The NFL wide receiver market has skyrocketed in recent seasons. Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson recently signed a $140 million deal which became the largest contract by a wide receiver in NFL history by total and annual average value.
Five of the ten largest wide receiver deals in league history have come in 2024, with Jefferson, AJ Brown, Amon-Ra St. Brown, Jaylen Waddle, and Nico Collins all getting deals this offseason. Let’s take a look.
Largest NFL wide receiver contracts, based on annual average value
1. Justin Jefferson: $35M
After being drafted 22nd overall in the 2020 draft, Jefferson holds the NFL record for the most receiving yards through a player’s first four seasons with 5,899.He has recorded 29 games with 100+ receiving yards in his first four seasons, the most in NFL history by a player in that span.Jefferson currently holds the NFL record for most career receiving yards per game at 98.3.
2. AJ Brown: $32M
Last season, Brown recorded six straight games 125-plus receiving yards, breaking the record for the longest such streak in NFL history.In 2022, he set the Eagles single-season franchise record for receiving yards, with 1,436 yards in 17 games played.
3 (tie). Amon-Ra St. Brown: $30M
Amon-Ra St. Brown recorded 15 games in his career with over 100 receiving yards, breaking the Lions record for most such games in a player’s first three seasons.Since entering the league in 2021, he is one of five receivers in that span to record over 3,500 receiving yards, 315 receptions, and over 20 receiving touchdowns (Tyreek Hill, Davante Adams, CeeDee Lamb, Stefon Diggs).
3 (tie). Tyreek Hill: $30M
Tyreek Hill is the only player in NFL history to have multiple seasons with over 1,700 receiving yards, doing so in 2022 and 2023.Including the playoffs, he has 28 touchdown receptions of 50-plus yards — the most of any active player and the fifth-most all-time.
5. Jaylen Waddle: $28.3M
In 2021, Jaylen Waddle recorded 104 receptions — setting…
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