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Highest-Paid NFL Players: Top 25 Salaries in 2025
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Highest-Paid NFL Players: Top 25 Salaries in 2025

Originally posted on Athlon Sports  |  By Scott Boeck  |  Last updated Jan 24, 2026 11:57 AM ET

It’s not a surprise that quarterbacks are the highest-paid players in the NFL.

The top 10 earners in the league — and 16 of the top 20 — are all quarterbacks. 

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott holds the crown for the highest-paid, with an average annual value (AAV) of $60 million per year, according to Spotrac.

Who’s the highest-paid non-quarterback? 

That title belongs to Green Bay Packers defensive end Micah Parsons, who ranks No. 12 with an AAV of $46.5 million. 

By position of the top 25: 16 quarterbacks, six defensive ends, three wide receivers. 

Bills quarterback Josh Allen led Buffalo to the AFC divisional playoff round.Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images

Highest-paid NFL players in 2025 by average annual value:

1. QB Dak Prescott, Cowboys - $60,000,000

T-2. QB Josh Allen, Bills - $55,000,000

T-2. QB Joe Burrow, Bengals - $55,000,000

T-2. QB Trevor Lawrence, Jaguars - $55,000,000

T-2. QB Jordan Love, Packers - $55,000,000

6. QB Tua Tagovailoa, Dolphins - $53,100,000

T-7. QB Jared Goff, Lions - $53,000,000

T-7. QB Brock Purdy, 49ers - $53,000,000

9. QB Justin Herbert, Chargers - $52,500,000

10. QB Lamar Jackson, Ravens - $52,000,000

11. QB Jalen Hurts, Eagles - $51,000,000

Packers defensive end Micah Parsons is the highest-paid non-quarterback in the NFL for the 2025 season.Tork Mason/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin

12. DE Micah Parsons, Packers - $46,500,000 

13. QB Kyler Murray, Cardinals - $46,100,000

14. QB Deshaun Watson, Browns - $46,000,000

T-15. QB Kirk Cousins, Falcons - $45,000,000

T-15. DE Aidan Hutchinson, Lions - $45,000,000

T-15. QB Patrick Mahomes, Chiefs - $45,000,000

18. QB Matthew Stafford, Rams - $42,000,000

19. DE T.J. Watt, Steelers - $41,000,000

20. WR Ja’Marr Chase, Bengals - $40,250,000 

21. DE Myles Garrett, Browns - $40,000,000

22. DE Maxx Crosby, Raiders - $35,500,000

23. WR Justin Jefferson, Vikings - $35,000,000

T-24. WR CeeDee Lamb, Cowboys - $34,000,000

T-24. DE Nick Bosa, 49ers - $34,000,000

Top NFL Salaries in 2025

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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