Who is the NFL's Highest-Paid Player?
The NFL rewards players at its most prestigious position with fame, endorsements, and lots of money. It seems like a new quarterback contract with nine figures of guaranteed money is coming out each week. And as the revenue for the league continues to increase, the numbers in these contracts are just going to keep getting higher. While most of the top contracts in history have come at the quarterback position, some players at other positions have done well for themselves too. Below, we take a look at the top earners in NFL history. Top 10 Highest-Paid NFL Players 1. Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs (10 years, $450 Million) Signing Year: 2020; AAV: $45,000,000; Signing Age: 24 Mahomes laps the field in these rankings with the enormous 10-year pact he signed with the Chiefs prior to the 2020-21 season. It was the perfect confluence of events for Mahomes - he was the consensus best quarterback in the league at age 24 coming off a monster season that ended in a championsh...