NFL salaries, 2027
Who is the highest-paid NFL player in 2027?
Patrick Mahomes is the highest-paid NFL player in 2027 at $58 million, with the Kansas City Chiefs. The Buffalo Bills pay the most to the players under contract, $327 million across 48; the Miami Dolphins the least, $102 million.
Highest-paid players, 2027
| 1 | Patrick Mahomes |  KC | QB | $58,000,000 | 6 |
| 2 | Josh Allen |  BUF | QB | $53,000,000 | 4 |
| 3 | Lamar Jackson |  BAL | QB | $52,000,000 | 1 |
| 4 | Jalen Hurts |  PHI | QB | $51,500,000 | 2 |
| 5 | Baker Mayfield |  TB | QB | $50,000,000 | 3 |
| 6 | Matthew Stafford |  LAR | QB | $50,000,000 | 2 |
| 7 | Dak Prescott |  DAL | QB | $45,000,000 | 2 |
| 8 | Jordan Love |  GB | QB | $43,000,000 | 2 |
| 9 | Trevor Lawrence |  JAX | QB | $41,500,000 | 3 |
| 10 | Jared Goff |  DET | QB | $40,000,000 | 2 |
| 11 | Geno Smith |  LV | QB | $39,500,000 | -1 |
| 12 | Daniel Jones |  IND | QB | $38,000,000 | 1 |
| 13 | Micah Parsons | GB | DE | $38,000,000 | 3 |
| 14 | Joe Burrow |  CIN | QB | $37,250,000 | 3 |
| 15 | Justin Herbert |  LAC | QB | $36,000,000 | 2 |
| 16 | Sam Darnold |  SEA | QB | $35,500,000 | 1 |
| 17 | Nick Bosa |  SF | DE | $33,179,000 | 2 |
| 18 | Jaxon Smith-Njigba | SEA | WR | $32,630,996 | 5 |
| 19 | Myles Garrett | LAR | DE | $32,000,000 | 4 |
| 20 | T.J. Watt |  PIT | LB | $32,000,000 | 1 |
| 21 | Danielle Hunter |  HOU | DE | $30,700,000 | 1 |
| 22 | Aidan Hutchinson | DET | DE | $30,000,000 | 4 |
| 23 | Alec Pierce | IND | WR | $30,000,000 | 3 |
| 24 | Ja'Marr Chase | CIN | WR | $30,000,000 | 3 |
| 25 | Justin Jefferson |  MIN | WR | $30,000,000 | 2 |
| 26 | Nico Collins | HOU | WR | $30,000,000 | 0 |
| 27 | Tyler Linderbaum | LV | C | $30,000,000 | 2 |
| 28 | Maxx Crosby | LV | DE | $29,782,000 | 2 |
| 29 | Quinnen Williams | DAL | DT | $29,200,000 | 4 |
| 30 | CeeDee Lamb | DAL | WR | $29,000,000 | 2 |
| 31 | Trey Hendrickson | BAL | LB | $29,000,000 | 3 |
| 32 | Chris Jones | KC | DT | $28,350,000 | 2 |
| 33 | Devon Witherspoon | SEA | CB | $28,161,000 | 5 |
| 34 | Brandon Aiyuk | SF | WR | $28,124,000 | 2 |
| 35 | Trent McDuffie | LAR | CB | $28,000,000 | 3 |
| 36 | Zay Flowers | BAL | WR | $28,000,000 | 4 |
| 37 | Brock Purdy | SF | QB | $27,250,000 | 4 |
| 38 | Jeffery Simmons |  TEN | DT | $26,950,000 | 4 |
| 39 | DK Metcalf | PIT | WR | $26,500,000 | 2 |
| 40 | Travon Walker | JAX | DE | $26,500,000 | 3 |
| 41 | Tee Higgins | CIN | WR | $26,300,000 | 1 |
| 42 | Rashawn Slater | LAC | OT | $26,000,000 | 2 |
| 43 | Tristan Wirfs | TB | OT | $26,000,000 | 2 |
| 44 | C.J. Stroud | HOU | QB | $25,904,000 | 0 |
