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2015 PERFORMANCE-BASED
PAY DISTRIBUTIONS ANNOUNCED;
BRONCOS’ PARADIS TOP
EARNER
Denver Broncos center MATT PARADIS earned the top figure in the NFL’s
“Performance-Based Pay” program that compensates players for playing time based upon their
salary levels, the NFL
announced today.
Players will receive $121.680
million in Performance-Based Pay for their performance during the 2015 season.
Paradis, a 2014 sixth-round draft choice of the Broncos from Boise State, earned $391,648 in additional pay. Paradis played for the league’s rookie minimum
salary of $435,000 last year and earned an additional $5,850 in offseason
workout bonuses. Paradis was on the
Broncos’ practice squad for the entire 2014 season before signing a one-year contract
with the Broncos for the 2015 season. He
participated in 100 percent of Denver’s offensive plays, as well as 15.6
percent of the team’s special teams plays.
Players have been paid over $1 billion cumulatively since the inception of the Performance-Based Pay program,
which was implemented as part of the NFL’s 2002
Collective Bargaining Agreement with the NFL Players Association, and continued
as part of the parties’ current agreement.
Under the Performance-Based Pay system,
a fund is created and used as a supplemental form of player compensation based
on a comparison of playing time to salary. Players become eligible to receive a bonus distribution in any regular
season in which they play at least one official down.
Performance-Based Pay is computed
by using a “player index.” To produce
the index, a player’s regular-season playtime (total plays on offense, defense
and special teams) is divided by his adjusted regular-season compensation (full
season salary, prorated portion of signing bonus, earned incentives). Each player’s index is then compared to those
of the other players on his team to determine the amount of his pay.
ILLUSTRATION OF PERFORMANCE-BASED PAY SYSTEM
Each player on the same team competes
for his own share of his club’s Performance-Based Pay pool. The hypothetical example in the table below
illustrates how the index works, using a simplified four-player team and a club
bonus pool of $1,000,000. Each player
receives his share of the pool depending on how his index compares to those of
his teammates.
| A Playtime | B Compensation | C Index (A/B) | D % of Club Bonus Pool (C/Team Total C) | E Hypothetical Bonus (D * $1,000,000) |
Player
A | 50% | $ 500,000 | 10.0 | 50% of the Club’s pool (10 out of 20) | 50%
* $1,000,000 = $500,000 |
Player
B | 50% | $
1,000,000 | 5.0 | 25% of the Club’s pool (5 out of 20) | 25% * $1,000,000 = $250,000 |
Player
C | 20% | $
500,000 | 4.0 | 20% of the Club’s pool (4 out of 20) | 20% * $1,000,000 = $200,000 |
Player
D | 10% | $
1,000,000 | 1.0 | 5% of the Club’s pool (1 out of 20) | 5% * $1,000,000 = $5,000 |
Team Total: | 20.0 Points | |
PERFORMANCE
BASED PAY DISTRIBUTION SUMMARY 2002-2015
(Note: The Performance Based Pay Pool was not in effect in
the 2010 and 2011 League Years)
| | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | TOTALS |
($ in 000s) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
League Pool | 15,104 | 32,000 | 57,088 | 79,392 | 90,932 | 98,840 | 104,240 | 109,532 | 110,720 | 110,720 | 116,256 | 121,680 | 1,046,504 |
Per Club | 472
| 1,000 | 1,784 | 2,481 | 2,842 | 3,089 |
3,258 |
3,423 | 3,460 | 3,460 | 3,633 | 3,803 | 32,703 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Per Player
Statistics (actual $) |
Average Bonus | 8,055 | 17,036 | 29,610 | 41,654 | 47,627 | 50,948 | 54,547 | 55,998 | 55,250 | 55,471 | 57,496 | 59,396 | |
Median Bonus | 6,258
| 12,541 | 20,675 | 26,763 | 32,422 | 34,749 | 35,823 | 34,818 | 37,369 | 38,081 | 38,583 | 38,402 | |
Largest Bonus | 42,048 | 114,258 | 227,625 | 275,143 | 366,017 | 309,534 | 405,859 | 397,555 | 299,465 | 318,244 | 373,671 | 391,648 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
# of Payments | 1,875 | 1,873 | 1,928 | 1,906 | 1,909 | 1,940 | 1,911 | 1,956 | 2,004 | 1,996 | 2,022 | 2,050 | |
TOP 25 PERFORMANCE-BASED PAY DISTRIBUTIONS FOR 2015
| PLAYER | CLUB | POSITION | COLLEGE | ENTRYYEAR | DRAFTROUND | DISTRIBUTION |
1 | Matt Paradis | Denver | C | Boise State | 2014 | 6 | $ 391,648 |
2 | T.J. Clemmings | Minnesota | T | Pittsburgh | 2015 | 4 | $ 359,396 |
3 | Russell Bodine | Cincinnati | C | North Carolina | 2014 | 4 | $ 352,271 |
4 | Garry Gilliam | Seattle | T | Penn State | 2014 | UDFA | $ 329,384 |
5 | Malcolm Butler | New England | CB | West Alabama | 2014 | UDFA | $ 319,283 |
6 | Ricardo Allen | Atlanta | S | Purdue | 2014 | 5 | $ 317,826 |
7 | Alejandro Villanueva | Pittsburgh | T | Army | 2014 | UDFA | $ 309,835 |
8 | Matt Tobin | Philadelphia | G | Iowa | 2013 | UDFA | $ 307,101 |
9 | Quincy Enunwa | New York Jets | WR | Nebraska | 2014 | 6 | $ 296,712 |
10 | Delvin Breaux | New Orleans | CB | Louisiana State | 2014 | UDFA | $ 295,356 |
11 | Mike Remmers | Carolina | T | Oregon State | 2012 | UDFA | $ 292,514 |
12 | Adrian Amos | Chicago | S | Penn State | 2015 | 5 | $ 282,159 |
13 | Ryan Schraeder | Atlanta | T | Valdosta State | 2013 | UDFA | $ 279,671 |
14 | La'el Collins | Dallas | G | Louisiana State | 2015 | UDFA | $ 277,940 |
15 | Kenneth Acker | San Francisco | CB | Southern Methodist | 2014 | 6 | $ 273,632 |
16 | Shaquil Barrett | Denver | LB | Colorado State | 2014 | UDFA | $ 269,590 |
17 | Avery Williamson | Tennessee | LB | Kentucky | 2014 | 5 | $ 268,838 |
18 | J'Marcus Webb | Oakland | G | West Texas A&M | 2010 | 7 | $ 266,778 |
19 | Preston Brown | Buffalo | LB | Louisville | 2014 | 3 | $ 263,843 |
20 | Marvin Jones | Cincinnati | WR | California | 2012 | 5 | $ 261,458 |
21 | Kenny Wiggins | San Diego | T | Fresno State | 2011 | UDFA | $ 255,145 |
22 | Trai Turner | Carolina | G | Louisiana State | 2014 | 3 | $ 254,280 |
23 | Laurent Duvernay-Tardif | Kansas City | G | McGill | 2014 | 6 | $ 253,540 |
24 | TJ Carrie | Oakland | CB | Ohio | 2014 | 7 | $ 253,337 |
25 | James Jones | Green Bay | WR | San Jose State | 2007 | 3 | $ 251,737 |
UDFA – Undrafted free
agent
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