Michael Rothstein, ESPN Staff Writer 9y

Rashean Mathis, Jeremy Ross lead performance bonuses

The NFL has handed out its performance-based pay bonuses for last season -- $3.633 million per club -- and not surprisingly, Detroit Lions cornerback Rashean Mathis has done quite well for himself.

Mathis, who started all 16 games for the Lions last year and graded out as the No. 12 cornerback by Pro Football Focus, picked up an extra $227,241.98 in bonus pay for 2014.

He is one of 13 Lions to top the $100,000 mark in extra money sent to them. The basis of the bonuses is to get more money to players who had significant roles on franchises and did not have large salaries.

Jeremy Ross, the Lions' returner and No. 3 receiver, was second on the bonus list with $197,654.65. He was followed by linebacker Tahir Whitehead ($192,028.20); tackle Cornelius Lucas ($156,153.98) and guard Larry Warford ($152,012.66).

Here's a full list of the Lions who got performance-based pay in 2014:

Mathis: $227,241.98

Ross: $197,654.65

Whitehead: $192,028.20

Lucas: $156,153.98

Warford: $152,012.66

Corey Fuller: $151,967.75

LaAdrian Waddle: $150,251.73

George Johnson: $141,548.84

Darius Slay: $115,717.89

Cassius Vaughn: $112,447.96

Isa Abdul-Quddus: $110,842.24

Travis Swanson: $105,053.02

Josh Bynes: $104,237.92

James Ihedigbo: $97,870.82

Dominic Raiola: $89,021.28

Jed Collins: $81,489.14

Darryl Tapp: $73,906.84

Theo Riddick: $67,747.64

George Winn: $64,628.00

Devin Taylor: $64,061.73

Julian Stanford: $63,844.96

Glover Quin: $59,588.90

Riley Reiff: $59,122.97

Garrett Reynolds: $58,610.01

Mohammed Seisay: $55,541.88

Sam Martin: $52,605.55

Danny Gorrer: $49,177.71

Don Carey: $49,026.71

DeAndre Levy: $45,316.72

C.J. Mosley: $44,807.96

Andre Fluellen: $44,039.04

Joseph Fauria: $39,623.64

Rob Sims: $39,471.44

Ashlee Palmer: $39,334.80

Golden Tate: $38,850.26

Brandon Pettigrew: $38,227.82

Kellen Davis: $37,823.09

Joique Bell: $34,755.61

Caraun Reid: $34,160.36

Jerome Couplin: $32,743.16

Eric Ebron: $32,014.95

Don Muhlbach: $28,788.90

Jason Jones: $25,486.73

Kyle Van Noy: $25,301.63

Nevin Lawson: $23,294.96

Ezekiel Ansah: $21,144.02

Nick Fairley: $12,614.33

Reggie Bush: $12,199.06

Matt Prater: $11,164.65

Jordan Thompson: $10,786.91

Matthew Stafford: $8,969.82

Travis Lewis: $8,178.21

Calvin Johnson: $6,924.80

Ndamukong Suh: $5,451.10

Montell Owens: $4,942.13

Ryan Broyles: $4,660.44

Corey Hilliard: $4,648.14

Stephen Tulloch: $3,820.20

Nate Freese: $3,521.66

Nate Ness: $2,347.24

Alex Henery: $2,013.56

Josh Thomas: $1,247.64

Bill Bentley: $922.08

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