Legendary QB Brett Favre is the only player on this list to have retired, as players' contract rise, but the very fact that he made it to this level shows how colossal his contracts were. Favre set the benchmark for all modern-day elite quarterbacks, and posted some huge records that will take a tremendous effort to topple, including Most Career Passing Yards (71,838) and Most Career Pass Completions (6,300). The three-time MVP's heroics for the Packers earned him $98 million, while he bagged $24 million split evenly between a season with the Jets and then the Vikings.
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