Whereas successful the Tremendous Bowl may be very a lot concerning the glory, Seahawks and Patriots gamers will go dwelling with a pleasant bonus to have fun their seasons.
Tremendous Bowl LX will ship six-figure checks to everybody on the sphere—however precisely how a lot will depend on which locker room is celebrating, how lengthy every participant has been with the workforce, and what’s written into their NFL contracts.
How a lot will the winners of the Tremendous Bowl LX receives a commission?
Gamers on the successful workforce in Tremendous Bowl LX will earn a $178,000 league-paid bonus, set by the NFL’s collective bargaining settlement (CBA). That’s up $7,000 from final yr’s Tremendous Bowl share.
That Tremendous Bowl examine comes on high of earlier playoff payouts: wild-card and divisional-round wins every set off their very own mounted bonuses, and an ideal run from wild card weekend via a Tremendous Bowl title would go away a participant with as a lot as about $376,000 in whole postseason cash this yr.
Based on the CBA, payouts are as follows:
- Wild-card winner (division winner): $64,500
- Wild-card winner (non-division winner) and groups on first-round bye: $59,500
- Divisional playoff winner: $64,500
- Convention championship winner: $87,000
- Tremendous Bowl winner: $188,000
- Tremendous Bowl loser: $113,000
For stars with playoff incentives of their contracts—like roster, play-time, or efficiency escalators—hoisting the Lombardi Trophy can even unlock extra seven-figure funds from their groups or future ensures that make the league-mandated checks appear small.
How a lot will the losers of the Tremendous Bowl LX receives a commission?
Dropping the Tremendous Bowl nonetheless pays a considerable bonus: gamers on the runner-up will obtain $103,000 every beneath the identical CBA schedule. That determine can be up $7,000 from final season.
As a result of postseason pay is a flat schedule by spherical, these on the dropping facet could have already banked bonuses for earlier wins, bringing their whole playoff haul into the low-to-mid six figures relying on once they entered the bracket. For a lot of fringe gamers on minimal offers, that one-month run can symbolize a significant share of their annual soccer revenue—even when they stroll away with out rings.
Does each participant receives a commission the identical quantity?
Inside every workforce, the league-issued Tremendous Bowl shares are similar for eligible gamers, from franchise quarterbacks to particular workforce gamers. The CBA spells out who qualifies—usually gamers on the lively, inactive, or sure reserve lists for a set variety of video games—with partial shares obtainable for many who joined midseason or had been launched.
The massive disparities come from particular person contracts layered on high of that flat system. Veterans with Professional Bowl résumés might have playoff and Tremendous Bowl look bonuses value a whole bunch of 1000’s and even round $1 million, whereas youthful teammates rely virtually fully on the standardized checks.
Add it up, and Tremendous Bowl LX will showcase a well-known paradox: Everybody will get the identical league bonus for taking part in within the greatest sport of the yr, however the true monetary stakes differ wildly from one participant’s contract—and final result—to the subsequent.
For this story, Fortune journalists used generative AI as a analysis instrument. An editor verified the accuracy of the data earlier than publishing.
