NFL Largest Fines


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$1 million — San Francisco 49ers owner Edward Debartolo, Jr., for conduct detrimental to the NFL, after DeBartolo who pleaded guilty to a felony in his role in a Louisiana gambling scandal, 1999.

$950,000 — Denver franchise, for circumventing the salary cap between 1996-98.

$760,000 — Baltimore RB Jamal Lewis, after pleaded guilty to drug charges in federal court, 2004.

$500,000 — Patriots coach Bill Belichick, for spying on an opponent's defensive signals, Sept. 13, 2007.

$500,000 — San Francisco franchise, violating the league's corporate ownership policy, 1990.

$500,000 — Indianpolis owner Jim Irsay, violating the league's personal conduct policy, Sept. 2, 2014

$400,000 — 49ers executive Caren Policy, violating the league's salary cap in 1997, 2000.

$400,000 — Browns NT Shaun Rogers, for carrying a semiautomatic handgun in a carry-on bag into Cleveland's Hopkins International Airport.

$300,000 — San Francisco franchise, violating the league's salary cap in 1997, 2000.

$250,000 — Texans owner Bud Adams, for making an obscene gesture at Buffalo fans, 2009.

$250,000 — New England franchise, for spying on an opponent's defensive signals, 2007.

$250,000 — Ravens LB Ray Lewis, for obstructing an Atlanta police investigation of a double murder after the Super Bowl, 2000.

$250,000 — Agent Leigh Sienberg, violating the league's salary cap in 1997, 2000.

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