MLB Salary Rankings

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

2019 Salary Rankings

	Player	salary
1	Stephen Strasburg Starting Pitcher	$38,333,334
2	Max Scherzer Starting Pitcher	$37,405,562
3	Zack Greinke Starting Pitcher	$34,500,000
4	Mike Trout Center Field	$34,083,333
5	Clayton Kershaw Starting Pitcher	$31,000,000
	David Price Starting Pitcher	$31,000,000
7	Miguel Cabrera 1st Base	$30,000,000
8	Yoenis Cespedes Center Field	$29,000,000
9	Justin Verlander Starting Pitcher	$28,000,000
	Albert Pujols Designated Hitter	$28,000,000
11	Felix Hernandez Starting Pitcher	$27,857,142
12	Jon Lester Starting Pitcher	$27,500,000
13	Giancarlo Stanton Designated Hitter	$26,000,000
14	Jake Arrieta Starting Pitcher	$25,000,000
	Joey Votto 1st Base	$25,000,000
	Jordan Zimmermann Starting Pitcher	$25,000,000
17	Robinson Cano 2nd Base	$24,000,000
18	J.D. Martinez Designated Hitter	$23,750,000
19	Josh Donaldson 3rd Base	$23,000,000
	Homer Bailey Starting Pitcher	$23,000,000
21	Jason Heyward Right Field	$22,500,000
22	Buster Posey Catcher	$22,177,777
23	Masahiro Tanaka Starting Pitcher	$22,000,000
24	Edwin Encarnacion Designated Hitter	$21,666,668
25	Matt Kemp Right Field	$21,500,000
26	Freddie Freeman 1st Base	$21,359,375
27	Charlie Blackmon Center Field	$21,333,333
28	Jacoby Ellsbury Center Field	$21,142,857
29	Rick Porcello Starting Pitcher	$21,125,000
30	Chris Davis 1st Base	$21,118,782
31	Shin-Soo Choo Designated Hitter	$21,000,000
	Eric Hosmer 1st Base	$21,000,000
	Johnny Cueto Starting Pitcher	$21,000,000
34	Carlos Santana 1st Base	$20,333,333
35	Alex Gordon Left Field	$20,000,000
	Russell Martin Catcher	$20,000,000
	Mookie Betts Right Field	$20,000,000
	Wei-Yin Chen Starting Pitcher	$20,000,000
	Yu Darvish Starting Pitcher	$20,000,000
	Cole Hamels Starting Pitcher	$20,000,000
	Yadier Molina Catcher	$20,000,000
42	Jeff Samardzija Starting Pitcher	$19,800,000
43	Kyle Seager 3rd Base	$19,500,000
44	Kenley Jansen Relief Pitcher	$19,333,334
45	Ryan Braun Left Field	$19,000,000
	Mark Melancon Relief Pitcher	$19,000,000
	Justin Turner 3rd Base	$19,000,000
48	Anthony Rendon 3rd Base	$18,800,000
49	Rich Hill Starting Pitcher	$18,666,668
50	Justin Upton Left Field	$18,000,000
	Wade Davis Relief Pitcher	$18,000,000
	Ryan Zimmerman 1st Base	$18,000,000
53	Hyun-Jin Ryu Starting Pitcher	$17,900,000
54	Corey Kluber Starting Pitcher	$17,200,000
	Brandon Belt 1st Base	$17,200,000
	Aroldis Chapman Relief Pitcher	$17,200,000
57	Jacob deGrom Starting Pitcher	$17,000,000
	J.A. Happ Starting Pitcher	$17,000,000
	Nathan Eovaldi Starting Pitcher	$17,000,000
60	Ian Kennedy Starting Pitcher	$16,500,000
	Khris Davis Designated Hitter	$16,500,000
	Dexter Fowler Center Field	$16,500,000
63	Yasmani Grandal Catcher	$16,000,000
	Michael Brantley Left Field	$16,000,000
	Jose Abreu 1st Base	$16,000,000
	Mike Leake Starting Pitcher	$16,000,000
67	Yasmany Tomas Left Field	$15,500,000
68	Danny Duffy Starting Pitcher	$15,250,000
	Elvis Andrus Shortstop	$15,250,000
70	Brandon Crawford Shortstop	$15,200,000
71	Dustin Pedroia 2nd Base	$15,125,000
72	Charlie Morton Starting Pitcher	$15,000,000
	Ian Desmond Left Field	$15,000,000
	Chris Sale Starting Pitcher	$15,000,000
	Martin Prado 3rd Base	$15,000,000
76	Jean Segura Shortstop	$14,850,000
77	Matt Carpenter 1st Base	$14,750,000
78	Jason Kipnis 2nd Base	$14,666,668
79	Evan Longoria 3rd Base	$14,500,000
	Paul Goldschmidt 1st Base	$14,500,000
81	Lorenzo Cain Center Field	$14,000,000
	Nelson Cruz Designated Hitter	$14,000,000
	Alex Cobb Starting Pitcher	$14,000,000
	Jay Bruce Right Field	$14,000,000
85	Mark Trumbo Designated Hitter	$13,500,000
86	Dee Gordon 2nd Base	$13,300,000
87	Jedd Gyorko 3rd Base	$13,000,000
	Josh Reddick Right Field	$13,000,000
	Andrelton Simmons Shortstop	$13,000,000
	Zach Britton Relief Pitcher	$13,000,000
91	Patrick Corbin Starting Pitcher	$12,916,666
92	Kris Bryant 3rd Base	$12,900,000
93	Zack Cozart Shortstop	$12,666,666
94	Ben Zobrist 2nd Base	$12,500,000
	Tyler Chatwood Starting Pitcher	$12,500,000
96	Marcell Ozuna Left Field	$12,250,000
97	George Springer Center Field	$12,000,000
	Kendrys Morales Designated Hitter	$12,000,000
	Madison Bumgarner Starting Pitcher	$12,000,000
	D.J. LeMahieu 2nd Base	$12,000,000