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NFL Draft Earnings TrackerNFL Draft Earnings Tracker

Highest earnings per round and pick for the NFL Draft.

Highest Earnings per Round

Round Year Player Draft Team Position College Earnings
1 2005 Aaron Rodgers GB QB California $305,608,010
2 2001 Drew Brees SD QB Purdue $269,710,422
3 2012 Russell Wilson SEA QB Wisconsin $238,362,520
4 2012 Kirk Cousins WAS QB Michigan State $201,669,486
5 2011 Richard Sherman SEA CB Stanford $83,860,115
6 2000 Tom Brady NE QB Michigan $332,962,392
7 2005 Ryan Fitzpatrick STL QB Harvard $82,118,420


Highest Earnings per Pick

Pick Year Player Draft Team Position College Earnings
1 2009 Matthew Stafford DET QB Georgia $300,806,037
2 2010 Ndamukong Suh DET DT Nebraska $168,165,157
3 2008 Matt Ryan ATL QB Boston College $291,713,631
4 2004 Philip Rivers NYG QB North Carolina State $243,944,322
5 2014 Khalil Mack OAK OLB Buffalo $127,445,498
6 2011 Julio Jones ATL WR Alabama $148,125,821
7 2010 Joe Haden CLE CB Florida $121,471,755
8 2012 Ryan Tannehill MIA QB Texas A&M $168,975,979
9 2011 Tyron Smith DAL LT Southern California $111,797,504
10 2003 Terrell Suggs BAL OLB Arizona State $108,228,797
11 2004 Ben Roethlisberger PIT QB Miami (OH) $267,286,864
12 2012 Fletcher Cox PHI DT Mississippi State $115,890,246
13 2014 Aaron Donald STL DT Pittsburgh $128,614,238
14 2007 Darrelle Revis NYJ CB Pittsburgh $124,211,129
15 2010 Jason Pierre-Paul NYG DE South Florida $103,692,245
16 2011 Ryan Kerrigan WAS DE Purdue $75,652,470
17 2011 Nate Solder NE LT Colorado $77,095,004
18 2008 Joe Flacco BAL QB Delaware $174,383,819
19 1996 Marvin Harrison IND WR Syracuse $68,870,000
20 2014 Brandin Cooks NO WR Oregon State $90,470,356
21 2012 Chandler Jones NE OLB Syracuse $115,907,510
22 2011 Anthony Castonzo IND LT Boston College $76,281,227
23 2012 Riley Reiff DET LT Iowa $72,648,637
24 2005 Aaron Rodgers GB QB California $305,608,010
25 2013 Xavier Rhodes MIN CB Florida State $59,517,090
26 1996 Ray Lewis BAL LB Miami (FL) $95,725,000
27 2013 DeAndre Hopkins HOU WR Clemson $111,577,890
28 2007 Joe Staley SF LT Central Michigan $85,407,638
29 2012 Harrison Smith MIN FS Notre Dame $79,480,243
30 2017 T.J. Watt PIT OLB Wisconsin $69,852,038
31 2011 Cameron Heyward PIT DT Ohio State $99,732,735
32 2001 Drew Brees SD QB Purdue $269,710,422
33 1991 Brett Favre ATL QB Southern Mississippi $141,829,000
34 2014 DeMarcus Lawrence DAL DE Boise State $102,349,519
35 2011 Andy Dalton CIN QB Texas Christian $100,627,794
36 2014 Derek Carr OAK QB Fresno State $135,666,395
37 2007 Eric Weddle SD FS Utah $70,929,565
38 2016 Xavien Howard MIA CB Baylor $68,344,446
39 2012 Janoris Jenkins STL CB North Alabama $74,967,549
40 1993 Michael Strahan NYG DE Texas Southern $76,335,500
41 2013 Robert Woods BUF WR Southern California $61,424,057
42 2010 Rob Gronkowski NE TE Arizona $70,629,507
43 2011 Kyle Rudolph MIN TE Notre Dame $59,936,853
