The top two seeds in each conference have advanced to the AFC and NFC Championship Games, which means the most an NFL player will make this postseason is $173,000.

While that sounds like a lot of money (and it is), it's pocket change for most players in the NFL, where the minimum salary for 2015 is $435,000.

Here's the playoff money for the 2016 postseason:

Wild-card round winners: $25,000

Wild-card round losers: $23,000

Divisional-round winners and losers: $25,000

Conference championship winners and losers: $46,000

Super Bowl winners: $102,000

Super Bowl losers: $51,000

The maximum a player could have earned in the 2015 season's playoffs was $198,000, if the Super Bowl winner had been a division winner that participated in the wild-card round. But that won't happen this postseason, because those teams -- the Cincinnati Bengals,Houston Texans, Minnesota Vikings and Washington Redskins -- have been eliminated.

The most a player can earn if he is from a team with a first-round bye (like the teams advancing to the championship games this postseason, the Denver Broncos, New England Patriots, Carolina Panthers and Arizona Cardinals) is $173,000.

Payments during the playoffs must be made within 15 days after a game has been played.

Here, according to agent Joel Corry, are the players who are entitled to full and half shares:

Full Amount

Players on the 53-man roster when the game is played that have been on the roster for at least three previous games (regular season or playoffs).

Veterans (at least one year of service) put on injured reserve during the regular season that are still under contract when the game is played.

Vested veterans (four or more years of service) put on injured reserve during the preseason that are still under contract when the game is played.

Players who aren't on the 53-man roster at game time that spent at least eight games on the roster (regular season or playoffs) provided they're not under contract to another team in the same conference.

Half Amount

Players on the 53-man roster when the game is played that have been on the roster for less than three previous games (regular season or playoffs).

First-year players put on injured reserve during the regular season that are still under contract when the game is played and signed a player contract or practice-squad contract in a prior season.

Non-vested veterans (one to three years of service) put on injured reserve during the preseason that are still under contract when the game is played.

Players who aren't on the 53-man roster at game time that spent between three and seven games on the roster (regular season or playoffs) provided they're not under contract to another team in the same conference.

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