Every NFL team’s highest salary for the 2023 season
By Nick Villano
Kansas City Chiefs: Patrick Mahomes — $39.69 million
All was can say is… duh. Patrick Mahomes deserves to make more than any player in the league, and that’s what is happening in 2023. While due to signing bonuses, other players may technically have more coming to their bank account in 2023, Mahomes has the highest cap hit and therefore the most money accounted for.
Mahomes won his second Super Bowl this past season, and no amount of money is too much for him. While other quarterbacks are signing $50 million per year deals they may never see, Mahomes is steadily going to make between $40 and $50 million for the rest of his career.
Nobody deserves that type of money like Mahomes. He is the most important player at the most important position. He’s bringing Super Bowls to the city without as much help as other franchise quarterbacks. Imagine what Mahomes could do with Ja’Marr Chase, Tee Higgins, and Tyler Boyd.
One might say Mahomes is criminally underpaid. The Kansas City Chiefs are seeing their worth rise because of Mahomes. When Mahomes joined the NFL in 2017, the Chiefs were worth $2.1 billion. Now, they are worth $3.8 billion. There are multiple factors at play, but Mahomes being on the team absolutely matters.