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Eli Manning’s net worth is estimated at $160 million. Elisha Nelson Manning is a retired NFL quarterback who spent all 16 seasons of his professional career with the New York Giants (2004–2019), winning two Super Bowl championships and earning Super Bowl MVP honors both times. He accumulated over $252 million in career NFL contract earnings, making him — at the time of his retirement — the highest-earning player in NFL history by total contract value.
Updated March 2026: According to Spotrac, Manning’s verified career earnings total $252,280,004 across three contracts with the New York Giants. His wealth continues to grow through his ESPN ManningCast hosting role and ongoing endorsement relationships.
Elisha Nelson Manning was born on January 3, 1981, in New Orleans, Louisiana, the youngest son of NFL quarterback Archie Manning and Olivia (née Williams) Manning. Growing up in New Orleans, he attended the Isidore Newman School alongside his brothers Cooper and Peyton Manning, both of whom also played football. The family’s football pedigree runs deep — his father Archie was a two-time Pro Bowl quarterback for the New Orleans Saints.
Manning enrolled at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss), where he played for the Rebels under head coach David Cutcliffe. His senior season in 2003 was exceptional: he won the Maxwell Award as the nation’s top college football player, the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, and was named SEC MVP. He finished third in the Heisman Trophy voting that year. Manning graduated from Ole Miss with a degree in marketing and a 3.44 GPA before entering the 2004 NFL Draft.
The San Diego Chargers selected Manning with the first overall pick in the 2004 NFL Draft, but he was traded on draft day to the New York Giants in exchange for Philip Rivers (the fourth overall pick) and multiple draft selections. Manning signed a six-year, $45 million rookie contract with New York and spent his entire professional career there.
Manning started as a young quarterback who drew early criticism for inconsistency, but he developed into one of the premier quarterbacks in the NFC. His most iconic moments came in January 2008, when the Giants entered Super Bowl XLII as 12-point underdogs against an undefeated New England Patriots team seeking a 19-0 perfect season. Manning directed a fourth-quarter comeback, including the famous “Helmet Catch” play with receiver David Tyree, to win 17–14. He was named Super Bowl MVP.
Manning replicated the feat in Super Bowl XLVI following the 2011 season, again facing the New England Patriots. The Giants won 21–17, and Manning earned his second Super Bowl MVP award — one of only six players in NFL history to win multiple Super Bowl MVPs. His 2011 regular season was one of his finest: 4,933 passing yards, 29 touchdowns, and a 92.9 passer rating. He was selected to four Pro Bowls (2008, 2011, 2012, 2015).
Over 16 seasons, Manning set multiple Giants franchise records: 57,023 passing yards, 366 touchdown passes, and 4,895 completions. He made 234 starts, compiling a 117–117 record, and played 210 consecutive regular-season games from 2004 to 2017, the third-longest streak by a quarterback in NFL history. He was named the NFL’s Walter Payton Man of the Year in 2016. Manning retired on January 22, 2020, and the Giants retired his No. 10 jersey and inducted him into their Ring of Honor in 2021. As of early 2026, Manning is a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2026, according to the New York Giants official website.
Manning’s wealth derives from three primary streams: NFL contracts, endorsements, and post-football media work.
Manning met Abby McGrew while both attended the University of Mississippi. McGrew, born in Nashville, Tennessee, earned a degree in family and consumer sciences from Ole Miss in 2005 and subsequently worked as an account executive in the fashion industry in New York City. The couple married on April 19, 2008, at the One & Only Palmilla resort in Los Cabos, Mexico. Abby McGrew Manning has been an active philanthropist alongside her husband.
They have four children together: daughters Ava Francis (born March 21, 2011), Lucy Thomas (born June 17, 2013), and Caroline Olivia (born 2015), and son Charles Elisha — born on Super Bowl Sunday in 2018. The family split time between a Hamptons, New York waterfront property that Manning purchased in 2017 for $8.5 million and a Summit, New Jersey Georgian Revival mansion. The Summit home, purchased in 2014 for $4.7 million and renovated extensively, was listed for sale at $5.25 million in 2020 following Manning’s retirement, per Jersey Digs.
Manning is known for extensive charitable work. He donated $2.5 million to fund the Eli Manning Children’s Clinics at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, and he and Abby contributed enough to New York City’s St. Vincent Hospital to rename its birthing center the Eli & Abby Manning Birthing Center. The Mannings also pledged $1 million to the Children’s of Mississippi fundraising campaign in 2016. He serves on the board of Guiding Eyes for the Blind.
Eli Manning’s net worth is estimated at $160 million, according to industry estimates reported by Marca. This figure reflects his $252.3 million in verified NFL career earnings per Spotrac, his estimated $69 million in career endorsement income, and post-retirement media and investment earnings, offset by taxes and expenses.
Abby McGrew Manning is Eli Manning’s wife. The couple met while studying at the University of Mississippi and married on April 19, 2008, in Los Cabos, Mexico. Abby, originally from Nashville, Tennessee, worked in the New York fashion industry before focusing on philanthropy and family.
Eli Manning was born on January 3, 1981, in New Orleans, Louisiana, making him 45 years old as of 2026. He grew up in New Orleans and attended the Isidore Newman School before playing college football at the University of Mississippi.
Eli Manning stands 6 feet 5 inches tall (1.96 m) and played at a listed weight of 218–220 pounds (approximately 99 kg) during his NFL career, according to Over the Cap and Britannica.
Manning’s peak annual salary reached $37 million in cash in 2015, the year his four-year, $84 million extension kicked in. His average annual value on that final contract was $21 million per year, according to Over the Cap. Over his 16-season career, CBS Sports reported he retired as the highest-earning player in NFL history at the time, with $252.3 million in total contract money.
Manning and his family primarily reside in New York. He purchased a five-bedroom waterfront home in Quogue, New York — in the Hamptons area — in 2017 for $8.5 million. The family previously lived in Summit, New Jersey, in a 9,000-square-foot Georgian Revival mansion they purchased in 2014 for $4.7 million and listed for sale at $5.25 million in 2020, per Realtor.com.
Eli Manning and wife Abby have four children: daughters Ava Francis (born 2011), Lucy Thomas (born 2013), and Caroline Olivia (born 2015), and son Charles Elisha (born February 4, 2018 — Super Bowl Sunday). Manning has spoken publicly about the family keeping a private lifestyle, as reported by People.