A week of bank-breaking running back contracts was capped by Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs breaking the bank by the biggest margin.
Gibbs, now the highest-paid running back in the league, signed his new contract on Friday.
Here are the full and complete details, per a source with knowledge of the terms:
1\. Signing bonus: $15 million.
2\. 2026 90-man roster bonus: $2.038 million, fully guaranteed.
3\. 2026 base salary: $1.145 million, fully guaranteed.
4\. 2027 option bonus: $10.033 million, fully guaranteed.
5\. 2027 base salary: $1.26 million, fully guaranteed.
6\. 2028 offseason workout bonus: $250,000, fully guaranteed but must be earned.
7\. 2028 base salary: $10.25 million, fully guaranteed.
(The full 2028 compensation package is guaranteed for injury at signing. Of that amount, $8.25 million is fully guaranteed. The remaining $2.25 million becomes fully guaranteed in March 2027.)
8\. 2029 offseason workout bonus: $250,000.
9\. 2029 base salary: $22.25 million, $11.5 million of which is guaranteed for injury at signing. Of that amount, $8 million becomes fully guaranteed in March 2028. The remaining $3.5 million becomes fully guaranteed in March 2029.
10\. 2030 offseason roster bonus: $1 million.
11\. 2030 offseason workout bonus: $250,000.
12\. 2030 base salary: $21.25 million.
The contract also includes $4.125 million in available escalators for 2029 and 2030 each. For 2029, Gibbs gets $562,500 for each year from 2026 through 2028 in which he generates 800 or more receiving yards. He gets another $562,500 for each year in which he generates 800 or more receiving yards and the team gets to the divisional round of the postseason.
For 2030, Gibbs gets $421,875 for each year from 2026 through 2029 in which he generates 800 or more receiving yards. He gets another $421,875 for each year in which he generates 800 or more receiving yards and the team gets to the divisional round of the postseason.
Gibbs also gets $750,000 in each year for winning the MVP award a single time.
If the escalator package sounds familiar, it should. [It’s identical](https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/inside-the-bijan-robinson-deal) to the Bijan Robinson incentive package. In fact, the overall structure of the two deals is virtually identical.
It appears that the Lions and/or Gibbs took the Bijan deal and used it as the template for the Gibbs deal, with more total money for Gibbs.
The biggest difference is the amount. The Robinson new-money APY is $22.25 million, and the maximum value is $25 million. For Gibbs, the new-money APY is $22.5 million, with a maximum value of $25.25.
From signing, the Gibbs deal has a five-year average of $16.995 million. Robinson’s deal has a five-year average of $16.36 million.
That may not seem like much, but it works out to a difference of more than $3 million.