Phil Simms Net Worth 2026: Giants Contracts, CBS Salary and Life After TV

Phil Simms’s net worth is about $16 million, according to a widely reported estimate repeated by outlets including Pro Football Network and Sportscasting. Forbes and Bloomberg have not published their own figure for him, so treat this number as a rough guide rather than an audited total.

Phil Simms: quick facts

Net worth

$16 Million

Source of wealth

NFL career, CBS broadcasting

Profession

Former NFL quarterback, sports broadcaster

Nationality

American

Place of birth

Springfield, Kentucky, United States

Date of birth

November 3, 1955 (age 70)

Simms earned his money in two long careers. He spent 15 seasons as quarterback of the New York Giants (1979–1993), won Super Bowl XXI MVP with one of the most accurate passing games ever played, and then spent 26 years at CBS Sports, first as lead NFL game analyst and later on The NFL Today.

His broadcasting salary, reported at about $3 million a year at CBS, outlasted his playing salary by more than a decade. Since leaving CBS in 2024, he has built a mix of smaller broadcasting jobs, brand ambassador deals and a podcast with his son Matt.

Phil Simms at a glance

• Net worth: about $16 million (widely reported estimate, 2026)
• Born: November 3, 1955, in Springfield, Kentucky
• Profession: former NFL quarterback, TV and radio analyst, brand ambassador
• Team: New York Giants, 1979–1993 (No. 11, retired by the team)
• Broadcasters: ESPN, NBC, CBS (1998–2024), Westwood One, NBC Sports/Peacock
• Biggest payday: about $3 million a year as a CBS analyst, as reported
• Awards: two Super Bowl rings (XXI, XXV), Super Bowl XXI MVP, two Pro Bowls, NFL Man of the Year (1993)
• Spouse: Diana Simms; three children, Chris, Deirdre and Matt

Where Phil Simms’s money comes from

Source	Details	Estimate
NFL playing salary	15 seasons with the Giants, 1979–1993	Salary rose from about $275,000 (1984) to about $2.5 million a year (1993)
CBS Sports	Lead NFL analyst 1998–2016, The NFL Today 2017–2023	Reported at about $3 million a year
Other TV and radio	ESPN, NBC (1995–1997), Showtime’s Inside the NFL, Westwood One, Giants preseason TV, NBC/Peacock college football	Fees not disclosed
Endorsements	Disney World ad (1987), Balance of Nature, Arthritis Knee Pain Centers, Particle For Men, Giants brand ambassador	Disney paid $75,000; later deals undisclosed
Real estate	20-acre estate in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey	Bought for $1.55 million in 1999; listed as high as $8.25 million
Books, speaking, video games	Two books, Madden NFL commentary, corporate speaking	Smaller share

NFL contracts and salary by year

Simms played before free agency and before the salary cap, when even star quarterbacks earned far less than today. Only a few of his contracts were reported in detail, mainly by The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times.

Year(s)	Contract or salary	Notes
1979	Rookie contract (terms not reported)	First-round pick, No. 7 overall, by the Giants
1984	About $275,000	Breakout season: 4,044 passing yards and Pro Bowl MVP
1985–1989	Five-year deal worth about $3.8 million	Signed in summer 1985; averages about $760,000 a year
1990–1992	New deals (terms not widely reported)	Salary kept climbing through the early 1990s
1993	About $2.5 million	Started all 16 games and made the Pro Bowl
1994	Released in June	Cut after shoulder surgery, in the first year of the salary cap

Adding up the reported figures suggests Simms earned somewhere around $10 million in NFL salary over his career, before taxes and agent fees. That is a rough calculation, since several years of his pay were never made public. His TV career turned out to be worth far more.

Early life

Phillip Martin Simms was born on November 3, 1955, on his grandfather’s farm in Springfield, Kentucky. His family later moved to Louisville, where he played quarterback at Southern High School and graduated in 1974.

He played college football at Morehead State, a small program that mostly ran the ball. He set the school record with 5,545 career passing yards, but the team never reached the postseason. In October 2025 the school renamed its stadium Phil Simms Stadium in his honor.

Giants career: draft day boos to Pro Bowl

The Giants surprised almost everyone by taking Simms with the No. 7 pick in the 1979 NFL Draft. Giants fans booed when the pick was announced. San Francisco coach Bill Walsh had also liked Simms, but the 49ers ended up drafting Joe Montana instead.

