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14. Joe Flacco
Total Earnings: $44.5 million
Salary/Bonuses: $44 million
Endorsements: $500,000
The 2013 Super Bowl MVP broke the bank in the offseason with a new three-year, $66.4 million contract that will keep him with the Baltimore Ravens through 2021. The deal includes a $40 million signing bonus for Flacco ($15 million of the bonus is deferred to March 2017, but Forbes considers it earned during our measured time period). His $22.1 million average salary is the highest in the NFL, topping Aaron Rodgers’ previous mark of $22 million.
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