7 Employees of the NFL Players Association Take Home $77 Million in Compensation
From 2015-2024, the 7 most highly compensated employees in 2024 of the NFL Players Association – a tax-exempt, non-profit 501 (c) (5), a labor union affiliated with the AFL-CIO that represents players in the National Football League (32 teams divided into two conferences, that can have a maximum of 53 players each – received $77 million in compensation (note: highly compensated employees in any of the years 2015-2023 but not in 2024 are not included):
DeMaurice Smith: Total Compensation 2015-2024: $44 million
- 2024: $3,583,209
- 2023: $8,553,707
- 2022: $7,849,404
- 2021: $3,628,981
- 2020: $3,554,838
- 2019: $3,486,229
- 2018: $3,310,409
- 2017: $3,311,375
- 2016: $3,269,375
- 2015: $3,151,172
Lloyd Howell: Total Compensation 2023-2024: $5 million
- 2024: $3,388,230
- 2023: $1,447,765
Thomas DePaso: Total Compensation: 2015-2024: $9 million
- 2024: $1,166,588
- 2023: $1,111,987
- 2022: $1,034,015
- 2021: $1,000,665
- 2020: $ 888,705
- 2019: $ 935,322
- 2018: $ 870,437
- 2017: $ 834,907
- 2016: $ 815,891
- 2015: $ 792,688
Tuaranna Smith: Total Compensation: 2016-2024: $6 million
- 2024: $1,122,850
- 2023: $1,082,294
- 2022: $1,023,090
- 2021: $ 789,638
- 2020: $ 539,716
- 2019: $ 547,046
- 2018: $ 424,758
- 2017: $ 402,080
- 2016: $ 386,794
Heather McPhee: Total Compensation: 2015-2024: $5 million
- 2024: $630,759
- 2023: $621,219
- 2022: $566,811
- 2021: $533,960
- 2020: $493,624
- 2019: $498,338
- 2018: $464,370
- 2017: $445,190
- 2016: $440,849
- 2015: $422,238
Don Davis: Total Compensation: 2019-2024 $3 million
- 2024: $603,921
- 2023: $599,384
- 2022: $565,624
- 2021: Not Listed
- 2020: $412,753
- 2019: $449,043
Nathaniel Ehrich: Total Compensation: 2015-2024: $5 million
- 2024: $604,683
- 2023: $598,253
- 2022: $524,763
- 2021: $500,482
- 2020: $459,362
- 2019: $461,351
- 2018: $445,491
- 2017: $436,889
- 2016: $417,590
- 2015: $405,954