Simms won his first five starts as a rookie and finished second in Rookie of the Year voting. Then came several hard years:

• 1981: separated shoulder in November
• 1982: torn knee ligament in the preseason; missed the whole season
• 1983: benched by new coach Bill Parcells, then a season-ending thumb injury

His turnaround came in 1984. He threw for 4,044 yards and 22 touchdowns, led the Giants to the playoffs and was named Pro Bowl MVP. The next summer he signed the five-year, $3.8 million contract. In 1985 he threw for 513 yards in one game against Cincinnati and made his first Pro Bowl.

Super Bowl XXI MVP

In 1986 the Giants went 14–2 and Simms won the Jim Thorpe Trophy. On January 25, 1987, they beat the Denver Broncos 39–20 in Super Bowl XXI.

Simms completed 22 of 25 passes for 268 yards and three touchdowns. His 88% completion rate and 150.9 passer rating are still Super Bowl records. Bill Parcells later called it possibly the best game a quarterback had ever played.

The win also gave Simms one of the most famous ads in sports. Right after the game, he became the first player to say “I’m going to Disney World!” in a Disney commercial. Disney paid him $75,000 for it, and the line became a tradition that continues today.

Injuries, a second ring and the 1994 release

Simms led the NFC in passer rating in 1990, and the Giants were 11–3 when he broke his foot in Week 15. Backup Jeff Hostetler took over and won Super Bowl XXV, giving Simms a second ring from the sideline.

A severe arm injury ended his 1992 season early. Under new coach Dan Reeves in 1993, he started all 16 games, made his second Pro Bowl and was named NFL Man of the Year. He was earning about $2.5 million that season.

After shoulder surgery, the Giants released him in June 1994, the first year of the NFL salary cap. Arizona and Cleveland showed interest, but he chose to retire. His career totals:

• 33,462 passing yards and 199 touchdowns in 164 games
• 95–64 record as a starter
• Giants records for completions, attempts and touchdowns at the time, some later passed by Eli Manning

The Giants retired his No. 11 in September 1995. He is not in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, a case he and many Giants fans still argue for.

Broadcasting career and CBS salary

Simms moved into TV right away. His broadcasting career has paid him far more than football did.

ESPN and NBC (1994–1997)

He started as an analyst at ESPN in 1994. From 1995 to 1997 he worked for NBC as a lead NFL analyst, calling Super Bowls XXX and XXXII. He also covered weightlifting at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

CBS lead analyst (1998–2016)

When CBS won back AFC rights in 1998, it hired Simms. He called games with Greg Gumbel until 2003, then joined Jim Nantz on the network’s top team in 2004. Together they called Super Bowls including XLI, XLIV, XLVII and 50.

His CBS pay has been widely reported at about $3 million a year. CBS never confirmed the figure. Over roughly two decades in the network’s lead booth and studio, that salary was the core of his fortune.

He also co-hosted Showtime’s Inside the NFL from 2009 and voiced Madden NFL video games alongside Nantz.

The NFL Today (2017–2023)

In 2017 CBS replaced Simms in the booth with newly retired Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo. Simms moved to the studio show The NFL Today and stayed at CBS. Romo later signed a deal reported by ESPN at about $17.5 million a year, which shows how much analyst pay rose after Simms’s era.

His contract ran through CBS’s Super Bowl LVIII coverage in February 2024. On April 29, 2024, CBS announced Simms and Boomer Esiason were leaving the show, with Matt Ryan joining. Simms wrote that his “26 yrs run with CBS SPORTS” was over.

After CBS (2024–2026)

Simms has kept working, but in smaller roles that likely pay less than his CBS salary:

• 2024: Giants preseason TV analyst on Fox 5 New York; radio game calls for Westwood One, including Cowboys vs. Giants on Thursday Night Football
• 2024–2025: weekly WFAN segments on Boomer & Gio and SiriusXM appearances
• 2025: returned to NBC Sports to call several Big Ten games on Peacock, starting August 29, 2025
• 2026: new brand ambassador for Particle For Men, announced September 15, 2026; co-host of the Simms Complete podcast with his son Matt

As of November 2026 we could not confirm a new regular network TV contract for the 2026 season. His main public roles are endorsements, radio and podcast work.

Endorsements and business ventures

Endorsements have been a steady side income for Simms since 1987. He is represented by Steve Rosner of 16W Marketing, a New Jersey sports marketing agency that has worked with him for decades.

