Exactly How Much Super Bowl Winners and Losers Make
The countdown to football’s biggest night is on, which means winning odds, favorite players, Super Bowl commercial anticipation, halftime show high hopes, and game-day menus are top of mind. (Or, if you’re not the biggest football fan, you may simply be excited for another precious Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce mash-up.)
While it might seem like a lot to balance as a fan leading up to the big day, there’s no doubt that the players actually competing in Super Bowl LIX are feeling the heat. After all, it might be a game, but it’s not just a game—it’s a major payday for the players. Intrigued? If you’ve ever wondered how much Super Bowl winners and losers make, consider this your sign to take a break from your own party prep to brush up on a little game-day trivia.
How much do the Super Bowl winners make?
According to Article 37 in the NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement, Super Bowl LIX winners can take home $178,000. There are a couple caveats regarding Active and Inactive listings, though. (These can be found in full in Section 4 if you really want to brush up on your football knowledge.) Essentially, so long as a player’s been listed as Active, Inactive, or Injured Reserve on the Club’s 2024-25 roster for three previous games (regular season or playoffs), they will receive the full amount; if they’ve been on the Active or Inactive list for less than three games, they’ll receive half the amount. That’s still $89,000, though—not too shabby for one night’s work (okay, and, yes, all the effort put in during the weeks and months leading up), if you ask us.
If you’re sitting here thinking, ‘Wow, $178,000,’ get this: The paycheck for Super Bowl winners goes up every year. In 2024, winners took home $171,000; in 2023, they received $164,000. Meanwhile, in 2026, they’ll make $188,000, and, looking ahead a ways, in 2030, winners will receive $228,000.
How much do the Super Bowl losers make?
Okay, so what about the losers? News flash: They get paid, too—and still quite handsomely, we might say. According to the bargaining agreement, Super Bowl LIX losers will receive $103,000 each. Talk about a consolation prize.
Other Pay Days in the NFL
In addition to their contracted salaries, players earn sizable paychecks for making it to the playoffs. In 2024, division winners took home $54,500 each, while Wild Card teams (ie: those who didn’t win division titles) earned $49,500. And those are just the playoff losers. Each member of the conference champion teams received $77,000 for their efforts.
And remember, this is all on top of their base salary, which, for some players, can equate to hundreds of thousands per week, if not more. Take Travis Kelce, the highest-paid tight end in the league, for example. In 2024, Taylor’s boyfriend signed a new two-year $34.2 million deal with the Kansas City Chiefs; that boils down to $17.1 million per year, or around $329,000 per week.
If only we could all run a 40-yard dash in 4.61 seconds, right?
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