major transactional portion of the 2025 NFL offseason has come and gone, with many top-tier talents getting lucrative, long-term extensions that have shaken up the league’s financial pecking order.
The late-spring and early-summer months will likely feature a handful more big-money signings as NFL teams look to lock up their top talents for the foreseeable future. The most recent example was the San Francisco 49ers’ signing of Brock Purdy to a five-year, $265 million deal that will move him from the bottom of the NFL’s quarterback salary rankings to near the top.
Still to come are potential deals for star Dallas Cowboys edge rusher Micah Parsons, Cincinnati Bengals edge rusher Trey Hendrickson, New York Jets cornerback Sauce Gardner and Washington Commanders receiver Terry McLaurin, among others.
For now, here’s a look at the NFL’s highest-paid players for 2025.
Highest-paid NFL players 2025
(All salary information via Spotrac.com.)
1. Dak Prescott, QB, Dallas Cowboys
- Average Annual Value (AAV): $60 million
T-2. Josh Allen, QB, Buffalo Bills
- AAV: $55 million
T-2. Joe Burrow, QB, Cincinnati Bengals
- AAV: $55 million
T-2. Trevor Lawrence, QB, Jacksonville Jaguars
- AAV: $55 million
T-2. Jordan Love, QB, Green Bay Packers
- AAV: $55 million
6. Tua Tagovailoa, QB, Miami Dolphins
- AAV: $53.1 million
T-7. Jared Goff, QB, Detroit Lions
- AAV: $53 million
T-7. Brock Purdy, QB, San Francisco 49ers
- AAV: $53 million
9. Justin Herbert, QB, Los Angeles Chargers
- AAV: $52.5 million
10. Lamar Jackson, QB, Baltimore Ravens
- AAV: $52 million
11. Jalen Hurts, QB, Philadelphia Eagles
- AAV: $51 million
12. Kyler Murray, QB, Arizona Cardinals
- AAV: $46.1 million
13. Deshaun Watson, QB, Cleveland Browns
- AAV: $46 million
T-14. Kirk Cousins, Atlanta Falcons
- AAV: $45 million
T-14. Patrick Mahomes, QB, Kansas City Chiefs
- AAV: $45 million
16. Matthew Stafford, QB, Los Angeles Rams
- AAV: $42 million
17. Ja’Marr Chase, WR, Cincinnati Bengals
- AAV: $40.25 million
18. Myles Garrett, edge, Cleveland Browns
- AAV: $40 million
T-19. Derek Carr, QB, New Orleans Saints*
- AAV: $37.5 million
* Carr is set to retire but his contract hasn’t officially come off the Saints’ books yet.
T-19. Geno Smith, QB, Las Vegas Raiders
- AAV: $37.5 million
21. Danielle Hunter, edge, Houston Texans
- AAV: $35.6 million
22. Maxx Crosby, edge, Las Vegas Raiders
- AAV: $35.5 million
23. Justin Jefferson, WR, Minnesota Vikings
- AAV: $35 million
T-24. CeeDee Lamb, WR, Dallas Cowboys
- AAV: $34 million
T-24. Nick Bosa, edge, San Francisco 49ers
- AAV: $34 million
26. Sam Darnold, QB, Seattle Seahawks
- AAV: $33.5 million
27. Baker Mayfield, QB, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- AAV: $33.33 million
28. D.K. Metcalf, WR, Pittsburgh Steelers
- AAV: $33 million
29. A.J. Brown, WR, Philadelphia Eagles
- AAV: $32 million
30. Chris Jones, DT, Kansas City Chiefs
- AAV: $31.75 million
