Money Purchase · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

National Football League Money Purchase Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$545M
Total assets
1,599
Participants
98th
Percentile by assets
$341,086
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: Nfl Pension Plan · Sponsored by National Football League · New York · Arts, Entertainment & Recreation

$545M in assets, 1,599 participants

National Football League's Nfl Pension Plan reported $545M in total assets and 1,599 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 98th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • 98th percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)

What the 2023 filing shows

Nfl Pension Plan holds $545M for 1,599 participants - about $341,086 per participant, in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, up 18.2% over the 2023 plan year.

$545M
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
1,599
covered participants
98th
percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
$341,086
avg assets per participant
State
Industry
Arts, Entertainment & Recreation

Money Purchase · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

What the Filing Says About Nfl Pension Plan

Nfl Pension Plan is a Money Purchase retirement plan sponsored by National Football League, headquartered in New York. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $545M in total end-of-year assets and covers 1,599 participants across the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 131922622, and the plan has been effective since 1965-03-31. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets grew sharply from $461M at the beginning of 2023 to $545M at year-end - up 18.2%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $545M, with reported net income of $84M driven by investment returns, contributions received, and benefit payments during the period. These figures reflect what the plan administrator certified on Schedule H or Schedule I of the Form 5500 annual return and can be compared against 2 prior plan-year filings from the same sponsor shown below.

Across the 3 plan years National Football League has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $840M to $1.0B, a gain of 19.7%, while reported participants moved from 3,445 to 3,926 (+14.0%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $1.0B; the softest was 2022 at $840M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $840M in assets across 4 plans covering 3,445 participants; 2023 - $970M in assets across 4 plans covering 3,728 participants; 2024 - $1.0B in assets across 4 plans covering 3,926 participants.

By assets, Nfl Pension Plan outranks 98% of the 126,618 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 5.5x the national average plan size of $100M and 730 average participants.

Asset totals and participant counts reflect a single plan year snapshot and can change materially with market conditions, plan mergers, or workforce changes. Fields such as "net income" include both realized investment performance and contribution/distribution flows, a single-year figure does not by itself indicate plan health or participant outcomes. This page summarizes public DOL disclosures for research and educational purposes only and is not retirement, tax, legal, or financial advice. Before making decisions about your own retirement benefits or evaluating an employer's plan, verify the underlying filing directly via the DOL EFAST2 system and consult a qualified professional.

How the percentile is calculated: we count every plan that filed a 2023 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (126,618 plans), rank Nfl Pension Plan against all of them by total assets, and report the share of those plans it outranks. A plan reporting no asset figure for the year is excluded from the ranking rather than assumed to be zero.

Financial Summary (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$461M
Total Assets (End of Year)$545M
Net Assets (End of Year)$545M
Net Income$84M
Plan TypeMoney Purchase
Employer EIN131922622
Plan Effective Date1965-03-31
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (National Football League)

$0.8B$0.85B$0.9B$0.95B$1B$1.05B 202220232024 $0.84B $1B ▲ +19.0%
Total plan assets by year, all National Football League 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 4 3,445 $840M
2023 4 3,728 $970M
2024 4 3,926 $1.0B

Nearby Money Purchase Plans in New York

Peer Money Purchase plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Nfl Pension Plan vs. nearby Money Purchase plans in New York, assets vs. participants

Nfl Pension Plan vs. nearby Money Purchase plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -1000001000020000300004000050000 0246 Total assets ($B) Participants Nfl Pension PlanTiaa Retirement PlanYoung Men's Christia…McKinsey & Company, …Brookhaven Science A…Iron Workers Locals …
Nfl Pension Plan vs. nearby Money Purchase plans in New York, assets vs. participants

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Nfl Pension Plan?
As of the 2023 Form 5500 filing, Nfl Pension Plan holds $545M in total assets with 1,599 participants. It is sponsored by National Football League.
What type of plan is Nfl Pension Plan?
Nfl Pension Plan is a Money Purchase plan. It has been effective since 1965-03-31. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 131922622.
Who sponsors the Nfl Pension Plan?
Nfl Pension Plan is sponsored by National Football League, located in New York. The sponsor's EIN is 131922622 and the plan operates in the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation industry.
How did Nfl Pension Plan perform in 2023?
Nfl Pension Plan grew sharply - up 18.2% during 2023, moving from $461M to $545M in total assets. Net income was $84M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Nfl Pension Plan's numbers.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 131922622.

Reference: IRS Publication 560, Retirement Plans for Small Business, contribution-limit rules.

Reference: IRS Publication 590-B, Distributions from IRAs, RMD rules under SECURE Act 2.0.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.

Every figure on PlainRetire is rendered directly from the Department of Labor's Form 5500 annual return filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-07-24.