MLB Salary Rankings

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

2020 Salary Rankings

	Player	salary
1	Mike Trout Center Field	$37,666,666
2	Gerrit Cole Starting Pitcher	$36,000,000
3	Max Scherzer Starting Pitcher	$35,920,616
4	Zack Greinke Starting Pitcher	$35,000,000
	Stephen Strasburg Starting Pitcher	$35,000,000
	Nolan Arenado 3rd Base	$35,000,000
7	Justin Verlander Starting Pitcher	$33,000,000
8	Manny Machado 3rd Base	$32,000,000
	David Price Starting Pitcher	$32,000,000
10	Clayton Kershaw Starting Pitcher	$31,000,000
11	Chris Sale Starting Pitcher	$30,000,000
	Miguel Cabrera Designated Hitter	$30,000,000
13	Yoenis Cespedes Center Field	$29,500,000
14	Jose Altuve 2nd Base	$29,000,000
	Albert Pujols 1st Base	$29,000,000
16	Bryce Harper Right Field	$27,538,462
17	Mookie Betts Right Field	$27,000,000
18	Anthony Rendon 3rd Base	$26,071,428
19	Paul Goldschmidt 1st Base	$26,000,000
	Giancarlo Stanton Designated Hitter	$26,000,000
21	Jacob deGrom Starting Pitcher	$25,500,000
22	Joey Votto 1st Base	$25,000,000
	Jordan Zimmermann Starting Pitcher	$25,000,000
24	Robinson Cano 2nd Base	$24,000,000
25	J.D. Martinez Designated Hitter	$23,750,000
26	Jason Heyward Right Field	$23,500,000
27	Masahiro Tanaka Starting Pitcher	$23,000,000
28	Wil Myers Left Field	$22,500,000
29	Freddie Freeman 1st Base	$22,359,375
30	Buster Posey Catcher	$22,177,777
31	Yu Darvish Starting Pitcher	$22,000,000
32	Zack Wheeler Starting Pitcher	$21,500,000
33	Charlie Blackmon Right Field	$21,333,333
34	Chris Davis 1st Base	$21,118,782
35	George Springer Center Field	$21,000,000
	Josh Donaldson 3rd Base	$21,000,000
	Justin Upton Left Field	$21,000,000
	Eric Hosmer 1st Base	$21,000,000
	Shin-Soo Choo Designated Hitter	$21,000,000
	Johnny Cueto Starting Pitcher	$21,000,000
41	Carlos Santana 1st Base	$20,833,334
42	Jake Arrieta Starting Pitcher	$20,000,000
	Yadier Molina Catcher	$20,000,000
	Xander Bogaerts Shortstop	$20,000,000
	Justin Turner 3rd Base	$20,000,000
	Jon Lester Starting Pitcher	$20,000,000
	Hyun-Jin Ryu Starting Pitcher	$20,000,000
48	Jeff Samardzija Starting Pitcher	$19,800,000
49	Kyle Seager 3rd Base	$19,500,000
50	Patrick Corbin Starting Pitcher	$19,416,666
51	Mark Melancon Relief Pitcher	$19,000,000
52	Kris Bryant 3rd Base	$18,600,000
53	Matt Carpenter 3rd Base	$18,500,000
54	Yasmani Grandal Catcher	$18,250,000
55	Cole Hamels Starting Pitcher	$18,000,000
	Marcell Ozuna Left Field	$18,000,000
	Kenley Jansen Relief Pitcher	$18,000,000
	Dallas Keuchel Starting Pitcher	$18,000,000
59	Jake Odorizzi Starting Pitcher	$17,800,000
60	Trevor Bauer Starting Pitcher	$17,500,000
	Francisco Lindor Shortstop	$17,500,000
	Corey Kluber Starting Pitcher	$17,500,000
63	Aroldis Chapman Relief Pitcher	$17,200,000
	Brandon Belt 1st Base	$17,200,000
65	Ryan Braun 1st Base	$17,000,000
	Andrew McCutchen Left Field	$17,000,000
	Nathan Eovaldi Starting Pitcher	$17,000,000
	Wade Davis Relief Pitcher	$17,000,000
	J.A. Happ Starting Pitcher	$17,000,000
	Yasmany Tomas Left Field	$17,000,000
71	Miles Mikolas Starting Pitcher	$16,750,000
	Khris Davis Designated Hitter	$16,750,000
73	Ian Kennedy Relief Pitcher	$16,500,000
	Dexter Fowler Right Field	$16,500,000
	Anthony Rizzo 1st Base	$16,500,000
76	Michael Brantley Left Field	$16,000,000
	Nick Castellanos Right Field	$16,000,000
	Craig Kimbrel Relief Pitcher	$16,000,000
79	Yusei Kikuchi Starting Pitcher	$15,500,000
80	Danny Duffy Starting Pitcher	$15,250,000
	Elvis Andrus Shortstop	$15,250,000
82	Brandon Crawford Shortstop	$15,200,000
83	Lorenzo Cain Center Field	$15,000,000
	Andrelton Simmons Shortstop	$15,000,000
	Charlie Morton Starting Pitcher	$15,000,000
	Ian Desmond Center Field	$15,000,000
	A.J. Pollock Left Field	$15,000,000
	Evan Longoria 3rd Base	$15,000,000
	Mike Leake Starting Pitcher	$15,000,000
90	Jean Segura 2nd Base	$14,850,000
91	Rusney Castillo Left Field	$14,271,428
92	Salvador Perez Catcher	$14,200,000
93	Jay Bruce Right Field	$14,000,000
	Didi Gregorius Shortstop	$14,000,000
	Alex Cobb Starting Pitcher	$14,000,000
96	Dee Gordon 2nd Base	$13,800,000
97	Dustin Pedroia 2nd Base	$13,125,000
98	Josh Reddick Right Field	$13,000,000
	Will Smith Relief Pitcher	$13,000,000
	Zack Britton Relief Pitcher	$13,000,000