How much do players get paid for playing in the 2026 Super Bowl?

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Being in the Super Bowl brings NFL players to the nationwide center stage with a hefty paycheck.

While players may dream of winning the Vince Lombardi trophy, playing in the championship comes with that guaranteed bonus paycheck. Win or lose, players will earn a six-figure check.

Even players who didn’t make the Super Bowl could earn tens of thousands of dollars on top of their salary depending on how far their team made it in the playoffs. 

How much an NFL player gets paid for playing in the Super Bowl depends on if their team wins. But whether these teams win or lose, their players will still get paid tens of thousands of dollars. 

Based on the NFL’s collective bargaining agreement, players on the winning team in Super Bowl 60 will get $178,000 each. Players on the losing team will get $103,000. That’s $7,000 more than last year and the first time the losing team cracked six-figures. 

Next year will go up by $10,000 for both the winning and losing team. 

NFL players get paid more depending on how far they advance into the playoffs. Here’s a breakdown of how much they make per round: 

• Wild Card: $58,500 (Divisional Winner) 
• Conference Championship: $81,000
• Super Bowl losing team: $103,000
• Super Bowl winning team: $178,000

Players on the first ever Super Bowl winning team earned $15,000 and the losing team players earned $7,000. The winning prize has increased more than 1,000% since then, not accounting for inflation. 

That $15,000 prize in 1967 would have the same buying power as roughly $147,744 today, according to a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics inflation calculator. 

• 2026: $178,000-$103,000
• 2025: $171,000-$96,000
• 2024: $164,000-$89,000
• 2023: $157,000-$82,000
• 2022: $150,000-$75,000
• 2021: $130,000-$65,000
• 2020: $124,000-$62,000
• 2019: $118,000-$59,000
• 2018: $112,000-$56,000
• 2017: $107,000-$53,000
• 2016: $102,000-$51,000
• 2015: $97,000-$49,000
• 2014: $92,000-$46,000
• 2013: $88,000-$44,000
• 2012: $88,000-$44,000
• 2011: $83,000-$42,000
• 2010: $83,000-$42,000
• 2009: $78,000-$40,000
• 2008: $78,000-$40,000
• 2007: $78,000-$40,000
• 2006: $73,000-$38,000
• 2005: $68,000-$36,500
• 2004: $68,000-$36,500
• 2003: $63,000-$35,000
• 2002: $63,000-$34,500
• 2001: $58,000-$34,500
• 2000:$58,000-$33,000
• 1999: $53,000-$32,500
• 1998: $48,000-$29,000
• 1997: $48,000-$29,000
• 1996: $42,000-$27,000
• 1995: $42,000-$26,000
• 1994: $38,000-$23,500
• 1993: $36,000-$18,000
• 1992: $36,000-$18,000
• 1991: $36,000-$18,000
• 1990: $36,000-$18,000
• 1989: $36,000-$18,000
• 1988: $36,000-$18,000
• 1987: $36,000-$18,000
• 1986: $36,000-$18,000
• 1985: $36,000-$18,000
• 1984: $36,000-$18,000
• 1983: 36,000-$18,000
• 1982: $18,000-$9,000
• 1981: $18,000-$9,000
• 1980: $18,000-$9,000
• 1979: $18,000-$9,000
• 1978: $18,000-$9,000
• 1977: $15,000-$7,500
• 1976: $15,000-$7,500
• 1975: $15,000-$7,500
• 1974: $15,000-$7,500
• 1973: $15,000-$7,500
• 1972: $15,000-$7,500
• 1971: $15,000-$7,500
• 1970: $15,000-$7,500
• 1969: $15,000-$7,500
• 1968: $15,000-$7,500
• 1967: $15,000-$7,500