Highest-paid Wide Receivers 2023: Davante, Tyreek, Kupp & More

Who’s No. 1? Boardroom breaks down this year’s highest-paid wide receivers in the NFL, both by 2023 salary and total contract value.

Unlike certain position groups (*cough,* running backs, *cough*), a list of the highest-paid wide receivers in the NFL isn’t going to blow you away. Not because the numbers are boring — who couldn’t use an extra $26 million a year? — but because the expected suspects populate the top of the list.

Think about it: Who would you expect to make the most money out of any wide receiver? It’d have to be someone who is a bona fide superstar and someone who signed a new contract in the last year or two. Someone like Davante Adams in Las Vegas. Or, say, Tyreek Hill, who went from Kansas City to Miami via trade before the 2022 season and promptly signed a monster deal with the Dolphins.

But which other receivers are pulling in dollars like they’re pinpoint bombs from Patrick Mahomes? Check out the top 10 highest-paid wide receivers in the NFL for 2023, and stick around for the top WR contracts by total value.

Highest-paid Wide Receivers in the NFL 2023

Based on total cash salary as noted by Spotrac.

RANK	PLAYER	TEAM	2023 SALARY
1	Davante Adams	Raiders	$26.64M
2	Tyreek Hill	Dolphins	$26.1M
3	Stefon Diggs	Bills	$24.41M
4	D.J. Moore	Bears	$20.16M
t-5	Amari Cooper	Browns	$20M
t-5	Chris Godwin	Buccaneers	$20M
t-5	Cooper Kupp	Rams	$20M
8	Keenan Allen	Chargers	$19M
9	Christian Kirk	Jaguars	$16.5M
10	Odell Beckham Jr.	Ravens	$15M

NFL’s Top Wide Receiver Contracts by Total Value

RANK	PLAYER	TEAM	TOTAL VALUE	AVG. ANNUAL VALUE
1	Davante Adams	LVR	$140M	$28M
2	Tyreek Hill	MIA	$120M	$30M
t-3	Amari Cooper	CLE	$100M	$20M
t-3	A.J. Brown	PHI	$100M	$25M
5	Stefon Diggs	BUF	$96M	$24M
6	Mike Evans	TB	$82.5M	$16.5M
t-7	Keenan Allen	LAC	$80.1M	$20.02M
t-7	Cooper Kupp	LAR	$80.1M	$26.7M
t-9	Christian Kirk	JAC	$72M	$18M
t-9	D.K. Metcalf	SEA	$72M	$24M