MLB Career Earnings

MLB Player Earnings MLB Player Earnings

Listing the top earnings for all active MLB players.

Player Total
Earnings
Seasons Earnings
Total
1

Alex Rodriguez

Shortstop
1993: R1, #1
$455,159,552 27 $455,159,552
2

Miguel Cabrera

Designated Hitter
0: Undrafted
$385,188,684 22 $385,188,684
3

Justin Verlander

Starting Pitcher
2004: R1, #2
$350,921,555 19 $350,921,555
4

Albert Pujols

Designated Hitter
1999: R13, #402
$341,810,741 23 $341,810,741
5

Zack Greinke

Starting Pitcher
2002: R1, #6
$303,474,948 21 $303,474,948
6

Clayton Kershaw

Starting Pitcher
2006: R1, #7
$291,176,411 17 $291,176,411
7

Derek Jeter

Shortstop
1992: R1, #6
$266,315,981 21 $266,315,981
8

CC Sabathia

Starting Pitcher
1998: R1, #20
$263,500,000 18 $263,500,000
9

Max Scherzer

Starting Pitcher
2006: R1, #11
$256,241,666 18 $256,241,666
10

Robinson Canó

Designated Hitter
0: Undrafted
$252,057,791 19 $252,057,791
11

Carlos Beltrán

Designated Hitter
1995: R2, #49
$248,874,995 21 $248,874,995
12

David Price

Starting Pitcher
2007: R1, #1
$248,042,498 15 $248,042,498
13

Joey Votto

1st Base
2002: R2, #44
$242,542,838 18 $242,542,838
14

Manny Ramirez

Left Field
1991: R1, #13
$238,232,113 32 $238,232,113
15

Mike Trout

Center Field
2009: R1, #27
$232,290,125 14 $232,290,125
16

Joe Mauer

Catcher
2001: R1, #1
$223,275,000 15 $223,275,000
17

Felix Hernandez

Starting Pitcher
0: Undrafted
$221,334,994 15 $221,334,994
18

Adrián Beltré

3rd Base
0: Undrafted
$220,038,000 22 $220,038,000
19

Mark Teixeira

1st Base
2001: R1, #5
$217,650,000 15 $217,650,000
20

Prince Fielder

Designated Hitter
2002: R1, #7
$215,754,779 17 $215,754,779
21

Cole Hamels

Starting Pitcher
2002: R1, #17
$203,766,247 17 $203,766,247
22

Stephen Strasburg

Starting Pitcher
2009: R1, #1
$196,519,442 15 $196,519,442
23

Jon Lester

Starting Pitcher
2002: R2, #57
$195,457,959 18 $195,457,959
24

David Wright

3rd Base
2001: R1, #38
$194,106,500 17 $194,106,500
25

Barry Bonds

Left Field
1985: R1, #6
$192,945,000 23 $192,945,000
26

Ryan Howard

1st Base
2001: R5, #140
$190,771,780 14 $190,771,780
27

Yu Darvish

Starting Pitcher
0: Undrafted
$188,355,991 12 $188,355,991
28

Johan Santana

Starting Pitcher
0: Undrafted
$182,560,000 12 $182,560,000
29

Adam Wainwright

Starting Pitcher
2000: R1, #29
$181,996,592 20 $181,996,592
30

Justin Upton

Left Field
2005: R1, #1
$180,670,465 16 $180,670,465
31

Adrián González

1st Base
2000: R1, #1
$179,780,643 16 $179,780,643
32

Carl Crawford

Left Field
1999: R2, #52
$179,182,419 17 $179,182,419
33

Matt Kemp

Left Field
2003: R6, #181
$176,356,370 15 $176,356,370
34

Jacoby Ellsbury

Center Field
2005: R1, #23
$175,681,999 16 $175,681,999
35

Randy Johnson

Starting Pitcher
1985: R2, #36
$175,235,019 22 $175,235,019
36

Torii Hunter

Right Field
0: Undrafted
$172,250,000 14 $172,250,000
37

Jason Heyward

Right Field
2007: R1, #14
$170,889,278 15 $170,889,278
38

Bryce Harper

1st Base
2010: R1, #1
$170,529,629 13 $170,529,629
39

Mariano Rivera

Relief Pitcher
0: Undrafted
$169,614,125 20 $169,614,125
40

Ichiro Suzuki

Left Field
0: Undrafted
$168,958,064 19 $168,958,064
41

Ken Griffey Jr.

