Aaron Rodgers has set the benchmark for NFL players, reportedly becoming the first player in NFL history to make an average annual value of $50 million a year. Rodgers reportedly agreed to a four-year, $200 million deal to remain with the Green Bay Packers with a reported guaranteed money of $153 million -- one of the richest contracts in NFL history. (Rodgers has denied the terms of the contract.)
With Rodgers set to be the latest quarterback to receive a massive deal, joining the likes of Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen -- who also earned massive contracts over the past two years. Where does Rodgers stack up amongst the richest deals ever handed out in NFL history?
Let's take a look at the top-10 deals in total money and average annual value:
Top contracts in total value
Player | Total Contract Amount | Year Signed |
Patrick Mahomes | $450 million | 2020 |
Josh Allen | $258 million | 2021 |
Aaron Rodgers* | $200 million | 2022 |
$160 million | 2021 | |
$156 million | 2020 | |
$150 million | 2018 | |
$141 million | 2018 | |
$140 million | 2019 | |
Andrew Luck | $139 million | 2016 |
$131 million | 2021 |
*Reported salary
Top contracts in average annual value
Player | Average Annual Value | Total Years | Year Signed |
Aaron Rodgers* | $50 million | 4 | 2022 |
Patrick Mahomes | $45 million | 10 | 2020 |
Josh Allen | $43,005,667 | 6 | 2021 |
Dak Prescott | $40 million | 4 | 2021 |
Deshaun Watson | $39 million | 4 | 2020 |
Russell Wilson | $35 million | 4 | 2019 |
$33.5 million | 4 | 2019 | |
$33 million | 2 | 2020 | |
$32 million | 4 | 2019 | |
Matt Ryan | $30 million | 5 | 2018 |
*Reported salary
Most guaranteed money in contracts
Player | Guaranteed Money | Year Signed |
Aaron Rodgers* | $153 million | 2022 |
Josh Allen | $150 million | 2021 |
Patrick Mahomes | $141,481,905 | 2020 |
Dak Prescott | $126 million | 2021 |
Deshaun Watson | $110,717,123 | 2019 |
Jared Goff | $110,042,682 | 2019 |
Carson Wentz | $107,970,683 | 2019 |
Russell Wilson | $107 million | 2019 |
$102 million | 2020 | |
$100 million | 2020 | |
| Matt Ryan | $100 million | 2018 |
*Reported salary
Rodgers' deal is not official yet, but the Packers quarterback is set to become the highest-paid quarterback in the NFL in terms of average annual value with this deal. He's the third player in NFL history to have a total contract value of $200 million, joining Mahomes and Allen.
What Rodgers has accomplished over the past three seasons has arguably been one of the best three-year stretches for a quarterback in NFL history. Rodgers has completed 67.1% of his passes for 12,416 yards with 111 touchdowns to just 13 interceptions for a 109.2 passer rating. Rodgers has thrown 85 touchdown passes to nine interceptions since the start of the 2020 season with a 116.7 passer rating, all first in the NFL.
There's a reason Rodgers will earn $50 million per season, the first $50 million per season player in NFL history.
