Wasn’t that long ago Maxx Crosby reset the market for players who aren’t quarterbacks. Since Crosby signed an extension earlier this month that put him at a $35.5 million average annual salary, two players have since surpassed that mark over the next two weeks.
Of course, both of those record-setting extensions fell on a Sunday. Myles Garrett previously owned that title as the Cleveland Browns gave him a $40 million extension with a historic $122.8 million guaranteed. Just a week later, Ja’Marr Chase reset the market as the Cincinnati Bengals gave him a four-year, $161 million deal that pays him an average of $40.25 million a season.
With Chase joining Garrett in the $40 million non-quarterback club, Chase’s deal will certainly impact other non-quarterbacks whose agents are popping bottles while negotiating extensions for their superstar clients. Micah Parsons, Aidan Hutchinson and Trey Hendrickson are awaiting new contracts and stand to benefit the most from Garrett and Chase’s new deals.
This list will certainly change over the course of the offseason, but here are the 10 highest-paid non-quarterbacks in the NFL at this very moment.
Highest-paid non-quarterbacks in average annual salary
Ja’Marr ChaseCincinnati BengalsWR$40,250,000Myles GarrettCleveland BrownsDE$40,000,000
Maxx Crosby
Las Vegas Raiders
DE
$35,500,000
Justin Jefferson
Minnesota Vikings
WR
$35,000,000
CeeDee Lamb
Dallas Cowboys
WR
$34,000,000
Nick Bosa
San Francisco 49ers
DE
$34,000,000
A.J. Brown
Philadelphia Eagles
WR
$32,000,000
Chris JonesKansas City ChiefsDT$31,750,000
Amon-Ra St. Brown
Detroit Lions
WR
$30,002,500
DK MetcalfPittsburgh SteelersWR$30,000,000
Tyreek Hill
Miami Dolphins
WR
$30,000,000
Brandon Aiyuk
San Francisco 49ers
WR
$30,000,000
Wide receivers still dominate the highest-paid non-quarterbacks list based on average per year salary, as eight of them are in the top-12 with Hill, Metcalf and Aiyuk tied for 10th. Pass…
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