VIKINGS' SALARY STRUCTURE
Player, position, ageOriginal contractGuaranteed moneyAverage salary
Kirk Cousins, QB, 31Three years, $84 million$84M$28M
Adam Thielen, WR, 29Four years, $64.2M$33M$16.05M
Stefon Diggs, WR, 25Five years, $72M$40M$14.4M
Riley Reiff, LT, 30Five years, $58.75M$26.3M$11.75M
Kyle Rudolph, TE, 29Four years, $36M$9.25M$9M
Josh Kline, G, 29Three years, $15.5M$7.25M$5.17M
Garrett Bradbury, C, 24*Four years, $12.9M$12.9M$3.2M
Rashod Hill, T, 27 One year, $2.025M$2.025M$2.025M
Dalvin Cook, RB, 24*Four years, $6.35M$3.5M$1.6M
Irv Smith, TE, 21*Four years, $5.8M$3M$1.5M
Brian O'Neill, RT, 23*Four years, $4.4M$1.7M$1.1M
Dan Bailey, K, 31One year, $1M$1M$1M
Pat Elflein, G, 25*Four years, $3.75M$940,000$940,000
C.J. Ham, FB, 26One year, $645,000none$645,000
Player, position, ageOriginal contractGuaranteed moneyAverage salary
Everson Griffen, DE, 31 +Four years, $58 million$34M$14.5M
Danielle Hunter, DE, 24Five years, $72M$40M$14.4M
Xavier Rhodes, CB, 29Five years, $70.1M$32.8M$14.02M
Anthony Barr, LB, 27Five years, $67.5M$33M$13.5M
Linval Joseph, DT, 30Four years, $50.35M$31.5M$12.5875M
Harrison Smith, S, 30Five years, $51.25M$28.578M$10.25M
Eric Kendricks, LB, 27Five years, $50M$25M$10M
Trae Waynes, CB, 27Fifth-year option of rookie deal$9.07M$9.07M
Shamar Stephen, DT, 28Three years, $12.45M$6M$4.15M
Anthony Harris, S, 27One year, $3.1M$3.1M$3.1M
Mike Hughes, CB, 22*Four years, $9.87M$8.2M$2.47M
Mackensie Alexander, CB, 25*Four years, $4.3M$2M$1.08M
Ben Gedeon, LB, 24*Four years, $3M$633,000$738,000
Matt Wile, P, 27One year, $645,000none$645,000
* — Rookie contract. Teams can add a fifth-year option to first-round picks' rookie deals before the player's fourth season. Waynes' rookie contract was four years, $13M; when the Vikings picked up the fifth-year option last year, the price was $9.069M this season.
+ — Griffen restructured his contract and took a pay cut for this season to get the team under the salary cap. His base salary is $6.4M with another $1.6M in bonuses.Source: spotrac.com
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