Eli Manning has made more money than any player in NFL history

[ForeverChiefs58]

The New York Giants bringing back Eli Manning for the final year of his contract, only to bench the quarterback, remains a headscratcher around the NFL. But the team's decision to pick up Manning's final year of his contract ensures that he is the highest-paid player in NFL history.

In the process, pushing older brother Peyton Manning to second in lifetime earnings from NFL contracts.

Manning, across his 14 NFL seasons, will have made $252,280,004 from his contracts, all given by the Giants. His brother ranks second on the all-time list with $248,732,000 in earnings over 16 years with the Indianapolis Colts and the Denver Broncos.

There is no denying that Eli Manning doesn't have the statistical numbers of his older sibling, who undoubtedly will be in the Hall of Fame when he becomes eligible in 2021. Not only does Peyton Manning have more passing yards, more touchdowns and more career wins than his little brother, but he is also largely considered one of the best quarterbacks to ever play the game.

So to think that Eli Manning, despite having been under contract two fewer years than Peyton Manning, has made more than his big brother is simply staggering.
And not just his brother, but Eli Manning has made more over the span of his career than Drew Brees ($244,710,422) and Tom Brady ($235,166,804), who might be the greatest quarterback in the history of the NFL.

In cases like Brady, the New England Patriots quarterback has taken less money to help his team stay under the salary cap and retain its core. If all holds to form, Brady, as well as Brees, will also surpass the Manning brothers next year in terms of total NFL contract earnings.

However, it is still a shock to see that Manning, now a backup quarterback, has made more over the life of his contracts than Brady, who has six Super Bowl rings.

And to think that if the Giants didn't pick up the final year of Manning's contract this year, then he might never have surpassed big brother in the earnings department.

Coincidentally, and perhaps no surprise, quarterbacks are all the top lifetime wage earners in the history of the NFL. Of the top 10 earners in league history, the first nine are quarterbacks with Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald tenth on the list ($174,546,387).

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[eDave]

Mahomes is going to make soooooo much fucking money.

[Rain Man]

I never seriously considered NFL quarterback as a career, and I probably should have.

[stevieray]

Sorry.

There's something fundamentally wrong with that.

[TribalElder]

Another record mahomes will take from a manning

[Megatron96]

That Eli is currently the highest paid player in history isn't the crazy part.

The crazy part is that Dak Prescott, Jared Goff, DeShaun Watson, Jimmy Garoppolo and a few others will all probably be paid more than Eli before they ever win anything of note.

[ForeverChiefs58]

Larry Fitzgerald Being on there is nuts!

[chiefzilla1501]

He's won more super bowls than brees or Rodgers. He may have been rough at the back end of his career but he's earned the right to that kind of coin.

[Bowser]

I bet that fact burns Peyton's ass, lol

[Ubeja Vontell]

If the guy just didn't have that...look.

Anyway.....

He has had seven 60 plus comp%, over 4000 yards, 20 or more TD seasons.

Won the two SB's.

But, just how much is that worth?

[keg in kc]

Mahomes might come close to beating that with his his first post-rookie contract.

[kcclone]

If Mahomes doesn't get injured, he'll easily surpass half a billion in earnings between contracts and endorsements

[rabblerouser]

I bet that fact burns Peyton's ass, lol

That's what Peyton gets for teabagging Eli when they were kids.

[keg in kc]

He has had seven 60 plus comp%, over 4000 yards, 20 or more TD seasons.Those would have been great numbers from about 1985 to 1995. He's, however, played in an era where the bar is closer to 70%, 5000 yards and 40 TDs. He'll always have those historic interception numbers, though. Top 20 all time, baby!

[Deberg_1990]

I wonder how much Archie made in his pro career?

[Fish]

https://i.imgur.com/p1uuoIz.gif

[J Diddy]

I bet that fact burns Peyton's ass, lol

I’m pretty sure Peyton wins from the off the field money he makes.

[jimidollar]

I wonder how much Archie made in his pro career?

$17 and a hell of a nice watch.

