NFL Salary
Pay vs Performance
Carolina Panthers roster · each player vs his own position market · APY basis · updated 2026-07-29Contracts
Lens
Whole roster on one map · no position filtering
Roster contracts
57
Roster APY
$310M
Rookie-scale deals
16
Top-quartile deals
15
League median APY
$1.5M
Market read
24roster contracts rank above their position market's median in both pay and role.
1top-quartile contracts here sit in the bottom half of their market's role.
0below-median contracts return top-quartile role in their markets.
Pay vs role
Panthers roster · 57 contracts plotted · each vs his own position market
Snap-share percentile
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Pay percentile (APY)
Veteran dealRookie scaleLimited sample
Biggest rank gaps
Carolina Panthers roster · role lens · gap within each position marketRole ahead of pay
+78

Chau Smith-WadeCB
PAY 162
ROLE 84
$1.1M
63.1% snaps
Rookie scale
+45

Nick ScottS
PAY 57
ROLE 12
$2M
98% snaps
One-year
+44

Mike JacksonCB
PAY 46
ROLE 2
$5.3M
98.6% snaps
Veteran
+44

Corey ThorntonCB
PAY 191
ROLE 147
$992K
16.8% snaps
Rookie scale
+40

Brycen TremayneWR
PAY 181
ROLE 141
$1M
24.4% snaps
Rookie scale
+38

Trevin WallaceLB
PAY 73
ROLE 35
$1.5M
86.8% snaps
Veteran
Pay ahead of role
-106

Thomas IncoomEDGE
PAY 109
ROLE 215
$2M
2.2% snaps
One-year
-71

Akayleb EvansCB
PAY 108
ROLE 179
$1.4M
6.2% snaps
One-year
-69

Robert RochellCB
PAY 126
ROLE 195
$1.2M
0% snaps
One-year
-64

Isaiah SimmonsS
PAY 78
ROLE 142
$1.4M
0.2% snaps
One-year
-56

Bobby Brown IIIDT
PAY 32
ROLE 88
$7M
33.1% snaps
Veteran
-54

Princely UmanmielenEDGE
PAY 122
ROLE 176
$1.6M
22.2% snaps
Rookie scale