44 2013 Kawann Short CAR DT Purdue $69,824,220
45 2012 Alshon Jeffery CHI WR South Carolina $63,001,459
46 2010 Linval Joseph NYG DT East Carolina $69,408,049
47 2012 Bobby Wagner SEA ILB Utah State $92,008,441
48 2013 Le'Veon Bell PIT RB Michigan State $45,379,637
49 2008 DeSean Jackson PHI WR California $91,655,027
50 2008 Calais Campbell ARI DE Miami (FL) $134,591,393
51 2002 Clinton Portis DEN RB Miami (FL) $43,101,000
52 2013 Jamie Collins NE OLB Southern Mississippi $55,319,238
53 2014 Davante Adams GB WR Fresno State $85,578,141
54 2010 Carlos Dunlap CIN DE Florida $81,140,148
55 2006 Andrew Whitworth CIN LT Louisiana State $107,775,928
56 2003 Osi Umenyiora NYG OLB Troy $45,510,110
57 2012 Brock Osweiler DEN QB Arizona State $41,396,679
58 2012 Lavonte David TB OLB Nebraska $78,747,757
59 2007 Ryan Kalil CAR C Southern California $77,647,500
60 2010 Golden Tate SEA WR Notre Dame $56,421,672
61 2014 Allen Robinson JAC WR Penn State $80,030,505
62 2014 Jimmy Garoppolo NE QB Eastern Illinois $125,317,439
63 2015 Frank Clark SEA DE Michigan $81,327,184
64 2011 Randall Cobb GB WR Kentucky $69,455,887
65 2012 Trumaine Johnson STL CB Montana $68,593,329
66 2014 Morgan Moses WAS RT Virginia $38,739,767
67 2017 Alvin Kamara NO RB Tennessee $32,213,272
68 2003 Lance Briggs CHI OLB Arizona $52,287,683
69 2013 Tyrann Mathieu ARI FS Louisiana State $84,094,901
70 2011 Justin Houston KC DE Georgia $101,165,369
71 2004 Randy Starks TEN DE Maryland $40,194,750
72 2012 Olivier Vernon MIA OLB Miami (FL) $84,420,072
73 1999 Joey Porter PIT LB Colorado State $45,294,000
74 2001 Steve Smith CAR WR Utah $81,040,745
75 2012 Russell Wilson SEA QB Wisconsin $238,362,520
76 2013 Keenan Allen SD WR California $91,012,117
77 2011 Jurrell Casey TEN DT Southern California $74,988,072
78 2016 Joe Thuney NE G North Carolina State $52,491,395
79 2005 Evan Mathis CAR G Alabama $21,140,775
80 2011 Chris Culliver SF CB South Carolina $12,906,941
81 2014 Gabe Jackson OAK G Mississippi State $56,228,407
82 2010 Emmanuel Sanders PIT WR Southern Methodist $68,411,997
83 2007 Charles Johnson CAR DE Georgia $74,771,674
84 2009 Mike Wallace PIT WR Mississippi $56,027,550
85 2007 Brandon Mebane SEA DT California $47,711,996
86 2007 Marshal Yanda BAL G Iowa $70,241,120
87 2010 Eric Decker DEN WR Minnesota $29,396,843
88 2012 Nick Foles PHI QB Arizona $86,045,346
89 1996 Terrell Owens SF WR Tennessee-Chattanooga $79,628,334
90 2004 Matt Schaub ATL QB Virginia $94,353,850
91 2010 Navorro Bowman SF ILB Penn State $44,005,662
92 2012 T.Y. Hilton IND WR Florida International $78,149,649
93 2014 Brandon Linder JAC C Miami (FL) $44,518,706
94 2013 Brandon Williams BAL DT Missouri Southern State $52,343,733
95 2010 Jimmy Graham NO TE Miami (FL) $81,553,700
96 2017 Kenny Golladay DET WR Northern Illinois $40,592,781
97 2012 Lamar Miller MIA RB Miami (FL) $29,434,542
98 2016 Justin Simmons DEN FS Boston College $48,302,947
