This is how much money Chiefs players will earn if they win Super Bowl LIX

Pete Grathoff, The Kansas City Star on Feb 9, 2025

Published in Football

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Rookie running back Carson Steele received an unexpected financial boost after the NFL’s wild-card postseason round, even though the Chiefs didn’t play because they had a bye.

It was playoff pay from the NFL, which cuts a check to every player on an active roster in increasingly larger amounts of money as their team progresses through the postseason.

Although the Chiefs players’ focus is fully on a Super Bowl championship, the additional money is beneficial.

“Being a 22 year old going from a college paycheck to having these bonuses, it’s been a blessing, for sure,” Steele said. “And I’ve been able to help out some people too with it. So it’s really been an awesome opportunity.”

For making the playoffs as the No. 1 seed (and getting the bye week), each Chiefs player was paid $49,500. After the Chiefs beat the Texans in the Divisional Round, they received $54,500. By defeating the Bills in the AFC Championship Game, the players got a third check, this one for $77,000.

That’s a total of $181,000, and more money will be coming.

After Super Bowl LIX, each Chiefs player will receive another check. They’ll be paid $171,000 if they defeat the Eagles on Sunday. If Philadelphia wins, the Chiefs players will receive $96,000.

Either way, that’s a nice supplement to the $795,000 Steele is being paid this season by the Chiefs, per Spotrac.

Steele plans to use some of the cash to help one of his favorite charitable organizations.

“I’m real big into donating, too,” Steele said. “Special Olympics is kind of my thing, so I always love donating, working with that stuff.”

Chiefs cornerback Jayden Hicks, who was selected in the fourth round of last year’s draft, also is being paid $795,000 this season, per Spotrac.

Hicks plans to use the money to invest in his future. Most of it, anyway.

“It’s been great. I’m grateful for it, but being able to play another week with these guys, you know, that’s the main thing, and that’s what I love the most,” Hicks said.

“I’m just gonna invest it, put it away. I’m not a big spender, so I might buy a few clothes. But that’s it,” he said.

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