27 Highest Quarterback Base Salaries of 2015
This year is going to be a huge contract year for Russell Wilson. The Seattle Seahawks quarterback is playing in the last year of his rookie contract, despite leading his team to the Super Bowl the last two seasons and winning one of them. Although he has played like one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL, Wilson has one of the lowest base salaries ($1.542 million) among quarterbacks. In fact, there are numerous back-up quarterbacks who have higher base salaries than him.
Check out this list of the 27 quarterbacks who have higher base salaries than Russell Wilson.
1. Drew Brees
Team: New Orleans Saints
Base Salary: $18.75 million
2. Eli Manning
Team: New York Giants
Base Salary: $17 million
3. Philip Rivers
Team: San Diego Chargers
Base Salary: $15.75 million
4. Jay Cutler
Team: Chicago Bears
Base Salary: $15.5 million
5. Peyton Manning
Team: Denver Broncos
Base Salary: $15 million
6. Sam Bradford
Team: Philadelphia Eagles
Base Salary: $12.98 million
7. Alex Smith
Team: Kansas City Chiefs
Base Salary: $11.9 million
8. Matt Ryan
Team: Atlanta Falcons
Base Salary: $11.5 million
9. Colin Kaepernick
Team: San Francisco 49ers
Base Salary: $10.4 million
10. Matt Stafford
Team: Detroit Lions
Base Salary: $9.55
11. Tom Brady
Team: New England Patriots
Base Salary: $8 million
12. Matt Cassel
Team: Buffalo Bills (back-up)
Base Salary: $4.5 million
13. Joe Flacco
Team: Baltimore Ravens
Base Salary: $4 million
14. Chase Daniel
Team: Kansas City Chiefs (back-up)
Base Salary: $3.75 million
15. Chad Henne
Team: Jacksonville Jaguars (back-up)
Base Salary: $3.5 million
16. Andrew Luck
Team: Indianapolis Colts
Base Salary: $3.4 million
17. Robert Griffin III
Team: Washington Redskins
Base Salary: $3.26 million
18. Ryan Fitzpatrick
Team: New York Jets (back-up)
Base Salary: 3.25 million
19. Andy Dalton
Team: Cincinnati Bengals
Base Salary: $3 million
20. Mark Sanchez
Team: Philadelphia Eagles (back-up)
Base Salary: $2.5 million
21. Ryan Mallet
Team: Houston Texans
Base Salary: $2.5 million
22. Drew Stanton
Team: Arizona Cardinals (back-up)
Base Salary: $2.45 million
23. Josh McCown
Team: Cleveland Browns
Base Salary: $2.25 million
24. Shaun Hill
Team: Minnesota Vikings (back-up)
Base Salary: $2.2 million
25. Charlie Whitehurst
Team: Tennessee Titans (back-up)
Base Salary: $2 million
26. Matt Hasselbeck
Team: Indianapolis Colts (back-up)
Base Salary: $2 million
27. Bruce Gradkowski
Team: Pittsburgh Steelers (back-up)
Base Salary: $1.55 million
