Top 25 Performance-Based Pay Distribution For 2016

The NFL officially released the Top 25 Performance-Based Pay Distributions for the 2016 season on Thursday.

The NFL computes these payments based on:

Performance-Based Pay is computed by using a player index (“Index”). To produce the Index, a player’s regular-season playtime (total plays on offense, defense and special teams) is divided by his adjusted regular-season compensation (full season salary, prorated portion of signing bonus, earned incentives). Each player’s Index is then compared to those of the other players on his team to determine the amount of his Performance-Based Pay. 

The Veteran Pool is computed in a similar manner, with two significant modifications: 1) Players with zero Accrued Seasons are not eligible to receive distributions, however, such players remain eligible to receive distributions under the Performance-Based Pay program; and 2) to calculate the eligible player’s Index, if the player’s full season base salary is less than $1 million, an additional amount will be imputed so that the player’s base salary equals $1 million. This imputation of salary is solely for the purpose of calculating distributions from the pool, and does not affect the actual salary paid to the player. 

Here’s a look at who received the biggest pay distributions from last year:

Rank	PLAYER	Team	Position	YEAR	ROUND	Regular PBP	Regular PBP	Total PBP
1	Ricardo Allen	Atlanta	S	2014	5	$342,712.65	$87,007.27	$429,719.92
2	David Andrews	New England	C	2015	UDFA	$341,353.27	$84,990.99	$426,344.26
3	Zach Orr	Baltimore	LB	2014	UDFA	$317,986.94	$88,953.05	$406,939.99
4	Alejandro Villanueva	Pittsburgh	T	2014	UDFA	$317,676.41	$83,976.05	$401,652.46
5	Russell Bodine	Cincinnati	C	2014	4	$314,040.72	$85,122.27	$399,162.99
6	Trenton Brown	San Francisco	T	2015	7	$323,714.54	$73,123.24	$396,837.78
7	Greg Mancz	Houston	C	2015	UDFA	$314,808.54	$78,126.46	$392,935.00
8	Matt Paradis	Denver	C	2014	6	$306,002.71	$83,805.46	$389,808.17
9	Mark Glowinski	Seattle	G	2015	4	$303,282.60	$80,458.15	$383,740.75
10	LaDarius Gunter	Green Bay	CB	2015	UDFA	$306,388.79	$77,072.97	$383,461.76
11	Quinton Spain	Tennessee	G	2015	UDFA	$300,142.56	$81,813.54	$381,956.10
12	Jordan Hicks	Philadelphia	LB	2015	3	$307,518.91	$74,429.55	$381,948.46
13	Telvin Smith	Jacksonville	LB	2014	5	$293,471.03	$85,686.64	$379,157.67
14	Brian Poole	Atlanta	CB	2016	UDFA	$371,783.11	$               –	$371,783.11
15	Malcolm Butler	New England	CB	2014	UDFA	$287,598.82	$81,283.90	$368,882.72
16	Kwon Alexander	Tampa Bay	LB	2015	4	$291,500.78	$76,811.45	$368,312.23
17	Andrew Norwell	Carolina	G	2014	UDFA	$291,975.48	$76,325.88	$368,301.36
18	Gabe Jackson	Oakland	G	2014	3	$273,174.55	$91,475.02	$364,649.57
19	Bobby Hart	NY Giants	G	2015	7	$285,288.92	$75,784.04	$361,072.96
20	Avery Williamson	Tennessee	LB	2014	5	$279,923.35	$79,530.11	$359,453.46
21	Dak Prescott	Dallas	QB	2016	4	$353,544.57	$               –	$353,544.57
22	Ross Cockrell	Pittsburgh	CB	2014	4	$270,899.82	$81,720.88	$352,620.70
23	Shaquille Mason	New England	G	2015	4	$277,474.07	$74,876.72	$352,350.79
24	Anthony Brown	Dallas	CB	2016	6	$346,198.12	$               –	$346,198.12
25	Nevin Lawson	Detroit	CB	2014	4	$261,672.97	$82,733.59	$344,406.56