Who are the highest-paid tight ends in the NFL for the 2024 season?
The position continues to be among the most underpaid in the league, with 12 tight ends currently set to make at least $10 per season in average annual salary, led by a tight end who is earning an average of $17.1 million per season.
Four tight ends are set to make at least $15 million a season.
Here's a look at the Top 10 tight ends in the league, ranked by average annual salary, peroverthecap.com, a site that tracks NFL player contracts (through May 16, 2024).
Kelce has company on the list of the top-paid tight ends in the NFL.
The New York Giants' Darren Waller is second on the list with a salary of $17 million per season.
The Minnesota Vikings' T.J. Hockenson is third among the highest-paid NFL TEs with an average salary of $16.5 million per year. He's followed by the San Francisco 49ers' George Kittle, at $15 million.
Dallas Goedert of the Philadelphia Eagles is fifth on the list. He makes $14.25 million per season.
The Baltimore Ravens' Mark Andrews is sixth on the list with an average annual salary of $14 million.
In gridiron football, an end is a player who lines up at either end of the line of scrimmage, usually beside the tackles. Rules state that a legal offensive formation must always consist of seven players on the line of scrimmage and that the player on the end of the line constitutes an eligible receiver.
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Travis Kelce tops the list of the highest-paid NFL tight ends. At $17.13 million per year, Kelce leads a star-studded top five, including Darren Waller
Darren Waller
Darren Charles Waller (born September 13, 1992) is an American football tight end for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL).
The new contract is worth up to $34.25 million, including $17 million fully guaranteed in 2024 and most of the 2025 money guranteed if Kelce is still on the Chiefs' roster as of March 2025, per ESPN. It reportedly makes Kelce the highest-paid tight end in both total money and per-year salary.
The position continues to be among the most underpaid in the league, with 12 tight ends currently set to make at least $10 per season in average annual salary, led by a tight end who is earning an average of $17.1 million per season. Four tight ends are set to make at least $15 million a season.
Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce became the NFL's highest paid tight end ever this week, when the Chiefs adjusted his existing contract, effectively giving him a raise to $34.25 million for the coming two seasons.
1. Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs (10 years, $450M) Mahomes laps the field in these rankings with the enormous 10-year pact he signed with the Chiefs prior to the 2020-21 season.
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Jason Kelce will have a base salary of 1,165,000 dollars in 2023, with a signing bonus of 10,130,000. His deal for 2023 to 2024 guaranteed him an average annual salary of nine million dollars. Jason Kelce has career NFL salary earnings of over 80 million dollars in his 11 years with the Eagles.
George Kittle signed a 5 Years, $75,000,000 contract with the San Francisco 49ers on August 13, 2020. The contract runs through the 2026 season and has an average annual value of $15,000,000. It also came with a $18,000,000 signing bonus and $30,000,000 guaranteed.
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Travis Kelce's contract was just renewed with the Chiefs for an additional two years, making him the highest-paid tight end in the league. He'll earn more than $17 million a year.
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