RANK BEFORE AND AFTER TAXES | AFTER | BEFORE | PLAYER | RESIDENCE | TAX RATE | SALARY | AFTER TAXES | 1 | 1 | Matt Ryan | Georgia | 6% | $24,500,000 | $13,226,163 | 2 | 2 | Joe Flacco | Maryland | 5.75% | $21,000,000 | $11,006,624 | 3 | 5 | Tony Romo | Texas | None | $18,500,000 | $10,718,360 | 4 | 3 | Matthew Stafford | Michigan | 4.25% | $19,500,000 | $10,422,696 | 5 | 4 | Joe Haden | Ohio | 5.392% | $18,978,193 | $10,079,505 | 6 | 7 | Mike Wallace | Florida | None | $17,050,000 | $9,861,053 | 7 | 6 | Jay Cutler | Illinois | 5% | $17,500,000 | $9,543,774 | 8 | 8 | Tom Brady | Massachusetts | 5.2% | $17,000,000 | $9,251,791 | 9 | 9 | Andy Dalton | Ohio | 5.392% | $16,086,027 | $8,541,946 | 10 | 11 | Peyton Manning | Colorado | 4.63% | $15,000,000 | $8,223,085 | 11 | 15 | Earl Thomas | Washington | None | $14,225,000 | $8,218,902 | 12 | 11 | Brandon Marshall | Illinois | 5% | $15,000,000 | $8,187,695 | 13 | 10 | Eli Manning | New Jersey | 8.97% | $15,650,000 | $8,175,139 | 14 | 13 | Sam Shields | Wisconsin | 7.65% | $14,937,500 | $7,905,476 | 15 | 21 | Gerald McCoy | Florida | None | $13,300,000 | $7,702,079 | 16 | 14 | Jordy Nelson | Wisconsin | 7.65% | $14,250,000 | $7,555,700 | 17 | 16 | Sam Bradford | Missouri | 6% | $14,015,000 | $7,476,191 | 18 | 25 | Jimmy Graham | Louisiana | 6% | $13,000,000 | $7,203,186 | 19 | 19 | Chris Long | Missouri | 6% | $13,400,000 | $7,161,452 | 20 | 18 | Dwayne Bowe | Missouri | 6% | $13,485,294 | $7,158,287 |
Matt Ryan is the highest-paid football player for 2014. He holds the top spot in pre-tax salary at $24.5 million ($15 million of $28 million signing bonus deferred until 2014 and a $9.5 million base salary). He retains it after factoring in taxes
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