NFL's highest paid quarterbacks for 2024 season: Ranking QBs by average annual salary
Who are the highest-paid quarterbacks in the NFL for the 2024 season?
The position continues to be the highest paid in the league, with 20 quarterbacks currently set to make at least $10 million per season in average annual salary entering the 2024 NFL season, led by a quarterback who is earning an average of $55 million per season.
13 QBs are set to make at least $40 million a season.
Here's a look at the Top 10 quarterbacks in the league, ranked by average annual salary, per overthecap.com, a site that tracks NFL player contracts (through May 16, 2024).
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Who is the highest-paid quarterback in the NFL?
The Cincinnati Bengals' Joe Burrow is currently the highest-paid quarterback in the NFL, with an average annual salary of $55 million.
His current contract has a total value of $275 million, with a total guaranteed amount of just about $219 million.
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Which NFL quarterbacks will make the most in 2024?
Burrow has company on the list of the top-paid quarterbacks in the NFL.
The Detroit Lions' Jared Goff is now second on the list, with an average annual salary of $53 million per season.
The Los Angeles Chargers' Justin Herbert is third among the highest-paid NFL QBs with an average salary of $52.5 million per year. He's followed by the Baltimore Ravens' Lamar Jackson, at $52 million.
Jalen Hurts of the Philadelphia Eagles comes in fifth, with a salary of $51 million per season, and he's followed by the Arizona Cardinals' Kyler Murray with an average annual salary of $46.1 million.
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NFL's highest-paid quarterbacks in 2024 (average salary per year):
1. Cincinnati Bengals QB Joe Burrow: $55 million
2. Lions QB Jared Goff: $53 million
3. Chargers QB Justin Herbert: $52.5 million
4. Ravens QB Lamar Jackson: $52 million
5. Eagles QB Jalen Hurts: $51 million
6. Cardinals QB Kyler Murray: $46.1 million
7. Browns QB Deshaun Watson: $46 million
8. Falcons QB Kirk Cousins: $45 million
9. Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes: $45 million
10. Bills QB Josh Allen: $43 million
- Source: overthecap.com
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