Wednesday, November 4, 2026

How Much Will 2025 NFL Draft Picks Make?

First-round draft picks will make over $200 million more than players drafted during rounds 2 and 3.

Christopher Handler paints a new 2025 NFL Draft-themed fence along Lombardi Avenue on April 12, 2025, in Green Bay, Wis.

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The 2025 NFL Draft in Green Bay was a drastically different financial experience for future NFL players, depending on which day they were selected and with which pick.

First-round draft picks will total $693.9 million in contract value. Of this amount, 48% will go to the first ten picks of the draft.

Players selected on Day 2 see a dramatic drop in potential earnings on their rookie contracts. The 39th pick, or seventh pick of the second round, is the last player who will make at least $10 million.

For players drafted on Friday, the total amount they make in their rookie contracts is $469.3 million, or an average of $7.3 million per player in total contract value.

Day 3 players see a less significant drop in potential earnings than those selected during the third round.

For example, the last player picked on Day 2 will make $5.98 million. Kobee Minor, the final pick of this year’s NFL Draft, will make $4.3 million, only a 28% drop. It’s still a substantial amount, but less pronounced than the 56% difference between the last players selected on Day 1 compared to Day 2. 

2025 NFL Draft Picks’ Earnings

Here’s how much 2025 NFL draft players will make by expected year 1 earnings, total contract value (First Round only), and signing bonuses:

PickYear 1 earningsTotal contract valueSigning bonus
1$7,820,000$43,010,000$27,920,000
2$7,474,234$41,108,290$26,536,937
3$7,254,206$39,898,136$25,656,822
4$7,002,737$38,515,052$24,650,488
5$6,562,670$36,094,688$22,290,681
6$5,776,839$31,772,616$19,747,459
7$5,148,175$28,314,964$17,327,696
8$4,519,510$24,857,308$14,713,019
9$4,488,041$24,684,224$14,529,163
10$4,315,192$23,733,556$13,200,770
11$4,048,011$22,264,062$12,832,046
12$3,670,810$20,189,458$11,323,242
13$3,576,511$19,670,812$10,946,045
14$3,419,346$18,806,406$10,317,282
15$3,356,483$18,460,658$10,065,391
16$3,167,879$17,423,336$9,911,515
17$3,105,012$17,077,566$9,060,049
18$3,026,430$16,645,368$8,748,721
19$2,979,279$16,386,036$8,557,151
20$2,963,564$16,299,602$8,494,254
21$2,947,846$16,213,156$8,431,236
22$2,916,412$16,040,266$8,305,648
23$2,884,980$15,867,390$8,179,919
24$2,822,113$15,521,620$7,984,105
25$2,790,681$15,348,744$7,802,723
26$2,759,243$15,175,838$7,676,270
27$2,727,814$15,002,980$7,551,845
28$2,712,097$14,916,532$7,488,277
29$2,585,979$14,222,886$6,949,915
30$2,519,191$13,855,552$6,767,464
31$2,463,245$13,547,846$6,492,992
32$2,427,223$13,349,728$6,348,891

Price of Potential

Cam Ward will make $3.5 million more than Caleb Williams did as last year’s top pick, reflecting the NFL’s record salary cap increases. This also extends to signing bonuses, with Ward expected to receive around $27.9 million as a signing bonus compared to Williams’ $25.5 million.

It doesn’t come close to Sam Bradford’s record $50 million in 2010 under a previous CBA (Collective Bargaining Agreement), but the trend should continue. 

More modest signing bonuses are given for players drafted outside of the first round. The first pick of Day 2 will get $4.5 million, and the first pick of Day 3 will get $955,814 as a signing bonus, 29 times less than the first overall pick. 

The data was compiled with Spotrac and OverTheCap.

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