NFL Salary
Pay vs Performance
Washington Commanders roster · each player vs his own position market · APY basis · updated 2026-09-12Contracts
Lens
Whole roster on one map · no position filtering
Roster contracts
48
Roster APY
$244.6M
Rookie-scale deals
16
Top-quartile deals
11
League median APY
$2M
Market read
19roster 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.
3below-median contracts return top-quartile role in their markets.
Pay vs role
Commanders roster · 48 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 roleMcLaurinArmstrongSinnottJefferson
17
98
76
99
45
92
4
5
85
54
97
3
2
8
87
25
90
72
67
71
39
75
13
35
1
0
20
82
31
6
74
26
11
30
79
79
83
56
58
22
41
18
80
12
24
37
53
51
0255075100
Pay percentile (APY)
Veteran dealRookie scaleLimited sample
Biggest rank gaps
Washington Commanders roster · role lens · gap within each position marketRole ahead of pay
+102
Van JeffersonWR
PAY 159
ROLE 57
$411K
55.2% snaps
One-year
+69
DJ JohnsonLB
PAY 177
ROLE 108
$248K
17.7% snaps
One-year
+54
Mike SainristilCB
PAY 75
ROLE 21
$1.9M
89.9% snaps
Rookie scale
+52
Jacory Croskey-MerrittRB
PAY 87
ROLE 35
$1.1M
38.5% snaps
Rookie scale
+51
Josh Conerly Jr.OT
PAY 52
ROLE 1
$3.9M
100% snaps
Rookie scale
+45
Rasul DouglasCB
PAY 76
ROLE 31
$1.8M
79.4% snaps
One-year
Pay ahead of role
-83
Dorance ArmstrongLB
PAY 17
ROLE 100
$11M
21% snaps
Veteran
-67
Terry McLaurinWR
PAY 13
ROLE 80
$29M
41.1% snaps
Veteran
-58
Kain MedranoLB
PAY 123
ROLE 181
$1.1M
0% snaps
Rookie scale
-56
Percy ButlerS
PAY 48
ROLE 104
$2.1M
1.8% snaps
One-year
-47
Odafe OwehEDGE
PAY 19
ROLE 66
$24M
47.2% snaps
Veteran
-41
Leo ChenalLB
PAY 30
ROLE 71
$8.3M
42.3% snaps
Veteran
SEP 8
5:37 PM
LOLB
RELEASED
Released by the Washington Commanders
official transaction · QUOTE“filed 2026-09-05”
SEP 8
3:05 PM
SWR
CHART MOVE
Now first-team SWR
WAS LUKE MCCAFFREY
SEP 8
3:05 PM
LCB
CHART MOVE
Now first-team LCB
WAS RASUL DOUGLAS
SEP 8
1:27 PM
EDGE
RECOVERY
Returned to practice