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	Max Scherzer Starting Pitcher	$35,920,616
3	Nolan Arenado 3rd Base	$35,000,000
	Zack Greinke Starting Pitcher	$35,000,000
5	Justin Verlander Starting Pitcher	$33,000,000
6	David Price Starting Pitcher	$32,000,000
	Manny Machado 3rd Base	$32,000,000
8	Clayton Kershaw Starting Pitcher	$31,000,000
9	Miguel Cabrera 1st Base	$30,000,000
	Chris Sale Starting Pitcher	$30,000,000
11	Yoenis Cespedes Center Field	$29,500,000
12	Jose Altuve 2nd Base	$29,000,000
	Albert Pujols 1st Base	$29,000,000
14	Mookie Betts Right Field	$27,700,000
15	Bryce Harper Right Field	$27,538,462
16	Giancarlo Stanton Designated Hitter	$26,000,000
	Paul Goldschmidt 1st Base	$26,000,000
18	Jacob deGrom Starting Pitcher	$25,500,000
19	Jordan Zimmermann Starting Pitcher	$25,000,000
	Joey Votto 1st Base	$25,000,000
21	Robinson Cano 2nd Base	$24,000,000
22	J.D. Martinez Designated Hitter	$23,750,000
23	Jason Heyward Right Field	$23,500,000
24	Masahiro Tanaka Starting Pitcher	$23,000,000
25	Wil Myers Left Field	$22,500,000
26	Freddie Freeman 1st Base	$22,359,375
27	Buster Posey Catcher	$22,177,777
28	Yu Darvish Starting Pitcher	$22,000,000
29	George Springer Center Field	$21,400,000
30	Charlie Blackmon Right Field	$21,333,333
31	Chris Davis 1st Base	$21,118,782
32	Shin-Soo Choo Designated Hitter	$21,000,000
	Eric Hosmer 1st Base	$21,000,000
	Johnny Cueto Starting Pitcher	$21,000,000
	Justin Upton Left Field	$21,000,000
36	Carlos Santana Designated Hitter	$20,833,334
37	Justin Turner 3rd Base	$20,000,000
	Jake Arrieta Starting Pitcher	$20,000,000
	Xander Bogaerts Shortstop	$20,000,000
	Jon Lester 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	Patrick Corbin Starting Pitcher	$19,416,666
45	Mark Melancon Relief Pitcher	$19,000,000
46	Trevor Bauer Starting Pitcher	$18,600,000
47	Kris Bryant 3rd Base	$18,500,000
	Matt Carpenter 1st Base	$18,500,000
49	Yasmani Grandal Catcher	$18,250,000
50	Kenley Jansen Relief Pitcher	$18,000,000
	Cole Hamels Starting Pitcher	$18,000,000
52	Jake Odorizzi Starting Pitcher	$17,800,000
53	Corey Kluber Starting Pitcher	$17,500,000
54	Brandon Belt 1st Base	$17,200,000
	Aroldis Chapman Relief Pitcher	$17,200,000
56	Andrew McCutchen Right Field	$17,000,000
	Wade Davis Relief Pitcher	$17,000,000
	Ryan Braun Left Field	$17,000,000
	Nathan Eovaldi Starting Pitcher	$17,000,000
	J.A. Happ Starting Pitcher	$17,000,000
	Yasmany Tomas Left Field	$17,000,000
62	Khris Davis Designated Hitter	$16,750,000
	Miles Mikolas Starting Pitcher	$16,750,000
64	Francisco Lindor Shortstop	$16,700,000
65	Dexter Fowler Center Field	$16,500,000
	Anthony Rizzo 1st Base	$16,500,000
	Ian Kennedy Relief Pitcher	$16,500,000
68	Michael Brantley Left Field	$16,000,000
	Craig Kimbrel Relief Pitcher	$16,000,000
70	Yusei Kikuchi Starting Pitcher	$15,500,000
71	Elvis Andrus Shortstop	$15,250,000
	Danny Duffy Starting Pitcher	$15,250,000
73	Brandon Crawford Shortstop	$15,200,000
74	A.J. Pollock Center Field	$15,000,000
	Charlie Morton Starting Pitcher	$15,000,000
	Ian Desmond Center Field	$15,000,000
	Lorenzo Cain Center Field	$15,000,000
	Evan Longoria 3rd Base	$15,000,000
	Andrelton Simmons Shortstop	$15,000,000
	Mike Leake Starting Pitcher	$15,000,000
81	Jean Segura Shortstop	$14,850,000
82	Rusney Castillo Left Field	$14,271,428
83	Salvador Perez Catcher	$14,200,000
84	Jay Bruce Right Field	$14,000,000
	Alex Cobb Starting Pitcher	$14,000,000
86	Dee Gordon 2nd Base	$13,800,000
87	Marcus Semien Shortstop	$13,500,000
88	Dustin Pedroia 2nd Base	$13,125,000
89	Will Smith Relief Pitcher	$13,000,000
	Randal Grichuk Center Field	$13,000,000
	Josh Reddick Right Field	$13,000,000
	Tyler Chatwood Relief Pitcher	$13,000,000
	Zack Britton Relief Pitcher	$13,000,000
94	James Paxton Starting Pitcher	$12,900,000
95	Zack Cozart 3rd Base	$12,666,668
96	Alex Bregman 3rd Base	$12,666,666
	Jose Abreu Designated Hitter	$12,666,666
98	Christian Yelich Left Field	$12,500,000
99	Nelson Cruz Designated Hitter	$12,000,000
	Kyle Hendricks Starting Pitcher	$12,000,000