Right Field
1987: R1, #1
$168,819,250 36 $168,819,250
42

Troy Tulowitzki

Shortstop
2005: R1, #7
$168,311,984 17 $168,311,984
43

Gary Sheffield

Designated Hitter
1986: R1, #6
$168,067,000 22 $168,067,000
44

Alfonso Soriano

Designated Hitter
0: Undrafted
$166,950,000 17 $166,950,000
45

Todd Helton

1st Base
1995: R1, #8
$164,429,274 28 $164,429,274
46

Anthony Rendon

3rd Base
2011: R1, #6
$164,427,240 13 $164,427,240
47

Freddie Freeman

1st Base
2007: R2, #78
$163,739,279 15 $163,739,279
48

Manny Machado

Designated Hitter
2010: R1, #3
$163,560,896 13 $163,560,896
49

Johnny Cueto

Starting Pitcher
0: Undrafted
$163,497,229 17 $163,497,229
50

Yadier Molina

Catcher
2000: R4, #113
$163,373,380 19 $163,373,380
51

Roger Clemens

Starting Pitcher
1983: R1, #19
$160,524,294 32 $160,524,294
52

David Ortiz

Designated Hitter
0: Undrafted
$160,201,000 17 $160,201,000
53

Hanley Ramirez

1st Base
0: Undrafted
$159,411,648 15 $159,411,648
54

Giancarlo Stanton

Designated Hitter
2007: R2, #76
$159,345,578 15 $159,345,578
55

Roy Halladay

Starting Pitcher
1995: R1, #17
$156,770,000 16 $156,770,000
56

Gerrit Cole

Starting Pitcher
2011: R1, #1
$156,222,046 12 $156,222,046
57

Matt Holliday

Outfielders
1998: R7, #210
$155,647,770 22 $155,647,770
58

Aroldis Chapman

Relief Pitcher
0: Undrafted
$155,316,491 14 $155,316,491
59

John Lackey

Starting Pitcher
1999: R2, #68
$153,992,500 16 $153,992,500
60

Buster Posey

Catcher
2008: R1, #5
$153,910,967 13 $153,910,967
61

Josh Donaldson

3rd Base
2007: R1, #48
$152,745,218 14 $152,745,218
62

Nolan Arenado

3rd Base
2009: R2, #59
$152,263,340 12 $152,263,340
63

Greg Maddux

Starting Pitcher
1984: R2, #31
$151,812,256 24 $151,812,256
64

Barry Zito

Starting Pitcher
0: Undrafted
$147,598,823 15 $147,598,823
65

Pedro Martinez

Starting Pitcher
0: Undrafted
$147,266,085 18 $147,266,085
66

Mike Mussina

Starting Pitcher
1990: R1, #20
$147,017,167 18 $147,017,167
67

Josh Hamilton

Left Field
1999: R1, #1
$146,925,552 12 $146,925,552
68

Aramis Ramirez

3rd Base
0: Undrafted
$146,700,000 16 $146,700,000
69

Ryan Braun

1st Base
2005: R1, #5
$146,273,055 18 $146,273,055
70

A.J. Burnett

Starting Pitcher
1995: R8, #217
$146,117,500 14 $146,117,500
71

Matt Cain

Starting Pitcher
2002: R1, #25
$146,052,998 14 $146,052,998
72

Andy Pettitte

Starting Pitcher
1990: R22, #577
$145,984,000 19 $145,984,000
73

Evan Longoria

3rd Base
2006: R1, #3
$145,852,890 17 $145,852,890
74

Vernon Wells

Left Field
1997: R1, #5
$144,521,000 15 $144,521,000
75

Cliff Lee

Starting Pitcher
2000: R4, #105
$143,974,100 16 $143,974,100
76

Eric Hosmer

1st Base
2008: R1, #3
$142,949,577 14 $142,949,577
77

Carlos Delgado

1st Base
0: Undrafted
$142,933,410 17 $142,933,410
78

Victor Martinez

Designated Hitter
0: Undrafted
$141,764,500 15 $141,764,500
79

Jayson Werth

Left Field
1997: R1, #22
$141,595,000 18 $141,595,000
80

Ryan Zimmerman

1st Base
2005: R1, #4
$140,892,000 16 $140,892,000
81

Masahiro Tanaka

Starting Pitcher
0: Undrafted
$140,518,519 7 $140,518,519
82

Jim Thome

Designated Hitter
1989: R13, #331
$139,869,998 22 $139,869,998
83

Shin-Soo Choo

Designated Hitter
0: Undrafted
$139,582,678 15 $139,582,678
84

Jason Giambi

Designated Hitter
1992: R2, #0
$139,549,000 20 $139,549,000
85

Jose Reyes

Shortstop
0: Undrafted
$137,866,423 17 $137,866,423
86

Mike Hampton

Starting Pitcher
1990: R6, #161
$137,218,000 26 $137,218,000
87

Paul Goldschmidt

1st Base
2009: R8, #246
$137,158,606 14 $137,158,606
88

Mark Buehrle

Starting Pitcher
1998: R38, #1139
$136,795,000 17 $136,795,000
89

Chris Sale

Starting Pitcher
2010: R1, #13
$136,695,275 14 $136,695,275
90

Jeff Bagwell

1st Base
1989: R4, #109
$135,865,000 17 $135,865,000
91

John Smoltz

Starting Pitcher
1985: R22, #574
$135,560,677 22 $135,560,677
92

Jose Altuve

2nd Base
0: Undrafted
$134,945,289 14 $134,945,289
93

Nelson Cruz

Designated Hitter
0: Undrafted
$134,257,784 20 $134,257,784
94

Jose Abreu

1st Base
0: Undrafted
$133,544,074 10 $133,544,074
95

Chase Utley

2nd Base
2000: R1, #15
$131,658,257 17 $131,658,257
96

Paul Konerko

1st Base
1994: R1, #13
$131,620,000 19 $131,620,000
97

Jake Peavy

Relief Pitcher
1999: R15, #472
$131,605,000 18 $131,605,000
98

Tom Glavine

Starting Pitcher
1984: R2, #47
$131,347,153 24 $131,347,153
99

Kevin Brown

Starting Pitcher
1986: R1, #4
$130,859,500 17 $130,859,500
100

Elvis Andrus

Shortstop
0: Undrafted
$130,810,764 16 $130,810,764