MLB Salary Rankings

Listing the top salaries, cap hits, cash, earnings, contracts, and bonuses, for all active MLB players.

2018 Pitchers Salary Rankings

	Player	salary
1	Clayton Kershaw Starting Pitcher	$35,571,428
2	Zack Greinke Starting Pitcher	$34,000,000
3	Jake Arrieta Starting Pitcher	$30,000,000
	David Price Starting Pitcher	$30,000,000
5	Justin Verlander Starting Pitcher	$28,000,000
6	Jon Lester Starting Pitcher	$27,500,000
7	Felix Hernandez Starting Pitcher	$26,857,142
8	Yu Darvish Starting Pitcher	$25,000,000
9	Jordan Zimmermann Starting Pitcher	$24,000,000
10	Cole Hamels Starting Pitcher	$22,500,000
11	Max Scherzer Starting Pitcher	$22,142,857
12	Masahiro Tanaka Starting Pitcher	$22,000,000
13	Rick Porcello Starting Pitcher	$21,125,000
14	James Shields Starting Pitcher	$21,000,000
	Johnny Cueto Starting Pitcher	$21,000,000
	Homer Bailey Starting Pitcher	$21,000,000
17	Mark Melancon Relief Pitcher	$20,000,000
18	Jeff Samardzija Starting Pitcher	$19,800,000
19	Adam Wainwright Starting Pitcher	$19,500,000
20	Stephen Strasburg Starting Pitcher	$18,333,333
21	Aroldis Chapman Relief Pitcher	$17,200,000
22	Mike Leake Starting Pitcher	$17,000,000
23	Rich Hill Starting Pitcher	$16,666,666
24	Wade Davis Relief Pitcher	$16,000,000
	Ian Kennedy Starting Pitcher	$16,000,000
26	Alex Cobb Starting Pitcher	$14,000,000
	Greg Holland Relief Pitcher	$14,000,000
	Danny Duffy Starting Pitcher	$14,000,000
29	Ervin Santana Starting Pitcher	$13,500,000
30	Phil Hughes Relief Pitcher	$13,200,000
	Dallas Keuchel Starting Pitcher	$13,200,000
32	Craig Kimbrel Relief Pitcher	$13,000,000
	David Robertson Relief Pitcher	$13,000,000
	Marco Estrada Starting Pitcher	$13,000,000
	J.A. Happ Starting Pitcher	$13,000,000
36	Chris Sale Starting Pitcher	$12,500,000
	Tyler Chatwood Starting Pitcher	$12,500,000
38	Zach Britton Relief Pitcher	$12,000,000
	Gio Gonzalez Starting Pitcher	$12,000,000
	Lance Lynn Starting Pitcher	$12,000,000
	Madison Bumgarner Starting Pitcher	$12,000,000
42	Carlos Martinez Starting Pitcher	$11,700,000
43	Brandon McCarthy Starting Pitcher	$11,500,000
44	Kenley Jansen Relief Pitcher	$11,333,333
45	Corey Kluber Starting Pitcher	$10,700,000
46	Cody Allen Relief Pitcher	$10,575,000
47	C.C. Sabathia Starting Pitcher	$10,000,000
	Wei-Yin Chen Starting Pitcher	$10,000,000
49	A.J. Ramos Relief Pitcher	$9,225,000
50	Ivan Nova Starting Pitcher	$9,166,666
51	Darren O'Day Relief Pitcher	$9,000,000
	Tommy Hunter Relief Pitcher	$9,000,000
	Andrew Miller Relief Pitcher	$9,000,000
	Brandon Morrow Relief Pitcher	$9,000,000
	Matt Moore Starting Pitcher	$9,000,000
	Joakim Soria Relief Pitcher	$9,000,000
	Brad Ziegler Relief Pitcher	$9,000,000
	Jason Hammel Starting Pitcher	$9,000,000
59	Jose Quintana Starting Pitcher	$8,850,000
60	Jhoulys Chacin Starting Pitcher	$8,750,000
61	Drew Pomeranz Starting Pitcher	$8,500,000
62	Mike Minor Relief Pitcher	$8,333,333
63	Addison Reed Relief Pitcher	$8,250,000
64	Julio Teheran Starting Pitcher	$8,166,666
65	Carlos Carrasco Starting Pitcher	$8,000,000
	Jaime Garcia Starting Pitcher	$8,000,000
67	Kelvin Herrera Relief Pitcher	$7,937,500
68	Jeurys Familia Relief Pitcher	$7,925,000
69	Hyun-Jin Ryu Starting Pitcher	$7,833,333
70	Pat Neshek Relief Pitcher	$7,750,000
	Brett Cecil Relief Pitcher	$7,750,000
	Miles Mikolas Starting Pitcher	$7,750,000
	Juan Nicasio Relief Pitcher	$7,750,000
74	Ryan Madson Relief Pitcher	$7,666,668
75	Bryan Shaw Relief Pitcher	$7,500,000
	Patrick Corbin Starting Pitcher	$7,500,000
77	Jacob deGrom Starting Pitcher	$7,400,000
78	Garrett Richards Starting Pitcher	$7,300,000
79	Michael Dunn Relief Pitcher	$7,000,000
	Jake McGee Relief Pitcher	$7,000,000
	Adam Ottavino Relief Pitcher	$7,000,000
	Jerry Blevins Relief Pitcher	$7,000,000
	Junichi Tazawa Relief Pitcher	$7,000,000
	Charlie Morton Starting Pitcher	$7,000,000
	Joe Smith Relief Pitcher	$7,000,000
86	Gerrit Cole Starting Pitcher	$6,750,000
87	Trevor Bauer Starting Pitcher	$6,525,000
88	Andrew Cashner Starting Pitcher	$6,500,000
	Steve Cishek Relief Pitcher	$6,500,000
	Sonny Gray Starting Pitcher	$6,500,000
	Marcus Stroman Starting Pitcher	$6,500,000
92	Tanner Roark Starting Pitcher	$6,475,000
93	Chris Archer Starting Pitcher	$6,416,666
94	Jake Odorizzi Starting Pitcher	$6,300,000
95	Jason Vargas Starting Pitcher	$6,000,000
	Alex Wood Starting Pitcher	$6,000,000
	Martin Perez Starting Pitcher	$6,000,000
	Michael Fiers Starting Pitcher	$6,000,000
	Tony Sipp Relief Pitcher	$6,000,000
	Santiago Casilla Relief Pitcher	$6,000,000