Who are the 10 highest-paid NFL running backs based on yearly average?

The 2025 NFL offseason has been a good one to the running back position. Notably a position that does not always get paid, they have this summer.

The two latest that have are the Los Angeles Rams' Kyren Williams and the Buffalo Bills' James Cook. Both signed extensions that put them among the top-10 running backs in football in terms of average annual value per year.

How does that list exactly look?

Here is the ranking of the NFL's top-10 running backs based on AAV.

10. James Conner

Team:Arizona Cardinals.

AAV: $9.5 million per year.

9. Aaron Jones

Team:Minnesota Vikings.

AAV: $10 million per year.

8. Kyren Williams

Team: Los Angeles Rams.

AAV: $11 million per year.

7. Josh Jacobs

Team:Green Bay Packers.

AAV: $12 million per year.

6. James Cook

Team: Buffalo Bills.

AAV: $12 million per year.

5. Alvin Kamara

Team:New Orleans Saints.

AAV: $12.250 million per year.

4. Jonathan Taylor

Team:Indianapolis Colts.

AAV: $14 million per year.

3. Derrick Henry

Team:Baltimore Ravens.

AAV: $15 million per year.

2. Christian McCaffrey

Team:San Francisco 49ers.

AAV: $19 million per year.

1. Saquon Barkley

Team:Philadelphia Eagles.

AAV: $20.6 million per year.

This article originally appeared on The List Wire: NFL's highest-paid RBs based on AAV in 2025 post-James Cook contract