Saints Team Salary Report

Base pay - Contract salary before addition of any bonuses. Amount is annual rate, which might differ from actual outlay if renegotiated during the year.

Bonuses - Total of five possible bonuses: incentive bonuses likely to be earned, bonuses for signing, reporting to the team and being on the roster, and for completing specified workouts. Signing bonuses are prorated for multiyear contracts; only the 1998 portion is included.

Total 1998 pay - Base salary plus bonuses. Players are listed in order of highest to lowest.

Saints 1998 Team Salary Report
Player, position	Base pay	Bonuses	Total 1998 pay
William Roaf, OT	$2,700,000	$1,062,500	$3,762,500
Wayne Martin, DT	$2,538,900	$1,076,000	$3,614,900
Joe Johnson, DE	$2,000,000	$1,601,300	$3,601,300
Clarence Jones, OT	$1,550,000	$323,200	$1,873,200
Mark Fields, LB	$216,000	$1,419,400	$1,635,400
Kyle Turley, OT	$662,000	$960,000	$1,622,000
Andre Hastings, WR	$1,000,000	$583,300	$1,583,300
Chad Cota, SS	$1,000,000	$502,700	$1,502,700
Chris Naeole, OG	$720,000	$721,900	$1,441,900
Alex Molden, CB	$750,000	$545,600	$1,295,600
Heath Shuler, QB	$546,300	$681,800	$1,228,100
Kerry Collins, QB	$1,153,000	$0	$1,153,000
Andy McCollum, G/C	$800,000	$203,200	$1,003,200
Jerry Fontenot, C	$800,000	$202,100	$1,002,100
Tyronne Drakeford, CB	$500,000	$450,000	$950,000
La'Roi Glover, DT	$238,000	$642,700	$880,700
Sean Dawkins	$400,000	$350,000	$750,000
Kevin Mitchell, LB	$225,000	$425,000	$650,000
Je'Rod Cherry, FS	$412,500	$190,900	$603,400
Lamar Smith, RB	$216,000	$384,500	$600,500
Rob Kelly, FS	$305,000	$263,000	$568,000
Jared Tomich, DE	$180,000	$370,500	$550,500
Cameron Cleeland, TE	$218,000	$268,000	$486,000
Pio Sagapolutele, DT	$300,000	$135,000	$435,000
Mark Royals, P	$350,000	$60,100	$410,100
Qadry Ismail, WR	$250,000	$156,300	$406,300
Austin Robbins, DT	$230,000	$175,000	$405,000
Aaron Craver, FB	$275,000	$101,800	$376,800
Billy Joe Hobert	$250,000	$125,000	$375,000
Brady Smith, DE	$253,500	$121,200	$374,700
Kendall Gammon, LS	$325,000	$40,000	$365,000
Troy Davis, RB	$207,500	$134,000	$341,500
Vinson Smith, LB	$216,000	$110,000	$326,000
Billy Joe Tolliver	$216,000	$110,000	$326,000
Doug Brien, K	$300,000	$100	$300,100
Troy Wilson, DE	$216,000	$59,000	$275,000
Danny Wuerffel, QB	$180,000	$87,200	$267,200
Tony Johnson, TE	$216,000	$43,200	$259,200
Keith Poole, WR	$180,000	$76,200	$256,200
John Farquhar, TE	$238,000	$3,200	$241,200
Keno Hills, OT	$238,000	$3,200	$241,200
Tom Ackerman, C	$238,000	$2,900	$240,900
Fred Weary, CB	$144,000	$85,000	$229,000
Eric Guliford, WR	$88,200	$137,500	$225,700
Scott Slutzker, TE	$223,500	$0	$223,500
Ink Aleaga, LB	$198,000	$3,200	$201,200
Brett Bech, WR	$198,000	$3,200	$201,200
Chris Hewitt, S	$198,000	$3,200	$201,200
Sammy Knight, SS	$198,000	$3,200	$201,200
Keith Mitchell, LB	$198,000	$3,200	$201,200
Gunnard Twyner, WR	$198,000	$3,200	$201,200
Wilmont Perry, RB	$144,000	$34,700	$178,700
Julian Pittman, DT	$101,600	$75,000	$176,600
Chris Bordano, LB	$144,000	$19,300	$163,300
Earl Little, CB	$158,000	$3,200	$161,200
Alonzo Johnson, WR	$158,000	$0	$158,000
Josh Wilcox, FB	$158,000	$0	$158,000
Uhuru Hamiter, DE	$155,000	$0	$155,000

NFL Team Comparisons
Team	Total pay	Avg. per player	Median per player
Arizona Cardinals	$50,747,100	$831,920	$348,100
Atlanta Falcons	$47,253,400	$843,811	$514,500
Baltimore Ravens	$46,702,200	$805,210	$424,650
Buffalo Bills	$49,833,300	$874,268	$450,200
Carolina Panthers	$46,045,100	$719,455	$346,300
Chicago Bears	$43,128,300	$695,618	$378,050
Cincinnati Bengals	$47,480,200	$765,810	$371,250
Dallas Cowboys	$47,245,700	$787,428	$325,000
Denver Broncos	$46,876,200	$852,295	$534,000
Detroit Lions	$49,164,600	$780,390	$378,800
Green Bay Packers	$48,352,600	$779,881	$363,350
Indianapolis Colts	$39,797,900	$652,425	$365,600
Jacksonville Jaguars	$48,769,300	$750,297	$401,500
Kansas City Chiefs	$44,228,000	$762,552	$456,650
Miami Dolphins	$46,652,500	$752,460	$306,400
Minnesota Vikings	$50,275,400	$852,125	$450,000
New England Patriots	$49,031,900	$817,198	$421,300
New Orleans Saints	$41,616,900	$717,533	$374,850
New York Giants	$45,773,500	$738,282	$405,200
New York Jets	$44,409,800	$765,686	$472,400
Oakland Raiders	$41,696,800	$718,910	$363,200
Philadelphia Eagles	$51,674,300	$847,120	$380,000
Pittsburgh Steelers	$47,146,300	$827,128	$399,200
St. Louis Rams	$47,199,100	$761,276	$400,850
San Diego Chargers	$43,594,000	$726,567	$376,900
San Francisco 49ers	$42,542,900	$759,695	$378,500
Seattle Seahawks	$47,205,100	$828,160	$456,000
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	$49,242,500	$834,619	$403,900
Tennessee Titans	$50,280,700	$914,195	$534,000
Washington Redskins	$51,650,700	$770,906	$325,000

Source: USA Today