Philip Rivers is currently on a low-cost deal with the Indianapolis Colts after coming out of retirement in 2025. His pay is based on the veteran minimum structure rather than his old star-level salary.
2025 Colts pay
Reports indicate Rivers’ 2025 contract hits the Colts’ salary cap for about 228,888228{,}888228,888 dollars for the season, which reflects a prorated veteran-minimum salary of around 1.2551.2551.255 million dollars and works out to roughly 73,80073{,}80073,800 dollars per game if he is on the active roster. Earlier in the season he was on the practice squad, where veteran players typically earn in the ballpark of 17,50017{,}50017,500–22,00022{,}00022,000 dollars per week under the NFL’s practice-squad pay scale.
Context versus past salary
This represents a massive pay cut from his previous stint with the Colts in 2020, when he played on a one-year, 25 million dollar fully guaranteed deal. Across his career, including this comeback, Rivers’ total on-field earnings are reported at roughly 244 million dollars.
