Here’s How Much the NFL Will Pay the Kansas City Chiefs for Winning the 2023 Super Bowl
It’s Super Bowl Sunday! 🙌 The sporting event might as well be a national holiday.
Super Bowl LVII saw the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles go head-to-head at 6:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, February 12, 2023. The game took place at the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, as fans of the two teams (and pretty much everyone else) frantically waited for the biggest football game of the year.
There can only be one winner to take home the Vince Lombardi Trophy at the end of the night, and that is the Kansas City Chiefs. But when it comes to prize money, there are no losers in this game. Keep reading to find out how much money the Super Bowl winners and losers make.
How much do winners of the Super Bowl get paid?
Get ready for this: In 2023, players on the winning team—the Kansas City Chiefs—will receive $157,000, according to NBC Sports!
This is more than last year, which saw each member of the winning team receive $150,000, according to the NFL’s Collective Bargaining Agreement. This cash bonus was up $20,000 from 2020, when the winners of the Super Bowl each took home $130,000.
How much does the losing Super Bowl team get paid?
This still doesn’t seem all that bad: According to NBC Sports, the losing team—the Philadelphia Eagles—will earn $82,000 for each player.
Last year, each member of the losing team received $75,000, which is half the amount that the champions earned. This cash bonus was up $10,000 from 2020, when the losers of the Super Bowl each took home $65,000.
Does every player on each team get paid the full amount?
Nope! Certain players on both the winning and losing teams could see their Super Bowl payout cut in half, depending on their eligibility.
Players who will get the full bonus:
Players on the team’s active or inactive list when the Super Bowl is played who have been on the roster for at least three previous games (regular season or playoffs).
Players who are not on the team’s active or inactive list when the Super Bowl is played but have been on the roster for at least eight previous games (regular season or playoffs).
Veteran players who were injured during the regular season and removed from the team’s active or inactive list, provided they are still under contract when the Super Bowl is played.
Players who will get half of the bonus:
Players on the team’s active or inactive list when the Super Bowl is played who have been on the roster for fewer than three previous games (regular season or playoffs).
Players who are not on the team’s active or inactive list when the Super Bowl is played but have been on the roster for at least three and not more than seven previous games (regular season or playoffs).
First-year players who were injured during the regular season and removed from the team’s active or inactive list, provided they are still under contract when the Super Bowl is played.
That’s some serious change! Is it too late to try out? 😂
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