What is the average NFL player salary per season?

Sports medium Data from 2024

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Answer in dollars. Shorthand like 9m or 1.2bn works.

The answer

$2,700,000

Roughly $2.7M.

The average NFL salary is around $2.7 million — high, but far below the NBA’s $11.9 million, because a football roster has 53 players instead of 15. NFL careers also last about 3.3 years on average, so the lifetime figure is much smaller than it looks.

Where this number comes from

Source NFL salary data compiled by Spotrac
Figure refers to 2024
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Unit dollars

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