NFL Wide Receiver Salaries

[casmith07]

Someone made a great point (I think CC) about wide receiver salaries across the NFL versus productivity on the field. I've taken the time to compile a list of the base salaries for 2009 for all 32 NFL teams, along with the receiving statistics for each team in 2009.

WR Salaries by Team

Arizona Cardinals

Boldin, Anquan - $2,750,000
Breaston, Steve - $460,000
Doucet, Early - $385,000
Fitzgerald, Larry - $1,600,000
Morey, Sean - $745,000
Urban, Jerheme - $620,000

Atlanta Falcons

Booker, Marty - $1,400,000
Douglas, Harry - $385,000
Finneran, Brian - $1,000,000
Jenkins, Michael - $1,500,000
Weems, Eric - $385,000
White, Roddy - $6,000,000

Baltimore Ravens

Clayton, Mark - $2,070,000
Mason, Derrick - $3,000,000
Smith, Marcus - $385,000
Tyree, David - $620,000
Washington, Kelley - $620,000
Williams, Demetrius - $1,010,000

Buffalo Bills

Evans, Lee - $4,600,000
Hardy, James - $450,000
Jenkins, Justin - $535,000
Johnson, Steve - $385,000
Owens, Terrell - $2,250,000
Parrish, Roscoe - $1,000,000
Reed, Josh - $2,475,000
Wilson, George - $1,010,000

Chicago Bears

Aromashodu, Devin - $460,000
Bennett, Earl - $385,000
Davis, Rashied - $765,000
Hester, Devin - $550,000
Iglesias, Juaquin - $310,000
Knox, Johnny - $310,000

Cleveland Browns

Cribbs, Joshua - $620,000
Furrey, Mike - $620,000
Massaquoi, Mohamed - $310,000
Robiskie, Brian - $310,000
Steptoe, Syndric - $385,000
Stuckey, Chansi - $460,000

Cincinnati Bengals

Coles, Laveranues - $1,900,000
Cosby, Quan - $310,000
Henry, Chris - $620,000
Ochocinco, Chad - $4,500,000
Purify, Maurice - $310,000
Simpson, Jerome - $385,000

Carolina Panthers

Jarrett, Dwayne - $460,000
Moore, Kenneth - $385,000
Muhammad, Muhsin - $1,500,000
Smith, Steve L. - $3,400,000

Denver Broncos

Gaffney, Jabar - $1,500,000
Lloyd, Brandon - $620,000
Marshall, Brandon - $2,198,000
McKinley, Kenny - $310,000
Royal, Eddie - $385,000
Stokley, Brandon - $1,410,000

Dallas Cowboys

Austin, Miles - $1,545,000
Crayton, Patrick - $1,500,000
Hurd, Sam - $1,545,000
Ogletree, Kevin - $310,000
Williams, Roy E. - $3,655,900

Detroit Lions

Fowler, Eric - $310,000
Jennings, Adam - $535,000
Johnson, Bryant - $2,000,000
Johnson, Calvin - $2,580,125
Northcutt, Dennis - $1,250,000
Williams, Derrick - $310,000

Green Bay Packers

Blackmon, Will - $535,000
Driver, Donald - $3,900,000
Jennings, Greg - $5,000,000
Jones, James - $460,000
Lang, TJ - $310,000
Nelson, Jordy - $385,000
Swain, Brett - $310,000

Houston Texans

Anderson, David - $900,000
Davis, Andre’ - $2,100,000
Johnson, Andre - $5,325,000
Jones, Jacoby - $460,000
Martinez, Glenn - $535,000
Walter, Kevin - $1,500,000

Indianapolis Colts

Baskett, Hank - $700,000
Collie, Austin - $310,000
Garcon, Pierre - $385,000
Gonzalez, Anthony - $460,000
Hall, Roy - $460,000
Wayne, Reggie - $4,220,000

Jacksonville Jaguars

Dillard, Jarett - $310,000
Holt, Torry - $2,950,000
Hughes, Nate - $310,000
Sims-Walker, Mike - $460,000
Thomas, Mike - $310,000
Underwood, Tiquan - $310,000
Wilford, Ernest - $620,000
Williamson, Troy - $1,435,000

