Chicago Bears left tackle J’Marcus Webb led the team in performance-based pay for the 2012 season, earning more than half of his base salary for the year.
Webb earned $275,360 in performance-based pay, according to documents reviewed by the Tribune, easily putting him atop the organization. Performance-based pay is distributed to every club with a formula based on playing time and a player’s salary. The more playing time and the lower the player’s salary, the higher the performance-based pay.
Webb likely was unseated from his starting spot Tuesday when the Bears signed free-agent left tackle Jermon Bushrod.
Because Webb’s base salary for 2012 was only $540,000 and he was on the field for all 1,046 offensive snaps, he easily topped the chart. Accordingly, wide receiver Brandon Marshall will receive $14,062. He was on the field for 92.6 percent of the offensive snaps but had a base salary of $9.3 million. Each team is allotted $3.46 million for performance-based pay.
Safeties Chris Conte and Major Wright ranked behind Webb, earning $203,877 and $200,879, respectively.
Here is the remaining list:
Corey Wootton $145,261
Chilo Rachal $139,899
Henry Melton $127,650
Kelvin Hayden $122,629
J.T. Thomas $112,938
Anthony Walters $11,859
Stephen Paea $97,930
Geno Hayes $95,033
Evan Rodriguez $85,957
Armando Allen $85,083
Roberto Garza $84,487
Gabe Carimi $80,541
Lance Louis $80,423
Kyle Adams $79,424
Jonathan Scott $76,898
James Brown $74,934
Alshon Jeffery $72,258
Craig Steltz $65,861
Kellen Davis $65,825
Nate Collins $61,368
Tim Jennings $50,494
Sherrick McManis $50,057
Blake Costanzo $49,396
Eric Weems $48,999
Amobi Okoye $46,848
Zack Bowman $46,629
D.J. Moore $46,210
Israel Idonije $46,158
Nick Roach $43,284
Matt Spaeth $42,227
Earl Bennett $38,547
Shea McClellin $34,704
Edwin Williams $34,024
Lance Briggs $28,131
Charles Tillman $28,119
Devin Hester $24,968
Dom DeCicco $24,464
Kahlil Bell $21,106
Dane Sanzenbacher $20,950
Pat Mannelly $17,819
Michael Bush $17,071
Jerry Franklin $15,832
Joe Anderson $15,179
Brandon Marshall $14,062
Matt Forte $14,030
Adam Podlesh $13,233
Jay Cutler $13,193
Chris Spencer $11,337
Brian Urlacher $10,694
Julius Peppers $9,296
Cheta Ozougwu $8,394
Matt Toeaina $7,443
Robbie Gould $6,082
Jason Campbell $4,956
Olindo Mare $4,614
Patrick Trahan $3,505
Chris Williams $1,098
Troy Nolan $1,016
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