• Disney (1987): the first “I’m going to Disney World!” ad, paid $75,000
• New York Giants: brand ambassador for the team
• Balance of Nature: national TV spokesman for the supplement brand
• Arthritis Knee Pain Centers: spokesman in national campaigns
• Particle For Men: brand ambassador for the men’s skincare line from September 2026
• Speaking: booked for corporate events through several speaker bureaus

The fees for these deals have not been made public. He has also written two books, Simms to McConkey (1987) and Phil Simms on Passing (1998).

Real estate

Simms has lived in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, in Bergen County, for decades. In a January 2025 interview with NJBIZ, he said he plans to stay there for the rest of his life.

Property	Year	Reported price
930 Old Mill Road, Franklin Lakes, NJ (20 acres)	Bought 1999	$1.55 million
Same estate, first listing	May 2017	Asking $8.25 million
Same estate, relisted	July 2019	Asking $5.3 million

The estate has about 10,180 square feet of living space, seven bedrooms and 11 bathrooms. It also has a private pond, guest house, pool and gym. Public reports through 2019 showed it listed but not sold, and we could not confirm a later sale.

Personal life

Simms married Diana Simms, and the couple raised three children in Franklin Lakes: Chris, Deirdre and Matt. Deirdre is married to former NFL linebacker Brian Toal.

Chris Simms

Chris Simms, born in 1980, played quarterback at Texas and was a third-round pick of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2003. He also played for Denver and Tennessee, then worked as a coaching assistant for the New England Patriots in 2012.

He has since built his own media career. He joined NBC Sports after the 2016 season, co-hosted ProFootballTalk Live and worked on Football Night in America. In 2026 he left the Football Night cast but remained an NBC college football studio analyst and host of the Chris Simms Unbuttoned podcast. In 2019 he sold his Old Greenwich, Connecticut, home for $2.67 million.

Matt Simms

Matt Simms, born in 1988, played college football at Louisville and Tennessee. He spent 2012 to 2014 with the New York Jets, later had stints with Buffalo and Atlanta, and played in the AAF in 2019.

He now runs Simms Complete, a private quarterback training business and podcast that he co-hosts with his father.

Philanthropy

Simms was named NFL Man of the Year in 1993, an award that honors community work as well as play on the field. He has supported Giants community events and charity golf outings in New Jersey for years. He has not set up a large foundation in his own name.

How Phil Simms compares

Net worth figures for retired NFL broadcasters are rarely published by Forbes or Bloomberg. Their reported TV salaries give a clearer comparison.

Broadcaster	Reported TV salary	Main source of wealth
Tom Brady	About $37.5 million a year (Fox, 10-year deal)	NFL career, Fox deal, business stakes
Troy Aikman	About $18 million a year (ESPN)	NFL career and broadcasting
Tony Romo	About $17.5 million a year (CBS)	Broadcasting
Phil Simms	About $3 million a year (CBS, reported)	Broadcasting and NFL career

Salaries are as reported by ESPN and major outlets between 2020 and 2022. Simms’s net worth of about $16 million is far below today’s top analysts because NFL TV pay exploded only after he left the lead booth. For a current quarterback’s fortune, see our Patrick Mahomes net worth profile, or browse more athlete net worth pages.

Frequently asked questions

How much is Phil Simms worth?

About $16 million, according to a widely reported estimate. No Forbes or Bloomberg figure exists for him.

How much did Phil Simms make at CBS?

His CBS salary was widely reported at about $3 million a year. CBS never confirmed it.

How much did Phil Simms make as a Giants player?

He earned about $275,000 in 1984, signed a five-year, $3.8 million deal in 1985 and was making about $2.5 million a year by 1993.

Why did Phil Simms leave CBS?

His contract ended after Super Bowl LVIII, and CBS announced on April 29, 2024, that he was leaving The NFL Today after 26 years with the network.

What is Phil Simms doing in 2026?

He is a brand ambassador for Particle For Men, co-hosts the Simms Complete podcast with his son Matt and makes radio appearances. He called Big Ten games on Peacock in 2025.

Are Phil Simms’s sons in the NFL?

Both played quarterback in the NFL. Chris played for Tampa Bay, Denver and Tennessee and is now an NBC analyst. Matt played for the Jets and Falcons and now runs Simms Complete.

Sources: The New York Times (1985 contract), Los Angeles Times (1994 salary), Pro Football Network, Sportscasting, Awful Announcing (April 2024), NBC Sports press release (August 2025), Men’s Journal (September 2026), NJBIZ (January 2025), The Real Deal and Jersey Digs (real estate), ESPN, Wikipedia. All net worth and salary figures are estimates.