Roger Goodell, the commissioner of the N.F.L., was paid $34.1 million in 2014, a year in which the league was tarnished by how it handled domestic violence cases involving several of its star players.
Goodell’s total compensation, released Tuesday as part of the league’s annual tax filing with the Internal Revenue Service, was about 1.5 percent lower than in 2013, when it was about $35 million. Goodell’s pay package consists of a $3.5 million salary, a $26.5 million bonus, $3.7 million in retirement benefits and $350,000 in other benefits.
Goodell’s bonus is calculated in part on new business deals he brought to the league the previous year, which means that his bonus in 2014 reflects broadcast contracts and other revenue signed in 2013.