GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Blake Martinez not only led the Green Bay PackersĀ -- and tied for the NFL lead -- in tackles, but he will collect the biggest chunk of the team’s performance-based pay distributions for the 2017 season. According to figures released on Wednesday, Martinez will collect $384,390.54 -- the 14th-highest total in the NFL from last season. That total is in addition to the $540,000 base salary Martinez made last season, which was his second year in the league. The performance-based pay system typically benefits players in their first NFL contracts, or minimum-salaried free-agent signings who become significant contributors. Martinez played the second-most snaps among all Packers’ defensive players last and finished with 144 tackles -- tied with two other linebackers: Buffalo’s Preston Brown and Cleveland’s Joe Schobert. Backup offensive lineman Justin McCray, who played last season for the first-year minimum salary of $465,000, collected the most among the Packers’ offensive players at $229,348.28. McCray started eight games at three different positions (five games at right tackle, two at left guard and one at right guard). Each team has a pool of $5,192,500 that is distributed among players who appeared in games last season. Of that total, $1.1 million is allotted to veterans only. The other $4,192,500 is split among all players. Here’s a list of the Packers’ players who received money from the performance-based pay system (last year’s distributions can be found here): Blake Martinez: $384,390.54 Kyler Fackrell: $246,081.26 Justin McCray: $229,348.28 Jake Ryan: $226,817.27 Dean Lowry: $218,395.72 Josh Hawkins: $213,418.09 Brett Hundley: $213,087.36 Geronimo Allison: $200,211.50 Josh Jones: $197,022.42 Marwin Evans: $194,381.30 Kentrell Brice: $152,276.28 Aaron Ripkowski: $133,857.26 Quinton Dial: $128,788.42 Jahri Evans: $119,353.01 Joe Thomas: $117,295.40 Jermaine Whitehead: $112,547.45 Ha Ha Clinton-Dix: $108,390.29 Trevor Davis: $102,221.02 Lucas Patrick: $101,545.74 Jeff Janis: $99,310.66 Damarious Randall: $93,617.61 Kyle Murphy: $92,648.61 Kenny Clark: $91,743.25 Aaron Jones: $89,229.33 Lenzy Pipkins: $86,192.87 Ty Montgomery: $83,623.57 Lance Kendricks: $77,127.05 Corey Linsley: $72,320.99 Vince Biegel: $69,437.06 Jason Spriggs: $63,223.47 Kevin King: $59,960.27 Davon House: $57,890.40 Richard Rodgers: $57,094.60 Lane Taylor: $56,824.71 Quinten Rollins: $48,833.17 Justin Vogel: $46,707.66 Davante Adams: $42,404.62 Reggie Gilbert: $37,394.80 David Bakhtiari: $34,303.86 Ahmad Brooks: $28,741.02 Morgan Burnett: $28,644.77 Brett Goode: $28,375.25 Michael Clark: $27,387.60 Chris Odom: $26,502.64 Nick Perry: $25,703.41 Devante Mays: $23,060.73 Montravius Adams: $22,867.49 Ulrick John: $20,908.08 Jordy Nelson: $18,606.91 Mike Daniels: $17,649.66 Randall Cobb: $15,534.40 Martellus Bennett: $13,351.28 Taybor Pepper: $12,485.71 Clay Matthews: $12,088.12 Joe Kerridge: $10,598.10 Ricky Jean Francois: $9,243.90 Mason Crosby: $9,159.32 Bryan Bulaga: $8,866.85 Donatello Brown: $6,597.28 Derek Hart: $6,231.39 LaDarius Gunter: $5,887.38 Aaron Rodgers: $5,554.77 Emanuel Byrd: $4,060.04 Joe Callahan: $2,853.33 Adam Pankey: $365.17
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