NFL Highest-Paid Wide Receivers: Zay Flowers Joins Top 10 After Big Extension

Not many positions have benefited from the NFL's ever-growing salary cap more than wide receiver; just ask Zay Flowers and Chris Olave. Flowers and Olave have each become two of the highest-paid wide receivers in the opening week of training camp. Flowers agreed to a four-year, $140 million extension with the Baltimore Ravens on Tuesday, which includes $108 million in guaranteed money. That deal came days after Olave agreed to a four-year, $124 million deal with the New Orleans Saints, as that deal includes $90 million in guaranteed money. The deals for Flowers and Olave came after a busy offseason for wide receiver contracts as well. Jaxon Smith-Njigba signed an extension with the Seattle Seahawks that made him the highest-paid wide receiver in NFL history back in March. Alec Pearce, meanwhile, re-signed with the Indianapolis Colts on a four-year, $116 million deal just minutes into the start of free agency. In recent years, an annual salary of $30 million became the barometer for the best receivers in the NFL. But the elite players have received more than that. Ja'Marr Chase broke the $40 million threshold when he signed his extension with the Cincinnati Bengals last offseason. As of Tuesday, Aug. 4, here are the highest annual salaries among NFL wide receivers, including Pierce's reported contract with the Colts (data courtesy of Over the Cap):