NFL’s top 10 highest-paid QBs of 2024: Tua Tagovailoa, Jordan Love join list; how all signal-callers stack up

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NFL’s top 10 highest-paid QBs of 2024: Tua Tagovailoa, Jordan Love join list; how all signal-callers stack up

Tua Tagovailoa and Jordan Love became much wealthier individuals on Friday. The Miami Dolphins locked their quarterback to a four-year, $212.4 million deal, while Love and the Green Bay Packers agreed to a four-year, $220 million deal

The quarterbacks have joined the short list of quarterbacks who are making $50 million annually. That list also includes Cincinnati’s Joe Burrow ($55 million), Jacksonville’s Trevor Lawrence ($55 million), Detroit’s Jared Goff ($53 million), L.A.’s Justin Herbert ($52 million), Baltimore’s Jamar Jackson ($52 million), and Philadelphia’s Jalen Hurts ($51 million). 

Tagovailoa getting $167 million guaranteed makes him only the eighth quarterback ever to receive a guarantee over $160 million, joining Cleveland — Herbert ($218.7 million guaranteed), Burrow ($219.01 million guaranteed), Lawrence ($200 million guaranteed), Jackson ($185 million guaranteed), Hurts ($179.4 million guaranteed) and Goff ($170.6 million guaranteed). 

Does having a well compensated quarterback equate to championships? Well, just one player inside the newly etched top 10 highest-paid quarterbacks in the league has hoisted a Lombardi Trophy — Patrick Mahomes, who is tied for 10th in average per year with new Atlanta Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins. Here’s a rundown of the highest-paid signal-callers in the league and a comparative chart of how they stack up against one another on the field. 

Note: APY denotes average per-year earnings (via Spotrac).

QB Team APY Starts Record Playoffs Rating TD:INT Super Bowls
Trevor Lawrence Jaguars  $55M 50 20-30 1-1 85.0 58-39 0
Joe Burrow Bengals $55M 52 29-22-1 5-2 98.6 97:37 0-1
Jordan Love Packers $55M 18 9-9 1-1 94 35-14 0
Tua Tagovailoa Dolphins $53.1M 51 32-19 0-1 97.1 81:37 0
Jared Goff Lions $53M 117 66-50-1 4-4 93.6 185:82 0-1
Justin Herbert Chargers $52.5M 62 30-32 0-1 95.7 114:42 0
Lamar Jackson Ravens $52M 77 58-19 2-4 98.0 125:45 0

Jalen Hurts

Eagles

$51M

51

34-17 2-3

91.1

67:34

0-1

Kyler Murray

Cardinals

$46.1M

65

28-36-1 0-1

92.2

94:46

Deshaun Watson

Browns

$46M

65

36-29 1-2

100.8

118:45

Kirk Cousins

Falcons

$45M

145

76-67-2 1-3

98.2

270:110

Patrick Mahomes

Chiefs

$45M

96

74-22 15-3

103.5

219-63

3-1

On top of Mahomes being the only quarterback within this top 11 to actually win a Super Bowl, just three others have been to the big game: Jared Goff, Jalen Hurts and Joe Burrow. 

Still, this list does signal that quarterbacks are arguably overcompensated if the name of the game is to win at a high level in the playoffs. Only Mahomes and Burrow have playoff records above .500, and seven of the 11 —  have records are below .500. In any event, if Tagovailoa and Love can lead their respective teams to a championship, no one will blink twice when hearing that they are among the highest-paid quarterbacks in the league. 

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