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This also skews the list towards sports with salary caps where salaries are therefore public knowledge and easy to cite. The contract figures referenced below are presented at face value and do not reflect potential pre or post-tax treatments. For example, contracts with European sports teams are typically quoted on a post-tax basis.
The average salary for a player in 1978 was under $62,600, up 13.2 percent over the previous year. Fran Tarkenton was the highest-paid quarterback at $360,000 and running back O. J. Simpson was the highest paid player, at just under $733,400.
Deshaun Watson - Contract value: $230 million - Career NFL record: 37-35 - Approximate career value: 63. A three-time Pro Bowler and the NFL's passing leader in 2020, Deshaun Watson sat out the ...
Archie Manning attempting a pass for the New Orleans Saints against the L.A. Rams in 1980. The 1980 NFL season was the 61st regular season of the National Football League. Prior to the season in March 1980, fellow NFL owners voted against the proposed move by the Raiders from Oakland, California to Los Angeles.
This means NFL salaries have increased by almost 400% over the past 20 years. To put that in perspective, median incomes in the U.S. rose 12.5% from $24,500 in 2005 to $27,600 in 2015, according ...
Doug Williams' original five-year contract expired at the beginning of the year. A published report of player salaries revealed that Williams, who had led the team to playoff appearances three out of the preceding four seasons, was the sixth-lowest-paid starting quarterback in the NFL. Eighteen NFL backup quarterbacks also had salaries higher ...
Quarterback is the most lucrative position in the NFL. The top 18 of the QB salary list are the highest paid football players, at any position. ... $240 million deal makes him the league's first ...
Bartkowski was the NFL Rookie of the Year as well as The Sporting News NFC Rookie of the Year in 1975. [4] He was the first client of sports agent Leigh Steinberg. Bartkowski is one of ten quarterbacks in NFL history who have achieved consecutive 30-touchdown passing seasons (1980 and 1981) at least one time in their career.