| 45 | Nik Bonitto |  DEN | LB | $25,600,000 | 3 |
| 46 | Brian Burns |  NYG | LB | $25,500,000 | 1 |
| 47 | Dexter Lawrence II | CIN | DT | $25,500,000 | 1 |
| 48 | Terry McLaurin |  WSH | WR | $25,500,000 | 2 |
| 49 | Sauce Gardner | IND | CB | $24,953,473 | 4 |
| 50 | Jonathan Greenard | PHI | LB | $24,760,000 | 3 |
| 51 | Josh Hines-Allen | JAX | DE | $24,750,000 | 2 |
| 52 | DJ Moore | BUF | WR | $24,500,000 | 3 |
| 53 | Garrett Wilson |  NYJ | WR | $24,500,000 | 4 |
| 54 | Jaylen Waddle | DEN | WR | $24,000,454 | 2 |
| 55 | Milton Williams |  NE | DT | $24,000,000 | 1 |
| 56 | Penei Sewell | DET | OT | $24,000,000 | 2 |
| 57 | Vita Vea | TB | DT | $24,000,000 | 1 |
| 58 | Amon-Ra St. Brown | DET | WR | $23,980,000 | 2 |
| 59 | Jaelan Phillips |  CAR | LB | $23,760,000 | 2 |
| 60 | Trey Smith | KC | G | $23,500,000 | 1 |
| 61 | Bernhard Raimann | IND | OT | $23,344,000 | 2 |
| 62 | Derrick Brown | CAR | DT | $23,000,000 | 2 |
| 63 | Zach Allen | DEN | DE | $23,000,000 | 3 |
| 64 | Alim McNeill | DET | DT | $22,750,000 | 2 |
| 65 | Nnamdi Madubuike | BAL | DT | $22,500,000 | 1 |
| 66 | Calvin Ridley | TEN | WR | $22,250,000 | 0 |
| 67 | Chris Godwin Jr. | TB | WR | $22,000,000 | 1 |
| 68 | DeVonta Smith | PHI | WR | $22,000,000 | 2 |
| 69 | Landon Dickerson | PHI | G | $22,000,000 | 2 |
| 70 | Leonard Williams | SEA | DT | $22,000,000 | 0 |
| 71 | Luke Goedeke | TB | OT | $22,000,000 | 2 |
| 72 | Odafe Oweh | WSH | LB | $22,000,000 | 3 |
| 73 | Pat Surtain II | DEN | CB | $22,000,000 | 3 |
| 74 | Will Anderson Jr. | HOU | DE | $21,918,749 | 3 |
| 75 | Jalen Ramsey | PIT | CB | $21,700,000 | 2 |
| 76 | Garett Bolles | DEN | OT | $21,500,000 | 2 |
| 77 | Malik Willis |  MIA | QB | $21,500,000 | 2 |
| 78 | Taylor Moton | CAR | OT | $21,500,000 | 1 |
| 79 | Nick Herbig | PIT | LB | $21,300,000 | 3 |
| 80 | Alontae Taylor | TEN | CB | $21,020,000 | 1 |
| 81 | A.J. Brown | NE | WR | $21,000,000 | 3 |
| 82 | Jordan Mailata | PHI | OT | $21,000,000 | 2 |
| 83 | Montez Sweat |  CHI | DE | $21,000,000 | 0 |
| 84 | Tytus Howard |  CLE | OT | $21,000,000 | 2 |
| 85 | Derek Stingley Jr. | HOU | CB | $20,500,000 | 3 |
| 86 | Osa Odighizuwa | SF | DT | $20,500,000 | 2 |
| 87 | Trevon Diggs | GB | CB | $20,500,000 | -2 |
| 88 | Denzel Ward | CLE | CB | $20,325,000 | 3 |
| 89 | Christian Barmore | NE | DT | $20,000,000 | 1 |
| 90 | Courtland Sutton | DEN | WR | $20,000,000 | 3 |
| 91 | Darnell Wright | CHI | OT | $20,000,000 | 4 |
| 92 | Kenny Clark | DAL | DT | $20,000,000 | 1 |
| 93 | Roquan Smith | BAL | LB | $20,000,000 | 0 |
| 94 | Dion Dawkins | BUF | OT | $19,670,000 | 1 |