Kansas City Chiefs

Bowe, Dwayne - $460,000
Bradley, Mark - $620,000
Chambers, Chris - $4,550,000
Copper, Terrance -$620,000
Darling, Devard - $1,000,000
Wade, Bobby - $700,000

Miami Dolphins

Bess, Davone - $385,000
Camarillo, Greg - $1,475,000
Ginn, Ted - $677,917
Hartline, Brian - $310,000
Marion, Brennan - $310,000
Turner, Patrick - $310,000

Minnesota Vikings

Berrian, Bernard - $2,395,000
Harvin, Percy - $1,040,000
Johnson, Jaymar - $310,000
Lewis, Greg - $650,000
Rice, Sidney - $460,000

New England Patriots

Aiken, Sam - $645,000
Barnes, Tyree - $310,000
Edelman, Julian - $310,000
Moss, Randy - $4,900,000
Slater, Matt - $385,000
Tate, Brandon - $310,000
Welker, Wes - $1,650,000
White, Shun - $310,000

New Orleans Saints

Colston, Marques - $2,250,000
Harper, Rod - $310,000
Henderson, Devery - $1,500,000
Meachem, Robert - $492,500
Moore, Lance - $1,545,000
Roby, Courtney - $535,000
Woods, D’Juan - $310,000

New York Giants

Barden, Ramses - $310,000
Hagan, Derek - $750,000
Hixon, Domenik - $530,000
Manningham, Mario - $385,000
Moss, Sinorice - $535,000
Nicks, Hakeem - $310,000
Smith, Steve - $460,000

New York Jets

Allison, Aundrae - $460,000
Clowney, David - $460,000
Cotchery, Jerricho - $1,780,000
Edwards, Braylon - $4,550,000
Smith, Brad - $535,000
Wright, Wallace - $535,000

Oakland Raiders

Heyward-Bey, Darrius - $1,920,000
Higgins, Johnnie Lee - $460,000
Holland, Jonathan - $385,000
Miller, Nick - $310,000
Murphy, Louis - $310,000
Schilens, Chaz - $385,000
Walker, Javon - $2,000,000
Watkins, Todd - $385,000

Philadelphia Eagles

Avant, Jason - $1,010,000
Brown, Reggie - $769,000
Curtis, Kevin - $1,900,000
Jackson, DeSean - $385,000
Maclin, Jeremy - $535,000

Pittsburgh Steelers

Holmes, Santonio - $700,000
Logan, Stefan - $310,000
McDonald, Shaun - $620,000
Sweed, Limas - $385,000
Wallace, Burnell ‘Mike’ - $310,000
Ward, Hines - $2,750,000

San Diego Chargers

Byrd, Demetrius - $310,000
Davis, Craig - $510,000
Floyd, Malcom - $1,545,000
Jackson, Vincent - $620,000
Naanee, Legedu - $460,000
Osgood, Kassim - $1,050,000

San Francisco 49ers

Battle, Arnaz - $1,490,000
Bruce, Isaac - $1,725,000
Crabtree, Michael - $2,393,077
Hill, Jason - $460,000
Jones, Brandon - $620,000
Morgan, Joshua ‘Josh’ - $385,000
Walker, Delanie - $535,000

St. Louis Rams

Amendola, Danny - $310,000
Avery, Donnie - $456,250
Burton, Keenan - $385,000
Carter, Tim - $620,000
Foster, Brooks - $310,000
Martin, Ruvell - $535,000
Robinson, Laurent - $460,000

Seattle Seahawks

Branch, Deion - $4,940,000
Burleson, Nate - $3,250,000
Butler, Deon - $310,000
Houshmandzadeh, TJ - $5,500,000
Obomanu, Ben - $385,000

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Bryant, Antonio - $9,884,000
Clark, Brian - $535,000
Clayton, Michael - $3,000,000
Figurs, Yamon - $460,000
Stovall, Maurice - $535,000
Stroughter, Sammie - $310,000

