With new deal, Aaron Rodgers ranks 22nd in NFL QB annual salary

Aaron Rodgers signed with the Steelers for a reported $13.65 million in 2025, with a chance to earn $19.5 million when including incentives.

According to multiple reports, Rodgers' agreement includes a base salary that would rank 11th in the NFL at the position in 2025, according to salary databases from Spotrac and Over The Cap. The Steelers only guaranteed $10 million of the $13.65 million total, according to multiple reports.

Falcons backup Kirk Cousins has the highest base salary among all quarterbacks in 2025 at $27.5 million.

Twenty-one quarterbacks have an average annual salary over $13.65 million, including Colts backup Daniel Jones ($14 million) and the Jets' Justin Fields ($20 million). Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott tops the list at $60 million. Joe Burrow (Bengals), Josh Allen (Bills), Jordan Love (Packers) and Trevor Lawrence (Jaguars) each earn an average of $55 million per year -- and none have yet to turn 30.

Burrow is second in quarterback base salary in 2025 at $25.25 million.

Fields began the 2024 season as QB1 for the Steelers and was benched in favor of Russell Wilson after six games. Wilson signed a reported one-year, $10.5 million contract with the New York Giants as a free agent and Fields is the new starter for the Jets, the franchise Rodgers called home the past two seasons.

The Jets and Steelers square off Week 1 of the 2025 regular season.

The Steelers announced Friday they had agreed to a one-year deal with the 41-year-old veteran, though no terms were released. The team statement also said the deal was pending a physical.

Rodgers, a four-time NFL Most Valuable Player and winner of Super Bowl XLV, spent his first 18 seasons with the Green Bay Packers before his stint with the Jets.

In that Super Bowl, while playing for Green Bay, he was named game MVP as the Packers defeated the Steelers.

--Field Level Media