Dak Prescott leads the Dallas Cowboys’ 2026 active-cash ranking at $40.0 million, according to CBS Sports. Quinnen Williams, George Pickens and CeeDee Lamb follow. These are season-specific cash figures—not average annual contract values or salary-cap charges.
Who are the highest-paid Cowboys in 2026?
CBS Sports ranks the four players below by 2026 active cash spending. The figures compare reported cash earnings for the season; they do not rank every player on Dallas’s roster.
| Rank | Player | 2026 active cash spending |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dak Prescott | $40.0 million |
| 2 | Quinnen Williams | $34.1 million |
| 3 | George Pickens | $27.2 million |
| 4 | CeeDee Lamb | $25.5 million |
CBS Sports’ Dallas Cowboys roster and salary data is the source for these 2026 cash figures. Dallas’s official 2026 roster feature identifies Pickens as a receiver playing on a $27.2 million franchise tag, matching the amount in the ranking.
What does “highest-paid” mean here?
Active cash spending
The ranking uses active cash spending: money paid to players during the 2026 season. That is useful for answering who is earning the most cash in that season, but it is not the only way to compare NFL contracts.
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Salary-cap charge
A salary-cap charge is the amount counted against a team’s cap in a given season. Signing bonuses may be paid upfront but spread across multiple years for cap accounting, so cash paid and cap charges can diverge. For example, Over The Cap’s Cowboys salary table lists Lamb’s cap figure at $19,154,314 and Prescott’s at $18,225,000—different measures from their respective 2026 cash-ranking amounts.
Average annual value
Average annual value (AAV) divides a contract’s stated value by its length. The CBS ranking cited here is not an AAV ranking, so its numbers should not be described as annual contract values.
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Why Micah Parsons is not on the list
Parsons is no longer a Cowboy. The Associated Press reported in 2025 that Dallas traded him to Green Bay, where he agreed to a four-year, $188 million contract with $136 million guaranteed. Those are reported Packers contract terms, not current Dallas earnings. The Associated Press report provides the trade and contract details.
What the Cowboys’ cap position does—and does not—tell you
NFL.com reported that the 2026 league salary cap was $301.2 million and Dallas was roughly $56 million over the cap at the time of its report. That is a dated cap-management snapshot, not a measure of player cash rank or a guaranteed current cap position. The report also said owner Jerry Jones expected the team to restructure contracts. Read NFL.com’s report on the cap and Dallas’s position.
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How to compare player pay fairly
- For season earnings, compare active cash spending with active cash spending for the same season.
- For team-building and cap planning, compare salary-cap charges for the same season.
- For contract scale, compare AAV with AAV, while recognizing that it does not show when cash is paid.
The available 2026 figures support the top four under one consistent measure. They do not establish a full ranking of every Cowboys player by 2026 cash earnings, so the remaining order should not be inferred from these numbers.
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