Rob Demovsky, ESPN Staff Writer 6y

Blake Martinez, Justin McCray parlay success into big performance bonuses

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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