{"id":765758,"date":"2026-02-21T01:36:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T01:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/765758\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T01:36:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T01:36:23","slug":"detroit-lions-expected-to-make-jahmyr-gibbs-nfls-highest-paid-rb-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/765758\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit Lions expected to make Jahmyr Gibbs NFL\u2019s highest-paid RB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a sensational 2025 season with Detroit, the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/detroit-lions\/334\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Lions;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Lions<\/a> are reportedly expected to make running back Jahmyr Gibbs the highest-paid back this offseason as the 2023 first-rounder is up for a much-deserved contract extension and payday.<\/p>\n<p>Gibbs, who is entering the final year of his four-year rookie contract, has eclipsed the 1,000-yard plateau in each of the past two seasons and rushed for 1,223 yards and 13 scores in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, the Lions&#8217; rushing attack set single-season franchise records for rushing touchdowns (29) and games with 100 rushing yards (16), while tying an NFL single-season record by producing 15 games with at least 100 rushing yards and a rushing touchdown.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the highest annually paid running back in the league is Philadelphia Eagles&#8217; star Saquon Barkley, who makes $20.6 million per season.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotrac.com\/nfl\/player\/market-value\/_\/id\/82289\/jahmyr-gibbs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Spotrac;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Spotrac<\/a>, Gibbs is estimated to carry a $20.2 million market value and is predicted to be offered a contract in the ballpark of 6 years for $60,484,512 ($20,161,504 per season).<\/p>\n<p>While that figure is calculated from league-wide trends and comparable contracts for similarly aged players, the Lions certainly want to reward their electric backfield option with a contract that values his skill set and importance to the franchise&#8217;s future.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>For more\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/detroit-lions\/334\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Lions;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Lions<\/a>\u00a0coverage, follow us on X,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thelionswire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:@TheLionsWire;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">@TheLionsWire<\/a>, and give our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lionswire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0page a like.\u00a0Follow Scout on X:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SpringgateNews\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:@SpringgateNews;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">@SpringgateNews<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Lions Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/lionswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/lions\/2026\/02\/20\/detroit-lions-jahmyr-gibbs-highest-paid-contract-extension\/88781616007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Detroit Lions expected to make Jahmyr Gibbs NFL\u2019s highest-paid RB;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Detroit Lions expected to make Jahmyr Gibbs NFL\u2019s highest-paid RB<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After a sensational 2025 season with Detroit, the Lions are reportedly expected to make running back Jahmyr Gibbs&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":765759,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2071],"tags":[6513,146,113,2506,7,1674,147,6,109,5313,894,4378],"class_list":{"0":"post-765758","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-detroit-lions","8":"tag-contract-extension","9":"tag-detroit","10":"tag-detroit-lions","11":"tag-detroitlions","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-jahmyr-gibbs","14":"tag-lions","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","17":"tag-rushing-touchdowns","18":"tag-saquon-barkley","19":"tag-the-lions"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116106060666237277","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=765758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765758\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/765759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=765758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=765758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=765758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}