NFL's top 10 highest-paid LTs in 2024 after Taylor Decker's $60,000,000 extension

The Detroit Lions ended the longest winless postseason drought in the league last season with their first playoff victory since 1991. They have since focused on keeping their best players around, extending the contracts of key players such as Jared Goff, Amon-Ra St. Brown and Penei Sewell this offseason.

Multiple reports state that the Lions have continued that pattern on Monday when they inked offensive tackle Taylor Decker to a three-year agreement.

The guaranteed portion of Decker's new contract deal, worth $60 million, is $31.83 million. The former first-round draft pick, who was scheduled to earn $13.7 million in the last year of his previous contract, will now receive an increase and an extension that would keep him in Detroit till the 2027 campaign.

Decker will begin his ninth NFL season 2024, and in the past eight seasons he has developed into one of the top left tackles. He is now among the top 10 highest paid left tackles in the league, thanks to his new $20 million per year

Rank	Player	Team	Total value	Avg./year
1.	Christian Darrisaw	Minnesota Vikings	4 yrs/$104M	$26M
2.	Laremy Tunsil	Houston Texans	3 yrs/$75M	$25M
3.	Andrew Thomas	New York Giants	5 yrs/$117.5M	$23.5M
4.	Trent Williams	San Francisco 49ers	6 yrs/$138M	$23M
5.	Jordan Mailata	Philadelphia Eagles	3 yrs/$66M	$22M
6.	Dion Dawkins	Buffalo Bills	3 yrs/ $60.06M	$20.02M
7.	Taylor Decker	Detroit Lions	3 yrs/$60M	$20M
8.	Jake Matthews	Atlanta Falcons	3 yrs/$55M	$18.3M
9.	Kolton Miller	Las Vegas Raiders	3 yrs/$54M	$18M
10.	Cam Robinson	Jacksonville Jaguars	3 yrs/$54M	$18M

NFL's top 10 highest-paid LTs in 2024

10) Cam Robinson (Jaguars) - $18M

The Jacksonville Jaguars agreed with left tackle Cam Robinson on a three-year extension in 2022. Robinson's annual salary average is around $18 million per season with the entire contract worth $54 million.

9) Kolton Miller (Raiders) - $18M

Kolton Miller and the Las Vegas Raiders agreed to a three-year, $54.015 million contract extension in April 2021, with $42.6 million guaranteed. This deal will keep Miller under contract with the Raiders until the 2025 campaign. The left tackle makes $18 million a year on average.

8) Jake Matthews (Falcons) - $18.3M

Offensive tackle Jake Matthews and the Atlanta Falcons reached a three-year extension agreement in 2022, which has a $55 million total value, according to Spotrac. Matthews receives more than $18 million a season from the agreement.

7) Taylor Decker (Lions) - $20M

Taylor Decker's new three-year, $60 million extension with the Detroit Lions means he's now the seventh best-paid left tackle in the league on AAV (Annual Average Value), according to Spotrac at $20 million per year.

6) Dion Dawkins (Bills) - $20.02M

Dion Dawkins of the Buffalo Bills is ranked sixth on the list. Dawkins' contract, signed in March, is a $60.06 million, three-year extension that binds him to the Bills until 2027.

5) Jordan Mailata (Eagles) - $22M

Jordan Mailata of the Philadelphia Eagles is ranked fifth on the list. Mailata, who earns $22 million a year, and the Eagles recently reached an agreement on a $66 million, three-year deal.

4) Trent Williams (49ers) - $23M

Trent Williams, a left tackle for the San Francisco 49ers, is ranked fourth on the list with an annual salary of $23 million. Williams agreed to a six-year, $138.06 million contract extension after being acquired by the Niners in 2020 from the Washington Commanders.

3) Andrew Thomas (Giants) - $23.5M

Andrew Thomas, a left tackle for the New York Giants, ranks third overall with a salary of $23.5 million annually. Thomas agreed to a five-year, $117.5 million contract extension in 2023. The deal would keep him with the Giants until the 2029 campaign.

2) Laremy Tunsil (Texans) - $25M

Laremy Tunsil and the Houston Texans reached a three-year contract deal in March 2023 that is valued at $75 million, of which $60 million is fully guaranteed, according to Spotrac. Tunsil then overtook Trent Williams to become the highest paid offensive lineman in the NFL at the time with an average yearly compensation of $25 million.

1) Christian Darrisaw (Vikings) - $26M

Christian Darrisaw signed a four-year, $104 million contract with the Minnesota Vikings this offseason, making him the highest paid left tackle in the NFL on average annual value. Derrisaw's $26 million yearly compensation is more than that of any other left tackle in the NFL.