Who is the highest paid NFL player?

Last Modified Feb 2, 2025 09:29 GMT
Dak Prescott has the highest salary in the NFL, as of the 2024 NFL season. Source: Getty Images

The National Football League (NFL) is the top level of professional American football in the world. The NFL was founded in 1920 and has grown exponentially, comprising 32 teams, as of February 2025. The teams are divided into two pools called the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC) with 16 teams respectively. Each team battles it out on the field to earn a chance to play in the Super Bowl, the ultimate game that decides the winner of the prestigious Lombardi Trophy. The NFL is a centre for monetary inflows and outflows. In 2023, the NFL generated $20.2 billion in revenue, as reported by Statista.

Who has the highest salary in the NFL?

As of February 2025, the position for the highest annual salary in the NFL is occupied by Dak Prescott, the quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys (via NFL's official website).

Prescott signed a four-year contract worth $240 million in September 2024, which gives him an annual average salary of $60 million, with $231 million in total guaranteed. The contract will keep Prescott with the Cowboys till 2028 with the option for a potential out of the contract. As per the clause, Prescott becomes an unrestricted free agent in 2029 (via Spotrac).

NFL's biggest contracts in terms of AAV

According to NFL's official website, the top five largest contracts in terms of AAV, as of February 2025, are:

  1. Dak Prescott - $60 million per year

  2. Joe Burrow -$55.5 million per year

  3. Jordan Love - $55 million per year

  4. Trevor Lawrence - $55 million per year

  5. Tua Tagovailoa - $53.1 million per year

FAQs on NFL

A. Super Bowl LIX is gonna take place on February 9th, 2025. 

A. According to Spotrac, the minimum salary for a player in the 2025 season is $840,000. 

A. Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles will play in Super Bowl LIX. 

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