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Full list of performance-based pay for Cardinals

The Arizona Cardinals had no players in the top 25 of those in the NFL who will receive performance-based pay bonuses this year, but many Cardinals players benefitted significantly from the system that was collectively bargained in 2002 and that is part of player benefits over and above the salary cap.

Players have been paid close to $2.4 billion since then and will receive $393.8 million this year, an average of $12.3 million per team, that compensates all players based upon their playing time and salary levels.

New York Jets guard John Simpson, who played last season for the Baltimore Ravens, earned the highest amount among all players with a distribution of $974,613, which is almost double his 2023 salary.

The Cardinals player with the largest bonus is safety Ande Chachere at $471,928.70. Sixteen that played in 2023 will receive distributions of more than $300,000.

The fund is based upon a comparison of playing time to salary. 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.

Cards Wire has obtained the entire distribution list for the Cardinals, found below. Each bonus total is rounded to the nearest dollar.

S Andre Chachere

Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports

Playing time percentage: 58.82%

Bonus: $471,923

LB Victor Dimukeje

(Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

Playing time: 56.39%

Bonus: $436,321

TE Trey McBride

Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports

Playing time: 72.61%

Bonus: $422,681

LB Krys Barnes

(Photo by Mike Christy/Getty Images)

Playing time: 51.85%

Bonus: $406,381

WR Michael Wilson

Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports

Playing time: 59.75%

Bonus: $404,278

CB Marco Wilson

Arizona Cardinals cornerback Marco Wilson (20) is introduced before they take on the New York Giants at State Farm Stadium in Glendale on Sept. 17, 2023.

Playing time: 64.45%

Bonus: $404,132

DL Dante Stills

Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports

Playing time: 50.50%

Bonus: $394,940

C Hjalte Froholdt

(Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

Playing time: 99.41%

Bonus: $376,927

WR Greg Dortch

Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports

Playing time: 46.56%

Bonus: $372,654

DL Jonathan Ledbetter

Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports

Playing time: 45.80%

Bonus: $366,600

CB Kei'Trel Clark

Alex Gallardo-USA TODAY Sports

Playing time: 46.72%

Bonus: $359,738

CB Starling Thomas V

(Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

Playing time: 45.46%

Bonus: $359,543

LB Josh Woods

Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports

Playing time: 50.17%

Bonus: $355,505

CB Antonio Hamilton

(Photo by Nick Cammett/Getty Images)

Playing time: 61.01%

Bonus: $327,571

OL Elijah Wilkinson

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports

Playing time: 45.38%

Bonus: $321,491

WR Rondale Moore

Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports

Playing time: 64.12%

Bonus: $317,602

DL Kevin Strong

Joe Rondone-USA TODAY Sports

Playing time: 39.75%

Bonus: $299,194

LB Jesse Luketa

(Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

Playing time: 36.56%

Bonus: $292,607

LB Cameron Thomas

Brent Skeen-USA TODAY Sports

Playing time: 39.83%

Bonus: $266,562

DL Roy Lopez

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports

Playing time: 33.87%

Bonus: $251,504

OL Will Hernandez

Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports

Playing time: 97.48%

Bonus: $248,721

RB Emari Demercado

Jamie Sabau-USA TODAY Sports

Playing time: 29.92%

Bonus: $239,588

S K'Von Wallace

Alex Gallardo-USA TODAY Sports

Playing time: 34.37%

Bonus: $230,827

LB Owen Pappoe

Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports

Playing time: 29.75%

Bonus: $227,348

DL Leki Fotu

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports

Playing time: 30.34%

Bonus: $208,546

CB Garrett Williams

(Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

Playing time: 31.60%

Bonus: $205,794

Players earning less than $200K in performance-based pay

Player – playing time – bonus

LB BJ Ojulari – 42.10% – $199,686.82

OL Trystan Colon – 31.35% – $189,315.66

TE Elijah Higgins – 25.38% – $177,477.05

OL Paris Johnson Jr. – 100.00% – $170,329.41

QB Joshua Dobbs – 44.79% – $167,952.05

WR Zach Pascal – 33.78% – $165,226.95

LB Ezekiel Turner – 33.19% – $155,291.73

TE Geoff Swaim – 40.67% – $152,334.38

S Joey Blount – 18.49% – $146,974.36

S Jalen Thompson – 79.16% – $139,548.75

OL Carter O'Donnell – 16.30% – $130,495.99

LB Kyzir White – 60.08% – $127,463.97

LB Zaven Collins – 53.78 – $125,909.41

LB Dennis Gardeck – 58.07% – $123,055.80

DL Ben Stille – 11.26% – $90,227,06

DL Phil Hoskins – 10.67% – $85,449.25

OL Dennis Daley – 12.61% – $82,610.48

CB Bobby Price – 10.08% – $81,373.24

RB Keaontay Ingram – 10.92% – $78,855.43

OL Kelvin Beachum – 20.92% – $76,751.38

LS Aaron Brewer – 10.67% – $76,100.54

CB Divaad Wilson – 8.07% – $64,503.06

OL D.J. Humphries – 77.48% – $57,578.33

CB Christian Matthew – 6.98% – $55,886,91

DL Naquan Jones – 6.56% – $52,493.83

P Blake Gillikin – 8.15% – $51,972.18

WR Marquise Brown – 65.63% – $45,979.09

WR Andre Baccellia – 5.55% – $44,395.54

RB James Conner – 44.62% – $44,375.09

RB Michael Carter – 6.98% – $41,549.36

K Matt Prater – 11.77% – $40,080.52

RB Tony Jones – 4.79% – $38,351.24

QB Clayton Tune – 5.04% – $37,732.53

CB Kris Boyd – 5.29% – $37,557.38

WR Dan Chisena – 4.54% – $36,323.63

DL Eric Banks – 4.37% – $34,978.31

S Budda Baker – 65.55% – $34,880.15

OL Keith Ismael – 4.20% – $33,666.81

TE Travis Vokolek – 3.70% – $29,358.15

QB Kyler Murray – 45.21% – $26,552.08

DL Carlos Watkins – 4.03% – $25,893.81

S Qwuantrezz Knight – 3.03% – $24,240.11

LB Tyreek Maddox-Williams – 2.94% – $23,549.01

DL L.J. Collier – 3.28% – $23,260,16

RB Damien Williams – 2.61% – $21,021.42

P Nolan Cooney – 2.61% – $20,852.45

RB Corey Clement – 2.19% – $17,493.55

TE Zach Ertz – 24.79% – $14,116.39

TE Blake Whiteheart – 0.92% – $7,340.46

LB Tyreke Smith – 0.84% – $5,584.69

OL Jackson Barton – 0.25% – $2,020.01

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