Tennessee Titans

Britt, Kenny - $310,000
Edison, Dominique - $310,000
Gage, Justin - $2,000,000
Hawkins, Lavelle - $385,000
Jones, Mark - $725,000
Washington, Nate - $1,300,000

Washington Commanders

Kelly, Malcolm - $385,000
Mitchell, Marko - $310,000
Moss, Santana - $745,000
Randle El, Antwaan - $1,500,000
Thomas, Devin - $385,000

 

[casmith07]

2009 Regular Season Rankings, Receiving Offense (Team)

1 Houston Texans
2 Indianapolis Colts
3 New England Patriots
4 San Diego Chargers
5 Pittsburgh Steelers
6 Green Bay Packers
7 New Orleans Saints
8 Dallas Cowboys
9 Minnesota Vikings
10 Philadelphia Eagles
11 New York Giants
12 Arizona Cardinals
13 Denver Broncos
14 Washington Commanders
15 Seattle Seahawks
16 Atlanta Falcons
17 Chicago Bears
18 Baltimore Ravens
19 Jacksonville Jaguars
20 Detroit Lions
21 Miami Dolphins
22 San Francisco 49ers
23 Kansas City Chiefs
24 Cincinnati Bengals
24 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
26 Tennessee Titans
27 Carolina Panthers
28 St. Louis Rams
29 Oakland Raiders
30 Buffalo Bills
31 New York Jets
32 Cleveland Browns

 

[rkell87]

wow @the bills

and on the other end wow @the colts

 

[sonnyboy]

Great work and it's very much appreciated.

But the salary figure with out the bonus amount prorated for that year doesn't give the the cap figure. Or the real outlay for that player.

We all know that Fitzgerald, Boldin, Williams and many other actually cost their teams more than the salary listed.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Dallas Cowboys

Austin, Miles - $1,545,000 -- not bad
Crayton, Patrick - $1,500,000 -- not bad
Hurd, Sam - $1,545,000 -- not bad
Ogletree, Kevin - $310,000 -- nice
Williams, Roy E. - $3,655,900 -- holy ****! ****! CRAP!

 

[casmith07]

Great work and it's very much appreciated.

But the salary figure with out the bonus amount prorated for that year doesn't give the the cap figure. Or the real outlay for that player.

We all know that Fitzgerald, Boldin, Williams and many other actually cost their teams more than the salary listed.

This was all done as base salary - designed to give a very basic game-by-game "dollars per catch" type snapshot. You could certainly look deeper at it and take a look at cap figures and such and whether or not it hamstrings the franchise for the upcoming season or not, but as I said this was designed to purely pacify the "he needs to play up to his contract" crowd about any WR in the league. Players don't get paid their cap figure, they get paid their base salary.

 

[masomenos]

Antonio Bryant made $9.9 million last year!?

I think I could guarantee 1/10th of his production, in his best year, if they would give me 1/10th of his pay. Hell, I'd settle for 1/100th of his pay!

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Antonio Bryant made $9.9 million last year!?

I think I could guarantee 1/10th of his production, in his best year, if they would give me 1/10th of his pay. Hell, I'd settle for 1/100th of his pay!

He was franchised.

 

[rojan]

Didn't T.O sign a 6.5 Million dollar contract with no signing bonus??

 

[masomenos]

He was franchised.

What a terrible decision.

 

[jobberone]

What a terrible decision.

Not as bad if they can lock him up to a long term contract. He's got the skills.

 

[gimmesix]

Since it's going to be an uncapped year, we don't have to worry about who's going to be making what in 2010 (although I'm sure some here will talk about it ad nauseam).

What we need to be hoping for is that a lot of the players are going to receive big payouts this year. Then when the cap is restored, Dallas won't owe them much toward it.

I think Jerry Jones would be smart to restructure several deals so the players will receive the bulk of the money owed as bonuses this season.

I know this information concerns the 2009 season, but I just thought this was a good place to say these things.

 

[Future]

I don't want to look at all of those...is there even a pattern?

You also have to take into account injuries and qb play.

Seattle has a ton of money invested into that WR corps, but they all got hurt.