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Sean Payton’s net worth in 2025 is $35 million. Payton is a former professional football quarterback and the current head coach of the Denver Broncos. He has a unique offensive style as a coach and led the New Orleans Saints to their only Super Bowl victory. Let’s look at Sean Payton’s net worth in 2025.
Sean Payton’s net worth in 2025 is $35 million. This is according to multiple reputable sources such as Celebrity Net Worth. However, this is expected to increase substantially in the next few years.
Sean Payton was born on Dec. 29, 1963, in San Mateo, Calif., but was raised in Naperville, Ill. His parents, Thomas and Jeanne Payton, were originally from Scranton, Pa.
Before moving to Naperville, Sean lived in Newtown Square, Pa., during his grade-school and middle-school years. In his high-school years, Sean Payton was a football player for Naperville Central High School where he became the starting quarterback during his senior year.
After graduating, he earned a scholarship to play football at Eastern Illinois University.
In 1986, Payton led the Eastern Illinois Panthers to an 11-2 record and to the quarterfinal of the Division I-AA Playoffs. During his tenure as the school’s quarterback, their teams were known as “Eastern Airlines” due to their prolific passing play that frequently totaled around 300 yards per game — and a still-standing school record of 509 passing yards in one game.
Unfortunately, Sean Payton was not selected in the 1987 NFL Draft. Despite that, he still tried out for the Kansas City Chiefs. Afterward, he played for the Chicago Bruisers and Pittsburgh Gladiators in the inaugural season of the Arena Football League.
However, his rights were sold for $1,000 to the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League. In the same year, he became a member of the Chicago Bears squad as a replacement player during the 1987 NFL players strike. In three games with the Bears, he completed eight passes out of 23 attempts for 79 yards. He failed to score any touchdowns and was sacked times.
In 1988, Sean Payton landed the starting quarterback role of the Leicester Panthers of the UK Budweiser National League. He led the Panthers to the quarterfinals but eventually lost to the London Olympians.
After returning to the U.S. after his playing stint in the U.K., Sean Payton took up coaching and became the offensive assistant for San Diego State for the 1988-89 season. On top of that, he became the running backs coach and wide receivers coach for Indiana State (1990-91), running backs coach for San Diego State (1992-93), offensive coordinator for Miami University in Ohio (1994-95), and the quarterbacks coach of Illinois (1996).
In 1997, the Philadelphia Eagles hired Sean Payton to be the quarterbacks coach. He worked with offensive coordinator Jon Gruden and offensive line coach Bill Callahan. During that time, the...
