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Cowboys’ Brandon Aubrey becomes highest-paid kicker

By Thomson Reuters Apr 20, 2026 | 12:39 PM

The Dallas Cowboys made Brandon Aubrey the highest-paid kicker in NFL history on Monday, his agents at ​Athletes First confirmed.

The four-year, $28 million extension ‌makes him the first kicker to earn $7 million per season. The deal also includes $20 million guaranteed, another record for his position.

Aubrey, 31, displaces the ‌Kansas ​City Chiefs’ Harrison Butker, ⁠whose average annual ⁠salary is $6.4 million.

Aubrey earned first-team All-Pro honors as a 2023 rookie and was selected to the Pro Bowl in each ​of his first three seasons

Last season, he made 36 of 42 field goal-attempts (85.7%), ⁠including 11 of ⁠17 from 50 or more yards, ​and 47 of 48 extra-point attempts. For ​his career, Aubrey is 112 of 127 (88.2%) ‌on field goals with a long of 65 yards, and 126 of 130 (96.9%) on extra points.

A former Notre Dame soccer ⁠player who became a first-round MLS draft pick in 2017, Aubrey did not pursue a football ⁠career until ‌2019, after he was ⁠released by a second-division USL soccer ​club. ‌He now holds the NFL ​record with ⁠six career field goals of 60 or more yards.

The Cowboys had placed a $5.7 million second-round tender on Aubrey last month while trying to work out a long-term extension.

–Field ​Level Media