NFL Top Average Salaries
Posted: February 14, 1997
at 11:30 a.m EST
Each NFL team is permitted to designate one of its players who
would be an unrestricted free agent as a franchise/transition
player during the term of the collective bargaining agreement.
A club that designates a franchise player must automatically
tender the player a one-year contract averaging the five
largest prior year salary at his position.
A club that designates a transition player must automatically
tender the player a one-year contract averaging the 10 largest
prior year salary at his position.
The following are the top 10 paid players at their respective
positions:
Quarterbacks 1996 Salary
Troy Aikman $5.371 million
Dan Marino $5.327 million
Steve Young $4.975 million
Scott Mitchell $4.317 million
John Elway $4.266 million
Brett Favre $4.175 million
Drew Bledsoe $4.093 million
Jim Kelly $3.715 million
Stan Humphries $3.650 million
Warren Moon $3.503 million
Running Backs 1996 Salary
Barry Sanders $4.347 million
Emmitt Smith $4.001 million
Chris Warren $2.700 million
Marshall Faulk $2.208 million
Thurman Thomas $2.175 million
Dave Meggett $2.100 million
Garrison Hearst $2.063 million
Terry Allen $2.000 million
Natrone Means $1.969 million
Ki-Jana Carter $1.964 million
Wide Receivers 1996 Salary
Carl Pickens $3.000 million
Rob Moore $3.000 million
Alvin Harper $2.850 million
Jerry Rice $2.521 million
Michael Haynes $2.500 million
Cris Carter $2.475 million
Anthony Miller $2.425 million
Keyshawn Johnson $1.955 million
Eric Metcalf $1.900 million
Jake Reed $1.872 million
Tight Ends 1996 Salary
Jackie Harris $1.625 million
Ben Coates $1.500 million
Mark Chmura $1.500 million
Tony McGee $1.500 million
Shannon Sharpe $1.450 million
Aaron Pierce $1.283 million
Wesley Walls $1.267 million
Kyle Brady $1.200 million
Rickey Dudley $1.160 million
Howard Cross $1.113 million
Offensive Linemen 1996 Salary
Leon Searcy $3.300 million
Bruce Matthews $3.260 million
Lomas Brown $3.000 million
Richmond Webb $2.900 million
Randall McDaniel $2.725 million
Bruce Armstrong $2.675 million
Jumbo Elliott $2.640 million
Richard Cooper $2.500 million
Andy Heck $2.500 million
Jim Dombrowski $2.500 million
Defensive Ends 1996 Salary
Reggie White $3.625 million
Neil Smith $3.250 million
Leslie O'Neal $3.167 million
Bruce Smith $2.967 million
Alonzo Spellman $2.900 million
Renaldo Turnball $2.862 million
Marco Coleman $2.856 million
William Fuller $2.850 million
Tony Bennett $2.750 million
Rob Burnett $2.510 million
Defensive Tackles 1996 Salary
Eric Swann $3.500 million
Dana Stubblefield $2.942 million
John Randle $2.625 million
Cortez Kennedy $2.492 million
Michael D. Perry $2.400 million
Henry Thomas $2.400 million
Andy Harmon $2.300 million
Dan Wilkinson $2.281 million
Kelvin Pritchett $2.082 million
Wayne Martin $2.000 million
Linebackers 1996 Salary
Junio Seau $3.990 million
Hardy Nickerson $3.600 million
Quentin Coryatt $3.500 million
Derrick Thomas $3.100 million
Cornelius Bennett $3.050 million
Lamar Lathon $3.000 million
Mo Lewis $2.870 million
Ken Harvey $2.750 million
Eric Hill $2.750 million
Seth Joyner $2.700 million
Cornerbacks 1996 Salary
Troy Vincent $4.600 million
Aeneas Williams $3.400 million
Cris Dishman $3.060 million
Rod Woodson $3.000 million
Eric Davis $2.750 million
Eric Allen $2.700 million
Todd Lyght $2.268 million
Deion Sanders $2.192 million
Darrell Green $2.100 million
Ray Buchanan $1.800 million
Safeties 1996 Salary
Eric Turner $3.317 million
Carnell Lake $2.400 million
Henry Jones $2.200 million
Steve Atwater $2.160 million
Stanley Richard $2.025 million
Tim McDonald $1.972 million
Darren Perry $1.850 million
Leroy Butler $1.700 million
Mark Collins $1.667 million
Stevon Moore $1.650 million
Punters/Kickers 1996 Salary
John Carney $1.050 million
John Kasay $900,000
Chris Mohr $825,000
Morten Andersen $800,000
Pete Stoyanovich $770,000
Matt Stover $739,000
Jason Hanson $708,000
Tom Tupa $683,000
Al Del Greco $675,000
Chris Jacke $625,000
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