Gipson will receive a $708,106 bonus. The safety recently re-signed with the 49ers on a one-year deal. Hufanga will receive $703,926, and Brendel earns $643,691.
NFL players will receive $336 million in performance-based pay. The performance-based pay program is a collectively bargained benefit that compensates all players based on their playing time and salary levels. The program was first implemented as part of the 2002 Collective Bargaining Agreement and has carried over into subsequent agreements.
Below is a complete list of the top 25 payouts.
| PLAYER | 2022 CLUB | POS | DISTRIBUTION | |
| 1 | Marcus Epps | Philadelphia | S | $880,384 |
| 2 | Cordell Volson | Cincinnati | G | $854,407 |
| 3 | Luke Fortner | Jacksonville | C | $819,686 |
| 4 | Michael Onwenu | New England | G | $813,083 |
| 5 | Jon Runyan | Green Bay | G | $790,159 |
| 6 | Andre Cisco | Jacksonville | S | $763,775 |
| 7 | Kevin Dotson | Pittsburgh | G | $746,013 |
| 8 | Tariq Woolen | Seattle | CB | $742,378 |
| 9 | Dan Moore | Pittsburgh | T | $739,072 |
| 10 | Michael Jackson | Seattle | CB | $734,602 |
| 11 | Donovan Peoples-Jones | Cleveland | WR | $717,642 |
| 12 | Tashaun Gipson | San Francisco | S | $708,106 |
| 13 | Robert Hainsey | Tampa Bay | C | $706,331 |
| 14 | Kader Kohou | Miami | CB | $705,584 |
| 15 | Myles Hartsfield | Carolina | S | $705,255 |
| 16 | Talanoa Hufanga | San Francisco | S | $703,926 |
| 17 | Jamaree Salyer | L.A. Chargers | G | $695,838 |
| 18 | Camryn Bynum | Minnesota | S | $694,661 |
| 19 | Logan Wilson | Cincinnati | LB | $669,729 |
| 20 | Trey Smith | Kansas City | G | $663,756 |
| 21 | Damar Hamlin | Buffalo | S | $652,470 |
| 22 | Nick Scott | L.A. Rams | S | $649,016 |
| 23 | Jake Brendel | San Francisco | C | $643,691 |
| 24 | Josh Myers | Green Bay | C | $638,041 |
| 25 | Duron Harmon | Las Vegas | S | $636,623 |
"Under the performance-based pay program, a fund is created and used as a supplemental form of player compensation based on a comparison of playing time to salary," explains NFL Communications. "Players become eligible to receive a bonus distribution in any regular season in which they play at least one official down. In general, players with higher playtime percentages and lower salaries benefit most from the pool."
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