Joe Flacco is entering his 18th year in the NFL and will play for his sixth team in 2025. Selected 18th overall by the Baltimore Ravens in the 2008 NFL Draft, the 40-year-old Flacco signed with the Cleveland Browns this offseason and is expected to be the backup for newly drafted rookies, Shedeur Sanders and Dillon Gabriel.
Joe Flacco’s Contract and Salary
Flacco signed a one-year, $4 million deal with the Browns this season. It can be worth up to $13 million with incentives tied to playing time, performance, and playoffs.
Flacco was with the Indianapolis Colts last season and went 2-4 as a starter. He threw for 1,761 yards and 12 touchdowns with seven interceptions. The veteran had signed a one-year, deal worth $4.5 million with Indianapolis. His base salary was $3 million, and he received a $1.5 million signing bonus and $500,000 in likely incentives.
Flacco will likely remain a backup in Cleveland as well but the competition for the starting job is wide open. There’s a four-way race between Flacco, Kenny Pickett, Sanders and Gabriel, and the veteran has some chances coming out on top of this young group.
Joe Flacco’s Net Worth and Career Earnings
Flacco has done well for himself since entering the NFL as the No. 18 overall pick in the 2008Â NFL Draft, with $180,175,063 in career earnings. He has also earned a significant amount from endorsements and sponsorships with top brands including Nike, Reebok, Haribo, 1st Mariner Bank, McDonald’s, and Zynga. As of April 2025, Flacco’s net worth is estimated to be $85 million by Celebrity Net Worth.
Over the course of his 17-year NFL career, Flacco has thrown for 45,697 yards, 257 touchdowns, and 162 interceptions in the regular season. In the playoffs, he has totaled 3,530 yards, 26 touchdowns, and 12 interceptions.
In 2013, Flacco led the Baltimore Ravens to victory in Super Bowl 47 and earned Super Bowl MVP honors. That postseason, his 11 touchdowns tied the NFL record for most passing TDs in a single postseason (with Joe Montana, Kurt Warner, and Patrick Mahomes). He had 3,817 passing yards and 22 touchdowns in that regular season.
He was made the highest-paid quarterback in NFL history after the Super Bowl win by the Ravens, giving him a six-year contract worth $120.6 million. However, he was surpassed within months by Aaron Rodgers, and despite some individual success, he couldn’t live up to the contract in the following years before being replaced by Lamar Jackson.
After being released by the Ravens, Flacco has played for the Denver Broncos (2019), New York Jets (2020-22), Cleveland Browns (2023), and the Colts. He had signed with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2021 but didn’t play a single regular season game and was traded back to the Jets in October that year.
