MLB Salary Rankings

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

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Payroll

FULL RANKS
  1. Yoan Moncada
    BOS, 3B
    $31,500,000
  2. Zack Greinke
    LAD, SP
    $26,000,000
  3. Cliff Lee
    PHI, SP
    $25,000,000
  4. Ryan Howard
    PHI, 1B
    $25,000,000
  5. Robinson Canó
    SEA, DH
    $24,050,000

Total Cash

FULL RANKS
  1. Yoan Moncada
    BOS, 3B
    $31,500,000
  2. Ryan Howard
    PHI, 1B
    $25,000,000
  3. Cliff Lee
    PHI, SP
    $25,000,000
  4. Robinson Canó
    SEA, DH
    $24,050,000
  5. Zack Greinke
    LAD, SP
    $24,000,000

Base Salary

FULL RANKS
  1. Cliff Lee
    PHI, SP
    $25,000,000
  2. Ryan Howard
    PHI, 1B
    $25,000,000
  3. Robinson Canó
    SEA, DH
    $24,000,000
  4. Prince Fielder
    TEX, DH
    $24,000,000
  5. Zack Greinke
    LAD, SP
    $24,000,000

Contract Length

FULL RANKS
  1. Alexis Rivera
    KC, OF
    125,000
  2. Alex Rodriguez
    NYY, SS
    10
  3. Robinson Canó
    SEA, DH
    10
  4. Joey Votto
    CIN, 1B
    10
  5. Albert Pujols
    LAA, DH
    10

Contract Value

FULL RANKS
  1. Alex Rodriguez
    NYY, SS
    $275,000,000
  2. Robinson Canó
    SEA, DH
    $240,000,000
  3. Albert Pujols
    LAA, DH
    $240,000,000
  4. Joey Votto
    CIN, 1B
    $225,000,000
  5. Clayton Kershaw
    LAD, SP
    $215,000,000

Contract AAV

FULL RANKS
  1. Yoan Moncada
    BOS, 3B
    $31,500,000
  2. Clayton Kershaw
    LAD, SP
    $30,714,286
  3. Alex Rodriguez
    NYY, SS
    $27,500,000
  4. Justin Verlander
    DET, SP
    $25,714,286
  5. Felix Hernandez
    SEA, SP
    $25,000,000

AAV% of CBT

FULL RANKS
  1. Yoan Moncada
    BOS, 3B
    16.67%
  2. Clayton Kershaw
    LAD, SP
    16.25%
  3. Alex Rodriguez
    NYY, SS
    14.55%
  4. Mark Teixeira
    NYY, 1B
    13.89%
  5. Justin Verlander
    DET, SP
    13.61%

2-Year Cash

FULL RANKS
  1. Alex Rodriguez
    NYY, SS
    $62,000,000
  2. Zack Greinke
    LAD, SP
    $53,000,000
  3. Clayton Kershaw
    LAD, SP
    $52,000,000
  4. Robinson Canó
    SEA, DH
    $48,050,000
  5. Adrián González
    LAD, 1B
    $48,000,000

3-Year Cash

FULL RANKS
  1. Alex Rodriguez
    NYY, SS
    $95,000,000
  2. Clayton Kershaw
    LAD, SP
    $84,000,000
  3. Zack Greinke
    LAD, SP
    $76,000,000
  4. Robinson Canó
    SEA, DH
    $72,100,000
  5. Prince Fielder
    TEX, DH
    $70,200,000

Luxury Tax

FULL RANKS
  1. Clayton Kershaw
    LAD, SP
    $30,714,286
  2. Alex Rodriguez
    NYY, SS
    $27,500,000
  3. Justin Verlander
    DET, SP
    $25,714,286
  4. Josh Hamilton
    LAA, LF
    $25,000,000
  5. Ryan Howard
    PHI, 1B
    $25,000,000

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