GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Blake Martinez not only led the Green Bay Packers -- 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