{"id":134279,"date":"2025-09-11T03:01:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T03:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/134279\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T03:01:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T03:01:11","slug":"the-richest-nfl-players-of-2025-ranked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/134279\/","title":{"rendered":"The Richest NFL Players Of 2025, Ranked"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RichestInstagram: @killatrav<\/p>\n

IT\u2019S NO SECRET that NFL players make a lot of money. The highest-paid player in the league, Dak Prescott, currently earns $92 million AUD per year. You don\u2019t need to spend much time on a contract like that to be set for life.<\/p>\n

But while the annual salaries of the top NFL players are ludicrous, the richest players aren\u2019t just making their money on the field. The smart, business-savvy ones expand their revenue streams by making shrewd investments, signing sponsorship deals and building their personal brands to ensure they\u2019ll keep bringing in income long after they\u2019ve retired<\/p>\n

So, who is the richest NFL player of all time? Scroll on to find out.<\/p>\n

All figures are estimates only, have been converted to AUD and are accurate as of September 10, 2025.<\/p>\n

\"\"Instagram: @killatrav<\/p>\n

10. Travis Kelce<\/p>\n

Net worth: $137 million<\/p>\n

A 13-year veteran, Travis Kelce has been making a lot of money for a long time. His current contract nets him around $25 million per year and helps him be the only non-quarterback on this list. If Kelce is brave enough to open a joint checking account with his fianc\u00e9, Taylor Swift,<\/a> he may shoot up to the top of our ranking.<\/p>\n

\"\"Image: courtesy of Hublot<\/p>\n

9. Patrick Mahomes<\/p>\n

Net worth: $145 million<\/p>\n

Kelce\u2019s quarterback, Patrick Mahomes, has been one of the NFL\u2019s highest paid players for half a decade. Back in 2021, he signed a huge, 10-year contract extension worth a total of $721 million. The deal will keep Mahomes with the Kansas City Chiefs until at least 2031, and ensure he remains one of the richest NFL players. His new ambassadorship with Hublot<\/a> won\u2019t hurt either.<\/p>\n

\"\"Instagram: @matthewstafford<\/p>\n

8. Matt Stafford<\/p>\n

Net worth: $227 million<\/p>\n

Matt Stafford has been breaking salary records throughout his entire 16-year NFL career. In 2009, he became the highest-paid rookie ever shortly after being selected with the first pick in the draft by the Detroit Lions. A few years later, he became the highest-paid player in the league, and his current salary of $64 million has helped him rack up the second-most career earnings of any player in history.<\/p>\n

\"\"Instagram: @kirkcousins<\/p>\n

7. Kirk Cousins<\/p>\n

Net worth: $243 million<\/p>\n

Another guy who has been on big money for most of his career, Kirk Cousins has earned monstrous contracts from the Washington Redskins, Minnesota Vikings and Atlanta Falcons. His current salary is $69 million. But despite all he\u2019s been paid, Cousins has only managed a lone playoff win in his career, compared to four playoff losses.<\/p>\n

\"\"Instagram: @dangerusswilson<\/p>\n

6. Russell Wilson<\/p>\n

Net worth: $250 million<\/p>\n

Super Bowl-winning quarterback Russell Wilson signed a comparatively meagre contract with the New York Giants in the offseason. It will pay him an average salary of $16 million, a life-changing sum for an everyman like you or me, but for Wilson that figure barely adds to his career earnings, which total over $450 million.<\/p>\n

\"\"Instagram: @aaronrodgers12<\/p>\n

5. Aaron Rodgers<\/p>\n

Net worth: $300 million<\/p>\n

Aaron Rodgers has the most career earnings in NFL history, so it\u2019s no surprise to see him crack the top five. The four-time MVP also had his own Netflix documentary and made a fair bit of coin from that, too.<\/p>\n

\"RichestInstagram: @peytonmanning<\/p>\n

4. Peyton Manning<\/p>\n

Net worth: $380 million<\/p>\n

The first retired player on this list, Peyton Manning, spent most of his career as one of the NFL\u2019s highest-paid players. He\u2019s also been the beneficiary of numerous lucrative endorsement deals with Nike, Buick, DirecTV, Gatorade, Nationwide and Papa John\u2019s. He became a franchisee of the latter in 2016 and sold multiple restaurants for a profit.<\/p>\n

\"\"Instagram: @vikings<\/p>\n

3. Fran Tarkenton<\/p>\n

Net worth: $450 million<\/p>\n

Fran Tarkenton is a deserved Hall of Famer, don\u2019t get us wrong, but it\u2019s not often that you hear his name brought up in the GOAT discussion. So, how does he have such a massive net worth? It\u2019s because he founded a tech company after retiring and invested early and heavily in Apple. Tarkenton\u2019s investment portfolio includes everything from insurance companies to financial institutions.<\/p>\n

\"TomInstagram: @tombrady<\/p>\n

2. Tom Brady<\/p>\n

Net worth: $455 million<\/p>\n

Widely considered the best to ever do it, Tom Brady was well compensated for his skills during his playing career. Endorsements with Under Armour, TAG Heuer and Aston Martin bolstered his coffers, while post-retirement ventures like launching a Brady Brand apparel line and the TB12 fitness company have only made him richer. Brady also recently signed a record-breaking broadcast deal with Fox Sports for a 10-year tenure as an analyst, and owns a stake in English football club Birmingham City.<\/p>\n

\"\"Instagram: @usna12<\/p>\n

1. Roger Staubach<\/p>\n

Net worth: $910 million<\/p>\n

Like Fran Tarkenton, Roger Staubach is a Hall of Famer, but he is absolutely not who you\u2019d expect to top this list \u2013 especially after we just sang Brady\u2019s praises. Staubach made his fortune by building and selling The Staubach Company, a commercial real estate firm he started in 1977 and sold to Jones Lang LaSalle for close to $900 million in 2008. While his NFL earnings were comparatively modest, his keen business mind made Staubach one of the wealthiest athletes in history.<\/p>\n

Related:<\/p>\n

The richest NBA players of 2025, ranked<\/a><\/p>\n

The richest rappers of 2025, ranked<\/a><\/p>\n

The richest actors of 2025, ranked<\/a><\/p>\n

The richest musicians of 2025, ranked<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Instagram: @killatrav IT\u2019S NO SECRET that NFL players make a lot of money. The highest-paid player in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":134280,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-134279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}