Josh McCown
Quarterback
Career Earnings: $51,231,059
Career APY: $2,846,170
Total Guarantees: $33,633,000
Largest Cash Payment: $10,000,000 (2018)
Largest Cap Number: $10,000,000 (2018)
- Date of Birth: July 4, 1979
- Height: 6'4"
- Weight: 213
- College: Sam Houston State
- Entry: 2002 Draft, Round 3, #81 overall (Cardinals)
Contract History
Team | Contract Type | Status | Year Signed | Yrs | Total | APY | Guarantees | Amount Earned | % Earned | Effective APY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cardinals | Drafted | Expired | 2002 | 3 | $1,388,000 | $462,667 | $483,000 | $1,388,000 | 100.0% | $462,667 |
Cardinals | RFA | Expired | 2005 | 1 | $1,430,000 | $1,430,000 | $0 | $1,430,000 | 100.0% | $1,430,000 |
Lions | UFA | Traded | 2006 | 2 | $6,000,000 | $3,000,000 | $2,000,000 | $4,000,000 | 66.7% | $4,000,000 |
Raiders | UFA | Expired | 2006 | 2 | $6,000,000 | $3,000,000 | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 | 33.3% | $2,000,000 |
Dolphins | UFA | Traded | 2008 | 2 | $6,250,000 | $3,125,000 | $2,500,000 | $0 | 0.0% | $0 |
Panthers | UFA | Expired | 2008 | 2 | $6,250,000 | $3,125,000 | $2,500,000 | $3,700,000 | 59.2% | $1,850,000 |
49ers | SFA | Terminated | 2011 | 1 | $810,000 | $810,000 | $0 | $0 | 0.0% | $0 |
Bears | SFA | Expired | 2011 | 1 | $810,000 | $810,000 | $0 | $285,882 | 35.3% | $285,882 |
Bears | UFA | Terminated | 2012 | 1 | $875,000 | $875,000 | $25,000 | $0 | 0.0% | $0 |
Bears | SFA | Expired | 2012 | 1 | $825,000 | $825,000 | $0 | $339,706 | 41.2% | $339,706 |
Bears | UFA | Expired | 2013 | 1 | $865,000 | $865,000 | $125,000 | $865,000 | 100.0% | $865,000 |
Buccaneers | UFA | Terminated | 2014 | 2 | $10,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $4,750,000 | $4,750,000 | 47.5% | $4,750,000 |
Browns | SFA | Terminated | 2015 | 3 | $14,000,000 | $4,666,667 | $6,250,000 | $9,625,000 | 68.8% | $4,812,500 |
Jets | SFA | Expired | 2017 | 1 | $6,000,000 | $6,000,000 | $6,000,000 | $7,625,000 | 127.1% | $7,625,000 |
Jets | UFA | Expired | 2018 | 1 | $10,000,000 | $10,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $10,000,000 | 100.0% | $10,000,000 |
Eagles | SFA | Expired | 2019 | 1 | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 | 100.0% | $2,000,000 |
Eagles | Practice | Terminated | 2020 | 1 | $204,000 | $204,000 | $0 | $0 | 0.0% | $0 |
Texans | SFA | Terminated | 2020 | 2 | $2,125,000 | $1,062,500 | $0 | $526,471 | 24.8% | $526,471 |
Earnings By Team
Team | Yrs | Salary | APY | Paid on Cap | % Paid on Cap | Paid as Dead Money | % Paid as Dead Money |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cardinals | 4 | $2,818,000 | $704,500 | $2,818,000 | 0.0% | $0 | 0.0% |
Lions | 1 | $4,000,000 | $4,000,000 | $3,000,000 | 0.0% | $1,000,000 | 0.0% |
Raiders | 1 | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 | 0.0% | $0 | 0.0% |
Dolphins | 0 | $2,550,000 | $0 | $0 | 0.0% | $2,550,000 | 0.0% |
Panthers | 2 | $3,700,000 | $1,850,000 | $3,700,000 | 0.0% | $0 | 0.0% |
49ers | 0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 0.0% | $0 | 0.0% |
Bears | 3 | $1,540,588 | $513,529 | $987,647 | 0.0% | $50,000 | 0.0% |
Buccaneers | 1 | $4,750,000 | $4,750,000 | $4,750,000 | 0.0% | $0 | 0.0% |
Browns | 2 | $9,625,000 | $4,812,500 | $8,958,332 | 0.0% | $666,668 | 0.0% |
Jets | 2 | $17,625,000 | $8,812,500 | $16,500,000 | 0.0% | $0 | 0.0% |
Eagles | 1 | $2,096,000 | $2,096,000 | $2,450,000 | 0.0% | $96,000 | 0.0% |
Texans | 1 | $526,471 | $526,471 | $526,471 | 0.0% | $0 | 0.0% |
Season History
Year | Team | Base Salary | Prorated Bonus | Roster Bonus | Workout Bonus | Other Bonus | Guaranteed Salary | Cap Number | Cap % | Cash Paid | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2002 | Cardinals | $225,000 | $161,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $386,000 | 0.5% | $708,000 | ||
