Joe Flacco Contract Details, Salary Cap Charges, Bonus Money, and Contract History

Joe Flacco

Quarterback

Age: 41

Free Agency: 2027 (Void)

Accrued Seasons: 18

Height: 6'6"
Weight: 245
College: Delaware
Entry: 2008 Draft, Round 1, #18 overall (Ravens)

2026 Salary Cap Charge: $3,333,333 (1.05% of cap)
2026 Cash Payout: $6,000,000 (2.02% of spending)
2026 Cash to Cap Ratio: 1.80

Contract Value: $6,000,000 ($6,000,000 APY)
Fully Guaranteed Money: $4,000,000
Contract Ranking: 30/97 at QB

2025 OTC Valuation: $13,860,000

Current Contract

(UFA, signed 2026)

(📝: indicates contract trigger occuring during that year)

Year	Age	Base Salary	Prorated Signing Bonus	Per Game Roster Bonus	Cap Number	Cap %	Dead Money & Cap Savings
Year	Age	Base Salary	Prorated Signing Bonus	Per Game Roster Bonus	Cap Number	Cap %	Dead Money & Cap Savings
2026	41	$1,300,000	$1,333,333	$700,000	$3,333,333	1.1%	$4,000,000 $1,333,333 $4,000,000 $1,333,333 $0 $0	($666,667) $2,000,000 ($666,667) $2,000,000 $0 $0
2027 📝 February 10: Contract voids 5th day waiver period	42	Void	$1,333,333	Void	$2,666,667	0.8%	$2,666,667 $1,333,333 $2,666,667 $1,333,333 $0 $0	$0 $1,333,334 $0 $1,333,334 ($672,500) ($1,076,000)
2028	43	Void	$1,333,334	Void	$0	0.0%	$1,333,334 $1,333,334 $1,333,334 $1,333,334 $0 $0	($1,333,334) ($1,333,334) ($1,333,334) ($1,333,334) $0 ($1,112,000)
Total		$1,300,000	$4,000,000	$700,000	$6,000,000

Contract Notes

Joe Flacco signed a one year, $6.0 million contract with the Cincinnati Bengals that includes $4 million guaranteed. Flacco can earn an additional $700,000 through per game active roster bonuses, and an additional $2.5 million through incentives.

Cash Flows

- fully earned money

- unearned or partially earned money

$6M

	2026
Cash Due	$6,000,000
Running Cash	$6,000,000

Career Earnings: $185,485,338

Career APY: $10,304,741

Potential Earnings: $186,104,509

Total Guarantees: $172,660,000

Largest Cash Payment: $44,000,000 (2016)

Largest Cap Number: $24,750,000 (2018)

Contract History

Team	Contract Type	Status	Year Signed	Yrs	Total	APY	Guarantees	Amount Earned	% Earned	Effective APY
Ravens	Drafted	Expired	2008	5	$23,800,000	$4,760,000	$8,360,000	$23,800,000	100.0%	$4,760,000
Ravens	UFA	Extended	2013	6	$120,600,000	$20,100,000	$51,000,000	$62,000,000	51.4%	$20,666,667
Ravens	Extension	Traded	2016	3	$66,400,000	$22,133,333	$44,000,000	$62,000,000	93.4%	$20,666,667
Broncos	Extension	Terminated	2016	3	$66,400,000	$22,133,333	$44,000,000	$18,500,000	27.9%	$18,500,000
Jets	SFA	Expired	2020	1	$1,500,000	$1,500,000	$550,000	$1,500,000	100.0%	$1,500,000
Eagles	UFA	Traded	2021	1	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$0	0.0%	$0
Jets	UFA	Expired	2021	1	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$656,944	18.8%	$656,944
Jets	UFA	Expired	2022	1	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$2,850,000	$3,385,294	96.7%	$3,385,294
Browns	Practice	Renegotiated	2023	1	$370,800	$370,800	$0	$0	0.0%	$0
Browns	Practice	Elevated	2023	1	$370,800	$370,800	$0	$0	0.0%	$0
Browns	Practice	Elevated	2023	1	$370,800	$370,800	$0	$0	0.0%	$0
Browns	SFA	Expired	2023	1	$2,200,000	$2,200,000	$400,000	$1,100,000	50.0%	$1,100,000
Colts	UFA	Expired	2024	1	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$5,300,000	117.8%	$5,300,000
Bengals	UFA	Expired	2025	1	$4,250,000	$4,250,000	$3,000,000	$1,862,271	43.8%	$1,862,271
Browns	UFA	Traded	2025	1	$4,250,000	$4,250,000	$3,000,000	$0	0.0%	$0
Bengals	UFA	Active	2026	1	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$4,000,000	$0	0.0%	$0

Earnings By Team

Team	Yrs	Salary	APY	Paid on Cap	% Paid on Cap	Paid as Dead Money	% Paid as Dead Money
	0	$0	$0	$0	0.0%	$0	0.0%
Ravens	11	$147,800,000	$13,436,364	$131,800,000	0.0%	$16,000,000	0.0%
Broncos	1	$18,500,000	$18,500,000	$4,900,000	0.0%	$13,600,000	0.0%
Jets	3	$5,542,238	$1,847,413	$5,681,209	0.0%	$0	0.0%
Eagles	0	$2,843,056	$0	$0	0.0%	$2,843,056	0.0%
Browns	1	$3,637,773	$3,637,773	$1,175,000	0.0%	$2,512,773	0.0%
Colts	1	$5,300,000	$5,300,000	$5,000,000	0.0%	$0	0.0%
Bengals	1	$1,862,271	$1,862,271	$2,862,271	0.0%	$0	0.0%

Season History

Year	Team	Base Salary	Prorated Bonus	Roster Bonus	Per Game Roster Bonus	Other Bonus	Guaranteed Salary	Cap Number	Cap %	Cash Paid
2008	Ravens	$295,000	$0	$1,005,000	$0	$0	$0	$1,300,000	1.1%	$1,300,000
2009	Ravens	$1,535,000	$1,240,000	$2,100,000	$0	$0	$0	$4,875,000	4.0%	$8,595,000
2010	Ravens	$2,660,000	$1,240,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$3,900,000	--	$2,660,000
2011	Ravens	$4,485,000	$1,240,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$5,725,000	4.8%	$4,485,000
2012	Ravens	$6,760,000	$1,240,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$8,000,000	6.6%	$6,760,000
2013	Ravens	$1,000,000	$5,800,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$6,800,000	5.5%	$30,000,000
2014	Ravens	$6,000,000	$8,800,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$14,800,000	11.3%	$21,000,000
2015	Ravens	$4,000,000	$10,550,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$14,550,000	10.1%	$11,000,000
2016	Ravens	$4,000,000	$18,550,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$22,550,000	14.7%	$44,000,000
2017	Ravens	$6,000,000	$18,550,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$24,550,000	15.0%	$6,000,000
2018	Ravens	$12,000,000	$12,750,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$24,750,000	14.1%	$12,000,000
2019	Broncos	$1,500,000	$3,400,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$4,900,000	2.5%	$18,500,000
2020	Jets	$1,050,000	$0	$0	$450,000	$62,500	$550,000	$1,562,500	0.7%	$1,500,000
2021	Jets	$1,075,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$656,944	0.3%	$656,944
2022	Jets	$1,120,000	$1,730,000	$0	$650,000	$0	$1,120,000	$3,461,765	1.6%	$3,385,294
2023	Browns	$1,800,000	$475,000	$0	$0	$300,000	$0	$1,175,000	0.5%	$1,100,000
2024	Colts	$3,000,000	$1,500,000	$0	$0	$500,000	$3,000,000	$5,000,000	1.9%	$5,300,000
2025	Bengals	$1,255,000	$0	$250,000	$1,000,000	$0	$0	$2,862,271	1.0%	$1,862,271
2026	Bengals	$1,300,000	$1,333,333	$0	$700,000	$0	$0	$3,333,333	1.1%	$6,000,000
2027	Bengals	$1,345,000	$1,333,333	$0	$0	$0	$0	$2,666,667	0.8%	$0
2028	Bengals	$1,390,000	$1,333,334	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	0.0%	$0
Total		$63,570,000	$91,065,000	$3,355,000	$2,800,000	$862,500	$4,670,000	$157,418,480		$186,104,509

Dead Money History

Team	Year	Cap Charge	Cash Paid
Ravens	2019	$16,000,000	$0
Broncos	2020	$13,600,000	$0
Eagles	2021	$903,056	$2,843,056
Eagles	2022	$1,940,000	$0
Browns	2023	$125,044	$150,044
Browns	2025	$991,729	$2,387,729
Browns	2026	$1,396,000	$0
Total		$34,955,829	$5,380,829

Statistics

Year	Games Played	Games Inactive	Snaps		Passing							Rushing				Fumbles
Year	Games Played	Games Inactive	Offense	Special	Comp/Att	Pct	Yards	TD	INT	Sacked	Rating	Att	Yards	Avg	TD	Total	Lost
2011	16	--	--	99.7%	0.0%	312/542	57.6%	3610	20	12	31	80.9	39	88	2.3	1	11	6
2012	16	--	--	91.8%	0.0%	317/531	59.7%	3817	22	10	35	87.7	32	22	0.7	3	9	4
2013	16	0	99.3%	0.0%	362/614	59%	3912	19	22	48	73.1	27	131	4.9	1	8	2
2014	16	0	99.4%	0.0%	344/554	62.1%	3986	27	12	19	91.0	39	70	1.8	2	5	0
2015	10	6	63.0%	0.0%	266/413	64.4%	2791	14	12	16	83.1	13	23	1.8	3	5	2
2016	16	0	98.0%	0.0%	436/672	64.9%	4317	20	15	33	83.5	21	58	2.8	2	5	3
2017	16	0	94.5%	0.0%	327/502	65.1%	2938	16	12	26	81.4	25	54	2.2	1	6	0
2018	9	4	53.9%	0.0%	232/379	61.2%	2465	12	6	16	84.2	19	45	2.4	0	3	1
2019	8	8	52.4%	0.0%	171/262	65.3%	1822	6	5	26	85.1	12	20	1.7	0	8	3
2020	5	3	25.3%	0.0%	74/134	55.2%	864	6	3	7	80.6	6	22	3.7	0	0	0
2021	2	2	6.1%	0.0%	27/42	64.3%	338	3	0	2	113.0	2	3	1.5	0	0	0
2022	5	3	26.5%	0.0%	110/191	57.6%	1051	5	3	10	75.2	3	6	2.0	0	0	0
2023	5	0	27.9%	0.0%	123/204	60.3%	1616	13	8	8	90.2	9	2	0.2	0	0	0
2024	8	0	43.0%	0.0%	162/248	65.3%	1761	12	7	18	90.5	9	26	2.9	0	0	0
2025	13	0	62.7%	0.0%	251/416	60.3%	2479	15	10	18	79.2	21	35	1.7	1	0	0

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	OTC Valuation	APY
Regular	$13,860,000	$6,000,000
Injury Adjusted	$13,860,000	$6,000,000

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