99 2011 K.J. Wright SEA OLB Mississippi State $49,101,594
100 2010 Everson Griffen MIN DE Southern California $63,027,231
101 2015 Trey Flowers NE DE Arkansas $62,288,964
102 2012 Kirk Cousins WAS QB Michigan State $201,669,486
103 2017 Trey Hendrickson NO DE Florida Atlantic $35,195,219
104 2004 Isaac Sopoaga SF DT Hawaii $27,543,624
105 2015 Jamison Crowder WAS WR Duke $29,560,527
106 2005 Kyle Orton CHI QB Purdue $30,109,000
107 2014 Justin Ellis OAK DT Louisiana Tech $16,913,706
108 2006 Jahri Evans NO G Bloomsburg $55,358,235
109 2013 David Bakhtiari GB LT Colorado $109,946,517
110 2016 Tyler Higbee LAR TE Western Kentucky $28,404,087
111 2003 Terrence McGee CB Northwestern State $29,880,000
112 2012 Bobby Massie ARI RT Mississippi $38,646,758
113 2017 Rayshawn Jenkins LAC S Miami (FL) $22,590,072
114 2010 Dennis Pitta BAL TE Brigham Young $24,204,000
115 2016 De'Vondre Campbell ATL OLB Minnesota $29,064,499
116 2006 Stephen Tulloch TEN ILB North Carolina State $30,069,320
117 2004 Robert Geathers CIN DE Georgia $38,866,000
118 2006 Stephen Gostkowski NE K Memphis $39,437,002
119 2006 Brandon Marshall DEN WR Central Florida $80,555,471
120 2010 Geno Atkins CIN DT Georgia $95,999,495
121 2008 Red Bryant SEA DE Texas A&M $22,705,255
122 2015 Za'Darius Smith BAL OLB Kentucky $67,467,546
123 2006 Domata Peko CIN DT Michigan State $47,185,981
124 2015 Kwon Alexander TB ILB Louisiana State $32,958,240
125 2003 Ike Taylor PIT CB Louisiana-Lafayette $45,351,970
126 2004 Jared Allen KC DE Idaho State $97,862,763
127 2014 Pierre Desir CLE CB Lindenwood $18,206,441
128 2015 Jon Feliciano OAK C Miami (FL) $18,849,979
129 2011 Julius Thomas DEN TE Portland State $30,358,585
130 2005 Darren Sproles SD RB Kansas State $44,587,765
131 2015 Shaq Mason NE G Georgia Tech $40,810,656
132 2012 Mike Daniels GB DT Iowa $46,090,425
133 2010 Kam Chancellor SEA SS Virginia Tech $48,094,881
134 2006 Kyle Williams BUF DT Louisiana State $57,228,000
135 2016 Dak Prescott DAL QB Mississippi State $131,317,825
136 2004 Gibril Wilson NYG S Tennessee $20,758,666
137 2015 Grady Jarrett ATL DT Clemson $73,359,675
138 2003 Robert Mathis IND OLB Alabama A&M $68,170,867
139 2012 Robert Blanton MIN SS Notre Dame $4,445,492
140 2008 Brandon Carr KC CB Grand Valley State $72,555,847
141 2004 Jake Scott IND G Idaho $22,800,279
142 2015 Adrian Amos CHI FS Penn State $37,566,940
143 2012 Josh Norman CAR CB Coastal Carolina $72,675,104
144 2013 Kenny Stills NO WR Oklahoma $36,334,988
145 2015 Bobby McCain MIA CB Memphis $24,445,195
146 2015 Stefon Diggs MIN WR Maryland $83,190,421
147 2016 Quinton Jefferson SEA DT Maryland $21,013,468
148 2013 A.J. Klein CAR OLB Iowa State $30,953,536
149 2003 Mike Scifres SD P Western Illinois $23,387,057
150 2008 Breno Giacomini GB RT Louisville $26,977,887
151 2014 Avery Williamson TEN ILB Kentucky $23,540,233
152 2016 Matthew Ioannidis WAS DE Temple $24,636,410