2003 | Cardinals | $300,000 | $161,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $461,000 | 0.6% | $300,000 | ||
2004 | Cardinals | $380,000 | $161,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $541,000 | 0.7% | $380,000 | ||
2005 | Cardinals | $1,430,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,430,000 | 1.7% | $1,430,000 | ||
2006 | Lions | $2,000,000 | $1,000,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $3,000,000 | 2.9% | $4,000,000 | ||
2007 | Raiders | $2,000,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2,000,000 | 1.8% | $2,000,000 | ||
2008 | Panthers | $1,950,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,950,000 | 1.7% | $1,950,000 | ||
2009 | Panthers | $1,700,000 | $0 | $0 | $50,000 | $0 | $0 | $1,750,000 | 1.4% | $1,750,000 | ||
2011 | Bears | $810,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $185,294 | 0.2% | $285,882 | ||
2012 | Bears | $825,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $222,353 | 0.2% | $339,706 | ||
2013 | Bears | $840,000 | $25,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $100,000 | $580,000 | 0.5% | $865,000 | ||
2014 | Buccaneers | $3,750,000 | $0 | $1,000,000 | $0 | $0 | $4,750,000 | $4,750,000 | 3.5% | $4,750,000 | ||
2015 | Browns | $2,250,000 | $666,666 | $1,000,000 | $0 | $0 | $3,250,000 | $3,916,666 | 2.5% | $5,250,000 | ||
2016 | Browns | $4,375,000 | $666,666 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,000,000 | $5,041,666 | 2.8% | $4,375,000 | ||
2017 | Jets | $3,000,000 | $3,000,000 | $0 | $0 | $500,000 | $3,000,000 | $6,500,000 | 3.9% | $7,625,000 | ||
2018 | Jets | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $10,000,000 | 5.2% | $10,000,000 | ||
2019 | Eagles | $1,700,000 | $300,000 | $0 | $0 | $450,000 | $1,700,000 | $2,450,000 | 1.2% | $2,000,000 | ||
2020 | Texans | $1,050,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $526,471 | 0.2% | $526,471 | ||
Total | $33,585,000 | $11,141,332 | $2,000,000 | $50,000 | $950,000 | $13,800,000 | $45,690,450 | $48,535,059 |
Statistics
Year | Games Played | Games Inactive | Snaps | Passing | Rushing | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
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Injured | Healthy | Offense | Special | Comp/Att | Pct | Yards | TD | INT | Sacked | Rating | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | Total | Lost | ||
2011 | 3 | -- | -- | 13.7% | 0.0% | 35/55 | 63.6% | 414 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 68.3 | 12 | 68 | 5.7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2013 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 39.9% | 0.0% | 149/224 | 66.5% | 1829 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 109.0 | 13 | 69 | 5.3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
2014 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 63.4% | 0.0% | 184/327 | 56.3% | 2206 | 11 | 14 | 36 | 70.5 | 25 | 127 | 5.1 | 3 | 10 | 4 |
2015 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 46.1% | 0.0% | 186/292 | 63.7% | 2109 | 12 | 4 | 23 | 93.3 | 20 | 98 | 4.9 | 1 | 9 | 6 |
2016 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 25.4% | 0.0% | 90/165 | 54.5% | 1100 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 72.3 | 7 | 21 | 3.0 | 0 | 7 | 4 |
2017 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 78.8% | 0.0% | 267/397 | 67.3% | 2926 | 18 | 9 | 39 | 94.5 | 37 | 124 | 3.4 | 5 | 11 | 4 |
2018 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19.2% | 0.0% | 60/110 | 54.5% | 539 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 55.8 | 5 | 32 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2019 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.3% | 0.0% | 3/5 | 60% | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72.1 | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |