Average Nfl Salary 2025. Nfl teams are tentatively expecting the salary cap in 2025 to fall between $265 million and $275 million, according to nfl network's ian rapoport and tom pelissero. It’s not a huge surprise to see the patriots atop the list, as the organization is currently sitting with the most amount of cap room heading into the 2024 campaign.
Profootballnetwork reports that the average salary for an nfl player is around $2.8 million per year. Listing the top salaries, cap hits, cash, earnings, contracts, and bonuses, for all active nfl players.