The bar now starts with Nick Bosa.

Bosa and the 49ers have agreed to a five-year, $170 million contract that will make him the highest-paid defensive player in NFL history, according to ESPN.

The defensive end will receive a staggering $122.5 million guaranteed, per the report.

Bosa had been holding out from camp while waiting for an extension, and this mega-deal comes four days before the 49ers open the season on the road against the Steelers.

There had been concern he could miss the season opener and hold out into the season, but the 49ers now stand among the NFL’s elite with their defensive anchor in the mix.

Bosa has been one of the NFL’s best – if not the best – defensive players since entering the league in 2019 after being selected second overall by the 49ers.

He has 43 career sacks, including an NFL-best 18.5 sacks last season when he won Defensive Player of the Year and finished sixth in MVP voting.

Bosa has already made three Pro Bowls and won Defensive Rookie of the Year in 2019.

The 49ers previously exercised Bosa’s fifth-year option, but he had been hoping for a long-term deal that placed his salary among his peers.

He’s now above them all.