MLB Salary Rankings

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

2020 Average Rankings

	Player	average
1	Gerrit Cole Starting Pitcher	$36,000,000
2	Mike Trout Center Field	$35,541,667
3	Anthony Rendon 3rd Base	$35,000,000
	Stephen Strasburg Starting Pitcher	$35,000,000
5	Zack Greinke Starting Pitcher	$34,416,667
6	Justin Verlander Starting Pitcher	$33,000,000
7	Nolan Arenado 3rd Base	$32,500,000
8	Miguel Cabrera 1st Base	$31,000,000
	Clayton Kershaw Starting Pitcher	$31,000,000
	David Price Starting Pitcher	$31,000,000
11	Manny Machado 3rd Base	$30,000,000
	Max Scherzer Starting Pitcher	$30,000,000
13	Chris Sale Starting Pitcher	$29,000,000
14	Yoenis Cespedes Center Field	$27,500,000
	Jacob deGrom Starting Pitcher	$27,500,000
16	Mookie Betts Right Field	$27,000,000
17	Paul Goldschmidt 1st Base	$26,000,000
	Luis Robert Outfielders	$26,000,000
19	Jon Lester Starting Pitcher	$25,833,333
20	Bryce Harper Right Field	$25,384,615
21	Jake Arrieta Starting Pitcher	$25,000,000
	Giancarlo Stanton Designated Hitter	$25,000,000
23	Robinson Cano 2nd Base	$24,000,000
	Albert Pujols 1st Base	$24,000,000
25	Zack Wheeler Starting Pitcher	$23,600,000
26	Jose Altuve 2nd Base	$23,357,143
27	Patrick Corbin Starting Pitcher	$23,333,333
28	Jason Heyward Right Field	$23,000,000
	Josh Donaldson 3rd Base	$23,000,000
	Chris Davis 1st Base	$23,000,000
31	Joey Votto 1st Base	$22,500,000
32	Masahiro Tanaka Starting Pitcher	$22,142,857
33	Jordan Zimmermann Starting Pitcher	$22,000,000
	J.D. Martinez Designated Hitter	$22,000,000
35	Johnny Cueto Starting Pitcher	$21,666,667
36	Justin Upton Left Field	$21,200,000
37	Yu Darvish Starting Pitcher	$21,000,000
	Ryan Braun Left Field	$21,000,000
	George Springer Center Field	$21,000,000
40	Yadier Molina Catcher	$20,000,000
	Alex Bregman 3rd Base	$20,000,000
	Carlos Santana Designated Hitter	$20,000,000
	Hyun-Jin Ryu Starting Pitcher	$20,000,000
	Xander Bogaerts Shortstop	$20,000,000
45	Buster Posey Catcher	$19,875,000
46	Matt Carpenter 1st Base	$19,500,000
47	Kris Bryant 3rd Base	$18,600,000
48	Shin-Soo Choo Designated Hitter	$18,571,429
49	Dallas Keuchel Starting Pitcher	$18,500,000
50	Yasmani Grandal Catcher	$18,250,000
51	Cole Hamels Starting Pitcher	$18,000,000
	Marcell Ozuna Left Field	$18,000,000
	Eric Hosmer 1st Base	$18,000,000
	Jeff Samardzija Starting Pitcher	$18,000,000
	Charlie Blackmon Right Field	$18,000,000
56	Jake Odorizzi Starting Pitcher	$17,800,000
57	Trevor Bauer Starting Pitcher	$17,500,000
	Francisco Lindor Shortstop	$17,500,000
59	Wade Davis Relief Pitcher	$17,333,333
60	Miles Mikolas Starting Pitcher	$17,000,000
	Madison Bumgarner Starting Pitcher	$17,000,000
	J.A. Happ Starting Pitcher	$17,000,000
	Nathan Eovaldi Starting Pitcher	$17,000,000
64	Freddie Freeman 1st Base	$16,875,000
65	Khris Davis Designated Hitter	$16,750,000
66	Andrew McCutchen Right Field	$16,666,667
	Jose Abreu Designated Hitter	$16,666,667
	Evan Longoria 3rd Base	$16,666,667
69	Dexter Fowler Center Field	$16,500,000
70	Lorenzo Cain Center Field	$16,000,000
	Michael Brantley Left Field	$16,000,000
	Mike Leake Starting Pitcher	$16,000,000
	Mike Moustakas 3rd Base	$16,000,000
	Aroldis Chapman Relief Pitcher	$16,000,000
	Justin Turner 3rd Base	$16,000,000
	Kenley Jansen Relief Pitcher	$16,000,000
77	Mark Melancon Relief Pitcher	$15,500,000
78	Charlie Morton Starting Pitcher	$15,000,000
	Elvis Andrus Shortstop	$15,000,000
80	Brandon Belt 1st Base	$14,560,000
81	Yusei Kikuchi Starting Pitcher	$14,333,333
	Craig Kimbrel Relief Pitcher	$14,333,333
83	Nelson Cruz Designated Hitter	$14,300,000
84	Kyle Seager 3rd Base	$14,285,714
85	Alex Cobb Starting Pitcher	$14,250,000
86	Jean Segura Shortstop	$14,000,000
	Didi Gregorius Shortstop	$14,000,000
	Ian Kennedy Relief Pitcher	$14,000,000
	Ian Desmond Center Field	$14,000,000
90	Kyle Hendricks Starting Pitcher	$13,875,000
91	Wil Myers Left Field	$13,833,333
92	Dustin Pedroia 2nd Base	$13,750,000
93	Will Smith Relief Pitcher	$13,333,333
94	Marcus Semien Shortstop	$13,000,000
	Jay Bruce Right Field	$13,000,000
	Josh Reddick Right Field	$13,000,000
	Danny Duffy Starting Pitcher	$13,000,000
	Zack Britton Relief Pitcher	$13,000,000
99	Tyler Chatwood Starting Pitcher	$12,666,667
	Zack Cozart 3rd Base	$12,666,667