Highest-paid NFL players - Tracking most money guaranteed, per year at every position

Who are the NFL's highest-paid players at every position? In 2022, multiple players reset the market. And a few more record-setting deals have been made in 2023 — including Philadelphia Eagles QB Jalen Hurts becoming the highest-paid NFL player… ever.

We tracked the best-paid players at 16 different positions — including long-snapper — and will keep the numbers updated as more records get broken. To get the full picture on the top earners in this league, we sorted positions by two categories, which in a few cases has the same player at No. 1:

Three-year average (APY)

Total guaranteed money

Salary information courtesy of Roster Management System.

Let's start with Hurts and the highest-paid quarterbacks:

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Highest three-year APY:

Signed: April 2023 (contract ends in 2028)

2. Aaron Rodgers (GB), $50.2 million 3. Russell Wilson (DEN), $50 million 4. Kyler Murray (ARI), $49.2 million 5. Deshaun Watson (CLE), $46 million 6. Josh Allen (BUF), $45.9 million

Total guaranteed money:

Signed: March 2022 (contract ends in 2026)

2. Kyler Murray (ARI), $189.5 million 3. Jalen Hurts (PHI), $179.3 million 4. Russell Wilson (DEN), $165 million 5. Aaron Rodgers (GB), $150.6 million 6. Josh Allen (BUF), $150 million

Highest three-year APY:

Signed: April 2020 (contract ends in 2025)

2. Alvin Kamara (NO), $12.7 million 3. Joe Mixon (CIN), $12.53 million

Total guaranteed money:

Signed: April 2020 (contract ends in 2025)

2. Alvin Kamara (NO), $34.3 million 3. Dalvin Cook (MIN), $28 million

Highest three-year APY:

Signed: June 2022 (contract ends in 2026)

2. Stefon Diggs (BUF), 26.2 million 3. Tyreek Hill (MIA), $25 million

Total guaranteed money:

Signed: June 2022 (contract