| 95 | Antoine Winfield Jr. | TB | S | $19,600,000 | 1 |
| 96 | Alaric Jackson | LAR | OT | $19,425,000 | 0 |
| 97 | Andrew Thomas | NYG | OT | $19,400,000 | 2 |
| 98 | Laremy Tunsil | WSH | OT | $19,100,000 | 2 |
| 99 | Anton Harrison | JAX | OT | $19,070,000 | 0 |
| 100 | John Franklin-Myers | TEN | DE | $19,000,000 | 1 |
Payroll by team, 2027
| 1 | BUF | 48 | $326,699,975 | Josh Allen ($53 million) |
| 2 | PHI | 27 | $293,540,655 | Jalen Hurts ($51.5 million) |
| 3 | DEN | 27 | $286,021,940 | Nik Bonitto ($25.6 million) |
| 4 | GB | 36 | $269,069,543 | Jordan Love ($43 million) |
| 5 | TEN | 39 | $267,083,367 | Jeffery Simmons ($26.9 million) |
| 6 | BAL | 32 | $266,836,135 | Lamar Jackson ($52 million) |
| 7 | SF | 31 | $261,760,048 | Nick Bosa ($33.2 million) |
| 8 | HOU | 34 | $261,685,441 | Danielle Hunter ($30.7 million) |
| 9 | JAX | 34 | $258,944,528 | Trevor Lawrence ($41.5 million) |
| 10 | SEA | 33 | $258,489,301 | Sam Darnold ($35.5 million) |
| 11 | NE | 39 | $257,277,313 | Milton Williams ($24 million) |
| 12 | DET | 25 | $251,437,114 | Jared Goff ($40 million) |
| 13 | LV | 28 | $245,234,559 | Geno Smith ($39.5 million) |
| 14 | DAL | 35 | $245,020,910 | Dak Prescott ($45 million) |
| 15 | PIT | 28 | $239,976,996 | T.J. Watt ($32 million) |
| 16 | TB | 22 | $228,590,779 | Baker Mayfield ($50 million) |
| 17 | CHI | 32 | $224,494,992 | Montez Sweat ($21 million) |
| 18 | LAR | 22 | $220,204,009 | Matthew Stafford ($50 million) |
| 19 | KC | 20 | $212,686,877 | Patrick Mahomes ($58 million) |
| 20 | CAR | 27 | $203,142,340 | Jaelan Phillips ($23.8 million) |
| 21 | CIN | 23 | $197,313,863 | Joe Burrow ($37.3 million) |
| 22 | IND | 21 | $195,076,102 | Daniel Jones ($38 million) |
| 23 |  NO | 36 | $181,032,690 | Chase Young ($18 million) |
| 24 | NYJ | 33 | $179,983,280 | Garrett Wilson ($24.5 million) |
| 25 | CLE | 33 | $177,295,729 | Tytus Howard ($21 million) |
| 26 | WSH | 27 | $177,151,861 | Terry McLaurin ($25.5 million) |
| 27 | LAC | 24 | $176,156,600 | Justin Herbert ($36 million) |
| 28 | NYG | 27 | $175,848,486 | Brian Burns ($25.5 million) |
| 29 | MIN | 27 | $169,232,035 | Justin Jefferson ($30 million) |
| 30 |  ATL | 26 | $154,220,069 | Jake Matthews ($18 million) |
| 31 |  ARI | 26 | $125,189,632 | Josh Sweat ($18.1 million) |
| 32 | MIA | 24 | $101,533,608 | Malik Willis ($21.5 million) |
Salaries as ESPN files them, for players on a roster now. A team's total is the players it has under contract, not its salary-cap figure: dead money and cap holds are not counted. An NFL figure is the season’s salary ESPN lists, which can differ from the cap hit.