153 2008 Matthew Slater NE WR California-Los Angeles $27,411,210
154 2011 Richard Sherman SEA CB Stanford $83,860,115
155 2001 A.J. Feeley PHI QB Oregon $16,125,413
156 2002 Aaron Kampman GB DE Iowa $36,915,200
157 2015 C.J. Uzomah CIN TE Auburn $28,654,760
158 2012 Jack Crawford OAK DT Penn State $14,412,397
159 2013 Micah Hyde GB SS Iowa $47,446,595
160 2015 Jesse James PIT TE Penn State $18,347,976
161 2014 Corey Linsley GB C Ohio State $55,601,658
162 2007 Brent Celek PHI TE Cincinnati $29,517,350
163 2010 Reshad Jones MIA SS Georgia $58,237,432
164 2009 Thomas Morstead NO P Southern Methodist $35,026,393
165 2016 Tyreek Hill KC WR West Alabama $67,139,171
166 2012 Marvin Jones CIN WR California $56,064,628
167 2008 Erik Walden DAL OLB Middle Tennessee State $21,622,529
168 2000 Marc Bulger NO QB West Virginia $55,391,000
169 2010 Marshall Newhouse GB RT Texas Christian $11,642,189
170 2007 William Gay PIT CB Louisville $15,895,005
171 2015 Nick Boyle BAL TE Delaware $23,218,392
172 2011 Brandon Fusco MIN G Slippery Rock $19,806,483
173 1998 Matt Birk MIN C Harvard $51,498,037
174 2011 Charles Clay MIA TE Tulsa $38,451,264
175 2006 Delanie Walker SF TE Central Missouri $48,690,653
176 2011 Dwayne Harris DAL WR East Carolina $15,893,363
177 2012 Justin Bethel ARI CB Presbyterian $20,849,328
178 2017 Davon Godchaux MIA DT Louisiana State $24,558,169
179 2004 Corey Williams GB DT Arkansas State $33,206,000
180 2011 Tyrod Taylor BAL QB Virginia Tech $65,130,703
181 2013 Latavius Murray OAK RB Central Florida $20,797,219
182 2017 Aaron Jones GB RB Texas El-Paso $24,040,921
183 1987 Bo Jackson RAI RB Auburn $4,218,544
184 1998 Matt Hasselbeck GB QB Boston College $88,044,500
185 2003 Jeremy Bridges PHI G Southern Mississippi $9,219,648
186 2017 Chuck Clark BAL S Virginia Tech $15,081,267
187 2008 John Sullivan MIN C Notre Dame $35,800,021
188 2012 Danny Trevathan DEN ILB Kentucky $45,395,877
189 2016 Anthony Brown DAL CB Purdue $19,838,163
190 2008 Ahtyba Rubin CLE DT Iowa State $38,327,625
191 2011 Jason Kelce PHI C Cincinnati $70,208,745
192 2011 Matt Bosher ATL P Miami (FL) $16,646,128
193 2007 Mason Crosby GB K Colorado $44,498,884
194 2018 Russell Gage ATL WR Louisiana State $14,796,592
195 2010 Antonio Brown PIT WR Central Michigan $80,744,339
196 1995 Terrell Davis DEN RB Georgia $18,907,000
197 2012 Nate Ebner NE FS Ohio State $12,802,377
198 2017 D.J. Jones SF DT Mississippi $16,093,725
199 2000 Tom Brady NE QB Michigan $332,962,392
200 2015 Quandre Diggs DET SS Texas $37,575,237
201 1986 Ray Brown ARI G Arkansas State $19,516,162
202 2009 Brandon Myers OAK TE Iowa $9,523,082
203 2013 Ryan Jensen BAL C Colorado State-Pueblo $59,662,242
204 2015 Darren Waller BAL TE Georgia Tech $30,994,700
205 2008 Pierre Garcon IND WR Mount Union $67,572,809
206 2013 Vince Williams PIT ILB Florida State $22,468,065
207 2006 Antoine Bethea IND FS Howard $55,707,036
208 2016 Kamu Grugier-Hill NE OLB Eastern Illinois $12,273,899
