Top 5 Highest-Paid NFL Quarterbacks After Jordan Love, Tua Tagovailoa Extensions

Both the Green Bay Packers and Miami Dolphins made good on keeping their young and dynamic quarterbacks for the foreseeable future. Jordan Love and Tua Tagovailoa received record-setting contract extensions on Friday, which shaking up the pecking order of the most lucrative contracts for quarterbacks in the NFL.

Here is a look at the new top five highest-paid quarterbacks after the Love and Tagovailoa extensions.

1. Jordan Love, Green Bay Packers: $55 Million

Jordan Love received a four-year, $220 million extension from the Packers on Friday, which ties him with the Jacksonville Jaguars' Trevor Lawrence and the Cincinnati Bengals' Joe Burrow. The difference between his and his cohorts' contracts is the guaranteed money.

Love comes in at a new quarterback record: $155 of his contract is fully guaranteed. He also received a $75 million signing bonus. After leading the Packers to the Divisional Round of the playoffs in 2023, the organization saw all it needed to see out of Love.

2. Joe Burrow, Cincinnati Bengals: $55 Million

The Cincinnati Bengals knew what they had with Burrow when he tore the league up during his second season in 2021 leading the Bengals to the Super Bowl. Burrow would follow that up with two seasons securing more than 4,000 passing yards. His efforts led to his getting a five-year, $275 million deal in Sept. 2023.

The contract was the biggest at the time, and Burrow still sits in second in terms of his $146 million guaranteed contract of $275 million.

3. Trevor Lawrence, Jacksonville Jaguars: $55 Million

The Jacksonville Jaguars made some huge moves in the offseason, and one was extending Trevor Lawrence to a contract that had made him one of the highest-paid quarterbacks in the league by way of guaranteed money. Lawrence received a five-year, $275 million extension, with $142 million guaranteed at signing in June.

Lawrence has helped the Jaguars establish a new identity, and that identity is hopefully going to start leading to some more trips to the postseason.

4. Tua Tagovailoa, Miami Dolphins: $53.1 Million

The Miami Dolphins and Tagovailoa found themselves in a tricky position heading into training camp. Their young and dynamic quarterback was angling for a new contract, and participating in a "hold in" to get it.

After only the second day of training camp, the Dolphins resolved the situation. They awarded Tagovailoa a four-year, $212.4 million extension on Friday that includes $167 million of guarantees.

5. Jared Goff, Detroit Lions: $53 million

Jared Goff was sent to the Detroit Lions in a blockbuster trade for Matthew Stafford, sending the pair to their respective new teams. At the time, it appeared the Los Angeles Rams were winning the trade after they won a Super Bowl in 2021.

Goff has since emerged as one of the best passers in the league, and the Lions have been knocking on the postseason ever since. He was awarded a four-year, $212 million contract in May. Goff and the Lions have emerged as one of the toughest teams in the NFC, and his contract was a testament to that toughness.