[Naptown Chief]

I wonder how much Archie made in his pro career?

About tree-fiddy

[Mennonite]

I wonder how much he would have made if he went to the Chargers.

[Mile High Mania]

I wonder how much he would have made if he went to the Chargers.

Would be interesting... would Rivers have two or more rings in NY, would Eli have won a ring in SD?

[scho63]

So the two Manning brothers made themselves half a billion in their careers. Not too shabby!

[bowener]

If the guy just didn't have that...look.

Anyway.....

He has had seven 60 plus comp%, over 4000 yards, 20 or more TD seasons.

Won the two SB's.

But, just how much is that worth?

Apparently $252,280,004.

[bowener]

I wonder how much Archie made in his pro career?

He made three sons, two of which went on to earn half a billion dollars.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Eli is actually the most average QB in NFL history.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/eli-manning-was-an-all-time-average-qb/

[FlaChief58]

If the guy just didn't have that...look.

Anyway.....

He has had seven 60 plus comp%, over 4000 yards, 20 or more TD seasons.

Won the two SB's.

But, just how much is that worth?

252 million, please pay attention.

[Ubeja Vontell]

Eli is actually the most average QB in NFL history.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/eli-manning-was-an-all-time-average-qb/

You don;t win two SB's, among the top 10 QB's of all time stat wise being average.

[RollChiefsRoll]

I bet that fact burns Peyton's ass, lol

No wonder he's doing so many Nationwide and Papa John's commercials.

[ForeverChiefs58]

He made three sons, two of which went on to earn half a billion dollars.

The oldest Cooper was supposed to be the most talented of the Mannings before he got hurt.


Cooper now has a kid named Arch that is a freshman in HS.

https://youtu.be/Xp16fQgYcWI

He will I’m sure be the highest paid Manning in time.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

The oldest Cooper was supposed to be the most talented of the Mannings before he got hurt.


Cooper now has a kid named Arch that is a freshman in HS.

https://youtu.be/Xp16fQgYcWI

He will I’m sure be the highest paid Manning in time.

He wasn't even a QB in high school.

[Johnny Vegas]

What about after taxes

[JohnnyHammersticks]

Where does David Tyree rank?

And Trezelle Jenkins?

[SuperBowl4]

How much more did Eli make compared to Matt Cassel?

[Mama Hip Rockets]

Larry Fitzgerald Being on there is nuts!

Why? He's way better than Eli Manning.

[ChiefsCountry]

I think the two richest former NFL players of all time are Jerry Richardson and Roger Stabuach though. Richardson owned the Panthers, Stabauch owned his own real estate company.

[Hydrae]

A-Rod made $450 million in his career (MLB record)

Top 40: https://www.businessinsider.com/highest-paid-mlb-players-all-time-2017-8

Kevin Garnett made $334 Million (NBA record of course)

Top 40: https://www.businessinsider.com/highest-paid-nba-players-all-time-2017-2#now-check-out-the-house-michael-jordan-cant-get-rid-of-26

[Chargem]

Impressive that Fitzgerald is there just because it shows longevity, quarterbacks generally have longer careers and earn more money per year, wouldn't have thought anyone else had a chance.

[eDave]

Impressive that Fitzgerald is there just because it shows longevity, quarterbacks generally have longer careers and earn more money per year, wouldn't have thought anyone else had a chance.

Poor bastard deserves a Superbowl. I would have love to see him ball out in a Superbowl.

[chiefzilla1501]

Eli is actually the most average QB in NFL history.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/eli-manning-was-an-all-time-average-qb/

But for 2 super bowl runs, he was outstandingly efficient. And that's all that matters. He may not have been consistently great. But he is a huge reason new York won two super bowls. And as a chiefs fan, I'd gladly take that.

[eDave]

Two Superbowls, and his pedigree, gets him in. How, why, and the rest of his career, is irrelevant.

It's lame but it true. One of the most meh inductions ever.

[Lzen]

I'm sure Payton has made a ton more when you add in endorsements. But yeah, that's crazy. Eli has had his moments but he's not nearly the QB his brother was.