209 2014 Quincy Enunwa NYJ WR Nebraska $25,214,544
210 2006 Zach Strief NO RT Northwestern $25,197,123
211 2008 Nate Garner NYJ RT Arkansas $6,487,500
212 2006 Fred Evans MIA DT Texas State $8,642,500
213 2005 Derek Anderson BAL QB Oregon State $33,374,303
214 2011 Derek Newton HOU RT Arkansas State $17,193,903
215 2006 Cortland Finnegan TEN CB Samford $46,351,757
216 2009 Captain Munnerlyn CAR CB South Carolina $25,429,665
217 2015 Rakeem Nunez-Roches KC DT Southern Mississippi $10,244,592
218 2013 Jordan Poyer PHI FS Oregon State $37,000,136
219 2014 Travis Carrie OAK CB Ohio $23,411,162
220 2014 Shamar Stephen MIN DT Connecticut $17,151,429
221 2016 Ted Karras NE C Illinois $15,624,389
222 2003 Josh Brown SEA K Nebraska $20,863,957
223 2013 Nick Williams PIT DT Samford $12,448,537
224 2005 Jay Ratliff DAL DT Auburn $34,019,313
225 2012 J.R. Sweezy SEA G North Carolina State $30,256,184
226 2015 Bobby Hart NYG RT Florida State $18,116,356
227 2012 Rishard Matthews MIA WR Nevada $14,738,261
228 2016 Riley Dixon DEN P Syracuse $9,435,011
229 2008 Cary Williams TEN CB Washburn $17,533,797
230 2005 Matt Cassel NE QB Southern California $65,494,057
231 2009 Jamarca Sanford MIN SS Mississippi $7,447,811
232 2009 Julian Edelman NE WR Kent State $46,021,530
233 2011 Lawrence Guy GB DT Arizona State $26,287,611
234 2006 Will Montgomery CAR C Virginia Tech $10,917,263
235 2014 Shelby Harris OAK DT Illinois State $26,510,716
236 2016 Dwayne Washington DET RB Washington $5,595,287
237 1999 Todd McClure ATL C Louisiana State $16,278,000
238 2018 Zach Sieler BAL DE Ferris State $7,818,881
239 2004 Eugene Amano TEN C Southeast Missouri State $17,976,500
240 2009 LaRod Stephens-Howling ARI RB Pittsburgh $3,971,050
241 1990 Terry Allen MIN RB Clemson $16,827,000
242 2002 Brett Keisel PIT DE Brigham Young $32,033,750
243 2007 Clark Harris GB LS Rutgers $14,356,325
244 2015 Trenton Brown SF RT Florida $58,858,343
245 2003 Chris Johnson GB CB Louisville $13,348,342
246 2014 Charles Leno CHI LT Boise State $50,984,198
247 2015 Darryl Roberts NE CB Marshall $10,207,794
248 2012 Kelvin Beachum PIT LT Southern Methodist $38,090,833
249 2009 Clinton McDonald CIN DE Memphis $18,424,557
250 2005 Ryan Fitzpatrick STL QB Harvard $82,118,420
251 2004 Scott Wells GB C Tennessee $30,760,375
252 2006 Marques Colston NO WR Hofstra $41,570,058
253 2010 Erik Lorig TB FB Stanford $4,220,603
254 2014 Terrance Mitchell DAL CB Oregon $17,147,139
255 2003 Kevin Walter NYG WR Eastern Michigan $21,233,788
256 2009 Ryan Succop KC K South Carolina $32,799,154
257 2021 Jermar Jefferson DET RB Oregon State $984,491
258 2021 Dax Milne WAS WR Brigham Young $1,562,268
259 2021 Grant Stuard TB LB Houston $1,561,244
260 2022 Zander Horvath LAC RB Purdue $782,008
261 2022 A.J. Arcuri LAR T Michigan State $516,844
262 2022 Brock Purdy SF QB Iowa State $782,008
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