The NFL's quarterback market has exploded over the last decade, and with good reason. Quarterback is the most important position in the league and no team wants to get stuck with spotty play from its signal-caller. Here are the top 5 highest QBs of NFL 2022, based on their average annual salary.
Fact is, Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford is among the world's Top 10 highest-paid athletes. Stafford signed a 5-year, $135-million contract with the Lions last year, and his average annual value is $43 million.
Mahomes has been to two Super Bowls in his four years as a starter and has never failed to make at least the AFC Championship Game. He has an average annual value of $45 million.
#1. Aaron Rodgers
Aaron Rodgers' The two-time reigning MVP will be the first NFL player to earn more than $50 million per season, and his $150.6 million in guaranteed money is the most for an NFL player in history as well.
