The Chicago Bears agreed to trade DJ Moore to the Buffalo Bills on March 5, sending the veteran receiver and a 2026 fifth-round pick to Buffalo in exchange for a 2026 second-round selection. The trade cannot be made official until the new league year opens on March 11. The contract Moore brings with him is the story within the story: a four-year, $110 million extension he signed with Chicago in July 2024 that runs through the 2029 season.
DJ Moore’s Contract and 2026 Salary Breakdown
Moore’s deal averages $27.5 million per year and includes $81.525 million in guaranteed money, according to Spotrac. The $43.65 million fully guaranteed at signing included a $20 million signing bonus.
In 2026, his first season in Buffalo, Moore will carry a cap hit of $24.5 million against the Bills’ books. His base salary for the year is $23,485,000, supplemented by a $250,000 workout bonus. Moore’s 2026 salary is fully guaranteed, and according to Adam Schefter, the Bills are also guaranteeing $15.5 million of the wideout’s 2028 base salary as part of the trade.
With Moore added, Buffalo’s current wide receiver group looks like this before the start of free agency:
- DJ Moore
- Khalil Shakir
- Keon Coleman
- Joshua Palmer
- Curtis Samuel
Moore’s Net Worth and Career Earnings
Moore’s financial situation after this trade is actually more secure than it looks on paper. The sweet spot in his deal is 2029, his final year, meaning that if Moore performs, Buffalo keeps him. If he doesn’t, they walk without residual obligation.
Moore’s career earnings through 2026 will be $96,591,539. His estimated net worth is approximately $55–$60 million, built almost entirely on contract value rather than endorsements.
The reunion with Joe Brady is the underrated variable here. Moore’s two seasons under Brady in Carolina, 2020 and 2021, produced back-to-back 1,100-plus yard campaigns, including a career-high 18.1 yards per catch in 2020.
His three seasons in Chicago produced a 1,364-yard peak in 2023, which declined to 966 yards in 2024 and a career-low 682 yards in 2025 as Rome Odunze, Luther Burden III, and tight end Colston Loveland absorbed more of the offense.
The Bears’ system eventually outgrew him. In Buffalo, Moore gets to be the unquestioned No. 1 option next to Shakir, with Josh Allen throwing the ball.
Here is how Moore’s performance looks over the years, according to PFSN’s WR Impact Metric:
DJ Moore’s year-by-year grades in PFSN’s WR Impact metric 📊
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Whether the money matches the production going forward is the only question that matters. Moore turns 29 in April.
His contract doesn’t ask him to be the best receiver every year, but it asks him to hold the room together long enough to give Allen the target he’s been missing since Stefon Diggs. Based on structure alone, Brandon Beane got a better deal than the headline number suggests.
