The NFL officially released the Top 25 Performance-Based Pay Distributions for the 2017 season on Wednesday.
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:
| Player | TEAM | DISTRIBUTION | |
| 1 | Quinton Spain | Tennessee | $385,490.95 |
| 2 | Wes Schweitzer | Atlanta | $376,698.80 |
| 3 | Jalen Mills | Philadelphia | $364,744.97 |
| 4 | Anthony Brown | Dallas | $345,299.22 |
| 5 | Keelan Cole | Jacksonville | $344,998.87 |
| 6 | Nicholas Morrow | Oakland | $337,312.82 |
| 7 | Eddie Jackson | Chicago | $334,782.65 |
| 8 | John Wetzel | Arizona | $333,603.68 |
| 9 | Kevin Byard | Tennessee | $333,066.93 |
| 10 | Mike Hilton | Pittsburgh | $327,377.67 |
| 11 | Daryl Williams | Carolina | $321,834.89 |
| 12 | Jayon Brown | Tennessee | $321,425.69 |
| 13 | Trevor Williams | LA Chargers | $316,820.42 |
| 14 | Shaq Mason | New England | $314,837.80 |
| 15 | Ricardo Allen | Atlanta | $313,711.25 |
| 16 | Dak Prescott | Dallas | $313,406.43 |
| 17 | Trey Hopkins | Cincinnati | $310,435.00 |
| 18 | Jesse Davis | Miami | $308,989.36 |
| 19 | Spencer Pulley | LA Chargers | $304,021.36 |
| 20 | Tyler Larsen | Carolina | $299,594.37 |
| 21 | Joe Thuney | New England | $296,620.57 |
| 22 | Ken Crawley | New Orleans | $295,826.77 |
| 23 | Jesse James | Pittsburgh | $293,971.07 |
| 24 | Halapoulivaati Vaitai | Philadelphia | $293,132.51 |
| 25 | Blake Martinez | Green Bay | $291,170.83 |
TOP 25 BONUSES IN VETERAN PERFORMANCE-BASED COMPENSATION
| RANK | |||
| PLAYER | CLUB | DISTRIBUTION | |
| 1 | Quinton Spain | Tennessee | $ 104,291.40 |
| 2 | Kevin Byard | Tennessee | $ 100,588.09 |
| 3 | Blake Martinez | Green Bay | $ 93,219.71 |
| 4 | Jalen Mills | Philadelphia | $ 92,695.20 |
| 5 | Anthony Brown | Dallas | $ 92,391.27 |
| 6 | Dontae Johnson | San Francisco | $ 91,021.05 |
| 7 | Graham Glasgow | Detroit | $ 89,630.21 |
| 8 | Wes Schweitzer | Atlanta | $ 89,366.46 |
| 9 | Matthias Farley | Indianapolis | $ 88,669.91 |
| 10 | A.J. Cann | Jacksonville | $ 87,905.02 |
| 11 | Dak Prescott | Dallas | $ 87,599.82 |
| 12 | Joe Schobert | Cleveland | $ 87,456.29 |
| 13 | Trevor Williams | LA Chargers | $ 87,290.83 |
| 14 | Kenny Wiggins | LA Chargers | $ 87,217.41 |
| 15 | Jesse James | Pittsburgh | $ 84,822.88 |
| 16 | Shaq Mason | New England | $ 84,801.75 |
| 17 | Matt Paradis | Denver | $ 84,709.48 |
| 18 | Spencer Pulley | LA Chargers | $ 83,810.99 |
| 19 | Jacoby Brissett | Indianapolis | $ 83,750.43 |
| 20 | Daryl Williams | Carolina | $ 83,592.18 |
| 21 | Brett Jones | NY Giants | $ 83,482.96 |
| 22 | Joe Haeg | Indianapolis | $ 82,977.72 |
| 23 | Ricardo Allen | Atlanta | $ 82,423.85 |
| 24 | Patrick Robinson | Philadelphia | $ 82,299.68 |
| 25 | Jamon Brown | LA Rams | $ 81,340.80 |
TOP 25 COMBINED TOTAL (PERFORMANCE-BASED PAY AND VETERAN PERFORMANCE-BASED COMPENSATION)
| REGULAR PBP | VETERAN PBP | COMBINED DISTRIBUTION | |||
| PLAYER | CLUB | ||||
| 1 | Quinton Spain | Tennessee | $385,490.95 | $104,291.40 | $489,782.35 |
| 2 | Wes Schweitzer | Atlanta | $376,698.80 | $ 89,366.46 | $466,065.26 |
| 3 | Jalen Mills | Philadelphia | $364,744.97 | $ 92,695.20 | $457,440.17 |
| 4 | Anthony Brown | Dallas | $345,299.22 | $ 92,391.27 | $437,690.49 |
| 5 | Kevin Byard | Tennessee | $333,066.93 | $100,588.09 | $433,655.02 |
| 6 | John Wetzel | Arizona | $333,603.68 | $ 78,150.04 | $411,753.72 |
| 7 | Daryl Williams | Carolina | $321,834.89 | $ 83,592.18 | $405,427.07 |
| 8 | Trevor Williams | LA Chargers | $316,820.42 | $ 87,290.83 | $404,111.25 |
| 9 | Dak Prescott | Dallas | $313,406.43 | $ 87,599.82 | $401,006.25 |
| 10 | Shaq Mason | New England | $314,837.80 | $ 84,801.75 | $399,639.55 |
| 11 | Ricardo Allen | Atlanta | $313,711.25 | $ 82,423.85 | $396,135.10 |
| 12 | Trey Hopkins | Cincinnati | $310,435.00 | $ 78,705.77 | $389,140.77 |
| 13 | Spencer Pulley | LA Chargers | $304,021.36 | $ 83,810.99 | $387,832.35 |
| 14 | Blake Martinez | Green Bay | $291,170.83 | $ 93,219.71 | $384,390.54 |
| 15 | Jesse James | Pittsburgh | $293,971.07 | $ 84,822.88 | $378,793.95 |
| 16 | Ken Crawley | New Orleans | $295,826.77 | $ 78,770.57 | $374,597.34 |
| 17 | Graham Glasgow | Detroit | $284,719.38 | $ 89,630.21 | $374,349.59 |
| 18 | Joe Thuney | New England | $296,620.57 | $ 76,487.59 | $373,108.16 |
| 19 | Matt Paradis | Denver | $286,994.05 | $ 84,709.48 | $371,703.53 |
| 20 | Halapoulivaati Vaitai | Philadelphia | $293,132.51 | $ 76,606.34 | $369,738.85 |
| 21 | Tyler Larsen | Carolina | $299,594.37 | $ 63,648.92 | $363,243.29 |
| 22 | Matthias Farley | Indianapolis | $269,426.45 | $ 88,669.91 | $358,096.36 |
| 23 | James Bradberry | Carolina | $279,160.17 | $ 74,637.30 | $353,797.47 |
| 24 | Will Parks | Denver | $275,592.65 | $ 72,994.20 | $348,586.85 |
| 25 | De’Vondre Campbell | Atlanta | $275,142.60 | $ 70,155.96 | $345,298.56 |
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