Top 5 highest-paid NFL QBs right now ft. Aaron Rodgers
When Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers signed his new three-year $150 million deal with the team earlier this week, he became the highest-paid quarterback in the league. There are currently four quarterbacks in the league who are paid at least $40 million per year. While Rodgers is the highest-paid quarterback per year, the Kansas City Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes has the highest total value on a $450 million contract.
Top 5 highest-paid quarterbacks ( based on annual salary)
#5 - Deshaun Watson ($39 million a year)
Deshaun Watson comes in at number five for the top-five highest-paid quarterbacks in the league. Watson signed a four year, $156,000,000 contract with the Houston Texans on September 5th, 2020, including a $27,000,000 signing bonus, $110,717,123 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $39,000,000.
Watson's current contract could change as he is expected to be traded, and he could get extended by the team he gets traded to. Watson led the league in passing yards in 2020 before sitting out all of last season due to his ongoing investigation.
#4 - Dak Prescott ($40 million a year)
Dak Prescott signed a four-year, $160,000,000 contract with the Dallas Cowboys on March 8th, 2021, including a $66,000,000 signing bonus, $126,000,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $40,000,000. The contract came in the off-season after he suffered a gruesome compound fracture and dislocation of his right ankle during a week five matchup against the Giants that ended his season prematurely. However, Dallas extended him in the following off-season, making Prescott a top-five highest-paid quarterback in the league. Prescott currently has a 1-3 record in the post-season.