Highest Paid Players

A list of the highest paid players in the NRL. Contract values are based on reported figures and as such, cannot be viewed as being 100% accurate.

Only players with reported contract values are listed. If you have information on the contract values for other players, let us know.

Please click on the figure to view the source for the contract value.

	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Daly Cherry-Evans (Sea Eagles)	$1.3M	$1.3M	$1.3M	$1.3M	$1.3M
Ben Hunt (Dragons)	$1.2M	$1.2M	$1.2M	$1.2M
Jack Bird (Broncos)	$1M	$1M
Sam Burgess (Rabbitohs)	$1M	$1M	$1M	$1M
Angus Crichton (Roosters)	$1M	$1M	$1M
Cooper Cronk (Roosters)	$1M
Kieran Foran (Bulldogs)	$1M	$1M
Shaun Johnson (Sharks)	$1M	$1M	$1M
Anthony Milford (Broncos)	$1M	$1M	$1M
Michael Morgan (Cowboys)	$1M	$1M	$1M	$1M	$1M
Mitchell Pearce (Knights)	$1M	$1M	$1M
Jason Taumalolo (Cowboys)	$1M	$1M	$1M	$1M	$1M
Ashley Taylor (Titans)	$1M	$1M	$1M
Damien Cook (Rabbitohs)	$900K	$900K	$900K	$900K	$900K
Matt Moylan (Sharks)	$900K	$900K	$900K
Tom Trbojevic (Sea Eagles)	$900K	$900K
Roger Tuivasa-Sheck (Warriors)	$900K	$900K	$900K	$900K
David Klemmer (Knights)	$850K	$850K	$850K	$850K	$850K
Michael Jennings (Eels)	$800K	$800K
Darius Boyd (Broncos)	$750K	$750K	$750K
Wade Graham (Sharks)		$750K	$750K	$750K
Josh Reynolds (Tigers)	$750K	$750K	$750K
James Tamou (Panthers)	$750K	$750K
Jack Wighton (Raiders)	$750K	$750K
Will Chambers (Storm)	$700K	$700K
Ryan James (Titans)	$700K	$700K
Junior Paulo (Eels)	$700K	$700K	$700K	$700K
Jake Trbojevic (Sea Eagles)	$700K	$700K
Cameron Munster (Storm)	$650K
Dylan Napa (Bulldogs)	$650K	$650K	$650K
Shannon Boyd (Titans)	$600K	$600K	$600K	$600K
Josh Jackson (Bulldogs)	$600K	$600K
Kalyn Ponga (Knights)	$600K	$600K	$600K
Jarrod Wallace (Titans)	$600K	$600K	$600K	$600K
Luke Brooks (Tigers)	$550K
Kevin Proctor (Titans)	$550K	$550K
Chad Townsend (Sharks)	$550K	$550K
Blake Ferguson (Eels)	$500K	$500K	$500K
Dale Finucane (Storm)	$500K	$500K	$500K
Payne Haas (Broncos)	$500K	$500K	$500K	$500K	$500K
Tariq Sims (Dragons)	$500K
Joseph Tapine (Raiders)	$500K
Tautau Moga (Knights)	$330K	$330K
Chris Lawrence (Tigers)	$300K