Roger Goodell made $32 million in 2015

The NFL paid commissioner Roger Goodell nearly $32 million in fiscal year 2015, a drop from $34.1 million the previous year.

Goodell, who became commissioner in 2006, was paid $44 million in 2013, which included base salary and bonuses as well as pension and other deferred payments.

According to the Sports Business Daily, the 2015 figure of $31.74 million is based on the last tax return filed by the NFL. Goodell's salary will no longer need to be made public since the league changed its status from exempt to taxable.

In the 10 years in which his commissioner salary has been disclosed, Goodell has made an average of $21.5 million a year and a total of $212.5 million.

The NFL's next-highest paid executive in 2015 was general counsel Jeff Pash with a salary of $6.5 million, down from $7.5 million in 2014.