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Pay vs Performance

Pittsburgh Steelers roster · each player vs his own position market · APY basis · updated 2026-09-12
Contracts
Lens
Whole roster on one map · no position filteringRole (snap share) exists for every position
Roster contracts
42
Roster APY
$332.9M
Rookie-scale deals
11
Top-quartile deals
16
League median APY
$2M
Market read
18roster contracts rank above their position market's median in both pay and role.
0top-quartile contracts here sit in the bottom half of their market's role.
3below-median contracts return top-quartile role in their markets.

Pay vs role

Steelers roster · 42 contracts plotted · each vs his own position market
Snap-share percentile
0255075100
League median payLeague median roleRole ahead of payPremium starterLow-cost depthPay ahead of role
90
4
51
5
8
97
95
11
56
6
35
88
80
13
30
69
3
99
22
76
2
26
67
Hoffman
55
24
15
Skowronek
54
14
41
62
31
83
33
66
McCormick
94
44
60
74
21
87
35
57
0255075100
Pay percentile (APY)
Veteran dealRookie scaleLimited sample

Biggest rank gaps

Pittsburgh Steelers roster · role lens · gap within each position market
Role ahead of pay
+70
Mason McCormickG
PAY 71
ROLE 1
$1.2M
100% snaps
Rookie scale
+52
Troy FautanuOT
PAY 53
ROLE 1
$3.8M
100% snaps
Rookie scale
+40
Payton WilsonLB
PAY 90
ROLE 50
$1.4M
61.8% snaps
Rookie scale
+31
Joey Porter Jr.CB
PAY 64
ROLE 33
$2.4M
78.1% snaps
Rookie scale
+29
Spencer AndersonG
PAY 89
ROLE 60
$979K
35.7% snaps
Rookie scale
+25
Jaquan BriskerS
PAY 29
ROLE 4
$5.5M
99.9% snaps
One-year
Pay ahead of role
-57
Ben SkowronekWR
PAY 76
ROLE 133
$2.3M
15.3% snaps
Veteran
-47
Carson BruenerLB
PAY 132
ROLE 179
$1.1M
0.1% snaps
Rookie scale
-44
Cole HolcombLB
PAY 65
ROLE 109
$2.5M
16.1% snaps
Veteran
-39
Nick HerbigEDGE
PAY 17
ROLE 56
$25M
51.6% snaps
Veteran
-31
Asante Samuel Jr.CB
PAY 49
ROLE 80
$4M
42.9% snaps
One-year
-30
Jamel DeanCB
PAY 26
ROLE 56
$12.3M
63.2% snaps
Veteran

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