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As part of the NFL's performance-based pay program, Broncos CB Riley Moss saw his 2025 salary nearly doubled.
It's safe to say Riley Moss has outperformed his contract. The NFL announced 2025 performance-based pay distributions on Monday, and the Denver Broncos ' cornerback received the 12th-highest total ($1,136,103) in the league. That's not far from Moss' base salary ( $1,245,226 ), and the cornerback's 2025 compensation has now nearly doubled.
"The Performance-Based Pay program is a collectively bargained benefit that compensates all players based upon their playing time and salary levels," according to a press release from the NFL. The program essentially rewards underpaid players for outperforming their contracts. The league handed out $542 million following the 2025 season.
Last year, fellow cornerback Ja'Quan McMillian led the Broncos with a $773,090 bonus. "Under the Performance-Based Pay program, a fund is created and used as a supplemental form of player compensation based upon a comparison of playing time to salary," the NFL said. "Players become eligible to receive a bonus distribution in any regular season in which they play at least one official down.
In general, players with higher playtime percentages and lower salaries benefit most from the pool. " Here are Denver's top-five performance bonuses, according to KUSA-TV's Mike Klis : 1. CB Riley Moss: $1,136,103 2.